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Here is your R&D top five for January 20th:

Brown defeats Coakley in Mass. race for Senate from the Detroit Free Press

Haiti Government Has More Food Than It Can Distribute from the Latin American Herald Tribune

After Massachusetts, why the Democrats should still pass health-care reform from the Washington Post

TSA nominee withdraws name from the Washington Times

India turns up heat over ‘Glaciergate’ from the Asia Times

Here is your R&D top five for January 19th:

The Message of Massachusetts from the Wall Street Journal

Ban Ki-Moon: What I saw in Haiti from the Washington Post

Haiti earthquake: medics warn of infection risk to 3 million people from the UK Telegraph

France and the Internet:  Helicopters at the ready from the Economist

Three Keys to Success for Haiti Relief from the Brookings Institute

Here is your R&D top five for January 18th:

Ukraine vote: Yanukovich wins first round in shift back toward Russia from the Christian Science Monitor

Gay marriage supporters fear Supreme Court’s ruling was an omen from the Los Angeles Times

More U.S. troops expected as frustration grows in Haiti from the Detroit Free Press

Terrorism and Indo-Pakistani Escalation from the Council on Foreign Relations

Head Start’s Impact Evanescent — HHS Study from the Cato Institute

Here is your R&D top five for January 15th:

Clogged Airport, Ruined Seaport Delay Aid from the Wall Street Journal

India, Bangladesh look to turn a corner from the Asia Times

Chairman Mike Turns the Tables from the Washington Post (courtesy of RealClearPolitics)

Obama Image Unscathed By Terrorism Controversy from the Pew Research Center

Nigeria:  Four Million Girls Out of School from the Daily Trust (Nigeria)

Here is your R&D top five for January 14th:

The war of French dressing from the Economist

Chinese hackers force US showdown from the Sydney Morning Herald

Rep. Frank lashes out over accusations that Mass. Dems would stall a Brown certification from the Washington Times

Labor Leaders of Venezuela’s Heavy Industries Respond to Electricity-Saving Measures from Upside Down World

The Help That Haiti Needs from the New York Times

Here is your R&D top five for January 13th:

Horror in Haiti from the Economist

Health reform looms in Massachusetts Senate race from the Washington Post

Al-Qaeda in the West Bank and Gaza from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Supreme Court justices appear split on US sex offender law from the Christian Science Montior

Congress Fights Healthcare Fatigue to Finish Bill from the Los Angeles Times

Here is your R&D top five for December 12th:

States Lower Test Standards for a High School Diploma from the New York Times

Nigerians seek end to power vacuum from Al Jazeera

Venezuela Announces Currency Devaluation from the Latin American Herald Tribune

Harry Reid’s Race Problem from the Wall Street Journal

Central African Republic: Keeping the Dialogue Alive from the International Crisis Group

Here is your R&D top five for January 11th:

Maliki grasping at Shi’ite straws from the Asia Times

Mr. Smith Rewrites the Constitution (Filibusters are Unconstitutional) from the New York Times

Israel shrugs off Mitchell’s loan threat from the Christian Science Monitor

Uruguay benefiting from Argentina’s constitutional showdown from MercoPress

Terrorism Risks and ‘Timeless Problems’ from the Council on Foreign Relations

Here is your R&D for January 7th:

Russia, China, Iran redraw energy map from the Asia Times

Schwarzenegger — What Might’ve Been from the San Francisco Chronicle

Nigeria:  Bank Crisis and the Limit of Sanusi’s Capitalist Reforms from the Daily Independent of Lagos

Peru’s Supreme Court Upholds Fujimori’s 25-Year Sentence for Murders and Kidnappings from Upside Down World

Americans Reaping Benefits of U.S. Membership in WTO from the Washington Times

Here is your R&D top five for January 6th:

Obama assails intelligence failures in Christmas incident from the Los Angeles Times

To rein in Al Qaeda in Yemen, Britain taps its colonial past from the Christian Science Monitor

Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd won’t seek reelection, will retire at end of term from the Washington Post

Central Asia: Migrants and the Economic Crisis from the International Crisis Group (remember to read the full report!)

Bye-bye, Dubai from Foreign Policy in Focus

Here is your R&D for January 5th:

Census 2010 Can Count On Controversy from the Brookins Institute

Health Spending Rises in 2008, but at Slower Rate from The New York Times

Chile’s presidential January 17 run-off in its decisive leg from MercoPress

Loaded: Freighters Ready to Shoot Across Pirate Bow from The Wall Street Journal

Current Decade Rates as Worst in 50 Years from the Pew Research Center

Here is your R&D for 2010 at Extemp Central:

Fed chief calls for tougher regulation from The Financial Times

Iran in Turmoil:  The beginning of the end? from the Economist

Terrorism’s Triumphant Techniques from the New York Post

Must 2010 Be 1994? from the Washington Post [Courtesy of Real Clear Politics]

Obama’s First Year:  ‘Great Expectations,’ ‘Daunting Realities’ from the Council on Foreign Relations

Here is your R&D top five for December 17th:

Democrats’ Blues Grow Deeper in New Poll from the Wall Street Journal

Anti-corruption body bars 248 people from leaving Pakistan from the Guardian

Deforestation and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (Backgrounder) from the Council on Foreign Relations

The world this year from the Economist

Irish Republic out of recession as GDP grows from the BBC

Here is your R&D top five for December 16th:

D.C. Council approves same-sex marriage bill from The Washington Post

Mixed Views of Obama at Year’s End from the Pew Research Center

Why southern Yemen is pushing for secession from the Christian Science Monitor

US advances plans to close Guantánamo from the Financial Times of London

Failure Looming at Copenhagen Climate Summit from Der Spiegel

Note:  This week’s Extemp Central news quiz will be released on Thursday with answers to be released on Friday.  Yesterday’s content could not be updated due to technical difficulties.  We apologize for the incovenience.

Here is your R&D top five for December 15th:

Battered Berlusconi from the Economist

Turkey’s Kurd Initiative Goes Up in Smoke from The Asia Times

What a Difference a Year Makes: the 2010 Senate Outlook from The Rothenberg Political Report (Courtesy of RealClearPolitics)

Piñera Wins Plurality in Chile Vote, Will Face Frei in Runoff from the Latin American Herald Tribune

Clinton Defends Human Rights Approach from The New York Times