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• Russia's Putin signals he will sign U.S. adoption ban
• Egypt's Mubarak moved to army hospital on health concerns
• Syria envoy calls for political change to end conflict
• Cabinet resignations deal setback for Egypt's Mursi
• Secret UK files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts
• Central African Republic appeals for French help against rebels, Paris balks
• Iraq Sunni rallies gather steam
• Iran's Ahmadinejad sacks only female government minister
• New India rape protests fizzle, victim airlifted to Singapore
• Vatican paper lauds Italy PM Monti's election bid
• Putin says he will sign anti-US adoptions bill
• UN envoy, Moscow call for revival of Syria plan
• C. African Republic president seeks foreign help
• Pakistan: Bhutto's son launches political career
• Egypt's opposition leaders under investigation
• Unprecedented east Jerusalem building in pipeline
• India rape victim in Singapore; PM pledges action
• China tightening controls on Internet
• Iran's president dismisses health minister
• New Israeli right-wing leader worries Netanyahu
• India gang rape spurs national dialogue
• Benazir Bhutto's son takes up the family trade in Pakistan
• In 2013, possibilities for stability from Somalia to South China Sea
• Syrian conflict threatens to fracture Iraq
• UN envoy tries to revive Syria peace plan

Russia's Putin signals he will sign U.S. adoption ban Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:40 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signaled on Thursday he would sign into law a bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children and sought to forestall criticism of the move by promising measures to better care for his country's orphans. In televised comments, Putin tried to appeal to people's patriotism by suggesting that strong and responsible countries should take care of their own and lent his support to a bill that has further strained U.S.-Russia relations. "There are probably many places in the world where living standards are higher than ours. ...

Egypt's Mubarak moved to army hospital on health concerns Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:44 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian strongman ousted last year after 30 years in power, was moved to an army hospital from a prison hospital on Thursday following a fall that raised fresh concerns about his fragile health. Mubarak, 84, was forced out in a 2011 uprising and sentenced to life in prison in June of this year for his role in killing protesters during the revolt. He was admitted to a prison hospital that month following what security officials called a "health crisis". ...

Syria envoy calls for political change to end conflict Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:53 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - The international envoy seeking a negotiated solution to Syria's 21-month-old conflict said on Thursday political change was needed to end the violence which has killed 44,000 people. Speaking in Damascus at the end of a five-day trip during which he met President Bashar al-Assad, Lakhdar Brahimi called for a transitional government to rule until elections and said only substantial change would meet demands of ordinary Syrians. ...

Cabinet resignations deal setback for Egypt's Mursi Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:51 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - An Islamist minister quit Egypt's government on Thursday, the second cabinet resignation this week, as President Mohamed Mursi tries to shore up his authority and gather support for unpopular austerity measures. An economic crisis and a battle over a new constitution have underlined bitter divisions between Islamist-backed Mursi and his liberal opponents and delayed a return to stability almost two years since a popular uprising. ...

Secret UK files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:07 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wrote an emotional letter to U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1982 Falklands War calling him the "only person" who could understand her position, formerly secret documents showed on Friday. Newly declassified files from 1982 lift the lid on contacts between the two leaders over the crisis and reveal the extent of the pressure Thatcher felt she was under when Argentina invaded the remote South Atlantic archipelago to reclaim what it said was its sovereign territory, triggering a 10-week war. ...

Central African Republic appeals for French help against rebels, Paris balks Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:23 PM PST BANGUI (Reuters) - The president of the Central African Republic appealed on Thursday for France and the United States to help push back rebels threatening his government and the capital, but Paris said its troops were only ready to protect French nationals. The exchanges came as regional African leaders tried to broker a ceasefire deal and as rebels said they had temporarily halted their advance on Bangui, the capital, to allow talks to take place. ...

Iraq Sunni rallies gather steam Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:24 AM PST RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority kept up a week-old blockade on a key highway on Thursday and readied mass rallies for Friday to demand concessions from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Protests flared last week after troops loyal to Maliki, who is from the Shi'ite majority, detained bodyguards of his finance minister, a Sunni. Many Sunnis, whose community dominated Iraq until the fall of Saddam Hussein, accuse Maliki of refusing to share power and of favoring Shi'ite, non-Arab neighbor Iran. A year after U.S. ...

