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Filename: A1-MAIN-AJCD0104-3THRE created: Jan 4 2008 Username: SPEED7 Friday, Jan 04, 2008 MAIN 1 A 3DOT 1 A Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 A Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 3DOT File name: A1-MAIN-AJCD0104-3THRE created: Jan 4 2008 Username: SPEED7 MAIN Friday M. SPENCER GREEN Associated Press Sen. Barack Obama heads into New Hampshire with a boost from his Iowa victory. COUNTDOWN 2008 REPUBLICANS: Folksy upstart from Arkansas trounces well-funded Romney. GOP county caucuses are Saturday.

The next big test is Tuesday, with the New Hampshire primary. a chance for candidates from both parties who struggled in Iowa to regain their footing. DEMOCRATS: Illinois senator breaks from pack, putting Clinton in risky spot. Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the Feb. 5 Georgia primaries.

To register, you must be at least 18 years old by Election Day, a U.S. citizen and a legal resident of Georgia and the county where you wish to vote. On Feb. 5 you will have to choose whether to vote in the Democratic or Republican primary. If you mail in an application, it must be postmarked by the end of the day Monday.

NEXT PAUL SANCYA Associated Press Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee rode the evangelical Christian vote to a win. TALK ABOUT IT Reaction from across the nation Columnists Cynthia Tucker and Jim Wooten weigh in ON AJC.COM IN GEORGIA New front-runners face battles in N.H. By DAVID ESPO and MIKE GLOVER Associated Press With Iowa now behind them, the presidential candidates return to New Hampshire this morning, to face a new set of voters and new challenges. For Mike Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, the question is whether the former Southern Baptist minister is strong enough to win outside friendly Iowa territory and go the distance to the nomination.

For the Democratic winner, Barack Obama, the shortened window before New Hampshire primary means he can expect a short boost and must prepare for a tight race. going to be a historic predicted Bill Gardner, New secretary of state. both parties, someone for everyone, a huge variety of not clear is who is going to win. Polls show Obama and Hillary Clinton, the former lady, neck and neck in the Demo Please see IOWA, A 6 Scenes from around Iowa, quotes from the day, looking ahead to Super Tuesday. A6, A7 INSIDE The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Copyright 2008, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution FRIDAY, JAN.

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Olympics raise pressure on China on human rights By CRAIG SIMONS Beijing Another day, another restriction. On Thursday, China announced that beginning Jan. 31, it will ban Internet video providers from broadcasting video that involves national secrets, hurts the reputation of China, disrupts social stability or promotes pornography. Such rules limiting content on the Web, in books, newspapers and magazines, on television and in speech are a part of the routine for Chinese, who despite an increasingly free- market economy, are far from free in their personal and intellectual lives. But the rules could be challenged this summer, when an estimated 500,000 athletes, journalists and spectators pour into Beijing from around the world for the Summer Olympics the in 28 years to be held in a nondemocratic country.

Concerns are rising, and with them rumors and speculation about the that could occur. For example, the Washington-based Catholic News Agency recently reported that Bibles would be prohibited in housing for thousands of foreign athletes. A few days later, a group in Texas said Beijing would refuse visas to activists and other possible protesters. Beijing have denied both claims, but they have acknowledged they will stop unauthorized demonstrations and religious proselytizing, both outlawed under national laws. And although Bibles may be permitted, foreigners are likely to be barred from bringing certain other books into China.

A recently published list OLYMPIC LIMITS Distribution of religious texts, though Bibles and other texts brought for personal use are allowed. Political demonstrations. Books, magazines or other printed matter determined to be to the political, economic, cultural and moral interests of Please see OLYMPICS, A 8 Man sought for questioning about hiker By GEORGE CHIDI As friends, family and volunteers searched in bitter cold and rugged mountain terrain Thursday for Meredith Hope Emerson of Buford, a 24-year-old hiker not seen since New Day, another search was under way for an aging backpacker now wanted for questioning in her disappearance. Law enforcement cials said at nightfall that they wanted to talk with Gary Michael Hilton, 61, who was seen by other hikers in Vogel State Park as he and Emerson walked with their dogs up Freeman Trail on Blood Mountain. Single-digit temperatures, snow and biting winds have challenged the searchers since car was found early Wednesday.

Authorities said the water bottle and the leash for her black mixed- breed dog, Ella, were discovered a few hundred yards from her car. Hilton had his dog, Dandy, with him. Emerson, a sales manager for a Winder packaging company and a 2005 graduate Please see MISSING, A 8 SEARCH ON FOR WOMAN MISSING: Meredith Emerson was last seen Tuesday. SOUGHT: Gary Michael Hilton was seen with Emerson. Person of interest: Police want to talk to a 61-year-old seen with woman before she vanished..