China urges North Korea to accept nuclear inspectors (Reuters)

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• China urges North Korea to accept nuclear inspectors (Reuters)
• Iraq to vote on new government after 9-month gap (Reuters)
• U.S. considers expanding raids into Pakistan: report (Reuters)
• Thailand ends 8-month state of emergency in Bangkok (Reuters)
• U.N. chief offered Mugabe deal to step down: WikiLeaks (Reuters)
• Mideast Peace: What If the Palestinians Turn to the U.N.? (Time.com)
• Moody's may cut Portugal on growth, debt concerns (Reuters)
• Strong earthquake kills 7 in Iran (AP)
• Guatemala launches siege to reclaim violent north (AP)
• Tendulkar returns to India's one-day squad (AFP)
• Foreign troop deaths in Afghanistan top 700 in 2010: site (AFP)
• Focus on deficits, Flaherty tells Canada provinces (Reuters)
• Australian man jailed for lying about being a POW (AP)
• Prominent politician Diego Fernández de Cevallos freed in Mexico (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Moscow Power Games Behind Belarus' Election Crackdown (Time.com)
• Death squads reemerge in Ivory Coast as president contests election results (The Christian Science Monitor)

China urges North Korea to accept nuclear inspectors (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:06 AM PST Reuters - China on Tuesday urged North Korea to accept international nuclear monitors, as the reclusive country itself had suggested, amid a tense standoff with the South.

Iraq to vote on new government after 9-month gap (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:58 PM PST Reuters - Iraq's parliament is due to vote on a new government on Tuesday, nine months after an inconclusive election left politics in limbo and delayed investments to rebuild the country after years of war.

U.S. considers expanding raids into Pakistan: report (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:19 PM PST Reuters - Senior U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan are seeking to expand Special Operations ground raids into Pakistan, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Thailand ends 8-month state of emergency in Bangkok (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:18 PM PST Reuters - Thailand's government agreed on Tuesday to lift an eight-month state of emergency in Bangkok, citing an improved political climate and a less confrontational approach by anti-government "red shirt" protesters.

U.N. chief offered Mugabe deal to step down: WikiLeaks (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:14 PM PST Reuters - Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan offered Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a deal to step down and live in a safe haven, but the veteran leader rejected the offer, according to U.S. documents obtained by WikiLeaks.

Mideast Peace: What If the Palestinians Turn to the U.N.? (Time.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:20 AM PST Time.com - Arab diplomats are reportedly preparing a resolution that could put Washington in a tight spot by more forcefully reiterating U.S. demands rebuffed by Israel

Moody's may cut Portugal on growth, debt concerns (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 01:02 AM PST Reuters - Moody's Investor Service warned on Tuesday it may downgrade Portugal's A1 rating by one or two notches after a review, citing weak growth prospects and high borrowing costs.

Strong earthquake kills 7 in Iran (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:59 PM PST AP - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck southeastern Iran late Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring 33 others, Iranian state TV reported.

Guatemala launches siege to reclaim violent north (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:00 PM PST AP - Gangs roamed the streets with assault rifles and armored vehicles, attacking whomever they pleased and abducting women who caught their eye. Shootouts became so common, residents couldn't tell gunfire from holiday fireworks.

Tendulkar returns to India's one-day squad (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:59 AM PST AFP - Sachin Tendulkar was on Tuesday named in India's one-day squad for a five-match series in South Africa, ending a self-imposed 10-month lay-off from limited-overs cricket.

Foreign troop deaths in Afghanistan top 700 in 2010: site (AFP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:51 AM PST AFP - The number of international troops killed in Afghanistan this year, already by far the deadliest in the nine-year campaign against the Taliban, has passed 700, an independent website said Tuesday.

Focus on deficits, Flaherty tells Canada provinces (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 03:13 PM PST Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday he expected almost all of the country's provinces to eliminate their budget deficits by 2015, the same target the federal government has set for itself.

Australian man jailed for lying about being a POW (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:18 PM PST AP - An elderly Australian man has been sentenced to four years in jail for lying about being a prisoner of war in order to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pension payments.

Prominent politician Diego Fernández de Cevallos freed in Mexico (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 02:06 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Ending the saga of one of Mexico’s most high-profile kidnappings in recent history, “El Jefe Diego,” a national figure and ruling-party politician missing for seven months, was freed today.

The Moscow Power Games Behind Belarus' Election Crackdown (Time.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:20 AM PST Time.com - President Lukashenko by his actions has shown he was never serious about allowing a democratic process. Dangling the threat of an opposition victory got him what he wanted out of the Kremlin

Death squads reemerge in Ivory Coast as president contests election results (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:55 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - When the truckloads of heavily armed and masked men arrive, the women in this Abidjan neighborhood descend into the streets banging pots and pans.

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