document.writeln ('Palin Resignation, Minnesota Senate Election Resolution Top Week\'s News
Columnists Mark Shields and Michael Gerson mull Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin\'s surprise resignation announcement and the Minnesota Supreme Court\'s ruling that Democrat Al Franken defeated Republican Norm Coleman for a U.S. Senate seat.
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document.writeln ('Russian Foreign Minister Sees \'Improvement\' in U.S.-Russian Relations
In the last of a series of reports from Russia, Margaret Warner talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the future of U.S.-Russian relations, last year\'s Georgian war, and negotiating a nuclear arms treaty.
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document.writeln ('U.S. Forces Enter Taliban Strongholds in Afghanistan
U.S. Marines moved into Taliban territory in southern Afghanistan on Friday to win over local leaders and populations, and so far have met little resistance from the Taliban, according to a military spokesman.
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