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Happy New Year

By Rick Edwards · 07:32 PM · January 01, 2006 ·

And may your resolve to keep your New Year's resolutions not waver.

Patterico has his end of the year review of the Los Angeles Dog Trainer (aka the Los Angeles Times).

And (H/T Glenn Reynolds) a significant anniversary for the blogosphere today.

WORLD HEADLINES

China strides onto Olympic stage (AP)

Anti-China protests worldwide as Olympics begin (AP)

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way (AP)

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Georgia says Russian aircraft bombed its air bases (AP)

European banks post better-than-expected results (AP)

Iraqis excited about Olympics, regret small team (AP)

New Paraguay leader distances self from farmers (AP)

Sudan names administrator for oil flashpoint (AFP)

Gates endorses big expansion of Afghan army (AP)

Australian police claim 'world's largest seizure of ecstasy' (AFP)

REUTERS HEADLINES

Russia forces on edge of South Ossetia capital: website

Dazzling ceremony reveals China's world dream

Jailed Detroit mayor given bond, faces new charges

Bus crash in Texas kills 13

Labor leaders back Obama, but will members?

Five accused of U.S. diplomat murder to begin trial: media

Sadr to disarm if U.S. withdraws on timetable

Focus on Pakistan army as Musharraf faces the boot

Mbeki to meet Zimbabwe political leaders

Government owes American Indians $456 mln: judge

FOX POLITICAL

Extraordinary Coverage

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Gates Endorses Plan to Expand Afghan Army by 50,000

Bush Gives U.S. Athletes Pep Talk Ahead of Olympic Games

Detroit Mayor Released From Jail, Charged With Assault

Officials Want Troops to Pursue Militants in Pakistan

China's Response to Bush: Don't Interfere in Our Affairs

Rep. Gives Plug to 'Paris Hilton Plan' in Energy Debate

Bolten, Miers Ask for Delayed Enforcement of Subpoena

Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick in Jail for Bond Violation

EPA Denies Texas' Request for Ethanol Waiver

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Presidential Decree on Hawaiian Waters Not Working

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The Man Who Didn't Kill to Be Executed

Katrina 'Angel of Mercy' to Be Released

Booted for Hacking ... at Hackers' Event

Poisons Lurk Inside Unsuspecting Herbs

Suri Cruise STILL Drinks From the Bottle

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Body Found in Search for Missing Chilean

U.S. Weighs Chasing Qaeda Into Pakistan

2008 Election Offers Tolerance for Flip-Flops

Oil Price Slides Below $119 a Barrel

Fannie Loses $2.3B as Defaults Rise

Stocks Plummet More Than 200 Points

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Wikipedia Moving From Florida to San Francisco

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OPINION

Let politics-laced Games begin (USATODAY.com)

Olympic Games display lessons in competition … (USATODAY.com)

… and clouds of suspicion (USATODAY.com)

Do apes have human rights? (The Christian Science Monitor)

I'm torn to see newspapers go (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama's Self-Defeating Rhetoric (HuffingtonPost.com)

Fighting Back with a Nixon Money Bomb (The Nation)

Election Shocker! (The Nation)

Time for the World to Stand Against Iran (RealClearPolitics.com)

Obama's Big 7 (RealClearPolitics.com)

Teenagers (Mona Charen)

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Obama's Catholic Problem (Linda Chavez)

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Car bomb in Iraq kills 16, wounds 20 in Tal Afar (AP)

Marine ordered to stand trial in Fallujah killing (AP)

Marine to stand trial over detainee killing in Iraq (AFP)

Sadr to disarm if U.S. withdraws on timetable (Reuters)

Georgia calls back troops from Iraq amid fighting (AP)

Car bomb in N. Iraq kills 18, wounds 25: police (Reuters)

Iraq resumes oil exploration after 20-year break (AFP)

Sadr to dissolve militia if US withdraws from Iraq (AFP)

In Iraq, fault lines run deep over Kirkuk's future (Reuters)

Baghdad zoo welcomes pair of US-donated tiger cubs (AP)

US-bred Bengal tigers given to Baghdad zoo (AFP)

Top Al-Qaeda suspect seized in Iraq (AFP)

Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave (AP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,134 (AP)

U.S. agrees to set withdrawal date with Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

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