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• Haiti protesters rampage against election results (Reuters)
• U.N. climate talks seek to avert damaging failure (Reuters)
• Canada and U.S. to sign border, security deal: report (Reuters)
• Chile's worst prison fire kills 81 inmates (Reuters)
• U.S. urges strong trilateral alliance with Seoul and Tokyo (Reuters)
• S. Africa's Honeymoon Murder: Was Husband Dewani Involved? (Time.com)
• CBI picks new president (AFP)
• Egypt says 1 shark caught, another still at large (AP)
• Mexican official: 3 killed in helicopter crash (AP)
• Gbagbo defiant as calls to step down mount (AP)
• Taliban video shows US soldier held in Afghanistan (AP)
• Canada and U.S. to sign border, security deal: report (Reuters)
• Australian FM says US to blame for WikiLeaks dump (AP)
• An inflated claim of health success in Afghanistan exposed (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Roma Name Change: Romanian Government Aim Outrages Gypsies (Time.com)
• Ireland cringes as chill of austerity budget sets in (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Stimulate the Green Race to Tackle Climate Change (OneWorld.net)

Haiti protesters rampage against election results (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST Reuters - Thousands of protesters rampaged through Haiti's capital and other cities on Wednesday, hurling stones and wrecking property in a wave of unrest against election results they say were rigged by the ruling government coalition.

U.N. climate talks seek to avert damaging failure (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Reuters - The world's governments struggled on Wednesday to break a deadlock between rich and poor nations on steps to fight global warming and avert a new, damaging setback after they failed to agree a U.N. treaty last year in Copenhagen.

Canada and U.S. to sign border, security deal: report (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:37 PM PST Reuters - Canada and the United States are working on a new security and trade deal that would allow people and goods to flow more easily between the two major trading partners, the National Post said on Wednesday.

Chile's worst prison fire kills 81 inmates (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:28 AM PST Reuters - Fire engulfed a prison in the Chilean capital early on Wednesday, killing 81 inmates and critically injuring 14 others, the government said, in the country's third-deadliest blaze ever.

U.S. urges strong trilateral alliance with Seoul and Tokyo (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 01:46 PM PST Reuters - The top U.S. military official said Tokyo, Seoul and Washington must build an even stronger alliance in the face of North Korean aggression, while calling on Beijing to show leadership by reining in its ally Pyongyang.

S. Africa's Honeymoon Murder: Was Husband Dewani Involved? (Time.com) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:40 PM PST Time.com - In a case that has gripped Britain, three men have been charged with the Nov. 13 murder of Swedish newlywed Anni. Now one of the accused claims that her multimillionaire husband Shrien Dewani hired him to arrange her death

CBI picks new president (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:20 PM PST AFP - The Confederation of British Industry announced Thursday that it has appointed Roger Carr, former chairman of confectioner Cadbury, as its new president.

Egypt says 1 shark caught, another still at large (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 01:50 PM PST AP - A top Egyptian official said Wednesday that he believes that one of two sharks involved in attacks on tourists in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has been caught, while the other remains at large.

Mexican official: 3 killed in helicopter crash (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:07 PM PST AP - A Mexican official says a federal police helicopter flying to a prison crashed in Veracruz state on Wednesday, killing three people on board and injuring another three.

Gbagbo defiant as calls to step down mount (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:04 PM PST AP - The noose of international pressure tightened further around Laurent Gbagbo as the U.N. Security Council deliberated a statement and the U.N. envoy in Ivory Coast said Gbagbo's challenger had won last month's presidential election by an "irrefutable margin."

Taliban video shows US soldier held in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:52 PM PST AP - Spc. Bowe Bergdahl, the only known U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan, appears briefly in a newly released Taliban video standing next to a smiling insurgent commander who once threatened to kill him.

Canada and U.S. to sign border, security deal: report (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:40 PM PST Reuters - Canada and the United States are working on a new security and trade deal that would allow people and goods to flow more easily between the two major trading partners, the National Post said on Wednesday.

Australian FM says US to blame for WikiLeaks dump (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:06 AM PST AP - Australia's foreign minister said Wednesday that the U.S. government is responsible for the leaking of hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic memos and cautioned against blaming the website that published the secret cables and its founder.

An inflated claim of health success in Afghanistan exposed (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:08 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Nine years and billions of dollars into the Afghanistan war the US government is eager to show progress.

Roma Name Change: Romanian Government Aim Outrages Gypsies (Time.com) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:40 PM PST Time.com - In a move that has outraged Romania's Gypsy community, the government has accepted a proposal to change the name of the Roma to the pejorative Tigan

Ireland cringes as chill of austerity budget sets in (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 01:12 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Ireland’s government yesterday unveiled what many are calling its harshest ever budget, which came just hours after the European Union approved Dublin's $113 billion loan.

Stimulate the Green Race to Tackle Climate Change (OneWorld.net) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:21 AM PST OneWorld.net - CANCUN, Dec 8 (IPS/TerraViva) - While negotiators in Cancun are struggling to make progress, there is something interesting happening in the world. And, it is good news. Countries have started to recognise and act upon the economic value in meeting the demand for green technology.

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