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Suicide bomber hits Somali graduation, 22 dead (AP)
AP Interview: Karzai praises Obama's deadline (AP)
Homeless S. Africans complain ahead of World Cup (AP)
Pakistan: We need more clarity on US plan (AP)
Guinea's president wounded in renegade attack (AP)
China Vs. Disney: The Battle for Mulan (Time.com)
Clinton seeks allied support for new Afghan policy (AP)
Iraq VP holds out hope for election law compromise (AP)
Gitmo judge denies request to expand case (AP)
Guinea junta chief wounded in attack by soldiers (Reuters)
Afghan training mission faces tough obstacles (AP)
CN Rail, union resume contract talks (Reuters)
Indonesian journalists to defy 'Balibo' ban (AFP)
What does Obama's Afghan timeline mean? Depends who's asking (McClatchy Newspapers)
Sri Lanka Tamils: freed from camps, their votes may give them new clout (The Christian Science Monitor)
Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War? (Time.com)
W. Sahara Activist Badly Weakened by Hunger Strike (OneWorld.net)

Suicide bomber hits Somali graduation, 22 dead (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST

AP - A suicide bomber disguised as a woman attacked a graduation ceremony in Somalia on Thursday, turning a rare reason to celebrate into carnage that killed at least 22 people — including medical students, doctors and three government ministers.

AP Interview: Karzai praises Obama's deadline (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:14 PM PST

AP - President Hamid Karzai put a brave face Thursday on President Barack Obama's decision to start pulling out troops in mid-2011, telling The Associated Press in his first public response that it will push Afghans to take control of their own destiny.

Homeless S. Africans complain ahead of World Cup (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:46 PM PST

AP - Homeless South Africans complained they were being forced from the streets of Cape Town to make way for a host of star-studded, glamorous events surrounding next year's World Cup tournament.

Pakistan: We need more clarity on US plan (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:31 PM PST

AP - Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday defended his country's efforts in fighting terrorism, saying he didn't believe Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan and that Pakistani security forces had been successful in tackling terrorism within the country's borders.

Guinea's president wounded in renegade attack (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:18 PM PST

AP - A renegade faction of Guinea's presidential guard opened fire on the African country's leader Thursday, slightly wounding him amid rumors of deep divisions within the army nearly three months after a military-led massacre of protesters at a peaceful rally.

China Vs. Disney: The Battle for Mulan (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 05:55 AM PST

Time.com - The Chinese have not been happy that the Magic Kingdom appropriated their folkloric heroine for global gain. Now they've come up with their own movie

Clinton seeks allied support for new Afghan policy (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:42 PM PST

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Brussels for talks aimed at rallying more allied support for the Obama administration's plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan.

Iraq VP holds out hope for election law compromise (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 11:34 AM PST

AP - Iraq's vice president said Thursday he remains open to talks to break an impasse on holding parliamentary elections scheduled for next month but stands by his demand that minority Sunnis have a greater voice in the voting.

Gitmo judge denies request to expand case (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:50 PM PST

AP - A judge in Guantanamo Bay's war crimes court has denied a request by military prosecutors to expand their case against a Sudanese detainee accused of being a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

Guinea junta chief wounded in attack by soldiers (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:43 PM PST

Reuters - Guinea's junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was wounded in an attack on Thursday by his own soldiers, including the officer implicated in the September 28 killings of pro-democracy protesters.

Afghan training mission faces tough obstacles (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:49 PM PST

AP - America's eight-year effort to build a functional Afghan security force has been a study in slow motion, raising doubts about President Barack Obama's new plan to quickly get the nation's army and police in shape so U.S. forces can begin to leave in 18 months.

CN Rail, union resume contract talks (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 09:08 AM PST

Reuters - Canadian National Railway Co is resuming labor talks on Thursday with its locomotive engineers after a brief strike, with a one-week deadline to reach a deal on wages, benefits and contract length.

Indonesian journalists to defy 'Balibo' ban (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:49 PM PST

AFP - Indonesia's journalists Thursday vowed to defy a ban on the screening of Australian movie "Balibo", saying the film depicting alleged war crimes by Indonesian forces in East Timor is educational.

What does Obama's Afghan timeline mean? Depends who's asking (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:22 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is giving different explanations of its July 2011 deadline for the start of an Afghanistan troop withdrawal, assuring foreign officials that it applies only to the 30,000 to 35,000 additional U.S. troops that President Barack Obama is sending next year, but suggesting to Congress that it covers all U.S. forces.

Sri Lanka Tamils: freed from camps, their votes may give them new clout (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Sri Lanka's government freed hundreds of thousands of Tamils from vast internment camps in the north of the island Tuesday – prompted as much by upcoming elections as concerns over human rights, say analysts.