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• Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war (Reuters)
• Havel, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies (Reuters)
• Iran state TV airs "confession" of detained CIA spy (Reuters)
• German president in peril over use of private villas (Reuters)
• Analysis: Iraq resumes political strife in vacuum left by U.S. (Reuters)
• Eldorado Gold to buy European Goldfields for $2.4B (AP)
• Egypt's military, activists vie for public support (AP)
• State attorney: Judges broke law in Berenson case (AP)
• U.N.'s Ban condemns excessive force in Cairo clashes (Reuters)
• Zardari returns to Pakistan amid memo saga (Reuters)
• Australia to probe 31-year mystery of baby's death again (Reuters)

Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST Reuters - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives, and left a country grappling with political uncertainty.

Havel, leader of "Velvet Revolution," dies (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 03:42 PM PST Reuters - Vaclav Havel, an anti-Communist playwright who became Czech president and a worldwide symbol of peace and freedom after leading the bloodless "Velvet Revolution," died at the age of 75 on Sunday.

Iran state TV airs "confession" of detained CIA spy (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:14 PM PST Reuters - Iranian state television on Sunday aired what it described as the confession of an Iranian man detained for spying for the CIA.

German president in peril over use of private villas (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:44 PM PST Reuters - German President Christian Wulff, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, said he did use the villas of business friends for private holidays, the latest twist in a scandal that could cost him his job after just 18 months.

Analysis: Iraq resumes political strife in vacuum left by U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:00 PM PST Reuters - The dust had barely settled from the last column of departing U.S. armoured vehicles when Iraq's rival Sunni and Shi'ite factions resumed the kind of political infighting that threatens a lurch back into turmoil.

Eldorado Gold to buy European Goldfields for $2.4B (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 03:38 PM PST AP - Gold and iron producer Eldorado Gold Corp. says it will buy European Goldfields Ltd. in a deal worth about $2.4 billion, increasing its ability to produce gold.

Egypt's military, activists vie for public support (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:30 PM PST AP - Egypt's ruling military and the revolutionaries who demand they immediately step down battled for a third day in the streets on Sunday — and competed fiercely for the support of a broader public that has grown tired of turmoil since the fall of Hosni Mubarak 10 months ago.

State attorney: Judges broke law in Berenson case (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:21 PM PST AP - Peru's anti-terrorism attorney said Sunday he will seek misconduct charges against the three judges who granted paroled U.S. activist Lori Berenson permission to leave the country for the first time since her 1995 arrest.

U.N.'s Ban condemns excessive force in Cairo clashes (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned excessive use of force by Egypt's security forces after three days of battles with protesters demanding an end to military rule imposed since Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February.

Zardari returns to Pakistan amid memo saga (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:18 PM PST Reuters - President Asif Ali Zardari, who was in Dubai for medical treatment, returned early on Monday to Pakistan, where a controversy over a memo accusing the powerful military of plotting a coup could undermine him.

Australia to probe 31-year mystery of baby's death again (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:43 PM PST Reuters - Australia will hold a new inquest into the controversial 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Ayer's Rock, a famous landmark in the central Australian outback, a government spokesman said on Sunday.

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