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Afghan member of panel investigating vote resigns

KABUL (AP) -- One of the two Afghans on a U.N.-backed commission looking into vote fraud in the August presidential election resigned Monday, citing interference by foreigners. Officials acknowledged that errors and miscommunication have plagued the investigation into alleged cheating in the ballot....

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Al Franken: Another Senate seating ruckus?

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Clinton in Belfast seeks power-sharing progress

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the rival leaders of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government Monday to keep making their awkward coalition work for the sake of lasting peace....

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