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Pictures of the Year

Pictures of the Year:
The editors at TIME present the best photojournalism of 2006

10% of Active Journalists in Iraq Were Killed in 2006

10% of Active Journalists in Iraq Were Killed in 2006:
After 64 journalists were killed in Iraq in 2006, Reporters Without Borders has described the country as "the world's most dangerous" for the media.

EXCLUSIVE: Oprah Talks About Her South African 'Dreamgirls'

EXCLUSIVE: Oprah Talks About Her South African 'Dreamgirls':
Winfrey's Interview With Diane Sawyer About Her School for South African Girls

Saddam execution video leads to arrests (AP)

Saddam execution video leads to arrests (AP):

AP - Iraqi authorities reported the arrests Wednesday of two guards and an official who supervised Saddam Hussein's hanging and said the guard force was infiltrated by outsiders who taunted the former leader and shot the video showing his body dangling at the end of a rope.

Vidéo SaddamHussein: de l’'huile sur le feu, selon les experts

De l’huile sur le feu, selon les experts:
Un téléphone cellulaire. Voilà tout ce qu’il fallait pour que l'’exécution complète de Saddam Hussein fasse, en quelques heures, le tour du globe par l’entremise d’'Internet. Cette vidéo non autorisée ne peut qu'’envenimer davantage les tensions entre sunnites et chiites en plus de discréditer le gouvernement irakien, estiment les experts consultés par Le Soleil. Mais tous ne s'’entendent pas sur la valeur de ces images controversées.

New U.N. chief takes over, determined to end mistrust of world body

New U.N. chief takes over, determined to end mistrust of world body:
Starting his first day of work, new Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed Tuesday to end mistrust of the United Nations and called ...

What's new in the New York Times Magazine, etc.

What's new in the New York Times Magazine, etc.:
The Nation, Jan. 8 and 15The cover piece examines the rise of antiwar sentiment in the military. Nearly 1,000 uniformed Americans have signed an appeal for redress asking Congress "to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq." While signatories are protected from reprisal under the Military Whistleblower Protection Act, some soldiers fear less overt forms of punishment, such as denial of promotion. But, unlike the dissenting GI movement during Vietnam, the appeal takes a nonconfrontational tone: "This is not about resistance," says a lawyer who advised the appeal organizers. "This is about working inside the democratic process." … A piece praises Kofi Annan's "quiet authority and palpable decency" as UN secretary general. Bill Clinton supported Annan's appointment, hoping to avoid a combative bureaucrat with "big ideas and a big mouth." "They were right about the big mouth," the author contends, "wrong on the big ideas."

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Photographer, Palestinian gunmen abducted in Gaza

Photographer, Palestinian gunmen abducted in Gaza:
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen kidnapped a Peruvian photographer working for Agence France-Presse in Gaza on Monday, while militants were seized and freed in separate abductions that sparked new violence between rival factions.

Rafsanjani: U.N. sanctions will backfire (AP)

Rafsanjani: U.N. sanctions will backfire (AP):

AP - Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned Western countries Sunday that their strategy of pressuring Iran to roll back its nuclear program by imposing sanctions will backfire.

When War is Over

When War is Over:
Photographer Lori Grinker has travelled the globe for 15 years documenting veterans of the world's conflicts