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• U.S. withdrawal in Iraq rolls into final act (Reuters)
• Bahraini police fire tear gas at protesters: witnesses (Reuters)
• Three dead and 257 wounded in Egyptian clashes (Reuters)
• U.S. lifts sanctions on post-Gaddafi Libya (Reuters)
• Iraqi pleads guilty to trying to kill US troops (Reuters)
• Commentary: Seasons in a Turbulent Year (Time.com)
• Moody's cuts Belgium ratings by 2 notches (Reuters)
• Gaza paramedics: Man dies from gunfire on border (AP)
• Mexican city to begin countdown for Dec. 21, 2012 (AP)
• UN unfreezes assets of 2 Libyan banks (AP)
• Myanmar seeks final peace pacts with ethnic rebels (AP)
• Canada court won't suspend Wheat Board law for now (Reuters)
• Amid Congo election dispute, rival candidates carefully plan confrontation (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Egypt's Christians Back Parties That Oppose Islamists (Time.com)
• Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S. withdrawal in Iraq rolls into final act (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST Reuters - American soldiers signed over their last military base to Iraqi officials on Friday with the U.S. troop pullout drawing to an swift end nearly nine years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Bahraini police fire tear gas at protesters: witnesses (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST Reuters - Bahraini police fired tear gas and clashed with Shi'ite Muslim protesters on Friday, a day after a man was run over and killed as he fled security forces chasing protesters near Manama, the opposition and a rights group said on Friday.

Three dead and 257 wounded in Egyptian clashes (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:59 PM PST Reuters - Three people were killed as troops fought daylong battles with protesters, showing the tensions seething in Egypt nine months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, even in the midst of polls meant to herald a promised transfer to civilian rule.

U.S. lifts sanctions on post-Gaddafi Libya (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:15 PM PST Reuters - The United States on Friday lifted most of the economic sanctions it had in place against Libya before the fall of former ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

Iraqi pleads guilty to trying to kill US troops (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST Reuters - An Iraqi living in Kentucky pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he tried to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq, aided al Qaeda operatives there and taught how to make roadside bombs, the Justice Department said.

Commentary: Seasons in a Turbulent Year (Time.com) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:30 AM PST Time.com - Looking Back on the Seasons in a Turbulent Year

Moody's cuts Belgium ratings by 2 notches (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:36 PM PST Reuters - Moody's on Friday cut Belgium's credit rating by two notches, saying the euro zone debt crisis increases funding risks for countries with high public debt burdens.

Gaza paramedics: Man dies from gunfire on border (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST AP - Palestinian paramedics say a man has died from heavy machine gun fire on the tense border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.

Mexican city to begin countdown for Dec. 21, 2012 (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:36 PM PST AP - A city in southern Mexico wants to live each moment as if it were the last.

UN unfreezes assets of 2 Libyan banks (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:33 PM PST AP - The U.N. Security Council on Friday ordered assets of two Libyan banks that had been under the control of Moammar Gadhafi to be unfrozen, clearing the way for the return of more than $40 billion to help the new government rebuild the country.

Myanmar seeks final peace pacts with ethnic rebels (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:19 PM PST AP - Myanmar is negotiating peace with major ethnic rebel groups and is determined to achieve a permanent peace with them in three to four years, the government's top negotiator said.

Canada court won't suspend Wheat Board law for now (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:07 PM PST Reuters - A Manitoba judge rejected a request on Friday by former directors of the Canadian Wheat Board to suspend immediately a new law ending the board's grain marketing monopoly.

Amid Congo election dispute, rival candidates carefully plan confrontation (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:38 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Congo could be at risk of another round of violence, as the two men who both claim to be president of the country draw up strategies of confrontation.

Egypt's Christians Back Parties That Oppose Islamists (Time.com) Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:30 AM PST Time.com - Limiting the extent of the Islamist victory at the polls becomes the overriding priority for a community fearing intolerance and attacks on tourism

Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 08:41 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Iran guided the CIA's "lost" stealth drone to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone's systems inside Iran.

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