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• Gbagbo commits to talks but Ivorian deadlock remains (Reuters)
• Iran nuclear invitation draws Western skepticism (Reuters)
• Australia floods force evacuations, recede in coal mine area (Reuters)
• Mexico arrests leader of "Saint Death" cult (Reuters)
• Pakistan Shocked by Killing of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer (Time.com)
• Local authorities rubbished over trash backlog (AFP)
• Anti-Christian drumbeat loud before Egypt attack (AP)
• Fire set at family dinner in PR claims 3rd victim (AP)
• Security forces kill 1 in Ivory Coast attack (AP)
• Obama meets Chinese foreign minister: WHouse (AFP)
• Harper says now not a good time for election (Reuters)
• Australian floods expected to peak at Rockhampton (AFP)
• Assassination of Pakistani governor Salman Taseer rocks Islamabad (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq Veteran Embeds with Former Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Real winner of this year's 'Olympics of Debating'? Host nation, Botswana. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gbagbo commits to talks but Ivorian deadlock remains (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:20 PM PST Reuters - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to further talks to end his country's post-election crisis, buying himself time after a demand by African leaders that he step down or face force.

Iran nuclear invitation draws Western skepticism (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST Reuters - Iran invited Russia, China, the European Union and others on Tuesday to visit key nuclear plants, but left out Britain, France, Germany and the United States -- the countries most opposed to its nuclear program.

Australia floods force evacuations, recede in coal mine area (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:56 AM PST Reuters - Floodwaters eased in Australia's major coal mining region on Tuesday to allow some mines to slowly resume production, although most remain idle as devastating floods affect some 200,000 people and force towns to be evacuated.

Mexico arrests leader of "Saint Death" cult (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:50 PM PST Reuters - Mexican police have arrested the leader of Mexico's "Saint Death" cult and accused him of kidnapping and posing as a member of the feared Zetas drug cartel.

Pakistan Shocked by Killing of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer (Time.com) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:35 PM PST Time.com - The assassination of Salman Taseer has not produced universal grief, even in his home turf. His championing of a Christian convert had made him infamous among conservative Muslims

Local authorities rubbished over trash backlog (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:39 PM PST AFP - A minister accused local authorities of complacency Wednesday over a backlog of rubbish that has built up following a cold snap and a series of public holidays.

Anti-Christian drumbeat loud before Egypt attack (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:49 PM PST AP - In the weeks before the New Year's Day suicide bombing of an Egyptian church, al-Qaida-linked websites carried a how-to manual on "destroying the cross," complete with videos on how to build a bomb and the locations of churches to target — including the one that was attacked.

Fire set at family dinner in PR claims 3rd victim (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:45 PM PST AP - A third person died Tuesday from a New Year's attack in which police say a Puerto Rican man using kerosene and a propane tank set fire to more than a dozen of his family members and a visiting U.S. woman as they sat down for dinner.

Security forces kill 1 in Ivory Coast attack (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:31 PM PST AP - The head of the U.N.'s human rights office in Ivory Coast says at least one person was killed and as many as 130 arrested during an early morning raid on the headquarters of a party allied with the internationally recognized winner of last month's presidential election.

Obama meets Chinese foreign minister: WHouse (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:54 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama met Tuesday with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi who was in Washington to prepare for an upcoming visit by China's President Hu Jintao, the White House said.

Harper says now not a good time for election (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:27 PM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday now is not a good time for an election and that it is up to opposition parties to decide whether or not to force one.

Australian floods expected to peak at Rockhampton (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST AFP - Queensland's cabinet meets in emergency session Wednesday with the floods in the town of Rockhampton expected to peak and fresh thunderstorm warnings issued in the state.

Assassination of Pakistani governor Salman Taseer rocks Islamabad (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:50 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The governor of Pakistan’s most populous and powerful province, Punjab, was assassinated Tuesday in the country's capital, Islamabad.

Iraq Veteran Embeds with Former Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:30 PM PST Time.com - A former U.S. Army captain embeds as a journalist with his old unit, which has been reassigned to Afghanistan after several years in Iraq.

Real winner of this year's 'Olympics of Debating'? Host nation, Botswana. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:23 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Lugging two large boxed fans, pillows, and plastic bags containing toilet paper en route to University of Botswana dormitories, Australian debate contestant Fiona Prowse tripped and tumbled to the ground.

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