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• Fog may delay South Korean drill, after North's threat (Reuters)
• Israeli air strike kills five Gaza militants (Reuters)
• Foreign troop death toll in Afghanistan in 2010 nears 700 (Reuters)
• Fresh from India, Wen builds Pakistan trade ties (Reuters)
• Belarus vote set to extend 16-year Lukashenko rule (Reuters)
• WikiLeaks Reveals BP's 'Other' Offshore Drilling Disaster (Time.com)
• Belarus' authoritarian leader seeks new term (AP)
• Palestinians still hope for state by summer (AP)
• Morocco-W. Sahara rebels talks end in deadlock (AFP)
• SKorea military maneuvers scuttled by bad weather (AP)
• In Israel, a rabbi who argues that anti-Arab measures are un-Jewish (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Why Night Raids May Doom U.S. Prospects in Afghanistan (Time.com)
• WikiLeaks cable accusing India of Kashmir abuses may rattle tense region (The Christian Science Monitor)

Fog may delay South Korean drill, after North's threat (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 01:17 PM PST Reuters - Bad weather on Saturday appeared likely to delay a live-fire drill by South Korean marines that drew North Korean threats of another military attack and renewed calls for restraint by China.

Israeli air strike kills five Gaza militants (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:11 PM PST Reuters - An Israeli air strike killed five Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip Saturday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

Foreign troop death toll in Afghanistan in 2010 nears 700 (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 02:45 PM PST Reuters - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan in 2010 neared 700 with two more confirmed on Saturday, by far the deadliest year of the war underscoring the renewed focus on when international forces will leave.

Fresh from India, Wen builds Pakistan trade ties (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST Reuters - Pakistani and Chinese businessmen signed deals worth $15 billion on Saturday as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao demonstrated Beijing's assertive trade diplomacy on a visit to Islamabad.

Belarus vote set to extend 16-year Lukashenko rule (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:20 PM PST Reuters - The former Soviet republic of Belarus votes Sunday in an election that will almost certainly return Aleksander Lukashenko for a fourth term, backed at the 11th hour by Russia but flirting with the West.

WikiLeaks Reveals BP's 'Other' Offshore Drilling Disaster (Time.com) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:10 PM PST Time.com - It got little publicity at the time, but almost two years before Deepwater Horizon, an accident imperiled a Caspian Sea platform

Belarus' authoritarian leader seeks new term (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 04:14 PM PST AP - Belarus' authoritarian leader, a frequent antagonist of both Russia and the West, seeks a fourth term in Sunday elections, and his opponents claim he's prepared to commit fraud to get it.

Palestinians still hope for state by summer (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST AP - Palestinian plans to establish a state by summer in agreement with Israel remain on track and they do not intend to seek alternatives such as unilateral recognition from the international community, a top Palestinian official said in a special interview with Israeli TV aired Saturday.

Morocco-W. Sahara rebels talks end in deadlock (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 04:29 PM PST AFP - Morocco and the Western Sahara rebel group, the Polisario Front, on Saturday ended more UN-brokered talks without making progress on the future of the disputed north African territory.

SKorea military maneuvers scuttled by bad weather (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2010 03:49 PM PST AP - Military maneuvers planned by South Korean troops did not take place Saturday because of bad weather on a border island shelled by North Korea last month, but the U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting at Russia's request amid concerns over rising tensions on the divided peninsula.

In Israel, a rabbi who argues that anti-Arab measures are un-Jewish (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 02:11 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - At first glance, Arik Ascherman seems more like a soft-spoken university lecturer than a combative crusader for the rights of the “other,” be they Palestinian or African refugee.

Why Night Raids May Doom U.S. Prospects in Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:10 PM PST Time.com - 
They may be killing hundreds of low level Taliban, but the civilian casualties have turned the local population against Western troops

WikiLeaks cable accusing India of Kashmir abuses may rattle tense region (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 01:59 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A leaked US embassy cable in which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) describes routine Indian torture against detainees in Kashmir between 2002 and 2004 threatens to heighten tensions in the disputed region after a summer of deadly violence.

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