Syrian tanks seen leaving Homs before monitors arrive (Reuters)

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• Syrian tanks seen leaving Homs before monitors arrive (Reuters)
• Foes, backers of Yemen transition deal fight in Sanaa (Reuters)
• Mexico police arrested over torture video (Reuters)
• Sadr bloc calls for early elections in Iraq (Reuters)
• China official says Wukan protest shows rights demands on rise (Reuters)
• Nigeria: Boko Haram Militants Strike on Christmas Day (Time.com)
• European stocks edge up, euro stuck before Italy auction (Reuters)
• Al-Qaida in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts (AP)
• 5 die of food poisoning at Mexican rehab center (AP)
• Swedish reporters sentenced to 11 yrs in Ethiopia (AP)
• Repairs to stricken boat in Antarctica going well (AP)
• Sea Shepherd says drones find, photograph Japan's whaling fleet (Reuters)
• Is model Turkey sliding into authoritarianism? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com)
• South Korea peace seekers meet new leader of the North (The Christian Science Monitor)

Syrian tanks seen leaving Homs before monitors arrive (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:17 AM PST Reuters - Syrian army tanks were seen pulling out of Homs on Tuesday as a team of Arab League peace monitors headed for a first look at the protest hotbed city where 34 people were reported killed in the previous 24 hours.

Foes, backers of Yemen transition deal fight in Sanaa (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:51 AM PST Reuters - Backers of a Yemeni Islamist party that signed on to a plan to nudge the president from power scuffled with members of a Shi'ite rebel movement frozen out of the deal in the capital Sanaa Tuesday, witnesses said.

Mexico police arrested over torture video (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2011 10:57 PM PST Reuters - Mexican authorities arrested five policemen on Monday on suspicion of torture after a video was made public showing police officers submerging a detainee's head in a bucket of water.

Sadr bloc calls for early elections in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:44 PM PST Reuters - The head of the political bloc of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Monday for new elections in Iraq after the biggest crisis in a year saw Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki move against two senior Sunni rivals.

China official says Wukan protest shows rights demands on rise (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:59 PM PST Reuters - The senior Chinese official who helped defuse a standoff with protesting villagers has told officials to get used to citizens who are increasingly assertive about their rights and likened erring local governments to red apples with rotten cores.

Nigeria: Boko Haram Militants Strike on Christmas Day (Time.com) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:00 AM PST Time.com - In an apparent escalation of its war against the government, the Islamist militant group Boko Haram allegedly targeted churches on the most festive Christian holiday

European stocks edge up, euro stuck before Italy auction (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:39 AM PST Reuters - European stocks edged up on Tuesday, catching the tailwind of a pre-holiday U.S. rally, while the euro was hamstrung by the prospect of a large Italian debt auction later in the week.

Al-Qaida in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:07 AM PST AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the wave of attacks that ripped through markets, cafes and government buildings in Baghdad on a single day last week, killing 69 people and raising new worries about the country's path.

5 die of food poisoning at Mexican rehab center (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:01 PM PST AP - Medical officials say five recovering drug addicts died and dozens of others were sickened by soy sausage served for Christmas dinner at a rehabilitation center in western Mexico.

Swedish reporters sentenced to 11 yrs in Ethiopia (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST AP - A court in Ethiopia on Tuesday sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in prison on charges of supporting terrorism after the two illegally entered the country with an ethnic Somali rebel group in a case that has been criticized by media rights groups.

Repairs to stricken boat in Antarctica going well (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 02:05 AM PST AP - Repairs were going well on a damaged Russian fishing ship listing in frigid waters off Antarctica for 11 days, New Zealand authorities said.

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.

Is model Turkey sliding into authoritarianism? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Dec 2011 10:31 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A constitutional law professor, a prize-winning investigative journalist, a noted free-speech activist.

German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com) Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:00 AM 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

South Korea peace seekers meet new leader of the North (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:59 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The widow of a former South Korean president invoked memories of the brightest moment in North-South relations Monday as she visited the bier in Pyongyang of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il.

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