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• Abducted Colombian state governor found dead (AP)
• Brazil justice rules for US dad in custody battle (AP)
• Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuclear deal (AP)
• Suicide bombing kills 3 at NW Pakistan press club (AP)
• Slaying of drug war hero's family shocks Mexico (AP)
• Dear President Obama: What North Korea Might Say (Time.com)
• Man United's 'Busby Babe' Scanlon dies aged 74 (AFP)
• Egyptian court upholds 4 years jailing of blogger (AP)
• Gunmen fire at Mexican eatery with US mayor inside (AP)
• Police scatter protesters in Madagascar capital (AP)
• Leading China dissident set for trial (AFP)
• Harper rules out raising taxes to cut deficit (Reuters)
• 2 New Zealand farmers guilty on cow cruelty charge (AP)
• In Russia, foreboding about U.S. Afghan war (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iran opposition energized by Montazeri funeral in Qom, say eyewitnesses (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Despite U.S. Help, Yemen Faces Growing Al-Qaeda Threat (Time.com)

Abducted Colombian state governor found dead (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST AP - The governor of a southern Colombian state was found dead Tuesday less than 24 hours after being abducted by leftist rebels, a top state security official and the victim's wife said. It was the first kidnapping of a major Colombian politician since 2002.

Brazil justice rules for US dad in custody battle (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 05:20 PM PST AP - Brazil's chief justice on Tuesday ruled in favor of a U.S. man who has pursued a five-year court battle to gain custody of his son.

Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuclear deal (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST AP - Iran's president on Tuesday dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration and the West for Tehran to accept a U.N.-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel. The United States warned Iran to take the deadline seriously.

Suicide bombing kills 3 at NW Pakistan press club (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:15 PM PST AP - A suicide bombing that killed three people and wounded 17 outside a press club in the northwestern city of Peshawar has underscored the danger to journalists trying to cover Pakistan's Taliban-led insurgency.

Slaying of drug war hero's family shocks Mexico (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:15 PM PST AP - Assailants on Tuesday gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a marine killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico's most powerful cartel leaders — sending a chilling message to troops battling the drug war: You go after us, we wipe out your families.

Dear President Obama: What North Korea Might Say (Time.com) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:35 AM PST Time.com - President Obama has written a secret letter to Kim Jong-il urging him to change his ways. Here's a look at how the 'Dear Leader' might respond

Man United's 'Busby Babe' Scanlon dies aged 74 (AFP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 05:29 PM PST AFP - Former Manchester United player Albert Scanlon, one of the survivors of the Munich air disaster, has died aged 74, the club said on Wednesday.

Egyptian court upholds 4 years jailing of blogger (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 12:38 PM PST AP - Egypt's High Appeal Court has upheld the four-year prison sentence given to an Egyptian blogger who was convicted of insulting Islam and Egypt's president.

Gunmen fire at Mexican eatery with US mayor inside (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:46 PM PST AP - Gunmen sprayed bullets at a restaurant Tuesday where the mayor of a Texas border town was eating with a Mexican state attorney general and other officials, police said. A woman leaving the building was killed.

Police scatter protesters in Madagascar capital (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:13 PM PST AP - Security forces in Madagascar's capital used tear gas Tuesday to scatter hundreds of protesters angered by the military-backed leader's rejection of international attempts to mediate a political resolution.

Leading China dissident set for trial (AFP) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 05:07 PM PST AFP - Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was due to go on trial Wednesday on subversion charges, in a case criticised by the United States, the European Union and rights groups as politically motivated.

Harper rules out raising taxes to cut deficit (Reuters) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 09:58 AM PST Reuters - The Canadian government will not raise taxes to rein in its budget deficit after a stimulus package ends next year but will focus instead on restraining spending to balance its books, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.

2 New Zealand farmers guilty on cow cruelty charge (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:39 PM PST AP - A New Zealand court convicted two farmers on an animal cruelty charge Tuesday for impaling a live cow with a tractor's fork.

In Russia, foreboding about U.S. Afghan war (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - MOSCOW_ Thirty years ago this week, the Red Army began its invasion of Afghanistan, a move that sank the Soviet Union in a decade of guerrilla war and hastened the collapse of the Cold War empire.

Iran opposition energized by Montazeri funeral in Qom, say eyewitnesses (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:53 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As host to the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iran’s holy city of Qom today witnessed pro-government vigilantes directly taking on key opposition leaders â€" with violence and with stealth; reformist activists reinvigorated by a reason to take to the streets again; and attempts by the regime to dismiss the importance of Iran’s chief clerical dissident.

Despite U.S. Help, Yemen Faces Growing Al-Qaeda Threat (Time.com) Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:35 AM PST Time.com - A U.S.-backed raid on a suspected al-Qaeda base in Yemen may have made the situation more precarious, not better, for global and regional security

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