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• UK police arrest 3 on Dubai flight from London (AP)
• Christmas terror suspect pleads not guilty (AP)
• Venezuela's Chavez announces currency devaluation (AP)
• Suspects in Egypt's Christmas slayings surrender (AP)
• Judge blocks bid to fire Argentine bank chief (AP)
• Indonesian Muslims and Christians Argue over Allah (Time.com)
• UK police arrest 3 passengers on plane at Heathrow (Reuters)
• Shots fired at leading Iranian opposition figure (AP)
• Correction: Venezuela-US story (AP)
• One dead, nine hurt in attack on African football stars (AFP)
• Jordan acknowledges counter-terror role in Afghanistan (AFP)
• Canada jobs recovery stalls in December (Reuters)
• Australia slam Indian paper's Ku Klux Klan cartoon (AFP)
• Obama takes responsibility, won't order firings in bomb plot (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Israel successfully tests Iron Dome missile shield (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Sudan: 'Wake-Up Call' to Intl Community (OneWorld.net)

UK police arrest 3 on Dubai flight from London (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 05:00 PM PST AP - British police arrested three people aboard an Emirates passenger jet at London's Heathrow Airport Friday. Witnesses said police were called after the three suspects made verbal threats as the plane was taxiing.

Christmas terror suspect pleads not guilty (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:12 PM PST AP - A Nigerian man accused of trying to ignite an explosive on a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas appeared before a judge for the first time Friday, against a backdrop of protesters who stood outside the courthouse waving American flags and denouncing acts of terror.

Venezuela's Chavez announces currency devaluation (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:58 PM PST AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday announced a currency devaluation for the first time since 2005.

Suspects in Egypt's Christmas slayings surrender (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:40 PM PST AP - Three suspects in a drive-by shooting that killed six Christians in southern Egypt surrendered to police Friday, while authorities faced mounting pressure to resolve the sectarian dispute in the tense community reeling from a bloody Coptic Christmas Eve attack.

Judge blocks bid to fire Argentine bank chief (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:45 PM PST AP - A judge reinstated Argentina's Central Bank chief on Friday, a day after President Cristina Fernandez fired him by emergency decree in a bitter fight over control of the bank's reserves.

Indonesian Muslims and Christians Argue over Allah (Time.com) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:55 PM PST Time.com - A recent judgment by Malaysia's high court that the word Allah is not exclusive to Muslims has some Malaysians taking to the streets in protest

UK police arrest 3 passengers on plane at Heathrow (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:59 PM PST Reuters - British police arrested three passengers on a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner on the ground at London's Heathrow airport on Friday, after verbal threats were made before the take off, police said.

Shots fired at leading Iranian opposition figure (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:12 PM PST AP - Pro-government demonstrators opened fire on the car of one of Iran's opposition leaders and shattered his windows, but he escaped unharmed from the rare armed attack on a top reformist, his Web site reported on Friday.

Correction: Venezuela-US story (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:24 PM PST AP - In a Dec. 31 story about Venezuela's complaints about the U.S. military using airstrips on nearby Dutch islands, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date on which U.S. officials say a Navy plane accidentally strayed into Venezuelan airspace. The incident occurred in May 2008, not May 2009.

One dead, nine hurt in attack on African football stars (AFP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:48 PM PST AFP - Gunmen shot at buses carrying Togo's football team to the African Nations Cup in Angola on Friday, leaving one dead and nine wounded, but organisers insisted the tournament would go ahead.

Jordan acknowledges counter-terror role in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:38 PM PST AFP - Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Friday openly acknowledged that Jordan had a counter-terrorism role in Afghanistan and planned to enhance operations there.

Canada jobs recovery stalls in December (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 06:56 AM PST Reuters - The recovery in Canada's job market stalled in December as employers unexpectedly cut 2,600 jobs after hefty hiring in November, another sign the economic revival will be sluggish rather than in leaps and bounds.

Australia slam Indian paper's Ku Klux Klan cartoon (AFP) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:08 AM PST AFP - Australia on Friday angrily condemned an Indian newspaper cartoon likening its police to the Ku Klux Klan over their investigations into the murder of a young Indian man.

Obama takes responsibility, won't order firings in bomb plot (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 05:52 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Thursday declined to fire anyone for the lapses that allowed a suspected terrorist carrying explosives to board a plane for Detroit on Christmas Day, and said for the first time that he bears the ultimate responsibility for any breach that endangers Americans.

Israel successfully tests Iron Dome missile shield (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 10:57 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Israel tested the use of its new Iron Dome antimissile system several times over the past few days, boosting the likelihood that it can neutralize or severely weaken the ability of Hamas and Hezbollah to launch successful missile strikes at the Jewish state.

Sudan: 'Wake-Up Call' to Intl Community (OneWorld.net) Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:52 AM PST OneWorld.net - JUBA/NAIROBI, Jan 7 (IRIN) - Violence in Southern Sudan continues to escalate, with the latest incident claiming 140 lives, even as 10 aid agencies called for urgent international intervention to prevent a return to war between the north and south.

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