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Greece: more violence feared as teen is buried (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST

AP - Greek authorities braced for the more violence Tuesday with the funeral planned for a teenager whose shooting by police led to the worst rioting the country has seen in decades.

Confessions throw Gitmo 9/11 trials into confusion (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST

AP - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said Monday he will confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, throwing his death-penalty trial into disarray and shocking victims' relatives who watched from behind a glass partition.

NKorea nuke talks focus on verifying past activity (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:26 AM CST

AP - China on Tuesday distributed a draft proposal on how to verify North Korea's account of its past atomic activities, the latest attempt to resolve a deadlock that has held up the implementation of a disarmament-for-aid accord reached last year.

Lebanese convicted in failed German train bombing (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:26 AM CST

AP - A Lebanese man has been convicted of planting a bomb on a German commuter train in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison.

Funeral held for Russian church leader (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST

AP - Candles flickered and white-robed elders chanted prayers as Russia bade farewell Tuesday to Patriarch Alexy II, who guided the country's dominant Russian Orthodox Church through its remarkable recovery after decades of Communist-era oppression.

Official sacked in Baby P scandal (AFP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST

AFP - The official in charge of child protection at Haringey Council at the time of Baby P's death has been sacked, in a bid to move past a scandal that has sparked national outrage.

Israel reopens crossings with Gaza to aid, fuel (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:45 AM CST

AP - Israel has reopened its crossings with Gaza to shipments of humanitarian aid and fuel. International journalists are also being allowed in.

Mexico says gang killings more than double in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 09:52 PM CST

AP - Organized-crime slayings in Mexico more than doubled in the first 11 months of 2008, and could rise even further, as powerful drug cartels fight increasingly bloody battles for control of territory, the government said Monday.

Zimbabwe cholera death toll near 600: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:13 AM CST

Reuters - The death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic neared 600 on Tuesday and President Robert Mugabe's government accused Western powers of exploiting the outbreak to force the veteran leader's departure.