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20061214 10 Most Read Articles on NYTimes from the past two weeks

10 Most Read Articles on NYTimes.com from the past two weeks

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

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Here are the 10 Most Read Articles on NYTimes.com from the past two weeks (as of 9 a.m. ET, December 14).

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1) Rumsfeld Memo Proposed 'Major Adjustment' in Iraq By MICHAEL R. GORDON and DAVID S. CLOUD

Published: December 3, 2006

Two days before he resigned as defense secretary, Donald H.

Rumsfeld submitted a memo to the White House that acknowledged that the administration's strategy in Iraq was not working.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/world/middleeast/03military.html?ex=1181451600&en=41324795eaad1313&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at1

2) Video Is a Window Into a Terror Suspect's Isolation By DEBORAH SONTAG

Published: December 4, 2006

A tape provides the first concrete glimpse inside the incarceration of Jose Padilla, whose detention became a test case in the fight against terrorism.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/us/04detain.html?ex=1181451600&en=d58e5bb93ae22a66&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at2

3) Dueling Views Pit Baker Against Rice

By DAVID E. SANGER

Published: December 8, 2006

Many of the critiques in the Iraq Study Group's report boil down to the differing views of a former secretary of state and the current one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/world/middleeast/08diplo.html?ex=1181451600&en=89238c88009b4f8f&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at3

4) An Ancient Computer Surprises Scientists By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

Published: November 29, 2006

The Antikythera Mechanism contains "an unexpected degree of technical sophistication," scientists said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/29/science/30computecnd.html?ex=1181451600&en=b6e37ebf2f33883a&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at4

5) Supporting Boys or Girls When the Line Isn't Clear By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN

Published: December 2, 2006

Children who do not conform to gender norms are starting to be supported in their choice by parents and doctors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/02/us/02child.html?ex=1181451600&en=0de9c781cd024c23&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at5

6) Prisoners of Sex

By NEGAR AZIMI

Published: December 3, 2006

In Egypt and across the Arab world, homosexuality is becoming a political issue. But as gay people become more visible, they could wind up even less free.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/magazine/03arabs.html?ex=1181451600&en=c2a93022121d5a92&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at6

7) Off to College Alone, Shadowed by Mental Illness By LYNETTE CLEMETSON

Published: December 8, 2006

For young people with serious mental disorders, the transition to college can be particularly fraught.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/health/08Kids.html?ex=1181451600&en=70a85891d162a834&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at7

8) Early 'Maybe' From Obama Jolts '08 Field By ADAM NAGOURNEY

Published: December 4, 2006

Senator Barack Obama's move has created complications for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/washington/04candidates.html?ex=1181451600&en=6f27c753ef7f9560&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at8

9) Praise for Gibson Film, Quandary for Oscar Voters By SHARON WAXMAN

Published: December 5, 2006

Hollywood's tight-knit community of Oscar voters may find itself facing a difficult dilemma in the coming weeks: Will they consider Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" for an Academy Award?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/movies/05apoc.html?ex=1181451600&en=719c8c8b146a7acc&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at9

10) The Weighty Responsibility of Drinking for Two By JULIA MOSKIN

Published: November 29, 2006

Americans' complicated relationship with food and drink -- in which everything desirable is also potentially dangerous -- only becomes magnified in pregnancy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/29/dining/29preg.html?ex=1181538000&en=6c6e85af699f7ed8&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at10

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Travel

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Where to go in 2007

The party destination of 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/travel/10Istanbul.html?ex=1181538000&en=2b5f836aa72e9e9f&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at12

The luxury destination of 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/travel/10zambia.html?ex=1181538000&en=a0ce827c15572f92&ei=5087&excamp=mkt_at13