Iran's Ahmadinejad sacks only female government minister Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:37 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday dismissed his only female cabinet minister, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, after she criticized her colleagues for failing to provide funds to import vital medicines. Appointed in 2009, Dastjerdi was the first woman government minister since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. While seen as politically conservative, the gynecologist has advocated a greater role for women in society. ...

New India rape protests fizzle, victim airlifted to Singapore Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:48 AM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police thwarted an attempt by activists on Thursday to rekindle mass protests in New Delhi over the gang rape and ferocious beating of a young woman, after the victim was airlifted to Singapore for specialist hospital care to save her life. Demonstrations erupted in New Delhi after the December 16 attack, culminating last weekend in pitched battles between police and protesters around the city's India Gate war memorial. ...

Vatican paper lauds Italy PM Monti's election bid Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:17 AM PST ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican newspaper on Thursday praised Mario Monti's announcement that he may run in February's general election, signaling that Italy's technocrat prime minister had replaced Silvio Berlusconi as the Church's preferred politician. Monti said on Sunday that he was willing to seek a second term if a credible, reform-minded political force backed his agenda ahead of the February 24-25 parliamentary election. ...

Putin says he will sign anti-US adoptions bill Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:42 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign a controversial bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, while the Kremlin's children's rights advocate recommended extending the ban to the rest of the world.

UN envoy, Moscow call for revival of Syria plan Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:44 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Russia and the U.N called Thursday for the resuscitation of a peace initiative for Syria that never got off the ground when it was proposed months ago because both parties to the conflict rejected it.

C. African Republic president seeks foreign help Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:15 PM PST BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The president of Central African Republic on Thursday urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching this capital city, but French officials declined to offer any military assistance.

Pakistan: Bhutto's son launches political career Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:57 AM PST ISLAMABAD (AP) — The 24-year-old son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto launched his political career Thursday with a fiery speech before thousands of cheering supporters observing the fifth anniversary of his mother's assassination.

Egypt's opposition leaders under investigation Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:35 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's chief prosecutor ordered an investigation on Thursday into allegations that opposition leaders committed treason by inciting supporters to overthrow Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Unprecedented east Jerusalem building in pipeline Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:34 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is planning its biggest construction surge in east Jerusalem in decades in a move that critics argue would cement its grip on the contested territory, further complicate any prospects for peace with the Palestinians, and badly rattle Israel's already rocky relations with the rest of the world.

India rape victim in Singapore; PM pledges action Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:17 AM PST NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to take action to protect the nation's women while the young victim of a gang rape on a New Delhi bus was flown to Singapore for treatment of severe internal injuries.

China tightening controls on Internet Posted: 27 Dec 2012 03:16 AM PST BEIJING (AP) — China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses.

Iran's president dismisses health minister Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:04 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting the country's president has dismissed the health minister after her ministry put out a statement criticizing authorities for not providing money to import medicine.

New Israeli right-wing leader worries Netanyahu Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:35 AM PST RAANANA, Israel (AP) — The charismatic new leader of Israel's Jewish religious right is siphoning a large chunk of votes from the prime minister's party, according to polls ahead of Jan. 22 elections, and if the trend continues, the high-tech millionaire and former commando could emerge as a powerful voice opposing Palestinian statehood.

India gang rape spurs national dialogue Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST The Indian government's crackdown on the anti-rape protests that have continued for nearly two weeks in New Delhi has only aggravated public anger and concern about women's safety.

Benazir Bhutto's son takes up the family trade in Pakistan Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:01 AM PST Five years after the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, her son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari made his first major speech today aimed at galvanizing supporters of the Bhutto family-led Pakistan Peoples Party.

In 2013, possibilities for stability from Somalia to South China Sea Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:30 AM PST The international news of any year is a disparate affair, a global chronicle of courage, calamity, and close calls. The interconnectedness of events is not always clear.

Syrian conflict threatens to fracture Iraq Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:05 AM PST In September, as the Iraqi government reached one of its lowest points in relations with Turkey in years, Ankara welcomed Iraqi Kurdistan's President Massoud Barzani as a guest of honor at a convention hosted by the ruling Justice and Development Party.

UN envoy tries to revive Syria peace plan Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:17 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

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