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After weeks of backroom haggling and private international telephone conversations, the presidents and prime ministers of the 27 E.U. nations pick a little-known politician, Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, as the union's first permanent president. (Remy De La Mauviniere - AP)
Parliament bases third investigation on fresh reports of covert CIA flights carrying prisoners from Afghanistan, as well as revelations that U.S. contractors built a high-security complex near Vilnius.
Afghan president sets two ambitious goals in his inauguration speech: to have Afghan soldiers and police take full responsibility for security, and to root out pervasive corruption.
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