On camera: Serial killer's chilling defiance Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:00 PM PST Closed-circuit TV footage that led British police to identify Stephen Griffiths as a serial killer shows the self-proclaimed "Crossbow Cannibal" in the hallway outside his apartment shortly after he killed one of his victims.  
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UN warns of Ivory Coast civil war Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:03 PM PST UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns supporters of Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo not to attack his rival Alassane Ouattara's HQ.  
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Venezuela's Chavez devalues bolivar currency again Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:13 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela devalued its bolivar currency for the second time in 12 months on Thursday, abolishing the lowest exchange rate to the dollar as the OPEC member battles to revive its economy.  
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High & Low Finance: Major League Banks Need a Farm System Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST Just as baseball teams need a farm system to provide replacements for players who age, a banking system needs a second tier of institutions that can step in and become major league.  
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Murkowski Certified Winner of Alaska Senate Race Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:18 PM PST Sen. Lisa Murkowski was officially named the winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate race Thursday, following a legal battle that lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job.  
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Yemen releases Shia rebel prisoners Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:55 PM PST Government frees some 400 members of Houthi northern rebels as part of Qatar-mediated truce in return for concessions.  
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14 civilians killed in Afghan mine blast Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:28 AM PST At least 14 civilians died when a mini-bus struck a road mine in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, a provincial official said.  
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12 Somalis detained in Holland last week are released Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:37 AM PST Twelve men of Somali origin arrested in the Netherlands last week on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack have been released, but three of them are still being treated as "suspects," a government official said on Thursday.  
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Christians killed in Iraq attacks Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:10 PM PST At least two people are killed and 14 wounded in a series of attacks targeting Christians in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.  
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City Room: The Math on New Transit Fares Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST Under the new transit fares that took effect today, the unlimited MetroCard is not as good a deal as it used to be. Find out if it still makes sense for you.  
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A Year at War: Families Bear Brunt of Deployment Strains Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST There have been more than a million families of soldiers deployed to war since 2001, and the rippling effects on those families is just beginning to be understood.  
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Venezuela Unifies Exchange Rates Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:00 AM PST Venezuela announced Thursday that it will once again change its exchange-rate regime by creating a flat rate of 4.30 bolivares per dollar starting Jan. 1, less than a year after the country gambled on a dual-rate structure that was supposed to offset skyrocketing inflation.  
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WikiLeaks backers say Zimbabwe websites shut down Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Cyber activists say they have brought down Zimbabwean government websites after the president's wife sued a newspaper for publishing a WikiLeaks cable linking her with illicit diamond trading.  
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A Year at War: Families Bear Brunt of Deployment Strains Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:49 AM PST There have been more than a million families of soldiers deployed to war since 2001, and the rippling effects on those families is just beginning to be understood.  
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Army deployed in Guatemala drug war Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:49 AM PST The army has been deployed to battle drug traffickers from neighbouring Mexico in Guatemala's highlands.  
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Swine flu has 'more than doubled' Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:47 AM PST The number of swine flu cases in Northern Ireland has more than doubled in the past week.  
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Ljungberg agrees deal with Celtic Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST Former Arsenal forward Freddie Ljungberg passes a medical with Celtic and signs a deal to remain with the Glasgow club until the end of the season.  
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Blasts kill Iraqi Christians Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:45 PM PST Ten explosions target Christians across Iraqi capital, killing two and wounding 18, days after al-Qaeda renewed threat.  
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The Oscars: Natalie Portman Embraces Monster and Victim Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:00 AM PST "Black Swan" is at bottom a horror movie, an inky, unhinged fairy tale, a swirl of intuitions and sensations visited upon the body of its star, Natalie Portman  
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Spanish police jailed for torture Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:10 AM PST A Spanish court sentences four civil guard police officers to prison for torturing two members of the armed Basque separatist group, Eta.  
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