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• Putin says U.S. stoked Russian protests (Reuters)
• Syria says pipeline blown up by rebel saboteurs (Reuters)
• EU leaders to call for more Iran sanctions: diplomat (Reuters)
• Fear, speculation in Iran over military strike (Reuters)
• Congo delays election results again (Reuters)
• Is This the Last Chance to Save the Euro? (Time.com)
• European Union weighs greater unity to save euro (AP)
• APNewsBreak: AP source: Video shows lost drone (AP)
• Colombian rebels insist on trading hostages (AP)
• Kabila likely the winner of Congo election (AP)
• China's stone workshops silenced by European crisis (Reuters)
• Japan apologises to Canada for mistreating POWs (Reuters)
• Australia wants transparent appeal from China (AP)
• Diego Rivera: honoring a big Communist with a Google doodle (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Famine as a Weapon: It's Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan (Time.com)
• China executes Filipino drug trafficker, draws attention to Chinese drug problem (The Christian Science Monitor)

Putin says U.S. stoked Russian protests (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of stirring up protests against his 12-year rule and said foreign countries were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to influence Russian elections.

Syria says pipeline blown up by rebel saboteurs (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:36 PM PST Reuters - A Syrian pipeline carrying crude from oilfields in the east of the country was blown up near the restive city of Homs Thursday, according to anti-government activists and the official news agency SANA.

EU leaders to call for more Iran sanctions: diplomat (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:46 PM PST Reuters - European Union leaders will call for more sanctions against Iran at a summit in Brussels on Friday, in an effort to ratchet up pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme, draft conclusions of an EU summit showed.

Fear, speculation in Iran over military strike (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:29 PM PST Reuters - The threat of military strikes on Iran has upturned the quiet and comfortable lives once enjoyed by many Iranians, ushering in a new era of struggle and fear.

Congo delays election results again (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:20 PM PST Reuters - Election authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday delayed the announcement of a winner in the country's presidential election for the second time this week, citing the need to cross-check results.

Is This the Last Chance to Save the Euro? (Time.com) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST Time.com - As Europe's leaders gather for a make-or-break euro summit, can theyfinally take the drastic measures necessary to calm the markets andfix the single currency?

European Union weighs greater unity to save euro (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:20 PM PST AP - European leaders are wrestling over how much of their sovereignty they are willing to give up in a desperate attempt to save the ambitious project of continental unity that grew from the ashes of World War II.

APNewsBreak: AP source: Video shows lost drone (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:21 PM PST AP - Tehran's capture of a largely intact, top secret U.S. drone, which it displayed on state television, not only lays bare America's surveillance program over Iran, but it also puts sensitive, advanced technology in hostile hands.

Colombian rebels insist on trading hostages (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:51 PM PST AP - The new leader of Colombia's largest rebel group repeated on Thursday a proposal for the government to free jailed guerrillas in exchange for rebel-held hostages.

Kabila likely the winner of Congo election (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:19 PM PST AP - After days of tension in Congo's capital as the nation awaits election results, traffic began to flow once more, women selling cassava leaves took up their usual positions on the sides of roads and a few international airlines allowed their planes to resume flights to Kinshasa on Thursday.

China's stone workshops silenced by European crisis (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:57 PM PST Reuters - Mournful ancient Roman lovers, a boy Mozart and half a dozen angels lie in weeds behind the padlocked gates of an abandoned sculpture workshop in Dangcheng town, victims of economic waves rippling across the world to this corner of northern China.

Japan apologises to Canada for mistreating POWs (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:11 AM PST Reuters - Japan offered a "heartfelt apology" for the systematic mistreatment of Canadian prisoners during World War Two, helping to heal ties between the two nations, Ottawa said on Thursday.

Australia wants transparent appeal from China (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:14 AM PST AP - Australia's justice minister has told China that his government expects a jailed businessman's appeal to be transparent.

Diego Rivera: honoring a big Communist with a Google doodle (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:35 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - From President Obama to “Occupy” protesters to the Muppets: The accusations of communism abounding is shrill.

Famine as a Weapon: It's Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan (Time.com) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST Time.com - As the north-south war heats up between the Sudans, the Khartoum regime is using a barbaric but time-tested method against its enemies. Here's how to get it to cease and desist.

China executes Filipino drug trafficker, draws attention to Chinese drug problem (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - China executed a Filipino drug mule on Thursday, ignoring a last minute mercy plea by Philippines President Benigno Aquino.

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