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• Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites (AP)
• Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack (AP)
• Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote (AP)
• Egypt's media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria (AP)
• Talking with the Taliban. (Time.com)
• BA warns cabin crew over strike: report (AFP)
• US military: American soldier killed in Iraq (AP)
• Bermuda dismisses ammunition case against US woman (AP)
• Start of ICC trial for two Congolese militiamen (AFP)
• Death toll from China mine blast rises to 104: media (AFP)
• Dozens of asylum seekers injured in detention riot (AP)
• Winning hearts and minds with raisins and prayer rugs (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq election official: Even if Kurdish boycott averted, January deadline impossible (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Russia's Latest YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption (Time.com)

Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 02:32 PM PST AP - Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.

Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2009 10:15 PM PST AP - The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.

Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:15 AM PST AP - A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.

Egypt's media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:25 AM PST AP - Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence.

Talking with the Taliban. (Time.com) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:40 AM PST Time.com - Talking with the Taliban

BA warns cabin crew over strike: report (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 05:03 PM PST AFP - British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.

US military: American soldier killed in Iraq (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:19 PM PST AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq.

Bermuda dismisses ammunition case against US woman (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:08 PM PST AP - Bermuda's highest court has struck down the conviction of a Florida woman who accidentally brought the ammunition magazine from her gun to the British island territory.

Start of ICC trial for two Congolese militiamen (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:03 PM PST AFP - Two Congolese militiamen accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic route in an ethnic war, enter the dock in The Hague Tuesday for the International Criminal Court's second trial.

Death toll from China mine blast rises to 104: media (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST AFP - The death toll from China's deadliest coal mine blast in two years has climbed to 104, local authorities said early Monday, according to state media.

Dozens of asylum seekers injured in detention riot (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 03:55 PM PST AP - Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers were separated at an island immigration detention center after a riot left 37 injured, an official said Monday.

Winning hearts and minds with raisins and prayer rugs (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:12 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - More than 200 Afghanis waited in line for several hours, enduring a harsh, cool wind and blowing sand.

Iraq election official: Even if Kurdish boycott averted, January deadline impossible (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A senior Kurdish leader on Friday moved to defuse the latest threat to Iraq's imperiled elections – a possible Kurdish boycott – saying ongoing discussions with Iraqi leaders and political party blocs were close to resolving their differences.

Russia's Latest YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption (Time.com) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:40 AM PST Time.com - Russia has pledged to clean up its police forces -- again -- after whistleblowers posted videos online complaining of corruption, low pay and poor working conditions

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