links for 2007-01-03

• ThreatsWatch.Org: InBrief: al-Qaeda and the ICU’s Somali Retreat
  unless the ICU’s force is blocked and decimated in-place, it will regroup with significant al-Qaeda investment and return to the Somali battlefields in relatively short order
  (tags: waronterror news iraq)
• Red Wings retiring Yzerman's No. 19
  Yzerman will join five other Red Wings greats — Terry Sawchuk, Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio, Sid Abel and Howe — who have had their numbers retired
  (tags: hockey nhl)
• lgf: 400 Cars Torched in France for New Year's
  “youths” burned four hundred cars in France to ring in the New Year, intifada-style
  (tags: waronterror europe france)
• Channelnewsasia.com: China FM opens TV Studio Building in Equatorial Guinea
  The new home of Equatorial Guinea's Radio and Television was built by a private Chinese company with interest-free credits provided by the Beijing government
  (tags: china chinaeconomy usa africa)
• Captain's Quarters: Lufthansa Bars Air Marshals from Flights
  That means that Lufthansa flights from the US, especially the heavily-traveled routes, will almost certainly have no extra security on board
  (tags: waronterror usa europe news)
• The Washington Times: Cancer's Unrecognized Toll: Time
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The hours spent sitting in doctors' waiting rooms, in line for the CT scan, watching chemotherapy drip into veins: Battling cancer steals a lot of time - at least $2.3 billion worth for patients in the first year of treatment alone
  (tags: cancer)
• TCS Daily - What the Real-Wage Pessimists Are Missing
  If you want to know whether someone's real wage has increased, you would need to know that person's hourly wage rate, adjusted for inflation, plus the value to the person of any non-wage benefits
  (tags: economy economics usa)
• Electric Venom » Blog Archive » Resolved To Be More Resolved
  1. I’m quitting smoking.
  (tags: blogs)
• Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Boise St. 43, Oklahoma 42
  and ended, incredibly enough, with the statue of liberty play
  (tags: sports football)