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WikiLeaks's Assange walks free on bail in London (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:55 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out of the window as he arrives by prison van at the High Court in London December 16, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, walked free on bail from a British jail on Thursday protesting his innocence and pledging to continue exposing official secrets.

China urges U.S. to cooperate over North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:57 PM PST

Reuters - China told the visiting Secretary of State James Steinberg that the two big powers should cooperate more in defusing tension over North Korea, playing down discord over how to rein in Pyongyang.

Qaeda plans U.S., UK Christmas attack: Iraq official (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:35 PM PST

Reuters - Al Qaeda is planning attacks in the United States, Britain and Europe around Christmas, one year after a failed attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound passenger plane, a senior Iraqi official said Thursday.

Dissidents have little support in Cuba: U.S. cable (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 06:27 PM PST

Reuters - Despite years of U.S. political and financial support for Cuban dissidents, the top U.S. diplomat in Havana said opposition leaders are largely unknown, badly divided and unlikely to ever run the country, according to a secret diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks.

China PM to bolster strong Pakistan ties after India (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:37 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will aim to reassure Pakistan on a visit beginning on Friday that energy, military and economic ties remain tight, despite China's warming relations with India.

Cuba Launches Its Own Version of Wikipedia (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 08:10 PM PST

Time.com - We'd love to give you a deep analysis of its entries, but the site immediately crashed Wednesday

Judge grants bail to WikiLeaks' Julian Assange (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 08:09 PM PST

Shot through a tinted window, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange reacts from inside a prison van as he arrives at the High Court in London for his bail appeal hearing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A judge is set to decide Thursday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be freed or remain in prison, as authorities appeal a court's decision to grant him bail. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - A U.K. judge has rejected an appeal and granted bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who will be freed from a British jail.

In Abu Dhabi, Christmas comes decked with gold (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 01:13 PM PST

A Christmas tree which has been decked out with US$11 million U.S. (euro14.3 million) worth of gold and precious stones, stands at the lobby of the Emirates Palace hotel, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday Dec. 16, 2010. The hotel's general manager, Hans Olbertz, was quoted in local newspapers Thursday as saying the 43-foot (13-meter) faux fir has 131 ornaments that include gold and precious stones including diamonds and sapphires. The US$11 million symbol of the season has become the latest extravagance at the Emirates Palace hotel, which boasts its own marina, heliport and a vending machine that pops out small gold bars.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - When they deck the halls in opulent Abu Dhabi, it comes with gold ornaments and gem-studded bows on a towering Christmas tree. The $11 million symbol of the season has become the latest extravagance at the Emirates Palace hotel, which boasts its own marina, heliport and a vending machine that pops out small gold bars.

Jamaica PM pins blame on lax counter-drug unit (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 03:57 PM PST

AP - Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Thursday his government shook up an anti-drug police unit after Cuba complained that the force had been uncooperative in preventing Jamaican drug smugglers using speedboats and small planes to move narcotics.

Bombings by NSudan violated 2005 peace deal (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 05:13 PM PST

In this Saturday Dec 11, 2010 photo, southern army officers in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state in Sudan , peer into a bomb crater created from one of the bombs dropped by the northern Sudanese army on a southern army base in the disputed border zone of Kiir Adem, where Southern Sudan meets Darfur. The northern Sudanese army has launched a series of aerial bombardments in this disputed zone over the past month, and the southern army says it will not respond to these provocations in order to protect the rights of Southern Sudanese to participate peacefully in their January independence referendum .(AP Photo)AP - Three bomb attacks in Southern Sudan this month made by aircraft from the northern Sudanese military violated Sudan's 2005 peace agreement, a joint north-south committee has concluded, a United Nations spokesman said.

Return of Yao to NBA delayed by stress fracture (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 08:15 PM PST

Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, pictured last December, has a stress fracture in his left ankle, another devastating setback for the Houston Rockets center as he vies to resume his injury-plagued NBA career.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese basketball star Yao Ming has a stress fracture in his left ankle that will further delay the resumption of the Houston Rockets center's injury-plagued NBA career, his team said.

Canadian gas megaproject gets nod but future cloudy (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 02:11 PM PST

Reuters - Canada's energy regulator said on Thursday it approved plans for a C$16.2 billion ($16.1 billion) Arctic gas pipeline, a project that faces growing economic pressure as natural gas prices languish.

Indian wrongly accused of terror seeks payout (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 08:11 PM PST

Mohamed Haneef, an Indian national, with his wife and daughter return to Australia on December 17, 2010 at Brisbane International Airport. The doctor wrongly held by Australian authorities on terrorism charges said Friday he was seeking AFP - An Indian doctor wrongly held by Australian authorities on terrorism charges said Friday he was seeking "practical recognition" of his ordeal through his case for compensation.

Ivory Coast conflict deepens as protests mount over disputed elections (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 02:27 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Military police loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo fired Thursday on opposition marchers, while at the same time the first battle between opposition members and government forces in more than six years broke out. The violence fueled fears that an election that was supposed to cap a protracted peace process will instead usher in a new civil war.

Behind Julian Assange's Arrest: Sweden's Sex-Crime Problem (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 08:10 PM PST

Time.com - The arrest and possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to Sweden's drive to tackle its disturbingly high rates of reported sexual violence against women

Bolivian land reform: a country strives to sustain an 'agrarian revolution' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 01:06 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The small town deep in the jungle here is much like any other community in Bolivia's tropical northwest. Situated along the border with Brazil, it has wooden houses, a school, and a store that sells basics. But Puerto Morales Ayma, in the state of Pando, was founded just a year ago by Bolivians from the western highlands as part of President Evo Morales's plan to grant government-controlled land to people with little or no holdings of their own.

U.S. Moves Closer to Development Policy Reform (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:35 AM PST

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (IPS) - The U.S. took a major step toward overhauling the way it engages in diplomacy and development work Wednesday.

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