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22 Dec 2006 05:10:23 AM |
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OT: What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran |
What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/opinion/22precede.html
By FLYNT LEVERETT and HILLARY MANN
To classify information for reasons other than the safety and security
of the United States and its interests is a violation of democratic
principles.
On His Ancestors' Wings, a Korean Soars to the U.N.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/asia/22ban.html?ref=world
By MARTIN FACKLER
In his hometown, stories and accounts of Ban Ki-moon's birth and
childhood make him sound like a sagacious Confucian scholar out of
Korea's dynastic past.
Separated by War, Reunited Through DNA
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/us/22salvador.html?ref=world
By JESSE McKINLEY
A genetic database that helps match children adopted from war zones
with their biological families is helping children who were adopted
during El Salvador's civil war.
Intrigue Follows Death of a President for Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/asia/22turkmenistan.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By C. J. CHIVERS
The death of Turkmenistan's president raised questions about
stability in a vital energy supplier to Europe.
U.S. Negotiator Urges North Korea to End Standoff on Financial Curbs
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/asia/22korea.html?ref=asia
By DAVID LAGUE
Christopher R. Hill called for North Korea to negotiate the dismantling
of its nuclear weapons program without insisting that the U.S. first
lift financial restrictions.
Bickering Saudis Struggle for an Answer to Iran's Rising Influence in
the Middle East
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/middleeast/22saudi.html?ref=middleeast&pagewanted=all
By HASSAN M. FATTAH
Once-quiet concern over the chaos in Iraq and Iran's growing regional
influence has burst into the open in Saudi Arabia.
Court Overturns Limits on Political Ads, Part of the Campaign Finance
Law
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/washington/22campaign.html?ref=us
By KATE PHILLIPS
If upheld, the ruling would unravel one of the tougher restrictions on
the use of unregulated donations that interest groups pump by the
millions into political commercials.
Arizona Displaces Nevada as Fastest-Growing State
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/us/22census.html?ref=us
By SAM ROBERTS
The Northeast had the slowest growth of any region while the West grew
the fastest.
Eyeing '08, Democrats Nurse Freshmen at Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/us/politics/22protect.html?ref=us&pagewanted=all
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Democrats are planning to fortify the most politically shaky members of
Congress with committee assignments.
For eBay, It's About Political Connections in China
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/technology/22ebay.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
By KEITH BRADSHER
EBay's decision to close its Web site in China and instead partner
with a Beijing company is the latest sign that local knowledge and
connections matter in Chinese business.
Looking for Best Place to Take a Company Public, Some Look Overseas
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/business/worldbusiness/22venture.html?ref=business
By MATT RICHTEL
Frustrated by the difficulty and expense of taking start-ups public in
the U.S. market, venture capitalists are considering China's stock
exchanges.
Their Christmas At War
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101276.html
By David Ignatius
Friday, December 22, 2006; Page A33
Thanks to a military blogger who calls himself "Blackfive" ("The
Paratrooper of Love"), we have a snapshot of what Christmas looks like
this year at Camp Taji, 20 miles north of Baghdad. It's a man dressed
up in a Santa Claus suit, standing behind a "sleigh" that is actually
an unmanned aerial vehicle and six soldiers who are wearing antlers and
perched precariously on the launch ramp.
Or we can read this Christmas message posted Dec. 21 from "Lt. Col.
Patrick," an Air Force C-130 pilot. Next to a picture, taken at his
base, of a Christmas tree decorated with festive lights, he writes:
"Holiday deployments are difficult but the one characteristic that
comes from being away from home at this time of year is that everyone
else misses home too. You don't hear people actually complain about
missing Christmas at home I think because we're all in it together."
Misery may love company, but in the military, it keeps its mouth shut.
Bloomberg's Brave Bet on Innovation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101274.html
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, December 22, 2006; Page A33
In the new year, both Democrats and Republicans will have an interest
in thinking about government in new ways. They will have to break the
vicious cycle that blocks innovation. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
a nominal Republican who doesn't care much about party labels, has some
ideas about doing just that.
The vicious cycle works like this: Because there is such a deep
mistrust of government in so many quarters, officials are wary of
trying new approaches, which are by definition unproved. Daring to
innovate means risking failure. Failure generates bad headlines, even
charges of scandal -- and the strong possibility that the pioneering
politician will lose the next election.
Two for a Breakthrough
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101277.html
By Eugene Robinson
Friday, December 22, 2006; Page A33
For the moment let's assume that we've come far enough to seriously
consider electing the first U.S. president who can be described without
using both the adjectives "white" and "male." Who has the better chance
of breaking through, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama? Is "white" the
qualification that people are less willing to forgo, or is it "male"?
Obviously, the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination have
plenty of qualifications other than race and gender -- Clinton's unique
experience and tremendous political savvy, Obama's ability to move
people with his stunning eloquence. I think the old rule of thumb still
applies: Women and minorities don't reach the top just by being as good
as anybody else; they have to be better.
Pelosi Aims To Recast Self, Party
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101865_pf.html
New House Speaker Plans a 4-Day Fete
By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 22, 2006; A01
On a scale associated with presidential inaugurations, Nancy Pelosi is
planning four days of celebration surrounding her Jan. 4 swearing-in as
the first female speaker of the House. She will return to the
blue-collar Baltimore neighborhood where she grew up, attend Mass at
the women's college where she studied political science, and dine at
the Italian Embassy as Tony Bennett sings "I Left My Heart in San
Francisco."
But the hoopla is more than just a party.
Little truth and no reconciliation
Richard Wilson
December 22, 2006 10:00 AM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/richard_wilson/2006/12/little_truth_and_no_reconcilia.html
Six years ago, my sister Charlotte was dragged from a bus and shot dead
in the tiny Central African state of Burundi. Twenty other passengers,
among them her Burundian fiance, died with her. The killers were
members of Palipehutu-FNL, a Hutu-extremist group seeking revenge on
the country's then-dominant Tutsi minority. The massacre was unusual
only inasmuch as it caught the attention of the international media.
Since the start, in 1993, of the latest cycle of massacre and
reprisal-massacre, 300,000 civilians have been killed. The vast
majority of attacks have gone unreported.
This time last year, it looked as if the cycle might finally have been
broken. Following Burundi's first elections in more than a decade, the
country's larger and more moderate Hutu-led rebel group had taken
power, promising to mend ethnic divisions and rebuild the country's
once-buoyant economy. While Palipehutu-FNL continued sporadic attacks,
the restoration of democracy had weakened and divided them. Many
predicted that the group would be forced to capitulate - or face
military defeat - within months.
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