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Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, appears on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, before the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct as he faces charges of violating House ethics rule. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Binyam Mohamed, 30, foreground, a British resident freed from Guantanamo Bay prison returns to Britain a free man in this file photo dated Monday Feb. 23, 2009, as he leaves RAF Northolt in west London, after nearly seven years in U.S. captivity. After months of legal wrangling, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010, the British government has agreed to pay hefty settlements to a group of former Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Binyam Mohamed, who together sued the government for alleged complicity in their torture, one of the first big pay-outs stemming from the US-led war on terrorism. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, FILE)
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In this file photo taken on Aug. 11, 2010, alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout answers a question from inside the detention room at a criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)
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Armed commando officers stand by as the motorcade of accused Russian arms dealer arrived at Don Muang Airport in Bangkok on Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Phoot/Sakchai Lalit)
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Alla Bout, wife of suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, talks on cell phone before leaving Don Muang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday, Nov 16, 2010. The Thai government extradited accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States on Tuesday to face terrorism charges, rejecting heavy pressure from Moscow for him to be freed. (AP Photo)
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Bishop Kevin Vann, left, of Fort Worth, Texas, congratulates Archbishop Timothy Dolan, right, of New York after Archbishop Dolan was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the conference's annual fall meeting Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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In this Tuesday, June 25, 2002, photo, Retired Archbishop Rembert Weakland, left, and Auxiliary Bishop Richard Sklba, center, congratulate Bishop Timothy Dolan, right, after a press conference announcing Bishop Dolan as the new Archbishop of Milwaukee at the Cousin Center in St. Francis, Wis. On Tuesday, Nov.16, 2010, Dolan, now archbishop of New York, was elected the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in an upset election in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Ron Kuenstler)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) performs a mock swearing in of Sen-elect. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, as interim Sen. Carte Goodwin of West Virginia (left) and Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Democrat, watch. Mr. Manchin's mother, Mary, and wife Gayle look on.
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) shakes hands with Sen.-elect Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat, after a mock swearing in ceremony Monday, as Mr. Coons' sons, Jack and Mike, along with wife Annie, look on.
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Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, makes an impassioned plea on his own behalf before the House Standards of Official Conduct Committee on Monday. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press Catholic Cardinal Francis George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in Baltimore reiterated his warnings Monday that the new health care law will allow indirect subsidies for abortion.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is likely to lose a confidence vote but nevertheless could win subsequent early elections.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Joan McCarthy shows a bullet-scarred wall in her Tivoli Gardens apartment in Kingston, Jamaica, where she says police and military officers shot her son-in-law and nephew while seeking a fugitive gang boss. Neither man has been seen since.
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Ajak Dau Akech (left) and Kuol Awan, executive director of the Arizona Lost Boys Center - both are Sudanese war orphans and part of the group known as the Lost Boys of Sudan - look through refugee identification document packages to be mailed to Lost Boys around the world.
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Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash (13) spins and dribble around Sacramento Kings' Beno Udrih, of Slovenia, during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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A contestant rides his broom during competition at the 4th annual Quidditch World Cup held at Dewitt Clinton Park, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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** FILE ** Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, during the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct hearing as he faces charges of violating House ethics rules. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren, California Democrat. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **
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Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers speech to supporters at the headquarters of her National ASSOCIATED PRESS Burma's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, free after seven years of house arrest, addresses thousands of supporters Sunday.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS FREE AGAIN: Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi leaves her political party office Sunday through supporters in Rangoon after her first news conference since being released from her latest house arrest.
