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• Outcome unclear as leaders arrive at climate talks (AP)
• Mexico's Calderon proposes major political reform (AP)
• Car bomber strikes near former VP home in Kabul (AP)
• Israeli police officer beaten, injured by settlers (AP)
• Silvio Berlusconi attack: Will Italy's P.M. gain sympathy? (Time.com)
• Italy to beef up security after Berlusconi assault (Reuters)
• Britain vows to end arrest threats to Israeli VIPs (AP)
• Rights court condemns Mexico in 'dirty war' case (AP)
• Hargreaves still has World Cup shot - Capello (AFP)
• WITNESS: Failed state? Try Pakistan's M2 motorway (Reuters)
• Tories said mulling suspending Parliament: report (Reuters)
• Australian economy growth lower-than-expected (AFP)
• U.S. will move its war court from Guantanamo to Illinois (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Global warming talks inch toward accord - 'adaptation' cash a sore point (The Christian Science Monitor)

Outcome unclear as leaders arrive at climate talks (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:16 PM PST AP - The success of the U.N. climate conference hung in the balance Tuesday as China and the U.S. deadlocked over whether Beijing will allow the world to check its books and verify promised cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

Mexico's Calderon proposes major political reform (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:23 PM PST AP - President Felipe Calderon is proposing runoff elections in future presidential contests and re-election for many officials in Mexico's most dramatic political reform attempt in decades.

Car bomber strikes near former VP home in Kabul (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:42 PM PST AP - A suicide car bomber struck Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice president and a hotel frequented by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly 40 in a neighborhood considered one of Kabul's safest.

Israeli police officer beaten, injured by settlers (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:06 PM PST AP - Angry settlers beat and seriously injured a female Israeli police officer Tuesday, police said, as she tried to enforce a government ban on new housing construction in Jewish West Bank settlements.

Silvio Berlusconi attack: Will Italy's P.M. gain sympathy? (Time.com) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:10 AM PST Time.com - Almost immediately after being assaulted, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi used his wounds to castigate his opponents. Is Italy descending into a political free-for-all?

Italy to beef up security after Berlusconi assault (Reuters) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST Reuters - Italy's government on Tuesday said it plans to rush out new measures like blacking out hate sites on the Internet to protect politicians after a weekend assault on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi left him hospitalized.

Britain vows to end arrest threats to Israeli VIPs (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:42 PM PST AP - Britain pledged Tuesday to reform a peculiar legal power that lets judges order the arrest of visiting politicians and generals — a threat currently focused on Israeli visitors that, one day, might be invoked against Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin.

Rights court condemns Mexico in 'dirty war' case (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 05:31 PM PST AP - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Mexico on Tuesday for failing to adequately investigate the 1974 disappearance of a guerrilla sympathizer during the country's "dirty war."

Hargreaves still has World Cup shot - Capello (AFP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 10:44 AM PST AFP - England manager Fabio Capello is adamant there is still enough time for Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves to earn a place in next year's squad for the World Cup in South Africa.

WITNESS: Failed state? Try Pakistan's M2 motorway (Reuters) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST Reuters - Alistair Scrutton first joined Reuters in 1998 as correspondent in Peru.

Tories said mulling suspending Parliament: report (Reuters) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 08:48 AM PST Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is considering suspending Parliament until March to take some of the heat off the minority Conservative government, the Globe and Mail said on Tuesday.

Australian economy growth lower-than-expected (AFP) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 05:33 PM PST AFP - Australia's economy grew a lower-than-expected 0.2 percent in the third quarter, official data showed on Wednesday, indicating a slower recovery from the global financial crisis.

U.S. will move its war court from Guantanamo to Illinois (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 04:39 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday it will move its war court from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois, but officials could not say how soon or at what cost, and acknowledged they'll need support from Congress to fully implement the transition.

Global warming talks inch toward accord - 'adaptation' cash a sore point (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Dec 2009 01:52 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Ministers from more than 190 countries gathered in Copenhagen Tuesday to throw their political weight behind negotiations over a new pact to combat global warming.

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