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• North Korea details expanded nuclear program (Reuters)
• Irregularities don't invalidate Haiti poll: observers (Reuters)
• Mexican troops find 18 bodies near U.S. border (Reuters)
• Four years on, drug war bleeds Mexican heartland (Reuters)
• British police warn students against violence (Reuters)
• German-U.S. Relations Will Survive WikiLeaks -- But the Trust is Gone (Time.com)
• Prince Charles lacks Commonwealth 'respect': WikiLeaks (AFP)
• Egyptians riot, burn cars, claiming vote fraud (AP)
• Torrential rains leave 13 dead in Venezuela (AP)
• Pakistan submits report on Haider (AFP)
• Toyota fixing coolant pump in Prius globally (AP)
• Canada handed over child prisoners to Afghans: report (Reuters)
• Australian police investigate WikiLeaks founder (AP)
• How WikiLeaks trove will affect US-Arab cooperation on Iran, Yemen (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Swiss Vote to Deport Foreign Criminals -- And Risk the E.U.'s Wrath (Time.com)
• Irish protest – sort of – as bailout details emerge (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Will Year of Climate Extremes End with a Whimper? (OneWorld.net)

North Korea details expanded nuclear program (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:25 PM PST Reuters - Secretive North Korea detailed for the first time its expanded nuclear program Tuesday, saying it had thousands of centrifuges as pressure built on China to rein in its ally amid heightened tensions on the peninsula.

Irregularities don't invalidate Haiti poll: observers (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:50 PM PST Reuters - International observers on Monday cautiously endorsed Haiti's troubled elections, saying they could be considered valid despite "irregularities" that generated popular protests and charges of fraud.

Mexican troops find 18 bodies near U.S. border (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:28 PM PST Reuters - Mexican soldiers found 18 bodies buried on a ranch near the Texas border on Monday, and gunmen killed a female police chief in the latest bout of unrelenting violence in northern Mexico.

Four years on, drug war bleeds Mexican heartland (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 05:43 PM PST Reuters - A four-year army crackdown in Mexico's methamphetamine-producing heartland has provoked a dizzying increase in violence, fueling fears that the country is losing its battle against organized crime.

British police warn students against violence (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:10 PM PST Reuters - British police have warned students not to use violence in a protest on Tuesday against a planned rise in tuition fees, after clashes at two previous demonstrations.

German-U.S. Relations Will Survive WikiLeaks -- But the Trust is Gone (Time.com) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:45 PM PST Time.com - Germany insists that the latest WikiLeaks revelations won't harm its new-found friendship with the U.S. But it will be a while before German politicians can trust their U.S. counterparts again

Prince Charles lacks Commonwealth 'respect': WikiLeaks (AFP) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 05:32 PM PST AFP - Prince Charles "does not command the same respect" as Queen Elizabeth II, a senior Commonwealth official said in a US cable released by WikiLeaks and published by the Guardian newspaper.

Egyptians riot, burn cars, claiming vote fraud (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:36 PM PST AP - Protesters set fire to cars, tires and two polling stations, clashing with police firing tear gas in riots that erupted around Egypt on Monday over allegations the ruling party carried out widespread fraud to sweep parliamentary elections.

Torrential rains leave 13 dead in Venezuela (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:30 PM PST AP - Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed 13 people across Venezuela and forced thousands from their homes, authorities said Monday.

Pakistan submits report on Haider (AFP) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:08 PM PST AFP - Pakistani officials submitted a report Monday into former wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider's dramatic escape to London, abandoning his team ahead of a match with South Africa, the cricket board said.

Toyota fixing coolant pump in Prius globally (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:36 PM PST AP - Toyota is fixing the coolant pump in 650,000 Prius hybrid cars around the world but says the action isn't a recall.

Canada handed over child prisoners to Afghans: report (Reuters) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:28 AM PST Reuters - Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan captured children suspected of working with the Taliban and then handed them over to an Afghan security unit alleged to have abused prisoners, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said.

Australian police investigate WikiLeaks founder (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:58 PM PST AP - Police were investigating whether any Australian law was broken by the latest leaking of confidential documents by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks, the attorney-general said Monday.

How WikiLeaks trove will affect US-Arab cooperation on Iran, Yemen (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:10 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The first WikiLeaks release of raw intelligence from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars contained few shocking revelations. But the trove of diplomatic cables released Sunday is something else again, perhaps nowhere more so than for the Middle East.

Swiss Vote to Deport Foreign Criminals -- And Risk the E.U.'s Wrath (Time.com) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:45 PM PST Time.com - The Swiss voted Sunday in support of a law that calls for the automatic deportataion of foreigners convicted of serious crimes. But the move could break Switzerland's treaties with the E.U. -- and see the country face charges of human-rights violations

Irish protest – sort of – as bailout details emerge (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:34 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Details emerged Sunday of the joint European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund plan to prop-up Ireland’s economy in an effort to keep the euro afloat.

Will Year of Climate Extremes End with a Whimper? (OneWorld.net) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:15 AM PST OneWorld.net - CANCUN, Nov 29 (IPS/TerraViva) - This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, with soaring ocean temperatures resulting in a near record die-off of tropical corals, extreme heat and drought in Russia and massive flooding in Pakistan - all signs that climate change has taken hold.

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