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• Peru's Humala picks ex-army officer to lead Cabinet (Reuters)
• Thousands of Russians protest against Putin (Reuters)
• Argentine leader vows to fine-tune model in 2nd term (Reuters)
• Draft U.N. climate accord emerges, debate turns ugly (Reuters)
• Gunfire in Congo after Kabila wins disputed poll (Reuters)
• How a Deal May Save the Euro But Not Preserve Europe (Time.com)
• Russia's stunning protests end with hint of change (AP)
• US Senator Kerry meets with Egypt's Brotherhood (AP)
• Docs: Ex-Panama dictator Noriega fit to extradite (AP)
• Congo police sweep capital day after poll results (AP)
• US diplomat: Afghan war not becoming sectarian war (AP)
• Bid for peace accord with China backfires on Taiwan's president (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Three Days in Afghanistan: The Making of a War Reporter (Time.com)
• Europe's new fiscal union: how big a step out of crisis? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Peru's Humala picks ex-army officer to lead Cabinet (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 03:51 PM PST Reuters - President Ollanta Humala replaced his prime minister on Saturday with a former army officer who was his instructor in the military in an unexpected Cabinet shake-up that stunned Peru.

Thousands of Russians protest against Putin (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 12:13 PM PST Reuters - Tens of thousands of people in Moscow and thousands more in cities across Russia demanded an end to Vladimir Putin's rule and a rerun of a parliamentary election on Saturday in the biggest opposition protests since he rose to power 12 years ago.

Argentine leader vows to fine-tune model in 2nd term (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 04:37 PM PST Reuters - Cristina Fernandez began a second term as Argentine president on Saturday, vowing to make the economy more competitive by fine-tuning the offbeat, high-growth policies that please voters but spook investors.

Draft U.N. climate accord emerges, debate turns ugly (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 03:11 PM PST Reuters - The chairwoman of U.N. climate talks urged delegates to approve a compromise deal on fighting global warming in the interests of the planet, but an accord remained elusive on Sunday and rich and poor states traded barbs over the limited scope of the package.

Gunfire in Congo after Kabila wins disputed poll (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 01:45 PM PST Reuters - Gunfire erupted in parts of Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, with reports of police firing live ammunition and crowds ransacking shops, a day after election authorities declared President Joseph Kabila re-elected.

How a Deal May Save the Euro But Not Preserve Europe (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:30 PM PST Time.com - Out of Brussels emerges an agreement that almost all of Europe has acceded to -- except Britain. And that estrangement may be ominous for everyone involved

Russia's stunning protests end with hint of change (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST AP - Tens of thousands of people held the largest anti-government protests that post-Soviet Russia has ever seen to criticize electoral fraud and demand an end to Vladimir Putin's rule. Police showed surprising restraint and state-controlled TV gave the nationwide demonstrations unexpected airtime, but there is no indication the opposition is strong enough to push for real change from the prime minister or his ruling party.

US Senator Kerry meets with Egypt's Brotherhood (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 01:19 PM PST AP - U.S. Sen. John Kerry met with members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group set to dominate the new parliament, as well as the country's military ruler and prime minister on Saturday.

Docs: Ex-Panama dictator Noriega fit to extradite (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 01:43 PM PST AP - An examination by a team of doctors in France has found former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega fit enough to be extradited to his homeland, Panama's Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

Congo police sweep capital day after poll results (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 05:13 PM PST AP - Police in Congo's capital prowled opposition neighborhoods Saturday rounding up young men, who were seen being dragged out of their homes and shoved into waiting cars, a day after the government announced that the country's opposition leader had lost the disputed presidential election.

US diplomat: Afghan war not becoming sectarian war (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST AP - The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said Saturday that it was unlikely that the slaying of 56 people at the Shiite shrine on a Muslim holiday would open up a new, sectarian front in the decade-long war.

Bid for peace accord with China backfires on Taiwan's president (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 12:29 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s proposal for a peace accord with long-time rival China has set him back in the polls of a tough election race as it kindles fears of an unwelcome change to the status quo.

Three Days in Afghanistan: The Making of a War Reporter (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:30 PM PST Time.com - A reporter for TIME recounts two defining days covering the war in Afghanistan and a terrifying third that shook him profoundly

Europe's new fiscal union: how big a step out of crisis? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 10:52 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Politicians are praising it as a success, while economic experts see it with skepticism.  Either way, the latest European Union emergency summit in Brussels has agreed on a plan to fight the union’s sovereign debt crisis through further integration of the eurozone. But the proposal â€" drafted by Germany and France â€" appears to have done so at the cost of widening the rift between continental Europe and Britain.

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