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• West African presidents to tell Gbagbo to quit (Reuters)
• Panama president wanted to wiretap rivals: WikiLeaks (Reuters)
• Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills 40 in Pakistan (Reuters)
• Dutch police arrest Somalis over terrorism plot (Reuters)
• Former Venezuela leader Perez dies at 88 (Reuters)
• Hizballah Fears 'Qaeda' Type Attacks from Lebanese Sunnis (Time.com)
• Belarus police raid opposition homes, offices: NGO (AFP)
• Egypt's Mubarak aims for 8 percent annual growth (AP)
• Venezuelan ex-president Carlos Andres Perez dies (AP)
• Egypt GDP growth seen 5.8-6.0 percent in fiscal 2010/11 (Reuters)
• New Zealand win toss, bat first against Pakistan (AFP)
• Who Are The Anarchists Behind the Rome Embassy Bombs? (Time.com)

West African presidents to tell Gbagbo to quit (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:10 PM PST Reuters - Three West African presidents will fly to Ivory Coast Tuesday to tell incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit or face force, Benin said Saturday, a sign of mounting regional determination to force him out.

Panama president wanted to wiretap rivals: WikiLeaks (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:14 PM PST Reuters - Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli tried to bully the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to turn its wiretapping program on political rivals, a State Department cable released by WikiLeaks said.

Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills 40 in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 03:10 AM PST Reuters - A burqa-clad suicide bomber attacked a crowd of people waiting for aid in Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 40 of them, officials said, showing militants' ability to strike despite army offensives.

Dutch police arrest Somalis over terrorism plot (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 03:07 PM PST Reuters - Dutch police arrested 12 Somalis on Christmas Eve on suspicion of plotting an imminent terrorist attack in the Netherlands.

Former Venezuela leader Perez dies at 88 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:13 PM PST Reuters - Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez died Saturday aged 88 at a hospital in Miami, his family told Venezuelan media.

Hizballah Fears 'Qaeda' Type Attacks from Lebanese Sunnis (Time.com) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:25 AM PST Time.com - The Shi'ite movement's dominance of the streets is uncontested, but an extremist Sunni sect that sees Shi'ism as apostasy is a danger they're taking seriously

Belarus police raid opposition homes, offices: NGO (AFP) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:04 PM PST AFP - Belarussian police launched sweeping raids on opposition homes and offices as part of its crackdown on protests following Alexander Lukashenko's reelection, rights groups said.

Egypt's Mubarak aims for 8 percent annual growth (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:40 PM PST AP - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday set his sights on an ambitious annual 8 percent economic growth rate over the next five years, laying out his policies ahead of next year's presidential election.

Venezuelan ex-president Carlos Andres Perez dies (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST AP - Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with his country's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and impeachment in his homeland, has died in Miami, his family said Saturday.

Egypt GDP growth seen 5.8-6.0 percent in fiscal 2010/11 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:55 PM PST Reuters - Egypt's gross domestic product is expected to grow by about 5.8 to 6.0 percent in the fiscal year to end-June 2011, the ruling National Democratic Party said in a statement on Saturday.

New Zealand win toss, bat first against Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:55 PM PST AFP - New Zealand captain Ross Taylor won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the first of three Twenty20 internationals at Eden Park on Sunday.

Who Are The Anarchists Behind the Rome Embassy Bombs? (Time.com) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:25 AM PST Time.com - An anarchist group has claimed responsibility for the explosions in the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome. Should Italy be worried?

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