18 December 2006: Morning By The Morning News — 18 Dec 2006 Two days later, Malmoud Abbas sticks to his call for early elections. Cease-fire breach between Hamas and Fatah continues with gunfire exchanged in Gaza. Policy won't be affected, but Ahmadinejad is sad to find out he didn't dominate Iran's elections. Powell doesn't believe adding more troops to Iraq will help. When we do pull out, what will become of Iraqi villages and towns?, asks Marine who's been there. Embarrassments, and no key terror suspects, produced by special-forces intelligence units, now to be reined in. The glittering bold financial gamble that's Dubai, where business dealings are anything but transparent. The mother of all "more details to come" crime stories. The 12 tipping points of global warming. Times-Picayune reporter on what he learned while traveling the world in the name of disaster recovery. Pitchfork's top 100 tracks of 2006. How to hear the new Arcade Fire song.
