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• Blasts across Afghanistan target Shi'ites, 59 dead (Reuters)
• Russian police crack down on anti-Putin protests (Reuters)
• U.S. says opposition must build "free, tolerant" Syria (Reuters)
• Yemen PM says government imminent, U.N. warns on civilians (Reuters)
• Greece passes austerity budget after street clashes (Reuters)
• The ICC Scrutinized as the Ex-Ivorian Leader Goes on Trial (Time.com)
• Clinton sees Syrian opposition, US envoy returns (AP)
• Gaza militant killed in clash with Israel (AP)
• Brazilian Senate loosens Amazon protections (AP)
• Congo delays presidential vote results for 48 hours (Reuters)
• Carnage in Kabul sparks fear of sectarian strife (AP)
• Canada's natives have been betrayed, says leader (Reuters)
• Croc attack suspected in Australian diver's death (AP)
• As euro reels, France and Germany push to rewrite the rules (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Thousands Occupy Russian Square in Public Protest of Putin (Time.com)

Blasts across Afghanistan target Shi'ites, 59 dead (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 03:18 PM PST Reuters - A suicide attack killed dozens of Shi'ite Muslims at a crowded Kabul shrine on Tuesday, and four others died in a smaller blast in a key northern city, in the worst sectarian violence Afghanistan has seen since the fall of the Taliban.

Russian police crack down on anti-Putin protests (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 05:22 PM PST Reuters - Hundreds of people took to the streets of Moscow for a second successive day on Tuesday to demand an end to Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, defying a crackdown by tens of thousands of police reinforced by crack Interior Ministry troops.

U.S. says opposition must build "free, tolerant" Syria (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 03:38 PM PST Reuters - The United States has called for a new regime of tolerance and freedom in Syria as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battled fighters infiltrating the country to join the growing rebel army trying to overthrow him.

Yemen PM says government imminent, U.N. warns on civilians (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 12:20 PM PST Reuters - Yemen's new prime minister said on Tuesday that an interim government intended to pull the country back from the brink of civil war would be formed in the next 48 hours.

Greece passes austerity budget after street clashes (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 03:42 PM PST Reuters - Greece's coalition government on Wednesday passed an austerity 2012 budget aimed at shrinking its debt mountain with tax hikes and spending cuts, hours after protesters clashed with police outside parliament.

The ICC Scrutinized as the Ex-Ivorian Leader Goes on Trial (Time.com) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:45 AM PST Time.com - With its chief prosecutor nearing the end of his term, the International Criminal Court in the Hague is receiving increasing scrutiny

Clinton sees Syrian opposition, US envoy returns (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 03:45 PM PST AP - The Obama administration moved to expand contacts with opponents of Syria's President Bashar Assad on Tuesday as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held a rare meeting with Syrian opposition figures and the top U.S. envoy to Syria returned to Damascus after a six-week absence.

Gaza militant killed in clash with Israel (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST AP - An Israeli airstrike hit a group of militants along the volatile border between Israel and the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, killing one and wounding two others in a burst of violence that shattered a recent lull and threatened to set off more fighting.

Brazilian Senate loosens Amazon protections (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 05:06 PM PST AP - Brazil's Senate has passed a preliminary environmental bill that relaxes rules limiting deforestation in the Amazon.

Congo delays presidential vote results for 48 hours (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 03:45 PM PST Reuters - Results in the Democratic Republic of Congo presidential election have been delayed for a further two days as returns have not been received from all polling stations, officials said on Tuesday.

Carnage in Kabul sparks fear of sectarian strife (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:09 PM PST AP - In Afghanistan's first major sectarian assault since the fall of the Taliban regime a decade ago, a suicide bomber slaughtered 56 Shiite worshippers and wounded more than 160 others Tuesday outside a Shiite shrine in the capital.

Canada's natives have been betrayed, says leader (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:56 PM PST Reuters - Canada is betraying its native peoples, who must deal with dreadful living conditions, poor health care and discrimination, the country's top aboriginal leader said in a fiery speech on Tuesday.

Croc attack suspected in Australian diver's death (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST AP - Australian police say a man who died during a spearfishing dive may have been attacked by a crocodile.

As euro reels, France and Germany push to rewrite the rules (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 02:05 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In a much-needed show of unity, French and German leaders offered a potential balm to Europe's battered economies ahead of a crucial make-or-break week for the European Union and for a yet uncertain global economic recovery.

Thousands Occupy Russian Square in Public Protest of Putin (Time.com) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:45 AM PST Time.com - In the biggest expression of public anger at Vladimir Putin, thousands gather in a Moscow square, suddenly venting in public what they have been spewing in the blogosphere

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