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• Seventeen dead as Syrians stage mass protests (Reuters)
• North Korea names Kim Jong-un top military commander (Reuters)
• Former Mexico soldier sentenced for aiding cartels (Reuters)
• Pro-Saleh protests in Yemen, seven militants killed (Reuters)
• Nigerian Christmas bomb death toll rises to 37 (Reuters)
• Libya's Army Tries to Reassert Itself in Face of Militias (Time.com)
• WHO: Bird flu research raises safety questions (AP)
• Muslim, Christians clash in southern Egypt (AP)
• US ambassador leaves El Salvador after Senate vote (AP)
• Deaths in Somalia underscore risks MSF endures (AP)
• North Korea names Kim Jong Un Supreme Commander (AP)
• Accused Sydney robber flees to Chinese consulate (AP)
• US 'deeply concerned' after Egypt raids NGO offices (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Will Chinese Baseball Make It to the American Big Leagues? (Time.com)
• Job of Jamaica's youngest prime minister ever is up for grabs (The Christian Science Monitor)

Seventeen dead as Syrians stage mass protests (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:55 PM PST Reuters - Syrian security forces, undaunted by the presence of Arab League observers, have killed at least 12 protesters as hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, opposition activists said.

North Korea names Kim Jong-un top military commander (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:02 PM PST Reuters - North Korea said Saturday it has officially appointed Kim Jong-un, anointed successor and the youngest son of the late leader Kim Jong-il, the supreme commander of North Korea's 1.2 million-strong military.

Former Mexico soldier sentenced for aiding cartels (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST Reuters - A former soldier in the Mexican army was sentenced to 25 years in prison for aiding drug cartels, the attorney general's office said on Friday.

Pro-Saleh protests in Yemen, seven militants killed (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:38 PM PST Reuters - Supporters of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh took to the streets of Yemen's capital on Friday for the first time since he signed a peace agreement last month as violence broke out on other fronts in the country.

Nigerian Christmas bomb death toll rises to 37 (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:10 PM PST Reuters - The death toll from a bomb attack on a church just outside Nigeria's capital Abuja on Christmas Day has risen to 37, with 57 people wounded, a source at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Friday.

Libya's Army Tries to Reassert Itself in Face of Militias (Time.com) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:40 PM PST Time.com - The warriors of the various regional brigades that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi seem to have the run of Libya. The army and police, however, try to do their duty

WHO: Bird flu research raises safety questions (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST AP - The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded researchers engineered a form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus more easily transmissible between humans.

Muslim, Christians clash in southern Egypt (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:13 PM PST AP - Around 200 Coptic Christians and Muslims clashed in a southern Egyptian province after a drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad was posted on a local Christian student's Facebook page.

US ambassador leaves El Salvador after Senate vote (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:12 PM PST AP - U.S. Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte is saying her goodbyes in El Salvador after Senate Republicans refused to ratify her in the post.

Deaths in Somalia underscore risks MSF endures (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:27 PM PST AP - A second foreigner working with Doctors Without Borders died of his wounds in an attack in Somalia that also killed the group's country director, though the aid organization declared Friday that despite the risks it would still provide medical care in one of the world's most dangerous countries.

North Korea names Kim Jong Un Supreme Commander (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:54 PM PST AP - North Korea has officially named Kim Jong Un as Supreme Commander, the country said Saturday, putting him formally at the head of the 1.2 million-strong military and further strengthening his authority in the wake of Kim Jong Il's death.

Accused Sydney robber flees to Chinese consulate (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:02 PM PST AP - Australian police have arrested a man accused of robbing a Sydney bar and then inadvertently fleeing to the grounds of the Chinese consulate, sparking a tense manhunt.

US 'deeply concerned' after Egypt raids NGO offices (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A series of armed sweeps of democracy, justice, and human rights organizations in Egypt today drew denunciations from the US and from a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch who called the actions "unprecedented."

Will Chinese Baseball Make It to the American Big Leagues? (Time.com) Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:40 PM PST Time.com - America's favorite pastime is still relatively unknown in China, with only 4 million players compared with the estimated 300 million who play basketball. But MLB Asia officials are optimistic, thanks to the success of the sport elsewhere in the region.

Job of Jamaica's youngest prime minister ever is up for grabs (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Andrew Holness is already Jamaica’s youngest prime minister. Could he also become the nation’s shortest-serving?

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