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• Two blasts hit Stockholm, linked to Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Drug shootout mars religious festival in Mexico (Reuters)
• Attacks kill Afghan civilians ahead of Obama review (Reuters)
• Kosovo braced for election, outcome uncertain (Reuters)
• Amanda Knox says Italy murder sentence a mistake (Reuters)
• Amanda Knox's Appeal: A Friendlier Venue This Time? (Time.com)
• Moscow police, mourners clash; 3 reported injured (AP)
• Jordanian, Palestinian soccer fans clash (AP)
• Gunbattle kills 11 in western Mexican town (AP)
• Sudan vote opponents spread confusion: poll chief (Reuters)
• Violence rises ahead of US review of Afghan war (AP)
• Conservatives pull ahead in new poll (Reuters)
• For U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Coalition Forces Are Mixed Blessing (Time.com)

Two blasts hit Stockholm, linked to Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:18 PM PST Reuters - Two blasts rocked the center of Stockholm on Saturday in a possible attack inspired by Sweden's presence in Afghanistan, killing the bomber and wounding two other people, police and media said.

Drug shootout mars religious festival in Mexico (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:14 PM PST Reuters - Suspected drug cartel gunmen attacked each other during annual religious celebrations in a small Mexican town, killing 11 people and wounding 22 others, local authorities said on Saturday.

Attacks kill Afghan civilians ahead of Obama review (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:56 AM PST Reuters - Violence in Afghanistan killed more than a dozen civilians and a reported 40 insurgents as U.S. President Barack Obama prepared to unveil a review of strategy in the near decade-long war.

Kosovo braced for election, outcome uncertain (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:44 PM PST Reuters - Kosovo votes on Sunday to choose a new parliament for Europe's youngest state but a boycott by many Serbs shows that the election may fail to resolve ethnic tensions.

Amanda Knox says Italy murder sentence a mistake (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 05:15 AM PST Reuters - Amanda Knox, the American jailed in Italy for the murder of her British flatmate, insisted at the second hearing of her appeal trial on Saturday that she was innocent, and said it was a mistake to keep her in prison.

Amanda Knox's Appeal: A Friendlier Venue This Time? (Time.com) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:10 AM PST Time.com - Since Amanda Knox was convicted last year of killing her British roommate Meredith Kercher, the tide of public opinion in Italy has turned in her favor. As her appeal trial gets underway, could Italy's change of mind help set her free?

Moscow police, mourners clash; 3 reported injured (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 03:29 PM PST AP - Police clashed with thousands of soccer fans and nationalists who gathered near the Kremlin on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a man on the streets of Moscow. At least three people were reported injured and 65 detained.

Jordanian, Palestinian soccer fans clash (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 03:37 PM PST AP - Fans of rival Jordanian soccer teams clashed after a match, injuring 250 people in violence that pointed to the deep divisions between the nation's native Bedouin clans and its Palestinians.

Gunbattle kills 11 in western Mexican town (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:39 PM PST AP - A gunbattle between rival gangs killed 11 people during a Virgin of Guadalupe celebration in a western Mexican town, authorities said Saturday.

Sudan vote opponents spread confusion: poll chief (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 05:11 AM PST Reuters - Opponents of a referendum on independence for south Sudan are threatening lawsuits and spreading confusion to try to disrupt the vote, the chief official running the plebiscite said on Saturday.

Violence rises ahead of US review of Afghan war (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST AP - A NATO airstrike killed at least 25 suspected insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, while violence elsewhere left 22 civilians dead in a wave of attacks days before the White House issues a review of U.S. war strategy, officials said.

Conservatives pull ahead in new poll (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:49 AM PST Reuters - The Conservatives have pulled ahead of their main rivals in an opinion poll published Saturday, but would not have enough seats to be sure of a majority government.

For U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Coalition Forces Are Mixed Blessing (Time.com) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:10 AM PST Time.com - Having Polish and other NATO forces in the field creates a pleasing image of burden sharing, but Ghazni demonstrates that they can't always hold the line

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