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• Anarchists claim responsibility for Rome bombs (Reuters)
• U.N. recognizes Ouattara as Ivory Coast's president (Reuters)
• Russian Duma could ratify START within days (Reuters)
• Venezuela security forces break up student protest (Reuters)
• Peace Talks Stall, But Palestinians' Fayyad Conjures a State (Time.com)
• Assange says 'high chance' he would be killed in US jail (AFP)
• Palestinian medic: Israel kills Gaza shepherd (AP)
• Venezuelan politician sentenced to prison (AP)
• Ivory Coast state TV signal cut off in some areas (AP)
• Striker Allsopp returns to Melbourne Victory (AFP)
• Focus on deficits, Flaherty tells Canada provinces (Reuters)
• New Zealand releases files detailing UFO reports (AP)
• Iran's Ahmadinejad urges West to choose 'path of cooperation' (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Racist Violence Threatens Russia's World Cup Plans (Time.com)
• Despite Greece's 2011 austerity budget, a financial chill deepens in Europe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Anarchists claim responsibility for Rome bombs (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:41 PM PST Reuters - An Italian anarchist group claimed responsibility for parcel bombs on Thursday that wounded two people at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, a reminder of Europe's home-grown threats at a time of political instability.

U.N. recognizes Ouattara as Ivory Coast's president (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:33 PM PST Reuters - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday recognized Alassane Ouattara as Ivory Coast's legitimate president, after the United Nations said he beat Laurent Gbagbo in last month's presidential election.

Russian Duma could ratify START within days (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:56 PM PST Reuters - Russian lawmakers said they could approve a nuclear arms reduction pact that is crucial to the "reset" in ties with the United States as early as Friday if a successful U.S. Senate vote left the terms of the treaty intact.

Venezuela security forces break up student protest (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:49 AM PST Reuters - Venezuelan security forces fired a water cannon and rubber bullets on Thursday to disperse hundreds of students protesting against a new law tightening the government's control over universities.

Peace Talks Stall, But Palestinians' Fayyad Conjures a State (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:00 PM PST Time.com - The Israelis may not agree, but the U.S.-backed Prime Minister of the West Bank believes that the logic of the institutions he's building will bring sovereign independence by next summer

Assange says 'high chance' he would be killed in US jail (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:17 PM PST AFP - WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange said in an interview published Thursday there was a "high chance" he would be killed in a US jail if he were to be extradited from Britain on espionage charges.

Palestinian medic: Israel kills Gaza shepherd (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:53 AM PST AP - A Palestinian medic says the Israeli army shot and killed a shepherd near Gaza's border with Israel.

Venezuelan politician sentenced to prison (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:44 PM PST AP - A Venezuelan court has sentenced an opposition politician to 19 years in prison, saying he was an accomplice in the killing of a military intelligence official.

Ivory Coast state TV signal cut off in some areas (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:28 PM PST AP - Ivory Coast state television disappeared from the airwaves outside the nation's largest city late Thursday, a blow to the incumbent president's attempts to cling to power in the bloody aftermath of an election most of the world says he lost.

Striker Allsopp returns to Melbourne Victory (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:40 PM PST AFP - Striker Danny Allsopp will return to two-time Australian A-League champions Melbourne Victory early next month, officials said on Friday.

Focus on deficits, Flaherty tells Canada provinces (Reuters) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:06 PM PST Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday he expected almost all of the country's provinces to eliminate their budget deficits by 2015, the same target the federal government has set for itself.

New Zealand releases files detailing UFO reports (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:02 AM PST AP - Mysterious lights in the sky and even a flying saucer are among the reported UFO sightings detailed in classified documents released by New Zealand's military this week.

Iran's Ahmadinejad urges West to choose 'path of cooperation' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:47 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad advised Western nations Thursday to create a “win-win” scenario for nuclear talks next month by choosing a “path of cooperation over confrontation.”

Racist Violence Threatens Russia's World Cup Plans (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:00 PM PST Time.com - Nationalist groups targeting ethnic minorities seek to turn Russian soccer fans into their shock troops, which could wreck the country's plans to host the world's premier sports event in 2018

Despite Greece's 2011 austerity budget, a financial chill deepens in Europe (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As an unseasonable freeze settles over much of Europe, even the Continent's balmier southern climates are suffering. But their freeze relates to cash, not the cold.

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