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• Syria death toll now exceeds 5,000: U.N. rights chief (Reuters)
• Canada first nation to pull out of Kyoto protocol (Reuters)
• Two Putin-era Russians seek liberal mantle (Reuters)
• Police unsure of tabloid role in key UK hacking case (Reuters)
• Ouattara coalition leads in Ivorian poll count (Reuters)
• The Mystery of the Smelly Letters: Who's Dumping Dog Poop Into Munich's Mail? (Time.com)
• NJ Nets owner challenges Putin for presidency (AP)
• UN says death toll in Syria exceeds 5,000 (AP)
• 2 students die in clash with Mexican police (AP)
• Papua New Guinea court rules Somare is leader (AP)
• China school bus crash kills at least 15 children: report (Reuters)
• Canada first nation to pull out of Kyoto protocol (Reuters)
• Australia PM reshuffles cabinet, targets jobs (Reuters)
• Why Israelis may not be thrilled by sweet nothings from Gingrich, GOP (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Tighter Sanctions on Iran: An Alternative to War -- or a Road to War? (Time.com)
• Congo election: Two men declare themselves president (The Christian Science Monitor)

Syria death toll now exceeds 5,000: U.N. rights chief (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST Reuters - More than 5,000 people have been killed in nine months of unrest in Syria, the U.N. human rights chief said, as an insurgency begins to overshadow what had been mostly peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Canada first nation to pull out of Kyoto protocol (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST Reuters - Canada on Monday became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty.

Two Putin-era Russians seek liberal mantle (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 11:05 AM PST Reuters - Russia's former finance chief and one of its richest tycoons put themselves forward as candidates to unite liberal and middle-class voters who vented frustration with Vladimir Putin's political dominance by taking to the streets in protest.

Police unsure of tabloid role in key UK hacking case (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 03:13 PM PST Reuters - British police said on Monday there was no evidence that journalists from Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid had deleted a murdered schoolgirl's mobile phone messages, a claim that led to public revulsion and the closure of the paper.

Ouattara coalition leads in Ivorian poll count (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 03:29 PM PST Reuters - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's ruling coalition led in partial results from Sunday's legislative election, according to a small sample of preliminary results released on Monday.

The Mystery of the Smelly Letters: Who's Dumping Dog Poop Into Munich's Mail? (Time.com) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 07:45 AM PST Time.com - Police in Munich are scratching their heads over a bizarre rash of dog poop attacks involving the city's mailboxes. So far they have no idea who is dumping excrement into the mail, nor what the attacks are supposed to mean

NJ Nets owner challenges Putin for presidency (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 05:34 PM PST AP - After a week of surprising challenges to his authority, Vladimir Putin faces a new one from one of Russia's richest and most glamorous figures: The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets says he will run against him in March's presidential election.

UN says death toll in Syria exceeds 5,000 (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 02:59 PM PST AP - The death toll from Syria's crackdown on a 9-month-old uprising has exceeded 5,000 people, the top U.N. rights official said Monday, as Syrians closed their businesses and kept children home from school as part of a general strike to pressure President Bashar Assad to end the bloodshed.

2 students die in clash with Mexican police (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 05:22 PM PST AP - Two students were killed Monday during a clash with state and federal police at a violent protest that blocked a major highway in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero.

Papua New Guinea court rules Somare is leader (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 03:15 PM PST AP - The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court has ruled the election of Prime Minister Peter O'Neill is unconstitutional and restored his predecessor Sir Michael Somare as the South Pacific nation's leader.

China school bus crash kills at least 15 children: report (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 05:27 PM PST Reuters - At least 15 children were killed when a school bus crashed in China's eastern province of Jiangsu, state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that has drawn public ire across the country.

Canada first nation to pull out of Kyoto protocol (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:22 PM PST Reuters - Canada on Monday became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty.

Australia PM reshuffles cabinet, targets jobs (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2011 07:38 PM PST Reuters - Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard reshuffled her cabinet on Monday, focusing on job creation and labor relations, as she tries to reverse plummeting voter support ahead of elections due within two years.

Why Israelis may not be thrilled by sweet nothings from Gingrich, GOP (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Dec 2011 02:16 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Israelis have grown accustomed to being the object of affection by US politicians and a stop on the campaigns of aspiring candidates over the past decade.

Tighter Sanctions on Iran: An Alternative to War -- or a Road to War? (Time.com) Posted: 12 Dec 2011 07:45 AM PST Time.com - President Obama last Thursday defended his Iran efforts, saying Tehran was under the toughest sanctions it has ever faced, and that he, too, is keeping all options "on the table"

Congo election: Two men declare themselves president (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Dec 2011 08:05 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Congolese police have launched a crackdown in the capital Kinshasa, rounding up Congolese youths from their homes, as opposition candidates and international observers reject Friday's results from recent presidential and parliamentary elections.

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