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Articles in January 2006 issue of National Geographic

• Pole position.(ICE HUNTERS)(Richard E. Byrd onDonald MacMillan's Arctic expedition of 1925)(Brief Article)
  by Zackowitz, Margaret G.
• The Kurds in control: while Sunnis and Shiites fight for power in Baghdad, the fiercely independent Kurds in the north are the real key to a united Iraq. But who says that's what they want?
  by Viviano, Frank
• Geographica: the shape of Africa.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Vasquez, P.M.; Montgomery, Denis; Black, Steven Patrick
• NGM and Google Earth.(ONLINE)(Brief Article)
• A photographer's secrets.(Do It Yourself)(Michael Nichols photographs the Grand Canyon)(Brief Article)
• The radio age: RFID tags are tracking everything--even you.(TECHNOLOGY)(radio frequency identification)
  by Achenbach, Joel
• Who rules the forest?(Letter to the Editor)
  by Goodman, Roger; Rossellini, Isabella
• Dog whisperer.(PREMIERES FRIDAY JANUARY 6 AT 8 P.M.)(Cesar Millan's television program)(Brief Article)
• Reflections of a city.(IRAQI KURDS)(photographer Ed Kashi)(Brief Article)
• A labor of light: taking creative risks to new heights.(GRAND CANYON)(Michael Nichols, photographer)(Brief Article)
• Return to Zambia.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Rathert, Jay
• Now in HDTV.(COMING SOON)(National Geographic Channel's high definition television)(Brief Article)
• 36460 to catch a mockingbird: everyone in Monroeville, Alabama, turns out to attend the annual stage version of To Kill a Mockingbird, the famous novel by the town's part-time resident, Harper Lee. Everyone, that is, except the author herself.(Zip USA: Mo
  by Newman, Cathy
• Solid cash.(THE COLOR OF MONEY)(counterfeit-proof features of Swiss currency)(Brief Article)
  by Dangerfield, Whitney
• Living with AIDS.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Edgett, Cathy
• From the editor.(Editorial)
  by Johns, Chris
• New season, new hunt: when the sea ice melts, kayaks replace dogsleds, and the Greenlanders' hunt for food continues--now for the elusive narwhal.
• Commercial airline pilots are at least three times as likely to develop cataracts.(HEALTH)(Brief Article)
• Inventing Nairobi.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Mathews, Terry
• Last days of the ice hunters? Cracking the frigid air with a sealskin whip, a Greenland hunter urges his dogs across sea ice that gets thinner and less stable each year. Out here he's always found game for his family--until now. The problem: the ice is di
  by Ehrlich, Gretel
• Scientists have discovered a previously unknown source of DNA.(genetic research)(Brief Article)
• Views of the continent.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Kreher, Nora
• The dawn of Maya Gods and Kings.
  by Saturno, William
• A captive orca has learned to lure seagulls.(ANIMAL BEHAVIOR)(Brief Article)
• Oil boon.(Forum)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Pray, Sarah; Leonard, Bill; Berg, Robert
• Of lynx and men: scenes from a homecoming: a lynx in Canada, his right forefoot caught in a snare, awaits his fate. Captured for conservation, he'll be set free in the Colorado Rockies--part of a project to restore the cats to their historic range after d
  by Glick, Daniel
• A comeback for Adak: could a spy station be key to a town's rebirth?(ECONOMY)(Sea-Based X-Band Radar for islands defense)(Brief Article)
  by Scigliano, Eric
• Africa special issue.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Tibwitta, Alex; Belnap, Lee; Geci, Diona; Gheriani, Hala; Flack, Peter
• The unexpected canyon: winter mists shape the view above Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park.(Cover Story)
  by Morell, Virginia
• Farewell to frogs? Deadly fungus attacks amphibians.(GEOGRAPHICA: THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND CREATURES OF OUR UNIVERSE)
  by Holland, Jennifer S.
• September 2005.(Forum)
• Genocide and the science of proof: in the Iraqi desert, crime-scene investigators are finding new forensic evidence of Saddam Hussein's murderous regime. Their discoveries echo the mass killings of the past century--the bloodiest in history--and offer hop
  by Simons, Lewis M.
• Visions of Earth.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Hogg, Andy
• Visions of Earth.(THROUGH A PHOTOGRAPHER'S EYE)(Antarctica)(Brief Article)
  by Curtsinger, Bill