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Friday, December 31, 2004 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Towns Found Flattened In Sumatra, Indonesia Airborne military patrols scoured inaccessible sections of Sumatra island Thursday. The district is about 60 miles from the epicenter of Sunday's undersea earthquake, which generated a massive tsunami that killed at least 117,000 people. (By Alan Sipress and Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) House to Consider Relaxing Its Rules GOP Leaders Seek Ethics Changes (The Washington Post) Justice Expands 'Torture' Definition Earlier Policy Drew Criticism (The Washington Post) POLITICS House to Consider Relaxing Its Ethics Rules The proposed change would essentially negate a rule of conduct that the ethics committee has often cited in admonishing lawmakers for bringing discredit on the House if their behavior was not covered by a specific regulation. (By Mike Allen and Charles Babington, The Washington Post) Analysis: Lowering the Bar for Government Ethics? 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Rigging the Rules ... Another Pass for Pakistan TODAY PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf will break yet another of the promises he has made to his country and the world since seizing power in a... More Editorials, Opinions and Letters TODAY'S ... Comics | Crosswords |  Horoscopes | Sports Scores Tom Toles Editorial Cartoons | Traffic | TV Listings | Weather E-mail Services To personalize this e-mail, go to the E-mail Preferences Page. •   To unsubscribe from this e-mail, go to the E-mail Preferences Page. •   For feedback, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. •   For advertising information, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. •   To subscribe to the print edition of The Washington Post newspaper, click here. © 2004 The Washington Post Company Privacy Policy Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive c/o E-mail Customer Care 1515 N. Courthouse Road Arlington, VA 22201