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• Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs (Reuters)
• Mortars hit Iranian dissident camp in Iraq: Iraqi army (Reuters)
• Egypt's military rulers study plan to speed up vote (Reuters)
• Head of Arab mission reaches Syria amid more unrest (Reuters)
• North Korean power-behind-throne emerges as neighbors meet (Reuters)
• Hell on Christmas Day: Nigeria's Deadly Bombings (Time.com)
• In-flight fight causes diversion to Dutch airport (AP)
• UN, Iraq agree on Camp Ashraf resettlement plan (AP)
• Cubans celebrate Christmas ahead of pope's visit (AP)
• Powerful Darfur rebel chief killed, Sudan says (Reuters)
• Training stepped up for Afghan special forces (AP)
• Sea Shepherd says drones find, photograph Japan's whaling fleet (Reuters)
• Huge protest demanding fair Russian elections hits Moscow (The Christian Science Monitor)
• German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com)
• As Christmas arrives, crisis for Mideast Christians (The Christian Science Monitor)

Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST Reuters - Islamist militants set off bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day - three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people - raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war.

Mortars hit Iranian dissident camp in Iraq: Iraqi army (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 02:03 PM PST Reuters - Two mortars hit an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq just days after Baghdad extended a year-end deadline for the camp to be closed as the U.N. negotiated resettlement of 3,000 residents there, the Iraqi military said Sunday.

Egypt's military rulers study plan to speed up vote (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 01:45 PM PST Reuters - Egypt's military rulers are studying a proposal from their own advisers to bring forward parliamentary elections by two weeks after demands from protesters and politicians to speed up transition to civilian rule, an advisory council member said Sunday.

Head of Arab mission reaches Syria amid more unrest (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 03:25 PM PST Reuters - A Sudanese general flew to Damascus on Sunday to head an Arab League mission that will check Syria's compliance with an Arab peace plan to halt a nine-month crackdown on unrest in which more than 5,000 people have been killed.

North Korean power-behind-throne emerges as neighbors meet (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 03:03 PM PST Reuters - North Korean television Sunday showed power-behind-the-throne Jang Song-thaek in the uniform of a general in a sign of his growing sway after the death of Kim Jong-il, and Japan's prime minister said the region faced a new phase with Kim's demise.

Hell on Christmas Day: Nigeria's Deadly Bombings (Time.com) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 10:55 PM PST Time.com - In an apparent escalation of its war against the government, the Islamist militants of Boko Haram allegedly target churches on one of Christianity's most festive holidays

In-flight fight causes diversion to Dutch airport (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST AP - Dutch airport police say they have detained a Finnish man who fought with crew members aboard a flight from the Spanish island of Tenerife to Finland.

UN, Iraq agree on Camp Ashraf resettlement plan (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 03:42 PM PST AP - The United Nations and the Iraqi government have signed an agreement to relocate several thousand Iranian exiles living in a camp in northeastern Iraq, the U.N.'s office in Baghdad announced Sunday.

Cubans celebrate Christmas ahead of pope's visit (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 08:11 AM PST AP - Cuban faithful celebrating Christmas say they have plenty to cheer this year as they prepare for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI, the first visit by a pontiff to the Communist-run island since John Paul II's historic tour nearly 14 years ago.

Powerful Darfur rebel chief killed, Sudan says (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 04:47 PM PST Reuters - Sudan's military has killed the leader of Darfur's most powerful rebel group, dealing a severe blow to insurgents in the remote western region and complicating a nearly decade-long war with Khartoum in which hundreds of thousands are believed to have died.

Training stepped up for Afghan special forces (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 02:59 PM PST AP - "Attention! Attention! You are surrounded by Afghan forces. Come out with your hands up."

Sea Shepherd says drones find, photograph Japan's whaling fleet (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 07:58 PM PST Reuters - Hardline whaling opponents attempting to stop Japan's annual whale hunt in the Antarctic said Sunday they had intercepted and photographed its whaling fleet using pilotless drone aircraft.

Huge protest demanding fair Russian elections hits Moscow (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 02:22 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - At least 50,000 protesters flooded a downtown Moscow avenue Saturday to demand honest elections, in an impressive show of strength that dwarfed a rally two weeks ago and affirmed that a surging pro-democracy mood among Russia's frustrated middle class is not likely to fade soon.

German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 10:55 PM PST Time.com - The Federal Administrative Court in Germany has ruled against an 18-year-old Muslim student, ending his long legal fight for permission to pray openly at school

As Christmas arrives, crisis for Mideast Christians (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 06:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - This fall, a group of Iraqi-American Christians ramped up pressure on the Obama administration, warning that their ancient community in Iraq â€" already hobbled by eight years of war â€" could be pushed over the brink entirely after US forces withdraw by year's end.

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