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• Iraq approves new government with Maliki as PM (Reuters)
• Suspected Rome bomb contained no explosive: police (Reuters)
• European freeze haunts Christmas for airlines, shops (Reuters)
• China urges North Korea to accept nuclear inspectors (Reuters)
• Kindergarten near-miss highlights Gaza risks (Reuters)
• Iraq: Preparing for the Return of Moqtada al-Sadr (Time.com)
• Adoptive parents arrive in Haiti to fetch children (AFP)
• Stark challenges ahead for Iraq's new government (AP)
• Death toll from Mexico crude-oil blast rises to 29 (AP)
• UN: 2.8M at risk if violence breaks out in Suday (AP)
• SKorean Christmas tree sign of new propaganda war (AP)
• Canada's TD Bank bets $6 billion on U.S. auto lending (Reuters)
• Indian doctor wins compensation over terror charge (AFP)
• South Korea's mixed messages to North: anger, and a Christmas tree (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Somali Militants Suspected in Kenya Blast (Time.com)
• Belarus risks alienating both Russia, EU in wake of political crackdown (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Somalia: All to Play For in Unifying Football Tournament (OneWorld.net)

Iraq approves new government with Maliki as PM (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:17 PM PST Reuters - Iraq's parliament approved Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his new government on Tuesday, nine months after an inconclusive election left politics in limbo and delayed investments to rebuild the country after years of war.

Suspected Rome bomb contained no explosive: police (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:23 PM PST Reuters - A suspected bomb was found on an empty underground train in Rome on Tuesday but police said it lacked a detonator and tests showed it contained no explosive.

European freeze haunts Christmas for airlines, shops (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 11:59 AM PST Reuters - Northern Europe's big freeze wreaked more havoc on Tuesday as some airports failed to cope with the snow and retailers struggled to make up lost sales in the few shopping days left before Christmas.

China urges North Korea to accept nuclear inspectors (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:52 PM PST Reuters - China on Tuesday urged North Korea to follow through on its offer to allow U.N. nuclear monitors into the country as a way to alleviate international tensions during a standoff with South Korea.

Kindergarten near-miss highlights Gaza risks (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 10:19 AM PST Reuters - A rocket fired from Gaza exploded near an Israeli kindergarten Tuesday as cross-border violence surged in the approach to the second anniversary of Israel's war in the Hamas Islamist-run enclave.

Iraq: Preparing for the Return of Moqtada al-Sadr (Time.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 03:20 PM PST Time.com - The Iran-based cleric remains wildly popular in Iraq, which makes the democratic process a vehicle for his ambitions. Washington may simply have to get used to him

Adoptive parents arrive in Haiti to fetch children (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:27 PM PST AFP - French families arrived in Haiti late Tuesday to fetch a group of Haitian children they adopted in the wake of a devastating earthquake that ravaged the impoverished country nearly a year ago.

Stark challenges ahead for Iraq's new government (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:49 PM PST AP - Iraq seated a freely elected government Tuesday after nine months of haggling, bringing together the main ethnic and religious groups in a fragile balance that could make it difficult to rebuild a nation devastated by war as American troops prepare for their final withdrawal.

Death toll from Mexico crude-oil blast rises to 29 (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:51 PM PST AP - The death toll from a massive oil pipeline explosion that laid waste to parts of a central Mexican city has risen to 29.

UN: 2.8M at risk if violence breaks out in Suday (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:20 PM PST AP - The U.N. is planning for the possibility that 2.8 million people will be displaced in Sudan if fighting breaks out over the south's January independence referendum, according to an internal report reviewed by The Associated Press on Tuesday.

SKorean Christmas tree sign of new propaganda war (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:47 PM PST AP - As troops stood guard and a choir sang carols Tuesday, South Koreans lit a massive steel Christmas tree that overlooks the world's most heavily armed border and is within sight of atheist North Korea.

Canada's TD Bank bets $6 billion on U.S. auto lending (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:31 PM PST Reuters - Toronto-Dominion Bank is buying Chrysler Financial for $6.3 billion, the second time in a week that a Canadian lender has placed a big bet on the U.S. economic recovery.

Indian doctor wins compensation over terror charge (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:02 AM PST AFP - An Indian doctor wrongly detained on terror charges by Australian police three years ago Tuesday raised the prospect of moving back to the country, after winning compensation from the government.

South Korea's mixed messages to North: anger, and a Christmas tree (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:36 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Christmas may be the last thing on the minds of many North Koreans this year, but that didn’t stop their neighbors to the south on Tuesday from sending a message designed to raise their spirits.

Somali Militants Suspected in Kenya Blast (Time.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 03:20 PM PST Time.com - A grenade detonated at a bus station, possibly by accident, is viewed as part of a campaign of Christmas terror

Belarus risks alienating both Russia, EU in wake of political crackdown (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 07:58 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Alexander Lukashenko appears to be completely secure in the massive â€" yet highly suspect â€" electoral landslide Sunday that returned him to a fourth five-year term as supreme leader of Belarus with 80 percent of the popular vote.

Somalia: All to Play For in Unifying Football Tournament (OneWorld.net) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Dec 21 (IRIN) - Holding a football tournament with teams from 15 regions of Somalia is an achievement in itself - but the organizers hope it will do more than only bring players together.

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