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• Police: Suicide bombing kills 75 in NW Pakistan (AP)
• Pakistan Taliban says it carried out CIA attack (AP)
• Iraqis outraged as Blackwater case thrown out (AP)
• Pirate cash suspected cause of Kenya property boom (AP)
• British hostage held in Iran after Iraq kidnapping (AP)
• On the Trail of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Time.com)
• Danish police stop attack on cartoonist (AP)
• Ultra-Orthodox Jews make rare visit to Gaza (AP)
• Mudslide kills 19 people in Brazil island resort (AP)
• Under-pressure South Africa set to change (AFP)
• Somali pirates seize Indonesian chemical tanker (AFP)
• Blast kills 5 Canadians in southern Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Australian breakthrough may save Tasmanian devils (AFP)
• Peacemaking in the Mideast: Obama's Year of Missteps (Time.com)

Police: Suicide bombing kills 75 in NW Pakistan (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST AP - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle in a crowd of people watching a volleyball tournament Friday in northwest Pakistan, killing 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than two months.

Pakistan Taliban says it carried out CIA attack (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:44 PM PST AP - The Pakistani Taliban claimed Friday that they used a turncoat CIA operative to carry out a suicide bombing that killed seven American CIA employees in Afghanistan as revenge for a top militant leader's death in a U.S. missile strike.

Iraqis outraged as Blackwater case thrown out (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 01:44 PM PST AP - Iraqis seeking justice for 17 people shot dead at a Baghdad intersection responded with bitterness and outrage Friday at a U.S. judge's decision to throw out a case against a Blackwater security team accused in the killings.

Pirate cash suspected cause of Kenya property boom (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:47 PM PST AP - Property prices in Nairobi are soaring, and Somali pirates are getting the blame.

British hostage held in Iran after Iraq kidnapping (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:57 AM PST AP - A British computer programmer seized in Iraq was held in Iran for at least part of his captivity, the U.S. general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan said on Friday.

On the Trail of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Time.com) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST Time.com - A tiny town in the high altitudes of Bolivia wants tourists to explore the mystery of the legendary duo's demise. But you'll have to rough it.

Danish police stop attack on cartoonist (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 05:26 PM PST AP - Denmark's intelligence service says police have foiled an attempt to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard — the artist who drew cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, causing outrage in the Muslim world.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews make rare visit to Gaza (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:24 AM PST AP - A small group of ultra-Orthodox Jews were preparing Friday to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath in Gaza, in an unlikely show of support for Palestinians in the Hamas-run coastal territory.

Mudslide kills 19 people in Brazil island resort (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 03:49 PM PST AP - A rain-soaked slab of hillside collapsed on three houses and an upscale waterfront lodge after New Year celebrations on an island resort in this city near Rio de Janeiro, killing at least 19 people, authorities said. Another mudslide elsewhere in the city killed 11.

Under-pressure South Africa set to change (AFP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 08:59 AM PST AFP - South Africa are set to make at least one change in their team as they go into a crucial third Test against England, starting on Sunday.

Somali pirates seize Indonesian chemical tanker (AFP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 04:36 PM PST AFP - Somali pirates seized an Indonesian chemical tanker Friday with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, maritime watchdog bodies reported.

Blast kills 5 Canadians in southern Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 07:09 PM PST Reuters - Four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist were killed when their armored vehicle was hit by a bomb in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, the Canadian Defense Ministry said.

Australian breakthrough may save Tasmanian devils (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2009 09:52 PM PST AFP - Australian researchers have cracked the genetic origin of the deadly cancer that is threatening to wipe out Tasmanian devils, raising hopes Friday that the animal's future is safe.

Peacemaking in the Mideast: Obama's Year of Missteps (Time.com) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST Time.com - The Israelis weren't prepared to go as far as Washington demanded; the Palestinians wouldn't settle for anything less

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