An Afghan Quandary: Fighting Corruption With Corrupt Officials

An Afghan Quandary: Fighting Corruption With Corrupt Officials


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.


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.


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.


Nigeria may charge Cheney in Halliburton bribery probe

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

An Agence France-Presse wire out of Lagos, Nigeria, reports anti-corruption authorities there plan to file charges against former vice president Dick Cheney over a bribery scandal involving Halliburton, the oil services firm Cheney used to head.


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


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."


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.


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.


‘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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