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• Pakistan stops NATO supplies after deadly raid (Reuters)
• Egypt's ElBaradei turns up heat on ruling generals (Reuters)
• Arab states plan to cut commercial ties with Syria (Reuters)
• Police ban Congo election rallies, at least 2 dead (Reuters)
• Yemen presidential election set for February 21 (Reuters)
• Britain Steps Up its War on Legal Highs (Time.com)
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• Blasts kill 15 in Iraq as US troops pull out (AP)
• Colombian rebels kill 4 captives; 1 found alive (AP)
• American student arrested in Cairo arrives in US (AP)
• NATO attack allegedly kills 24 Pakistani troops (AP)
• Egypt protesters not impressed with new PM (The Christian Science Monitor)
• A Revolution of Cross-Purposes: Can It Change Egypt? (Time.com)
• Huntsman's comment spurs debate in China (The Christian Science Monitor)

Pakistan stops NATO supplies after deadly raid (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 03:33 PM PST Reuters - NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan Saturday, killing as many as 28 troops and plunging U.S.-Pakistan relations deeper into crisis.

Egypt's ElBaradei turns up heat on ruling generals (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 03:20 PM PST Reuters - Presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has offered to lead a government of national unity, raising the pressure on Egypt's ruling generals amid protests demanding an immediate end to army rule.

Arab states plan to cut commercial ties with Syria (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 02:22 PM PST Reuters - Arab states plan to cut commercial ties with President Bashar al-Assad's government and freeze its assets in response to violence in Syria, where activists said 42 civilians and soldiers died on Saturday.

Police ban Congo election rallies, at least 2 dead (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PST Reuters - Police in Congo blocked President Joseph Kabila's main rival at an airport in Kinshasa on Saturday to stop him staging an election rally after at least two died in violence across the central African state's capital city.

Yemen presidential election set for February 21 (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 02:20 PM PST Reuters - Yemen's vice president called presidential elections for February 21 on Saturday under a deal aimed at ending months of protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh that have brought the country to the edge of civil war.

Britain Steps Up its War on Legal Highs (Time.com) Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:45 PM PST Time.com - Faced with record rates of designer-drug use, the British government has introduced new laws aimed at forcing dealers out of business. But do they go far enough?

(AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 01:52 PM PST AP - Togo government: 6 top-flight soccer players have died in a bus crash.

Blasts kill 15 in Iraq as US troops pull out (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 04:55 PM PST AP - A string of explosions hit a Baghdad market and the capital's western outskirts on Saturday, killing at least 15 people and exposing the challenges still facing Iraqi security forces just over a month before all American troops leave the country.

Colombian rebels kill 4 captives; 1 found alive (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 05:20 PM PST AP - Colombia's main rebel group killed four of its longest-held captives, apparently during combat Saturday between soldiers and guerrillas, the government said. A fifth captive fled into the jungle and survived.

American student arrested in Cairo arrives in US (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 03:33 PM PST AP - At least one of three American students arrested during protests in Cairo arrived back in the U.S. Saturday evening, nearly three days after an Egyptian court ordered their release.

NATO attack allegedly kills 24 Pakistani troops (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2011 03:33 PM PST AP - Pakistan on Saturday blocked vital supply routes for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan and demanded Washington vacate a base used by American drones after coalition aircraft allegedly killed 24 Pakistani troops at two posts along a mountainous frontier that serves as a safe haven for militants.

Egypt protesters not impressed with new PM (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Protesters waved flags above Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday demanding that Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) step down â€" a scene surprisingly similar to the nation’s February revolution.

A Revolution of Cross-Purposes: Can It Change Egypt? (Time.com) Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:45 PM PST Time.com - The biggest crowd in the second act of Egypt's uprising gathered in Tahrir Square on Friday but is it playing into the military junta's waiting game?

Huntsman's comment spurs debate in China (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Nov 2011 08:18 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - One advantage Jon Huntsman has going for him in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination is the fact that he understands China better than any of his rivals.

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