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• Iran confirms Bin Laden daughter at Saudi Embassy (AP)
• Venezuelan ex-President Rafael Caldera dies at 93 (AP)
• Woman knocks down pope at Christmas Eve Mass (AP)
• Pope knocked down by woman at Christmas Mass (AP)
• Boy, American dad arrive in US from Brazil (AP)
• Mexico City's Revolutionary First: Gay Marriage (Time.com)
• Swedish press sceptical on Chinese takeover of Volvo (AFP)
• Gunmen kill Israeli in West Bank shooting attack (AP)
• Mexico wants binding climate accord at 2010 summit (AP)
• Five killed as heavy rain, winds lash Morocco (AFP)
• Japan's jobless rate rises to 5.2 percent in November: govt (AFP)
• Australians evacuated as fires rage (AFP)
• Osama bin Laden's family in Iran: new strain on Saudi-Iran ties (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Israel, Hamas Wrestle Over a Prisoner Swap (Time.com)
• Govts Pressed to Protect Migrants in 2010 (OneWorld.net)

Iran confirms Bin Laden daughter at Saudi Embassy (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 02:02 PM PST AP - Iran confirmed Thursday that a daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has turned up at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, but said it does not know how she entered the country.

Venezuelan ex-President Rafael Caldera dies at 93 (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 02:43 PM PST AP - Rafael Antonio Caldera, the two-time president who helped establish democracy in Venezuela and issued the pardon that allowed Hugo Chavez to rise to power, died Thursday in Caracas, his son said. He was 93.

Woman knocks down pope at Christmas Eve Mass (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST AP - A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday.

Pope knocked down by woman at Christmas Mass (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 04:42 PM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI's Chistmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica got off to a tumultuous start Thursday after an apparently deranged woman jumped the barriers and knocked him down on his way to the altar.

Boy, American dad arrive in US from Brazil (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:04 PM PST AP - A father and son played with toys and puzzles and rested on a quiet nine-hour flight from Brazil to Florida, a peaceful conclusion Thursday after a tumultuous reunion that brought a five-year custody battle spanning two continents to an end.

Mexico City's Revolutionary First: Gay Marriage (Time.com) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 12:55 AM PST Time.com - Activists hope to start a Domino Effect across Latin America. But the level of opposition to the change has been more bitter than to other liberal reforms

Swedish press sceptical on Chinese takeover of Volvo (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 01:41 PM PST AFP - Sweden's media reacted sceptically Thursday to Ford's agreement to sell Volvo to China's Geely, reflecting on the iconic Swedish brand's future and the country's once-great auto industry.

Gunmen kill Israeli in West Bank shooting attack (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 02:15 PM PST AP - Gunmen killed an Israeli man in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Thursday as local attention was focused on Christmas celebrations in nearby Bethlehem.

Mexico wants binding climate accord at 2010 summit (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 03:21 PM PST AP - Mexico will push for a binding international agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions when it hosts the next climate change summit in Mexico City in the coming year.

Five killed as heavy rain, winds lash Morocco (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 01:19 PM PST AFP - Heavy rains and gale force winds battered parts of Morocco, killing at least five people and flooding large parts of the northern city of Tangiers, local authorities said on Thursday.

Japan's jobless rate rises to 5.2 percent in November: govt (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 03:52 PM PST AFP - Japan's unemployment rate rose to 5.2 percent in November from 5.1 percent in October, worsening for the first time in four months, the government said Friday.

Australians evacuated as fires rage (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:54 PM PST AFP - Australian holidaymakers were evacuated Thursday from a campsite in the path of raging wildfires, a day after an inferno destroyed 13 homes in the country's southeast, officials said.

Osama bin Laden's family in Iran: new strain on Saudi-Iran ties (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:51 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Seven members of Osama bin Laden’s immediate family have been under house arrest in Iran and living in a high security compound outside Tehran since 2001, news outlets reported on Wednesday.

Israel, Hamas Wrestle Over a Prisoner Swap (Time.com) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 12:55 AM PST Time.com - Despite a frenzy of speculation over an imminent deal to free captive soldier Gilad Shalit, substantial obstacles remain and agreement is unlikely before early next year

Govts Pressed to Protect Migrants in 2010 (OneWorld.net) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 03:09 PM PST OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (OneWorld.net) - Millions of migrants continue to face exploitative work conditions, arbitrary arrests, sexual violence, and a slew of other violations, say human rights advocates launching a new effort pressing countries to adopt and enforce a global convention on the rights of those living outside their native country.

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