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• Pakistani party to rejoin coalition; reforms deferred (Reuters)
• G20 to tackle food prices as countries reassure (Reuters)
• North, south Sudan could form EU-style pact: Bashir (Reuters)
• U.S. relocates some people named in WikiLeaks cables (Reuters)
• Model security shows mainstream move of Iraq's Sadr (Reuters)
• With Aung San Suu Kyi Released, No More Sanctions for Burmese Junta? (Time.com)
• Heil Hound: Nazis dogged by Hitler-mocking mutt (AP)
• Kerry: Darfur integral to better US-Sudan ties (AP)
• Train spares girl lowered onto tracks in Argentina (AP)
• 2 French nationals kidnapped in Niger's capital (AP)
• N.Korea reopens cooperation office, offers talk dates (AFP)
• Canadian sentenced for perjury in Air India bombing (Reuters)
• Former Gitmo inmate drops Australian gov't lawsuit (AP)
• Gates's challenge in China: Why he's looking far beyond J-20 stealth fighters (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Snakes in the Rain: Flood-Stricken Australia's Reptilian Guests (Time.com)
• Timeline: Sudan referendum (The Christian Science Monitor)

Pakistani party to rejoin coalition; reforms deferred (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 06:21 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan's MQM party said on Friday it will rejoin the ruling coalition, restoring its parliamentary majority, after the government put off reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

G20 to tackle food prices as countries reassure (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:18 PM PST Reuters - The world's biggest economies are working to find ways to bring down soaring food prices, a G20 official said on Friday, as top exporter Thailand vowed to keep rice supply steady and avert a repeat of the 2008 food crisis.

North, south Sudan could form EU-style pact: Bashir (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 11:40 AM PST Reuters - North and South Sudan could join forces in a European Union-style pact if southerners vote to secede in Sunday's independence referendum, Sudan's president said in an interview on Friday.

U.S. relocates some people named in WikiLeaks cables (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 01:18 PM PST Reuters - The United States has warned several hundred people worldwide it believes may be imperiled by WikiLeaks' release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables and has so far helped a handful of them relocate to safer locations, the State Department said on Friday.

Model security shows mainstream move of Iraq's Sadr (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:12 AM PST Reuters - Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's security detail has a disciplined quality far removed from his old Mehdi Army militia, hinting at his evolution toward the mainstream that could help stabilize Iraq.

With Aung San Suu Kyi Released, No More Sanctions for Burmese Junta? (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:35 PM PST Time.com - Since opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released in November, efforts to toughen sanctions against Burma's ruling military have lost momentum. Was that the generals' plan all along?

Heil Hound: Nazis dogged by Hitler-mocking mutt (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 05:28 PM PST AP - Newly discovered documents have revealed a bizarre footnote to World War II: the Nazis' dogged obsession with a Finnish mutt who gave not a howl, but a heil. And, just as absurdly, the totalitarian state that dominated most of Europe was unable to do much about the canine's paw-raising parody of Germany's Fuehrer.

Kerry: Darfur integral to better US-Sudan ties (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST AP - U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Friday Sudan's northern government will win quick U.S. incentives if an independence referendum in the south goes smoothly, but further improvement of ties depends on progress toward peace in the separate conflict in Darfur.

Train spares girl lowered onto tracks in Argentina (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 05:22 PM PST AP - A woman's bid to avoid paying a train fare nearly cost her the life of her daughter.

2 French nationals kidnapped in Niger's capital (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 05:34 PM PST AP - Witnesses say two French nationals dining inside an upscale bar in Niger's capital were kidnapped at gunpoint by turbaned men.

N.Korea reopens cooperation office, offers talk dates (AFP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 05:40 PM PST AFP - North Korea renewed its call for an early resumption of dialogue with South Korea, suggesting talks be held late this month or in early February.

Canadian sentenced for perjury in Air India bombing (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:20 PM PST Reuters - A Canadian man already convicted of involvement in the world's deadliest bombing of an airliner was sentenced on Friday to nine years jail for lying when he told a court he did not know details of the bombing conspiracy.

Former Gitmo inmate drops Australian gov't lawsuit (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:44 PM PST AP - A former inmate at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay has dropped a lawsuit against the Australian government claiming compensation for failing to protect his rights.

Gates's challenge in China: Why he's looking far beyond J-20 stealth fighters (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:09 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - If US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates decides to pass the time on his flight to Beijing on Sunday by studying photos of the “stealth” fighter jet that China unveiled this week, he can draw comfort from one fact of which Beijing is all too aware.

Snakes in the Rain: Flood-Stricken Australia's Reptilian Guests (Time.com) Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:35 PM PST Time.com - As the rain slows down in some areas of Queensland, residents of flood-stricken zones find themselves with yet another predicament: they are not the only ones scrambling to get onto dry land

Timeline: Sudan referendum (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:56 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - South Sudan is set to become the world's newest country after a long-awaited referendum Sunday on whether to secede from Sudan.

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