WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Dec. 12. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates sharply criticized NATO countries for not supplying urgently needed trainers, helicopters and infantry for Afghanistan as violence escalates there, vowing not to let the alliance "off the hook."

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Three weeks before the first contest of the 2008 campaign, Republicans remain sharply divided over whom to choose as their presidential nominee, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously yesterday to give federal inmates incarcerated for crack cocaine offenses a chance to reduce their sentences, paving the way for about 3,800 prisoners to petition for an early release in the next year.

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