Politics

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** FILE ** Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaks to the media in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

A worker dismantles a poster of an election candidate in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, two days after parliamentary election. The main Afghan election observer group said it had serious concerns about the legitimacy of this weekend's parliamentary vote because of reported fraud, even as President Hamid Karzai commended the balloting as a solid success. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Election workers count votes at the regional counting center in Khost, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Afghan election observers urged President Hamid Karzai's government on Monday to allow an independent investigation into reports of widespread fraud during weekend's parliamentary elections, including intimidation of voters and interference by powerful warlords. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)

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A worker dismantles a poster of election candidate two days after parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. The main Afghan election observer group said it had serious concerns about the legitimacy of this weekend's parliamentary vote because of reported fraud, even as President Hamid Karzai commended the balloting as a solid success. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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An Afghan soldier and locals walk by a site after a suicide car-bomb exploded in Behsood district of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday Sept. 20, 2010. The attack on a NATO convoy reportedly injured four Afghan civilians. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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U.S soldiers inspect a site after a suicide car-bomb in Behsood district of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday Sept. 20, 2010. The attack on a NATO convoy reportedly injured four Afghan civilians. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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U.S soldiers inspect a site after a suicide car-bomb exploded in Behsood district of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday Sept. 20, 2010. The attack on a NATO convoy reportedly injured four Afghan civilians. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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A policeman scrapes a wall clean of posters of candidates who contested in the parliamentary elections, in Herat, Afghanistan, Monday Sept. 20, 2010. Afghan election observers urged President Hamid Karzai's government on Monday to allow an independent investigation into reports of widespread fraud during last weekend's parliamentary elections, including intimidation of voters and interference by powerful warlords. (AP Photo/ Reza Shirmohammadi)

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Policemen clean a wall of posters of candidates who contested in the parliamentary elections, in Herat, Afghanistan, Monday Sept. 20, 2010. Afghan election observers urged President Hamid Karzai's government on Monday to allow an independent investigation into reports of widespread fraud during last weekend's parliamentary elections, including intimidation of voters and interference by powerful warlords. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Joseph Deiss, of Switzerland and President of the UN General Assembly, compare their watches at the summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, talks with Iranian Foreign Minster Manouchehr Mottaki during the summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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George Papandreou, right, Prime Minister of Greece, attends a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Washington Redskins' running back Clinton Portis rushes for a 1-yard touchdown against the Houston Texans during the second quarter at FedEx Field in Washington on September 19, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

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Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis gives the ball to the fans after scoring during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux leaves after meeting with security forces at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Election workers count votes at the regional counting center in Khost, Afghanistan, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, following Saturday's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed by journalists from the Associated Press on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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Paramilitary police and plainclothes police officers, background, guard the gate of Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 20, 2010. China broke off high-level government contacts with Japan over the extended detention of a fishing boat captain arrested near disputed islands. (Associated Press)

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed by journalists from the Associated Press on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)