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• Europe feels left out in cold on climate deal (AP)
• Report: Guinea massacre 'crime against humanity' (AP)
• Prisoner swap talks enter critical phase in Israel (AP)
• Iran cleric's funeral becomes opposition protest (AP)
• Mexico City assembly legalizes same-sex marriage (AP)
• The Eurostar Breakdown: 'Tis the Season to Be Livid (Time.com)
• Brown closes gap on opposition ahead of election (AFP)
• First Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth (AP)
• Top Cuban official says Obama lied in Copenhagen (AP)
• After Ntini, South Africa seek next black pearl (AFP)
• China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tire duties (Reuters)
• Cyclone Laurence lashes western Australia (AFP)
• New turmoil in Pakistan threatens to stall Obama's Afghan strategy (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Tamils in Canada vote for independent homeland in Sri Lanka (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Rage Against Simon Cowell? A British Pop Charts Upset (Time.com)

Europe feels left out in cold on climate deal (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:05 PM PST AP - It's a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold.

Report: Guinea massacre 'crime against humanity' (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 04:09 PM PST AP - U.N. investigators say there is sufficient reason to believe that Guinea's wounded junta leader is directly responsible for the mass killings and rapes of protesters in September, which they consider crimes against humanity, a U.N. diplomat said Monday.

Prisoner swap talks enter critical phase in Israel (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST AP - Marathon top-level Israeli meetings ended early Tuesday without announcement of a decision over whether to accept Islamic militants' demand to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for a lone Israeli serviceman.

Iran cleric's funeral becomes opposition protest (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:22 PM PST AP - A huge funeral procession for Iran's most senior dissident cleric became a show of defiance against the country's rulers Monday as mourners flashed green protest colors and chanted against the Islamic leadership in Iran's holy city of Qom.

Mexico City assembly legalizes same-sex marriage (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 04:41 PM PST AP - Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children.

The Eurostar Breakdown: 'Tis the Season to Be Livid (Time.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:10 AM PST Time.com - As angry travelers in France and Britain wait for the Eurostar trains toresume, officials try to figure out what caused the system to shut down

Brown closes gap on opposition ahead of election (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:27 PM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's party continued to inch closer to the opposition, a poll showed Tuesday, handing the premier some hope of victory just months ahead of a general election.

First Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:27 PM PST AP - Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists on Monday unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus' childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of around 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood.

Top Cuban official says Obama lied in Copenhagen (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:27 PM PST AP - Cuba's foreign minister called President Barack Obama an "imperial and arrogant" liar Monday for his conduct at the U.N. climate conference, a reflection of the communist island's increasingly fiery verbal attacks on the U.S. government.

After Ntini, South Africa seek next black pearl (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 04:48 PM PST AFP - South African cricket's celebration of Makhaya Ntini's 100th Test was tinged with concern about the shortage of obvious successors to take over as a black African standard bearer in the sport.

China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tire duties (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:26 PM PST Reuters - China has sought a WTO probe into U.S. duties on Chinese-made tires but was stymied for now by U.S. objections, state media said, the latest in a series of disputes between the two economic giants to reach the global trade umpire.

Cyclone Laurence lashes western Australia (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:52 PM PST AFP - Tropical Cyclone Laurence tore into Western Australia overnight, with winds of up to 215 kilometres (133 miles) an hour damaging some buildings but causing no injuries, officials said Tuesday.

New turmoil in Pakistan threatens to stall Obama's Afghan strategy (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 02:54 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Less than a month after he unveiled it, President Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy is in trouble, overtaken by new political turmoil in Pakistan that threatens to distract its bickering leaders from the fight against al Qaida and its Afghan and Pakistani allies.

Tamils in Canada vote for independent homeland in Sri Lanka (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:47 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Tamils of Sri Lankan origin across Canada overwhelmingly voted “yes” on a referendum held Saturday calling for an independent homeland in the island nation.

Rage Against Simon Cowell? A British Pop Charts Upset (Time.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:45 AM PST Time.com - Tired of the Christmas dominance of the British pop charts by CowellprotÉgÉs, a couple launched a Facebook campaign to drive a single by RageAgainst the Machine to the top -- and won

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