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• Russia pushes toward approval of nuclear arms pact (Reuters)
• Heavy snow strands Christmas travelers in Europe (Reuters)
• Hamas says committed to mutual truce with Israel (Reuters)
• West African bloc threatens force in Ivorian crisis (Reuters)
• Karzai warms to idea of talking to Taliban in Turkey (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka's 'Highway of Death' Becomes Tourist Hot Spot (Time.com)
• Anglican leader focuses on plight of persecuted Christians (AFP)
• Bethlehem celebrates merriest Christmas in years (AP)
• Bus crash kills 34 people in Ecuador (AP)
• Blast in Nigerian flashpoint city kills at least 8: police (AFP)
• Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey to hold joint military drills (AFP)
• Aussie PM's pilots suspended over drinking spree (AFP)
• Mexico buys corn futures to ensure tortilla prices remain flat (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Who Are The Anarchists Behind the Rome Embassy Bombs? (Time.com)
• Why Ahmadinejad is dismissing high-level Iranian officials (The Christian Science Monitor)

Russia pushes toward approval of nuclear arms pact (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 07:04 AM PST Reuters - Russia's parliament gave preliminary approval to a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States Friday, supporting ratification of the new START pact in the first of three required votes.

Heavy snow strands Christmas travelers in Europe (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 11:45 AM PST Reuters - Heavy snow stranded thousands of Christmas travelers in parts of Europe on Friday, with Belgium's main airport closed for most of the day to landing and icy roads in Sweden choked with traffic.

Hamas says committed to mutual truce with Israel (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:55 PM PST Reuters - Gaza's Hamas rulers signaled on Friday they wanted to defuse tension with Israel that has increased over the past week and they reiterated their desire for a mutual ceasefire.

West African bloc threatens force in Ivorian crisis (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST Reuters - West African heads of state threatened on Friday to use force to oust incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo unless he cedes power to a rival widely credited with having won a presidential election.

Karzai warms to idea of talking to Taliban in Turkey (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:31 PM PST Reuters - President Hamid Karzai said on Friday the Afghan government would welcome any offer by Turkey to facilitate talks with the Taliban that could help bring an end to the conflict in his homeland.

Sri Lanka's 'Highway of Death' Becomes Tourist Hot Spot (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:20 PM PST Time.com - After a quarter century of conflict, Sri Lankans are flocking to see the defacto war memorials along the A9, a once-notorious road that saw some of fiercest fighting in the nation's long civil war

Anglican leader focuses on plight of persecuted Christians (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:18 PM PST AFP - The leader of the world's Anglicans urges people on Saturday to remember those across the globe who face persecution because of their Christian faith, in his Christmas Day sermon.

Bethlehem celebrates merriest Christmas in years (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:57 PM PST AP - The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday festivities in this biblical West Bank town.

Bus crash kills 34 people in Ecuador (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:44 PM PST AP - Rescue workers say a bus ran off a foggy, rainy mountain road in Ecuador and plunged about 1,100 feet (350 meters), killing at least 34 people and injuring 23 others.

Blast in Nigerian flashpoint city kills at least 8: police (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:49 PM PST AFP - An explosion in central Nigeria on Friday killed at least eight people, police said, with the incident having occurred in an area where sectarian clashes have left hundreds dead this year.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey to hold joint military drills (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:08 PM PST AFP - Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey agreed Friday to hold joint military drills next year as part of Ankara's bridge-building efforts between troubled neighbours Kabul and Islamabad.

Aussie PM's pilots suspended over drinking spree (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:54 PM PST AFP - Two elite Australian air-force pilots were suspended for going out drinking the night before they were were due to fly Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the defence department said on Friday.

Mexico buys corn futures to ensure tortilla prices remain flat (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:01 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In 2007, massive impromptu street protests threatened the popularity of Mexican President Felipe Calderón. But it was not drug violence or kidnappings that prompted the outcry. It was the price of corn tortillas.

Who Are The Anarchists Behind the Rome Embassy Bombs? (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:20 PM PST Time.com - An anarchist group has claimed responsibility for the explosions in the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome. Should Italy be worried?

Why Ahmadinejad is dismissing high-level Iranian officials (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:49 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As a loyal follower of Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the young head of the National Youth Organization had every reason to expect his string of high-profile jobs would continue.

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