|  An Afghan Quandary: Fighting Corruption With Corrupt Officials   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:31 PM PST Corruption in Afghanistan, leaked cables say, is pervasive and dispiriting for American officials trying to build support for the Afghan government.    
 
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  |  Cables Depict a Roller-Coaster Trajectory for Karzai, From Exalted to Baffling   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:30 PM PST Diplomatic reports show the trajectory of the Afghan president from a leader anointed by the West to an embattled one who baffles his allies.    
 
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  |  City Room: Live Blog: The Rangel Censure Hearing   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:23 PM PST Representative Charles B. Rangel's House colleagues are voting on whether to censure him for ethics violations.    
 
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  |  Nigeria may charge Cheney in Halliburton bribery probe   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST | 
  |  US prisoners 'may have to make own toilet paper'   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:38 PM PST Prisoners in the US state of Iowa could soon be making their own toilet paper, in what officials describe as a bid to save taxpayers money.   
 
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  |  US House votes to keep tax cuts   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:07 PM PST The US House of Representatives passes a bill that would extend tax cuts for middle class Americans while letting them lapse for the wealthy.   
 
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  |  Dutch hostage freed in Afghanistan: foreign minister   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:03 PM PST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch aid worker and his Afghan driver, who were abducted in northern Afghanistan in October, have been freed, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Thursday.    
 
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  |  DealBook: Credit the Fed for Healthy Banks   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:17 AM PST The central bank's data dump shows it freely lent money during the crisis-which just may have been the right thing to do    
 
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  |  Suicide at Center of Publicist Mystery   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:57 PM PST A man apparently linked to the killing of Ronni Chasen, the Hollywood publicist, shot himself on Wednesday.    
 
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  |  Ivory Coast army 'seals borders'   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:04 PM PST The Ivorian military says it has sealed the country's borders, as tensions rise amid confusion over the outcome of Sunday's presidential election run-off.   
 
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  |  Temperatures plunge amid warnings   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST Temperatures are expected to plunge once again across Wales into Friday as fresh warnings are issued about snow and ice.   
 
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  |  Cote d'Ivoire opposition chief wins   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:35 PM PST Presidential poll is far from over because victory must be validated by the country's constitutional council.   
 
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  |  Movie Review | 'Black Swan': On Point, on Top, in Pain   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:22 PM PST In "Black Swan" Natalie Portman plays an ambitious ballerina straining to handle stardom.    
 
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  |  Steaua Bucharest 1-1 Liverpool   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:52 AM PST Liverpool secure their passage to the last 32 of the Europa League, despite a blunder from goalkeeper Pepe Reina in a draw at Steaua Bucharest.   
 
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  |  Neutron bomb inventor Cohen dies   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:29 AM PST The man who invented the neutron bomb, Samuel Cohen, has died in California, at the age of 89   
 
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  |  Spain art thieves steal 28 works   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:51 AM PST Spanish police reveal that 28 works of art, including one by Picasso, have been stolen from a warehouse near Madrid.   
 
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  |  Carpetbagger: A Visit From an Acting Deity   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST Javier Bardem couldn't stop gushing over the fact Al Pacino came to the party following a screening of "Biutiful."    
 
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  |  Protest in Haiti capital demands rerun of elections   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:54 AM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Around 2,000 protesters marched in Haiti's capital on Thursday demanding a rerun of Sunday's elections they said were skewed by fraud, as the jittery Caribbean nation awaited results expected next week.    
 
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  |  Two bailed over 1988 murder case   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:41 AM PST Two people arrested for alleged perjury and perverting the course of justice at a 1988 murder trial are bailed.   
 
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  |  ‘I Destroyed Innocent Lives,’ Cheshire Killer Says   Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:20 PM PST At the hearing at which he was sentenced to die, Steven J. Hayes said he was deeply sorry for the murders.    
 
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