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2:10 PM ET, December 24, 2006

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Clinton, Obama Clearing The Field  —  Without Declaring, They Beat Back Would-Be Rivals  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), trading on star power, the capacity to raise tens of millions of dollars with relative ease and an ability to dominate media attention …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Testing the Water, Obama Tests His Own Limits  —  On a winter afternoon two years ago, Senator Barack Obama took his oath of office and strolled across the Capitol grounds hand-in-hand with his wife and two daughters.  At the time, a question from his 6-year-old sounded precocious.  Now, it seems prescient.
Libby Copeland / Washington Post:
From Thong to Thesis: Monica Lewinsky Flashes Her Intellect  —  There are moments that make you question your fundamental assumptions about the world.  One of them took place a few days ago, when news emerged that Monica Lewinsky had just graduated from the London School of Economics.  —  She did not!!
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Monica.  We Hardly Knew You  —  Congratulations to Monica Lewinsky, who just graduated from the London School of Economics with a master of science degree in social psychology.  Her thesis topic was: In Search of the Impartial Juror: An Exploration of the Third Person Effect and Pre-Trial Publicity.
Jason Burke / Observer:
Channel tunnel is terror target  —  The Channel tunnel has been targeted by a group of Islamic militant terrorists aiming to cause maximum carnage during the holiday season, according to French and American secret services.  —  The plan, which the French DGSE foreign intelligence service became aware …
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Baron Bodissey / Gates of Vienna:
Terror in the Chunnel  —  For the last few days British law enforcement sources have asserted the near-certainty of an attempted Islamist terror attack in Britain on Christmas.  Now the reports are becoming more specific, according to today's Guardian:
Gateway Pundit:   Chunnel is Target of Christmas Terror Plot!
Mohamed Olad Hassan / Associated Press:
Ethiopia attacks Somalia Islamic council  —  MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopia launched an attack Sunday on Somalia's powerful Islamic movement, sending fighter jets across the border and bombarding several towns in a major escalation of the violence that threatens to engulf the Horn of Africa.
Discussion: JunkYardBlog and Riehl World View
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Washington Times:
Ethiopia launches airstrikes on Somalia  —  Fighting escalated in Somalia Sunday as Ethiopian planes and helicopter gun ships attacked Islamist targets in several central provinces.  —  One area that came under heavy attack was the town of Baledweyn, 220 miles south of the capital Mogadishu …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Hindrocket / Power Line:
ETHIOPIA ENTERS SOMALIA CONFLCT
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Sonni Efron / Los Angeles Times:
Wolfowitz owes us an explanation  —  ACCOUNTABILITY is one of those ideals, like justice or the triumph of right over might, that are wonderful in principle but usually disappointing in practice.  —  This is nowhere more true than in Washington, where one of the most powerful men …
David M. Walker / Washington Post:
America's Red Ink  —  The largest employer in the world announced on Dec. 15 that it lost about $450 billion in fiscal 2006.  Its auditor found that its financial statements were unreliable and that its controls were inadequate for the 10th straight year.  On top of that, the entity's total liabilities …
Discussion: Reason Magazine
Agence France Presse:
Putin to remain leader after leaving Kremlin: senior politician  —  President Vladimir Putin will retain a leadership role in Russia even if he steps down in 2008, as required by the constitution, a senior politician has said.  —  "He will not leave," Sergei Stepashin, head of Russia's accounting chamber …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The $100 Million Barbecue  —  The weekend barbecue hosted by Ehud Olmert for his neighbor, Mahmoud Abbas, turned out to be more expensive than the cost of a beef brisket and a few brews.  The long-awaited meeting between the head of the Palestinian Authority and the PM of Israel resulted …
Judd / Think Progress:
Lynne Cheney: Putting Scooter Libby On Trial 'Does Not Reflect Well On Our Judicial System'  —  Scooter Libby, the former Chief of Staff for Vice President Cheney, has been charged with "obstruction of justice, lying to the FBI and committing perjury before a grand jury."  His trial is scheduled to start in January.
Associated Press:
Man sets self aflame in Calif. protest  —  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A man used flammable liquid to light himself on fire, apparently to protest a San Joaquin Valley school district's decision to change the names of winter and spring breaks to Christmas and Easter vacation.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Another moron lights himself on fire
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
KGET-TV:   Man sets himself, Christmas tree ablaze to protest KHSD winter break name change
 
 
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