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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

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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

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

2020:  The IEA Puts a Date on Peak Oil Production from the Economist

Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy: banks should pay for climate change from the London Times

Illegal Immigrant Students Publicly Take Up a Cause from the New York Times

Al Shabab blamed for Somalia bombing. Is Al Qaeda’s influence rising? from the Christian Science Monitor

Brazil and Argentina try again to reach an agreement on bilateral trade from MercoPress

Here is your R&D top five for December 10th:

Medicare expansion idea raises healthcare reform hopes from the Los Angeles Times

Southern Thailand:  Moving Towards Political Solutions from the International Crisis Group

Can the GOP Retake the Senate in 2010 (by Karl Rove) from the Wall Street Journal

Hamas preparing ‘offensive’ tunnels from the Jerusalem Post

China Calls Population Control Key to Climate Deal from China Deal

R&D top five for December 9th:

Obama’s FDR moment from the Washington Post

Contending with the PKK’s Narco-Terrorism from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47% from Gallup

Cap, trade and block (in Australia) from the Economist

Climate documents spark rich vs. poor clash from the Seattle Times

Here is your R&D top five for December 8th:

Copenhagen’s Many Agendas from the Council on Foreign Relations

Journalism and Freedom (Rupert Murdoch Editorial) from the Wall Street Journal

EPA is preparing to regulate emissions in Congress’s stead from the Washington Post

Gordon Brown did not understand Afghan war, says former Army chief from the London Times

Chavez Announces Creation of New State Bank in Venezuela from the Latin American Herald Tribune

Here is your R&D top five for December 7th:

The Health Care Race to Christmas from The Washington Post (courtesy of RealClearPolitics)

Athens Hit by Fresh Unrest on Anniversary of Teenager’s Death from Der Spiegel

Evo sticks (Bolivia) from The Economist

Handing Back Responsibility to Timor-Leste’s Police from the International Crisis Group

Promoting the Car Phone, Despite Risks from the New York Times

Here is your R&D top five for December 4th:

Six ideas Obama heard at the White House job summit from the Christian Science Monitor

Kenyans draw weapons over shrinking resources from the Los Angeles Times

Africa: ‘Development More Important Than Quick Conclusion of Doha’ from the Inter Press Service courtesy of AllAfrica

UN panel promises to investigate leaked ‘climategate’ e-mails from the London Times

Assessing China’s Carbon-Cutting Proposal from the Council on Foreign Relations