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• North Korea boasts advances in nuclear program (Reuters)
• Russia's Medvedev warns of new arms race (Reuters)
• Egypt's Islamists say they might withdraw from vote (Reuters)
• Student protests disrupt Italian roads, railways (Reuters)
• Ugandan paper says it will keep outing gays (Reuters)
• Al-Qaeda's Magazine in Yemen: Where's Our WikiLeaks Scoop? (Time.com)
• Bank boss thought PM 'lacked experience': WikiLeaks (AFP)
• Argentina house holds 1st-ever abortion debate (AP)
• Mubarak's party crushes Islamists in disputed Egypt election (AFP)
• Pakistan seeks life imprisonment for 5 Americans (AP)
• Canada growth disappoints, rates to stay low (Reuters)
• For Iran, WikiLeaks cables validate its skepticism of Obama's sincerity (The Christian Science Monitor)
• China: As Clueless as Everyone Else About North Korea? (Time.com)
• Japan shaken but not knocked down after Tokyo earthquake (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Kenya PM's Call to Arrest Gays Jeopardizes HIV Prevention (OneWorld.net)

North Korea boasts advances in nuclear program (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:20 PM PST Reuters - Secretive North Korea boasted advances in its nuclear program on Tuesday, making sure it held the world's attention, saying it had thousands of working centrifuges, as pressure built on China to rein in its ally.

Russia's Medvedev warns of new arms race (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 06:21 AM PST Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Tuesday that a new arms race would erupt within the next decade unless Russia and the West forged an agreement to cooperate on building a missile defense system.

Egypt's Islamists say they might withdraw from vote (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:48 PM PST Reuters - The Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday it might withdraw from Egypt's parliamentary election after failing to win a single seat in a first round of voting it said was rigged in favor of President Hosni Mubarak's party.

Student protests disrupt Italian roads, railways (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:13 PM PST Reuters - Students marched through Italian cities on Tuesday in protest against education reforms, blocking roads and railway lines in some of the biggest demonstrations seen in decades.

Ugandan paper says it will keep outing gays (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:47 AM PST Reuters - A Ugandan newspaper that "outs" people it says are gay and has called for them to be hanged said on Tuesday it would use a two-week window before a court verdict on its activities to continue with its campaign.

Al-Qaeda's Magazine in Yemen: Where's Our WikiLeaks Scoop? (Time.com) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:55 PM PST Time.com - Inspire magazine posted its latest issue crowing about the parcel bomb plot. It could have done a lot more if it had waited for the WikiLeaks cable dump

Bank boss thought PM 'lacked experience': WikiLeaks (AFP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:39 PM PST AFP - Bank chief Mervyn King believed Prime Minister David Cameron "lacked experience" and thought "only in terms of politics," US documents published by the Guardian newspaper showed Wednesday.

Argentina house holds 1st-ever abortion debate (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - A key committee of Argentine legislators is launching a first-ever debate on legalizing abortion in the largely Roman Catholic country.

Mubarak's party crushes Islamists in disputed Egypt election (AFP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:59 PM PST AFP - Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party wiped out its Islamist opponents from parliament in the first round of a disputed election, according to official results released on Tuesday night.

Pakistan seeks life imprisonment for 5 Americans (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - Pakistan is seeking life imprisonment for five young Americans convicted of plotting terrorist attacks and sentenced to 10 years each in jail, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Canada growth disappoints, rates to stay low (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:06 AM PST Reuters - Canada's economy disappointed in the third quarter with the weakest growth rate in a year, while the economy shrank outright in September, adding pressure on policy makers to safeguard the patchy recovery.

For Iran, WikiLeaks cables validate its skepticism of Obama's sincerity (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:28 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - WikiLeaks revelations that American officials were planning to raise pressure on Iran with more sanctions and a missile defense shield â€" even while President Obama was making high-profile public overtures to Iran â€" are being seen in Tehran as validation of deep skepticism from the start about Obama’s effort.

China: As Clueless as Everyone Else About North Korea? (Time.com) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:35 PM PST Time.com - As the Korea crisis comes close to critical mass, China proposes talks about talks. The WikiLeaks cables show that kind of passive reaction is not new to Beijing

Japan shaken but not knocked down after Tokyo earthquake (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:10 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast Tuesday, shaking a broad swath of the country and swaying buildings in downtown Tokyo.

Kenya PM's Call to Arrest Gays Jeopardizes HIV Prevention (OneWorld.net) Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:39 PM PST OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Nov 30 (IRIN/PlusNews) - Gay Kenyans will be driven further underground and away from HIV prevention, treatment and care services following a recent call by Prime Minister Raila Odinga for a nationwide crackdown on homosexuals, activists say.

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