Hospital fire kills at least 73 in eastern India (Reuters)

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• Hospital fire kills at least 73 in eastern India (Reuters)
• Blast wounds French UN peacekeepers in South Lebanon (Reuters)
• Putin intervenes to save jobs at metal plant (Reuters)
• Israeli strikes kill 3 in Gaza, rockets hit Israel (Reuters)
• Syria says pipeline blown up by rebel saboteurs (Reuters)
• Russia: Putin Plots His Strategy Against Protesters (Time.com)
• UK isolated as Europe agrees on new fiscal union (Reuters)
• 5 UN peacekeepers wounded in bombing in Lebanon (AP)
• Letter bomb slightly wounds Mexican professor (AP)
• UN climate talks on edge heading into final hours (AP)
• Arrested Filipino ex-leader moved to army hospital (AP)
• Japan apologises to Canada for mistreating POWs (Reuters)
• Australia court lifts Samsung Galaxy Tab sales ban (Reuters)
• Diego Rivera: honoring a big Communist with a Google doodle (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Egypt's Vote: Will Islamists Face Off with the Military? (Time.com)
• China executes Filipino drug trafficker, draws attention to Chinese drug problem (The Christian Science Monitor)

Hospital fire kills at least 73 in eastern India (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:08 AM PST Reuters - A fire swept through a seven-storey hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Friday, killing at least 73 people, most of them patients, a senior hospital official said.

Blast wounds French UN peacekeepers in South Lebanon (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 12:51 AM PST Reuters - A bomb exploded near a UNIFIL peacekeeping patrol on Friday, wounding five French soldiers in southern Lebanon, a witness and security sources said.

Putin intervenes to save jobs at metal plant (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:44 AM PST Reuters - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, facing a wave of voter outrage as he prepares a bid to return to the Kremlin, intervened to prevent an archaic 67-year-old aluminium smelter with 3,500 workers from closure, the government said on Friday.

Israeli strikes kill 3 in Gaza, rockets hit Israel (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:43 PM PST Reuters - Violence across the Israeli-Gaza border escalated on Friday with Israeli air strikes killing at least three people and Palestinian militants firing rockets deep into southern Israel.

Syria says pipeline blown up by rebel saboteurs (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:36 PM PST Reuters - A Syrian pipeline carrying crude from oilfields in the east of the country was blown up near the restive city of Homs Thursday, according to anti-government activists and the official news agency SANA.

Russia: Putin Plots His Strategy Against Protesters (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:40 AM PST Time.com - As the protest movement gains steam, the Russian Prime Minister and his men release a transcript of their planning session

UK isolated as Europe agrees on new fiscal union (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:52 AM PST Reuters - Europe divided on Friday in a historic rift over building a fiscal union to preserve the euro, with a large majority of countries led by Germany and France agreeing to move ahead with a separate treaty, leaving Britain isolated.

5 UN peacekeepers wounded in bombing in Lebanon (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 12:49 AM PST AP - A roadside bombing in southern Lebanon on Friday wounded at least five U.N. peacekeepers, Lebanese military and security officials said.

Letter bomb slightly wounds Mexican professor (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:31 PM PST AP - Authorities in Mexico say a letter bomb sent to a professor at a technical university slightly wounded another teacher when it was opened.

UN climate talks on edge heading into final hours (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:56 AM PST AP - The top European climate negotiator says the United States, China and India could scuttle a proposal to save the only treaty that has governed global warming emissions from the industrial world.

Arrested Filipino ex-leader moved to army hospital (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:00 AM PST AP - Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was transferred to a military hospital Friday to be detained on electoral fraud charges in the next chapter in the Philippines' political drama pitting her against a popular, reformist successor.

Japan apologises to Canada for mistreating POWs (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:11 AM PST Reuters - Japan offered a "heartfelt apology" for the systematic mistreatment of Canadian prisoners during World War Two, helping to heal ties between the two nations, Ottawa said on Thursday.

Australia court lifts Samsung Galaxy Tab sales ban (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:24 PM PST Reuters - An Australian court on Friday lifted a ban on the sale of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy tablet computer in the country, adding to a U.S. legal victory for the South Korean technology firm in its bruising battle with Apple Inc.

Diego Rivera: honoring a big Communist with a Google doodle (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:35 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - From President Obama to “Occupy” protesters to the Muppets: The accusations of communism abounding is shrill.

Egypt's Vote: Will Islamists Face Off with the Military? (Time.com) Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:40 AM PST Time.com - Marginalized at the polls, liberals are left reeling, while the military insists on keeping the reins of power

China executes Filipino drug trafficker, draws attention to Chinese drug problem (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - China executed a Filipino drug mule on Thursday, ignoring a last minute mercy plea by Philippines President Benigno Aquino.

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