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2:35 PM ET, December 11, 2006

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Kofi A. Annan / Washington Post:
What I've Learned  —  Nearly 50 years ago, when I arrived in Minnesota as a student fresh from Africa, I had much to learn — starting with the fact that there is nothing wimpish about wearing earmuffs when it is 15 degrees below zero.  All my life since has been a learning experience.
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USA Today:
Annan to blast U.S. in farewell  —  In a farewell speech on U.S. soil today, retiring United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to deliver a tough critique of President Bush's policies.  He will accuse the administration of trying to secure the United States from terrorism in part …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Kofi: I Learned Projection  —  Kofi Annan has an op-ed column in today's Washington Post that must be read to be believed.  The column, which serves as a valediction of sorts, talks about what Annan has learned from his time at the United Nations.  If his rule hadn't resulted in such worldwide misery …
Fox News:
KOFI ANNAN CRITICIZES BUSH ADMINISTRATION IN FAREWELL SPEECH
Discussion: NoisyRoom.net
Daily Mail:
Diana was bugged by secret service in U.S.  —  American intelligence agencies were bugging Princess Diana's telephone over her relationship with a US billionaire, the Mail's sister paper has learned.  —  Evening Standard reports that she was even forced to abandon a planned holiday with her sons …
Discussion: In From the Cold and Vox Popoli
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Sarah Liebowitz / Concord Monitor:
Rapturous reception for Obama  —  Americans want new kind of leadership, Illinois senator says during visit  —  llinois Sen. Barack Obama made his first visit to New Hampshire yesterday, drawing the kinds of crowds and news media attention usually reserved for a sitting president or a presidential nominee.
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Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google  —  Internet Search Yields Names Cited in U.N. Draft Resolution  —  When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused …
Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times:
Pelosi piques public's interest  —  As incoming head of the House, with more eyes on her, she intends to paint her own picture.  —  WASHINGTON — When Nancy Pelosi appeared on national television on the morning after voters returned the House to Democratic hands, Leon Rebibo's phone started ringing in Los Angeles.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Suckers  —  I usually write about the lack of humor that exists in the right wing blogosphere, but this is truly hysterical.  How can John Carroll look himself in the mirror after being suckered into producing this film—using a satirical post by Jerome?  It's easy to be fooled when your motives aren't very clean.
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Imams seek to settle with airline  —  A group of Muslim imams is seeking an out-of-court settlement with US Airways, saying they should not have been removed from a Minnesota-to-Phoenix flight last month and were not behaving suspiciously.  —  Five of the six Islamic religious leaders …
Agence France Presse:
Iran students heckle Ahmadinejad  —  Iranian students have disrupted a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a prestigious Tehran university, setting fire to his picture and heckling him.  —  "Some students chanted radical slogans and inflamed the atmosphere of the meeting" …
Geoffrey Lean / Independent:
Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars  —  Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment.  It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow.  —  A United Nations report has identified the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife.
Discussion: The Impolitic and KnoxViews
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
GOP alienation marks turnabout for Bush  —  Dissent and calls for checks on the president have mushroomed since the party lost Congress in the midterm election.  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush, weakened by an unpopular war and the loss of Republican control in Congress …
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
For Iraq's Sunnis, Conflict Closes In  —  Mixed Neighborhoods Unravel as Shiite Militiamen Expand Violence  —  A few blocks from Ali Farouk's three-story home, an empty house provides a glimpse of what he fears will be the future.  Once owned by a Sunni Muslim, the paint is peeling, the windows are blown out.
Pajamas Media:
IRANIAN URANIUM PROSPECTORS IN SOMALIA  —  New UN report reveals uranium prospecting by Iran, al-Qaeda presence, and a savvy foe.  —  By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross A PJM Exclusive.  —  Iran is secretly searching for uranium in war-torn Somalia, according to a confidential United Nations report obtained by Pajamas Media.
Discussion: Wizbang and Counterterrorism Blog
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
2008 hopefuls woo Bush clan donors, aides  —  McCain, Romney seek edge that family's GOP network could provide.  —  WASHINGTON — With the Bushes preparing to stand down from a quarter century in top elected offices, a frenzied competition has erupted in the Republican Party over who will inherit …
Discussion: MyDD and Hotline On Call
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Fifth Annual Warblogger Awards (For 2006)  —  In order to recognize the excellent work some of our fellow bloggers have been doing, RWN has put together the "5th Annual Warblogger Awards".  More than 235 bloggers were invited to vote for their favorite blog in numerous categories and 41 responded.
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Inquiry Sought Over Evangelical Video  —  Defense Department Asked to Examine Officers' Acts Supporting Christian Group  —  A military watchdog group is asking the Defense Department to investigate whether seven Army and Air Force officers violated regulations by appearing in uniform …
Jerusalem Post:
Holocaust conference begins in Teheran  —  Iran opened a conference on the Holocaust on Monday, saying it would not be an attempt to deny the World War II genocide but merely to discuss it in an unrestricted atmosphere.  —  However, the conference was initiated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …
 
 
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Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Former Aides To Congress Switch Sides for Upcoming Probes
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Deacon / Power Line:
"WON OVER," WASHINGTON POST STYLE
Discussion: Washington Post and The Corner
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Good News, Everybody: We've Got a New Iraq Slogan!
Discussion: Newsweek
Michael Jamison / Missoulian:
Flathead Valley employers search the globe for workers
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Rosie: Read my lips
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Iraqi exodus could test Bush policy
Michael Fumento / Fumento Weblog:
THE REAL RAMADI HAS STOOD UP
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Incoming House intelligence chief botches easy intel quiz
 Earlier Items: 
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A Town Running Hot and Cold
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
A Conversation With Senator Harry Reid
Discussion: QandO and The Agonist
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
A Diversity of Opinion  —  The Post needs more opinion writers …
CNN:
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FP Passport:
Pinochet died on Human Rights Day. Perfect.
James Glanz / New York Times:
Iraq Is Failing to Spend Billions in Oil Revenues
New York Times:
Taliban and Allies Tighten Grip in North of Pakistan
Jessica Heslam / Boston Herald:
Plagiarist reporter back in business