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• Cairo faces rival protests over constitution crisis
• Syria rebels hope arms will flow to new fighter command
• Mandela faces more tests in hospital after "good night's rest"
• Pentagon reports Taliban attacks up during Afghan fighting season
• Chavez faces cancer surgery in Cuba, vows he'll be back
• Thousands in New York protest China's rule of Tibet, urge U.N. action
• Kidnappers urged to release Nigerian minister's mother
• U.S., France differ over how to deal with "explosive" Mali
• Iranian nuclear challenge must be tackled in 2013: Israel
• Ghana's Mahama reaches out to defeated rivals
• Egypt's president behaves like his predecessors
• Egypt's military takes over security ahead of vote
• Israel's Netanyahu: World has double standards
• Syrian rebels capture parts of army base in north
• Jenni Rivera, soulful, troubled Mexican music star
• AP source: HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle probe
• NKorea extends window, still readies rocket launch
• Hugo Chavez's heir tears up over cancer battle
• Mexican leader proposes sweeping education reform
• 'Falling man' changes London neighborhood
• US designates Syria's Jabhat al-Nusra front a 'terrorist' group at lightning speed
• Supporters show solidarity after Chávez names successor
• New York judge's ruling sparks nationalist surge in Argentina
• Elite Navy SEAL dies in rescue mission to save US doctor in Afghanistan
• Muslim Brotherhood's unlikely new ally? Egypt's military
• New UN plan to get girls in school boosted by Malala's father
• Amid criticism, EU receives Nobel Peace Prize
• Ghana pulls off sixth 'free and fair' election in model for region
• China's economic recovery picks up pace, but for how long?
• Will Morsi's security request give Army renewed clout?
• On Europe's foreign agenda: how to handle Israel

Cairo faces rival protests over constitution crisis Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:32 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's plans to vote on a new constitution will take to the streets in central Cairo later on Tuesday, risking more violent confrontation after last week's deadly clashes. Leftists, liberals and other opposition groups have called for marches to the presidential palace in the afternoon to protest against the hastily arranged referendum planned for Saturday, which they say is polarizing the country. ...

Syria rebels hope arms will flow to new fighter command Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:47 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels expect greater military help from Gulf Arab states after they announced a new command structure which aims finally to unite President Bashar al-Assad's armed opponents, rebel commanders said on Monday. Rebel fighters have made gains across the country in the last month, seizing military bases and taking on Assad's better-armed forces on the fringes of his powerbase in Damascus. ...

Mandela faces more tests in hospital after "good night's rest" Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:43 AM PST PRETORIA (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African president and revered anti-apartheid leader, is to undergo more tests in hospital on Monday after having a good rest on his second night in the facility, the government said. A statement from the office of President Jacob Zuma, who visited the Nobel Peace laureate on Sunday, gave no details other than to say, "President Mandela had a good night's rest" and was "in good hands". It also thanked members of the public for their messages of support. ...

Pentagon reports Taliban attacks up during Afghan fighting season Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:34 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attacks by Taliban insurgents rose slightly during the main part of the Afghan fighting season this year as some U.S. forces withdrew and the transition to a lead role for Afghan security forces picked up pace, according to a Pentagon report released on Monday. The report to Congress downplayed the rise in violence, saying the key measure was a dramatic increase in security in the country's main cities. While acknowledging the Taliban can still carry out attacks at the same levels as last year, the report said the greatest threats to stability were elsewhere. ...

Chavez faces cancer surgery in Cuba, vows he'll be back Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:44 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba on Monday for cancer surgery, with a vow to return quickly despite conceding for the first time that the disease could end his 14-year rule of the South American OPEC nation. "I leave full of hope. We are warriors, full of light and faith," the ever-upbeat Chavez said before boarding the flight to Havana. "I hope to be back soon. ...

Thousands in New York protest China's rule of Tibet, urge U.N. action Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:36 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations on Monday calling for an end to Chinese rule in Tibet, where dozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire in recent weeks to protest China's control of their homeland. The "Solidarity Rally for Tibet" consisted of thousands of mostly Tibetan protesters who marched from Manhattan's West Side to the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza across from the U.N. headquarters by the East River. The marchers repeated chants such as "We want justice, wake up U.N. ...

Kidnappers urged to release Nigerian minister's mother Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:21 PM PST OGWASHI-UKU/ABUJA (Reuters) - The family of Nigeria's finance minister made an emotional appeal for kidnappers to free her 82-year-old mother on Monday, saying the elderly woman was in fragile health. Kamene Okonjo, mother of Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was abducted from her home on Sunday in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta state where kidnapping is rife. "Around lunch time yesterday, some gunmen came to the compound and forced the gate open and took my mother away. The family is upset and traumatized," the minister's younger brother Onyema Okonjo told Reuters at the house. ...

U.S., France differ over how to deal with "explosive" Mali Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:53 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Northern Mali, plagued by Islamist extremists and gripped by an aid disaster, is "one of the potentially most explosive corners of the world," the United Nations warned on Monday, as the United States and France differed over how to tackle the crisis. Almost 350,000 Malians have fled their homes, with about 40 percent of those sheltering in neighboring countries, said the United Nations. ...

Iranian nuclear challenge must be tackled in 2013: Israel Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:48 AM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran is getting ever closer to being able to build a nuclear bomb and the problem will have to be confronted in 2013, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. Israeli officials would like the United States to take the lead in a military assault on Iran's nuclear sites, but say in private they would go it alone if necessary, describing a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat to the Jewish state. ...

