Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Salazar at Interior: For Greens, Not a Dream Choice

By BRYAN WALSH

Fans call the Colorado senator a pragmatist devoted to the land, but not all greens are so sure about Obama's pick for Interior Secretary

In Mexico, a Kidnapping Negotiator Is Kidnapped

By TIM PADGETT WITH DOLLY MASCARENAS / MEXICO CITY

The abduction of a famed U.S. expert on kidnappings may be a message from the increasingly brazen police-linked gangs that menace Mexico

Behind a Face Transplant Breakthrough

By JEFFREY KLUGER

Four years of patient screening and more than 22 hours of surgery have given a disfigured woman a new image

Gates Gets Ready for Obama to Take the Reins

By MARK HALPERIN

The secretary of defense talks to PBS' Charlie Rose Wednesday night about how he's preparing for his new boss. Get details on The Page

The Lesson of the Iraqi Shoe Thrower

By ROBERT BAER

It's a small but powerful sign of the predicament facing the US in Iraq

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Swampland

By KAREN TUMULTY

Curtis Gans of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate has issued his final report on turnout in the 2008 election.

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Quotes of the Day

"[These arrests have] decapitated a ruling organization that wanted to give strategic direction to the Mafia."
PIETRO GRASSO,
Italy's chief anti-Mafia prosecutor, following a series of high-profile raids on leading Mafia families in Palermo
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Moscow

Gloom Time for Moscow's Millionaires

By John Wendle

At the annual Millionaire Fair, there are signs that Russia's richest are feeling the pinch

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