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• Kabul mayor still in office despite conviction (AP)
• Iraq orders security shakeup after Baghdad blasts (AP)
• Islanders blocked in bid for tough climate action (AP)
• Canadian general says military knew of abuse risk (AP)
• Iraqi man, lucky dog reunite after Baghdad blast (AP)
• Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Collection Under Threat (Time.com)
• Gerrard targets quick return to Champions League (AFP)
• Settlers protest in Jerusalem against building ban (AP)
• Leftists form Latin America regional movement (AP)
• Guinea's junta's No. 2 makes first public speech (AP)
• US national denies Mumbai attacks, cartoons plot (AFP)
• Canada knew of Afghan detainee abuse risk: general (Reuters)
• Australia bans NKorean artists, accused of 'censorship' (AFP)
• Pakistani police arrest 5 Americans with alleged terror ties (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo faces subversion case (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Afghanistan War Surge: Might the Taliban Compromise Now? (Time.com)
• Tiny Tuvalu Shocks Climate Talks (OneWorld.net)

Kabul mayor still in office despite conviction (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:26 AM PST AP - President Hamid Karzai's promise to fight the rampant graft and bribery plaguing his government has hit a road bump — right down the street from his palace. Despite a corruption conviction, the mayor of Kabul remains in charge of the Afghan capital.

Iraq orders security shakeup after Baghdad blasts (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 05:33 PM PST AP - Iraq's Western-backed government — facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127 people in the capital — ordered a shake-up Wednesday in the country's military leadership.

Islanders blocked in bid for tough climate action (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:22 PM PST AP - Declaring "it's a matter of survival," one of the world's tiniest nations, speaking for imperiled islands everywhere, took on global industrial and oil powers Wednesday at the U.N. climate conference — and lost.

Canadian general says military knew of abuse risk (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:48 PM PST AP - Canada's top general says there is evidence that a prisoner captured by the military in 2006 and handed over to Afghan authorities was abused.

Iraqi man, lucky dog reunite after Baghdad blast (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:25 PM PST AP - Liza is one lucky dog. And so, it turns out, is her family. The ginger-colored mutt stranded alone atop the bombed-out ruins of her Baghdad home was reunited with her owners Wednesday after a night spent chained to a railing, bringing a few smiles after the Iraqi capital's latest day of sorrow.

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Collection Under Threat (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:40 AM PST Time.com - Spain's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum contains one of the world's most prized art collections. But now a mother-son legal battle has its fate up in the air

Gerrard targets quick return to Champions League (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 05:32 PM PST AFP - Steven Gerrard has urged his Liverpool team-mates to put their disastrous Champions League campaign behind them and concentrate on finishing fourth in the Premier League table.

Settlers protest in Jerusalem against building ban (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:07 PM PST AP - About 10,000 West Bank settlers and their backers filled part of downtown Jerusalem Wednesday, listening to fiery speeches, dancing in circles and pledging to defy a building ban imposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Leftists form Latin America regional movement (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 04:29 PM PST AP - Hundreds of leftists gathered in Venezuela's capital have set plans for a regional movement in Latin America and are expressing support for insurgent groups like the rebels in Colombia.

Guinea's junta's No. 2 makes first public speech (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:19 PM PST AP - The No. 2 of Guinea's military junta on Wednesday made his first public speech since the last weeks' assassination attempt on the country's military strongman.

US national denies Mumbai attacks, cartoons plot (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 05:36 PM PST AFP - A Pakistani-American pleaded not guilty to helping plan the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks and plotting to attack a Danish newspaper which published cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.

Canada knew of Afghan detainee abuse risk: general (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:31 AM PST Reuters - Canada's top soldier detonated a political bombshell on Wednesday when he admitted that, contrary to previous assurances, some Canadian troops knew detainees handed over to Afghan authorities could be abused.

Australia bans NKorean artists, accused of 'censorship' (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:05 PM PST AFP - Five North Korean artists have been banned from entering Australia for an exhibition of their work, the government said Wednesday, drawing accusations of censorship from the arts community.

Pakistani police arrest 5 Americans with alleged terror ties (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 04:29 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Police on Wednesday arrested five young American men from the Washington, D.C., area who flew to Pakistan last month with the alleged intent of enlisting with an Islamic militant group, Pakistani and U.S. officials said.

Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo faces subversion case (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Police investigators have presented prosecutors with a subversion case against China's most prominent dissident, lawyers for the activist, Liu Xiaobo, said on Wednesday. The move makes it more likely that Mr. Liu will be sent to prison, despite widespread international protests since he was detained without charge a year ago, human rights defenders predicted.

Afghanistan War Surge: Might the Taliban Compromise Now? (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:40 AM PST Time.com - Sending more U.S. troops won't defeat the insurgency, but Western officials are hoping it could help press the Taliban into a compromise

Tiny Tuvalu Shocks Climate Talks (OneWorld.net) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:38 PM PST OneWorld.net - COPENHAGEN, Dec 9 (OneClimate.net) - I walked into the vast, crowded plenary hall at the UN's Copenhagen Climate Conference this morning at half-past eleven, hoping something more interesting would happen than a slow slog through sections and sub-sections. But I wasn't really expecting anything -- certainly not something that would make the audience gasp audibly.

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