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10:01 pm
Mon December 19, 2011

From Bond To Blomkvist: Daniel Craig's Next Big Role

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Mikael Blomkvist, the investigative journalist who teams up with the title character in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is the second iconic character that actor Daniel Craig (right, with Christopher Plummer) has tackled in the space of a half-decade.
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The smooth, daring James Bond — Craig's other franchise-icon role — is the polar opposite of Blomkvist, the average guy. Craig says Blomkvist's appeal is his honest nature, driven by a sense of injustice.
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Originally published on Tue December 20, 2011 9:30 am

Actor Daniel Craig is used to taking on iconic characters. In 2006, he famously shook up the 007 franchise as a new, blond James Bond. And his latest on-screen character, though he has somewhat less swagger and not nearly as much style, is almost as well-known.

In David Fincher's film of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Craig plays investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist, the leading man in a trio of thrillers by Swedish author Stieg Larsson that has sold 65 million copies worldwide.

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Asia
10:01 pm
Mon December 19, 2011

India's Techies Angered Over Internet Censorship Plan

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An activist of Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena hold placards and roses outside the residence of Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal in New Delhi.
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Indian Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sibal has said that Internet giants such as Facebook and Google have ignored his demands to screen derogatory material from their sites, so the government would have to take action on its own.
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Originally published on Wed December 28, 2011 11:20 am

India has the world's largest democracy, and one of the most rambunctious. Millions of its young people are cutting edge when it comes to high-tech.

Yet the country is still very conservative by Western standards, and a government minister recently said that offensive material on the web should be removed.

The way it was reported in India, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal started the whole row by assembling the heads of social networking sites at a meeting in his office in New Delhi.

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Violence At California's Psychiatric Hospitals
10:01 pm
Mon December 19, 2011

In Calif. Mental Hospitals, Assaults Rarely A Crime

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Metropolitan State Hospital employees and supporters gathered outside the hospital in Norwalk, Calif., this summer to protest repeated assaults at the hands of mental patients, and what they called dangerous working conditions.
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Originally published on Wed December 21, 2011 12:16 pm

Part of an ongoing series

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Presidential Race
4:10 pm
Mon December 19, 2011

Despite Spate Of Negative Ads, Gingrich Stays Positive

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Newt Gingrich speaks Monday at Global Security Services in Davenport, Iowa. Despite falling poll numbers, Gingrich says he will avoid negative campaigning.
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Originally published on Mon December 19, 2011 5:44 pm

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The Two-Way
4:05 pm
Mon December 19, 2011

As Crackdown Continues, Syria Agrees To Arab League Observers

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A boy stands in a water fountain as he holds up the Syrian national flag during a rally in Damascus, Syria.
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Originally published on Mon December 19, 2011 4:09 pm

Today, Syria signed an agreement that would allow Arab League observers into the country. It's all in a bid to end its isolation and the nine-month standoff between the government of President Bashar Assad and protesters who are demanding his ouster.

The Guardian reports:

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