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• Guinea junta's No. 2 returns after president shot (AP)
• Lax codes cited in Russia blaze that killed 107 (AP)
• US troop buildup is big; Afghan buildup is key (AP)
• Climate drama climax looks elusive in Copenhagen (AP)
• Did Amanda Knox Get a Fair Murder Trial? (Time.com)
• Stuck in crisis, Romanians vote for president (Reuters)
• Iraq VP: 'Optimistic' signs on election accord (AP)
• Morocco again blocks return of Sahara activist: Spain (AFP)
• Lawmakers get little reaction to Obama's war plan (AP)
• Canada says China importer to buy more canola oil (Reuters)
• BHP, Rio Tinto sign joint venture deal (AFP)
• Monster mine-clearing tank goes to work in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Guinea junta's No. 2 returns after president shot (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:25 PM PST AP - The overnight return to Guinea on Saturday of the No. 2 man in the junta that seized power a year ago makes it more likely that the military clique will be able to hang on to power following an assassination attempt on the president.

Lax codes cited in Russia blaze that killed 107 (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST AP - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded that Russia tighten its notoriously lax fire codes after the deadliest blaze since the Soviet era killed at least 107 people celebrating in a nightclub with a decorative twig ceiling and single exit.

US troop buildup is big; Afghan buildup is key (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 11:27 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces have theirs.

Climate drama climax looks elusive in Copenhagen (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:41 PM PST AP - For 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly northern capital, and to a crossroads.

Did Amanda Knox Get a Fair Murder Trial? (Time.com) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 01:50 PM PST Time.com - Two years after her British roommate in Italy was found brutally murdered, the American college student and her former boyfriend are found guilty. But her family and other supporters say she was never given a real chance to prove her innocence

Stuck in crisis, Romanians vote for president (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 04:19 PM PST Reuters - Romanians vote for a president on Sunday in a ballot expected to unseat incumbent Traian Basescu in favor of a leftist who says he will end a political crisis that has put an IMF-led rescue package at risk.

Iraq VP: 'Optimistic' signs on election accord (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 11:32 AM PST AP - Iraq's vice president said Saturday there are "optimistic signs" toward a political agreement on parliamentary elections, but warned he could again veto the plan if it does not meet his demands for greater Sunni outreach in the balloting.

Morocco again blocks return of Sahara activist: Spain (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:38 PM PST AFP - Spain said Moroccan authorities Saturday again refused to allow Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar to return home, a decision it said it "deeply regrets."

Lawmakers get little reaction to Obama's war plan (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:45 PM PST AP - The switchboards and e-mail inboxes of members of Congress are not seeing much of a surge from President Barack Obama's plan to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan.

Canada says China importer to buy more canola oil (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 01:14 PM PST Reuters - China's state-owned Sinograin will increase Canadian canola oil imports next year, the Canadian government said on Saturday after failing to secure broader access to the market for Canada's exports of the oilseed.

BHP, Rio Tinto sign joint venture deal (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:42 PM PST AFP - Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto said Saturday they had signed a binding agreement on combining their vast iron ore operations in Western Australia, and have submitted the deal to the EU.

Monster mine-clearing tank goes to work in Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:07 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — The new NATO offensive in Helmand Province marked not only the largest assault yet for the VM-22 Osprey, but also the combat debut of the Marines' massive new combat mine and bomb-clearing machine, the Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV), said a Marine Corps spokesman in Helmand.

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