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Prison guards carry the coffin of Eran Weizel, killed when a wildfire in northern Israel set a bus alight which was carrying Israeli prison guards heading to rescue Palestinian inmates at a nearby prison, at the military cemetery in Haifa, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Foreign firefighters and aircraft poured into Israel Friday in an unprecedented wave of international assistance as the country battled a huge forest fire that has killed dozens of people and displaced thousands. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Israelis gather around the grave of Eran Weizel, killed when a wildfire in northern Israel set a bus alight which was carrying Israeli prison guards heading to rescue Palestinian inmates at a nearby prison, at the military cemetery in Haifa, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Foreign firefighters and aircraft poured into Israel Friday in an unprecedented wave of international assistance as the country battled a huge forest fire that has killed dozens of people and displaced thousands. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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A mourner places her hand on the grave of Eran Weizel, killed when a wildfire in northern Israel set a bus alight which was carrying Israeli prison guards heading to rescue Palestinian inmates at a nearby prison, at the military cemetery in Haifa, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Foreign firefighters and aircraft poured into Israel Friday in an unprecedented wave of international assistance as the country battled a huge forest fire that has killed dozens of people and displaced thousands. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 10, 2010, file photo, Erskine Bowles, left, watches former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairman of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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South Korean military veterans burn a North Korean flag and portrait of Kim Il Sung, the late founder of North Korean, during a rally denouncing last week's North Korean bombardment on a South Korean border island, in Jecheon, South Korea, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. President Lee Myung-bak's choice for new defense minister said Friday that South Korean jets will bomb North Korea if Pyongyang stages an attack similar to last week's deadly artillery barrage. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Roh Sung-hyuck)
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IN SUPPORT: Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says that fiscally, "We're at a day of reckoning." (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, joined one House Democrat and three House Republicans to oppose the report by President Obama's deficit commission.
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Former US President Bill Clinton, Honorary Chairman USA Bid Commitee, of the delegation of the USA bid, reacts after Qatar was announced as host for the 2022 World Cup during the FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cup Bid Announcement in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Patrick B. Kraemer)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Putin said Wednesday he will not fly to Zurich for the 2018 World Cup vote because he wants to avoid exerting any pressure FIFA officials ahead of the vote. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting in Moscow, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Putin says Russia could import grain in the aftermath of last summer's drought to help keep domestic prices low. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)
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The Internet homepage of Wikileaks is shown in this photo taken in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. WikiLeaks' release of secret government communications should serve as a warning to the nation's biggest businesses: You're next. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - In this April 17, 2006 file photo, visitors walk past a mannequin set up to show how individuals attempt to get past customs, smuggling counterfeit products in violation of intellectual property rights law during an exhibition in Beijing. China's government announced a new crackdown Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 on rampant illegal copying of products from software to music that is adding to tensions with Washington and other governments over trade and currency complaints. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell waves before giving her concession speech to supporters in Dover, Del. O'Donnell will offer her take on the campaign and her ''frustrations'' with the political process, St. Martin's Press announced Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Publication is scheduled for August 2011. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, file)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS CHASTENED: Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, speaks to the media after being censured by the House for 11 ethics violations, mostly related to his efforts to raise funds for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Policy.
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Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, waves as he leaves after speaking to the media in the Capitol after being censured by the House on Thursday. The vote was 333-79 for censure, which carries a stigma, though no other official loss of privileges. (AP Photo)
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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich has challenged Rep. Edolphus Towns for the Democratic Party's top position on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Mr. Towns currently serves as chairman.
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** FILE ** Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, speaks to the media after he was censured by the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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The elevator doors close on Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., as he goes to the House floor for a series of votes, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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This video frame grab image provided by House Television shows Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., stands in the well on the House floor while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reads the censure resolution passed by the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. It was only the 23rd time that the House invoked its most serious punishment short of expulsion. (AP Photo/House Television)
