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• Obama brokers a climate deal, doesn't satisfy all (AP)
• Feds: Arrests in Africa link al-Qaida and drugs (AP)
• Thieves steal Auschwitz 'Work Sets You Free' sign (AP)
• Needles successfully extracted from Brazil boy (AP)
• Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well near border (AP)
• Yemen's Hidden War: Is Iran Causing Trouble? (Time.com)
• Three Eurostar trains stuck in Channel Tunnel (AFP)
• US on watch for Iranian meddling in Iraq voting (AP)
• US dad's custody fight threatening ties (AP)
• FACTBOX - Main points of the Copenhagen Accord (Reuters)
• US contractor jailed for Afghan kickback scheme (AFP)
• Canada says must go in tandem with U.S. on climate (Reuters)
• Japanese whalers using 'military' sonic device: activists (AFP)
• Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well on border (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Twitter hacked: 'Iranian Cyber Army' signs off with poem to Khamenei (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama brokers a climate deal, doesn't satisfy all (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:10 PM PST AP - Two years of laborious negotiations on a climate agreement ended Friday with a political deal brokered by President Barack Obama with China and other emerging powers but denounced by poor countries because it was nonbinding and set no overall target for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

Feds: Arrests in Africa link al-Qaida and drugs (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:10 PM PST AP - Three accused al-Qaida associates taken to New York on Friday are charged with plotting to ferry drugs through the Sahara desert to raise money for terror attacks — evidence of what prosecutors say is a dangerous, growing alliance between terror chiefs and drug lords.

Thieves steal Auschwitz 'Work Sets You Free' sign (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:11 PM PST AP - Thieves stole the notorious sign bearing the cynical Nazi slogan "Work Sets You Free" from the entrance to the former Auschwitz death camp on Friday, cutting through rows of barbed wire and metal bars before making their escape through the snow.

Needles successfully extracted from Brazil boy (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:11 PM PST AP - Surgeons on Friday successfully removed four sewing needles from the lung and near the heart of a Brazilian toddler, allegedly plunged into him by his stepfather during a monthlong series of bizarre rituals.

Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well near border (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:10 PM PST AP - Iranian forces crossed into Iraq and seized an oil well just over the two countries' disputed border, Iraq's government said Friday, prompting a protest from Baghdad and providing a dramatic display of the sometimes tenuous relations between the wary allies.

Yemen's Hidden War: Is Iran Causing Trouble? (Time.com) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:00 AM PST Time.com - Even as its economy totters, the government is pursuing a religious minority and blaming Tehran for interfering in its affairs. Iran is happy to take credit.

Three Eurostar trains stuck in Channel Tunnel (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:38 PM PST AFP - Three Eurostar passenger trains were stuck in the rail tunnel between Britain and continental Europe, a spokesman for the operator said Saturday.

US on watch for Iranian meddling in Iraq voting (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:13 PM PST AP - The top U.S. military officer quizzed Iraqi leaders Friday about the influence and motives of next-door Iran as national elections approach, but made no promises when his hosts asked for surveillance equipment and other help to keep an eye on their neighbors.

US dad's custody fight threatening ties (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 04:32 PM PST AP - A New Jersey man made an emotional plea Friday for Brazilian authorities to let him take his son home in a custody fight that is expanding into a political tussle and testing the limits of an international child abduction treaty.

FACTBOX - Main points of the Copenhagen Accord (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:41 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama reached a climate agreement on Friday with India, South Africa, China and Brazil. The deal outlined fell far short of the ambitions for the Copenhagen summit.

US contractor jailed for Afghan kickback scheme (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 04:19 PM PST AFP - A judge in the United States sentenced a man to over a year in prison on Friday for his part in a major kickback scheme in Afghanistan, officials said.

Canada says must go in tandem with U.S. on climate (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:17 PM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper brushed off criticism on Friday that Canada would act on climate change only in parallel with the United States, saying this was crucial because of North America's economic integration.

Japanese whalers using 'military' sonic device: activists (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:21 PM PST AFP - Anti-whaling activists accused Japanese fishermen Friday of using a military-type sonic device and water cannon against their helicopter as risky skirmishes in Antarctic seas escalated.

Iraq accuses Iran of seizing oil well on border (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:52 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iranian forces entered southern Iraq before dawn Friday to seize control of an oil well in disputed territory on the border, a provocation that sent Iraqi security chiefs into emergency meetings, Iraqi government officials said.

Twitter hacked: 'Iranian Cyber Army' signs off with poem to Khamenei (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:26 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Hack attacks on Twitter and Iranian opposition websites are directing traffic to a web page created by the “Iranian Cyber Army.” The page is all black with a green flag and red lettering that reads in English: “This site has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army."

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