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What can politicians learn from the John Edwards scandal?

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Parent trap

East Africans tell of living without enough to eat

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‘No rain, no hope’

AP - An associate of the father who allegedly carried out the now-infamous balloon boy hoax to promote a proposed reality show is wanted for questioning after e-mails surfaced showing the two had discussed a similar stunt months ago as part of a public relations campaign for the program.

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Sheriff: Balloon boy hoax may have conspirators
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AP - The Taliban have claimed responsibility for Thursday’s suicide car bomb in the Afghan capital, saying their target was the Indian Embassy.

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Taliban claim Afghan bomb, say embassy was target
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Reuters - A large bomb exploded outside the Indian embassy in central Kabul on Thursday, killing 12 people and wounding 83, officials said, in the second big attack on the mission in 15 months.

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Blast outside Indian embassy in Kabul kills 12
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AP - Randy Wolf and the Dodgers bullpen outpitched St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter, earning Los Angeles a 5-3 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday night in an NL playoff opener full of missed chances for both teams

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Dodgers top Cards and ace Carpenter 5-3 in NLDS
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AP - Israel’s powerful foreign minister declared Thursday that there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians any time soon, casting a pall over the U.S. Mideast envoy’s latest effort to get peace talks moving again.

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Israeli foreign minister: No chance for peace deal
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Reuters - Poorer countries are helping shape a broader pact to fight climate change but their efforts are being stymied by rich nations’ lack of commitment on finance and tougher emissions cuts, the U.N. said on Thursday.

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Rich nations need to ante-up in climate talks: U.N.
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AP - Honduras’ coup-installed leader resisted calls by diplomats from across the hemisphere to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, at one point angrily telling the visitors they “don’t know the truth or don’t want to know it.”

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Interim Honduran leader resists diplomats’ pleas
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AFP - Poland’s eurosceptic president will sign the European Union’s Lisbon treaty on Sunday, a senior official said Thursday, making ratification in the Czech Republic the last major hurdle for the treaty.

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Poland to sign EU’s Lisbon treaty Sunday: ministry
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