Ghana's Mahama reaches out to defeated rivals Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:58 PM PST ACCRA (Reuters) - Newly elected Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on Monday urged his defeated political opponents to join him "as partners" to improve the West African state, as his chief rival threatened to launch a court battle over the poll results. Mahama was declared winner of the December 7 election, which was widely seen as a test of whether country - one of the fastest growing economies in Africa - can maintain its reputation as a pillar of democracy in a troubled region. ...

Egypt's president behaves like his predecessors Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:20 PM PST The freshly scrawled graffiti depicting Mohammed Morsi as a pharaonic Saddam Hussein tells the tale of high hopes dashed with record speed: Barely six months after becoming Egypt's first democratically elected president, the Islamist is widely accused of abandoning pledges of inclusive government for doctrinaire and authoritarian ways.

Egypt's military takes over security ahead of vote Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:34 PM PST Egypt's military assumed responsibility Monday for protecting state institutions and maintaining security ahead of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum, as the country braced for another round of mass demonstrations by the supporters of the country's Islamist president and the liberal opposition over the disputed charter.

Israel's Netanyahu: World has double standards Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:56 PM PST Israel's prime minister on Monday accused the international community of "deafening silence" in response to recent vows by the head of the Hamas militant group to fight on until the Jewish state is destroyed, and appeared unmoved by the gathering storm of global condemnation of his government's plans to continue settling the West Bank.

Syrian rebels capture parts of army base in north Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:06 AM PST Syrian rebels captured parts of another large army base in the country's north, just west of the city of Aleppo, tightening the opposition's grip on areas close to the Turkish border, activists said Monday.

Jenni Rivera, soulful, troubled Mexican music star Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:37 PM PST Jenni Rivera launched her career hawking cassette recordings of her songs at flea markets, but a powerful voice, soulful singing style and frank discussion of personal troubles powered her to the heights of a male-dominated industry, transforming her into the one of the biggest stars of the genre known as grupero.

AP source: HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle probe Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST HSBC, the British banking giant, will pay $1.9 billion to settle a money-laundering probe by federal and state authorities in the United States, a law enforcement official said Monday.

NKorea extends window, still readies rocket launch Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:14 PM PST North Korea is pressing ahead with preparation for a long-range rocket launch after extending its liftoff window by another week until Dec. 29 because of technical problems.

Hugo Chavez's heir tears up over cancer battle Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:03 PM PST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's cancer relapse and his sudden announcement that he will undergo a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba have thrown the country's future into question, and his designated political heir has begun trying to fill the void.

Mexican leader proposes sweeping education reform Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:46 PM PST President Enrique Pena Nieto is proposing sweeping reforms to a public education system widely seen as moribund, taking on an iron-fisted union leader who is considered the country's most powerful woman and the main obstacle to change.

'Falling man' changes London neighborhood Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:42 AM PST The suburban stillness of the comfortable, two-story homes in west London's Mortlake neighborhood is broken only by the roar of jets thundering overhead on the final approach to Heathrow Airport. It's a pleasant place, with easy connections into central London, generally free of crime and congestion.

US designates Syria's Jabhat al-Nusra front a 'terrorist' group at lightning speed Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:25 PM PST The US State Department designated the Jabhat al-Nusra militia fighting Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria a foreign terrorist organization today.

Supporters show solidarity after Chávez names successor Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:38 PM PST Thousands of Venezuelans poured into central Caracas Sunday in solidarity as their president, Hugo Chávez, prepared for his journey to Cuba for surgery.

New York judge's ruling sparks nationalist surge in Argentina Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:23 PM PST The stakes couldn't be higher for Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as a legal tug-of-war with a $20 billion US hedge fund plays out in a New York case that has sent nationalist sentiment soaring in Argentina and raised concerns about the impact on future efforts to help debt-ridden countries recover.

Elite Navy SEAL dies in rescue mission to save US doctor in Afghanistan Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:42 AM PST • A news roundup

Muslim Brotherhood's unlikely new ally? Egypt's military Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:29 AM PST Yesterday, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi raised taxes on a host of goods and services, among then alcohol, tobacco, advertising, and construction rebar. Then at around 2 a.m. today, he suspended the tax increases with a short update to his public Facebook account.

New UN plan to get girls in school boosted by Malala's father Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST The Pakistani government and the United Nations' education agency unveiled a plan today to motivate girls around the world to enroll in schools by the end of 2015.

Amid criticism, EU receives Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:14 AM PST This year's Nobel Peace Prize laureates defended the contested decision to give the prize to the European Union and promised it would emerge stronger from the ongoing social unrest and protests in its member states.

Ghana pulls off sixth 'free and fair' election in model for region Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:04 AM PST Ghana has once again voted freely and fairly in a presidential election, electing its president for four more years and bolstering its image as a stable democracy in a region where smooth elections are rare.

China's economic recovery picks up pace, but for how long? Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:19 AM PST New figures suggest that China's economic recovery is speeding up, with industrial production and retail sales rising faster than expected in November.

Will Morsi's security request give Army renewed clout? Posted: 10 Dec 2012 05:59 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

On Europe's foreign agenda: how to handle Israel Posted: 10 Dec 2012 05:08 AM PST Compared with Americans, Europeans express more sympathies with Palestinians in their dispute with Israel. But their elected officials do not necessarily share that majority view, at least diplomatically, something that could be on display today when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels.

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