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• WikiLeaks backers threaten more cyber attacks (Reuters)
• Rights groups report Iran stoning woman released (Reuters)
• Clashes as UK parliament votes for student fee rise (Reuters)
• Haiti announces vote tally recheck to stem unrest (Reuters)
• Four Months Later, Flood Devastation Persists in Pakistan (Time.com)
• Students attack Prince Charles' car after fee hike (AP)
• Israel draws international rebuke over settlements (AP)
• Alleged boy hit man in Mexico is a US citizen (AP)
• Kayaker presumed dead after Congo crocodile attack (AP)
• Heavy rains flood towns in eastern Australia (AP)
• Chinese authorities silence friends of Liu Xiaobo in extensive roundup (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Haiti: After Quake and Cholera, Politics Brings New Turmoil (Time.com)

WikiLeaks backers threaten more cyber attacks (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Reuters - Cyber attacks on global companies seen as enemies of WikiLeaks drew the attention of U.S. authorities on Thursday and Dutch police arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected in attacks on credit card sites of Visa and MasterCard.

Rights groups report Iran stoning woman released (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:33 PM PST Reuters - A European human rights group said on Thursday an Iranian woman who had been sentenced to death by stoning had been freed, but there was no confirmation from Iran.

Clashes as UK parliament votes for student fee rise (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:40 PM PST Reuters - Protesters attacked government buildings and damaged a car carrying Prince Charles after parliament voted on Thursday to raise fees paid by university students in a vote which divided Britain's coalition government.

Haiti announces vote tally recheck to stem unrest (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:13 PM PST Reuters - Haiti's electoral authorities said on Thursday they would urgently recheck vote tally sheets from the Caribbean country's troubled presidential elections to try to defuse a dispute over the results that has triggered nationwide unrest.

Four Months Later, Flood Devastation Persists in Pakistan (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:50 PM PST Time.com - Waist-deep waters that keep rural villages isolated in parts of Sindh, while political haggling imperils relief

Students attack Prince Charles' car after fee hike (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:33 PM PST AP - Furious student protesters attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, vandalized buildings and battled riot police Thursday as a controversial hike in university fees triggered Britain's worst political violence in years.

Israel draws international rebuke over settlements (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:59 PM PST AP - The European Union, the United Nations and the Arab League have rebuked Israel after its refusal to halt settlement construction forced Washington to drop efforts to relaunch Mideast peace talks.

Alleged boy hit man in Mexico is a US citizen (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - U.S. officials say an alleged 14-year-old drug gang killer in Mexico is a U.S. citizen.

Kayaker presumed dead after Congo crocodile attack (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:33 PM PST AP - An acclaimed outdoorsman who wrote movingly about testing himself against nature is presumed dead after a crocodile snatched him from his kayak while he led an American expedition from the source of the White Nile into the heart of Congo.

Heavy rains flood towns in eastern Australia (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:54 PM PST AP - Australia's attorney general declared 45 communities along the country's east coast disaster areas Friday, following weeks of drenching rains that have submerged homes, destroyed crops and killed four people.

Chinese authorities silence friends of Liu Xiaobo in extensive roundup (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 03:56 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Teng Biao, a bespectacled moon-faced lawyer who has made a name for himself by supporting political dissidents, walked out of the Thursday morning class he teaches at Beijing’s University of Politics and Law, and straight into the arms of the police.

Haiti: After Quake and Cholera, Politics Brings New Turmoil (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:50 PM PST Time.com - An election result that does not tally with the estimates of international monitors has many on the streets crying foul

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