Monday, December 5, 2011

Putin's party clings to reduced majority in Russia (Reuters)

Putin's party clings to reduced majority in Russia (Reuters)

Putin's party clings to reduced majority in Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:14 AM PST

Reuters - Vladimir Putin's ruling party clung to a much reduced majority in parliament on Monday after an election that showed growing weariness with the man who has dominated Russia for more than a decade and plans to return to the presidency next year.

Exclusive: Argentina flirts with Iran as West watches nervously (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 10:16 PM PST

Reuters - Argentina is quietly reaching out to Iran, worrying key Western powers and Israel as they try to tighten Tehran's international isolation over its nuclear program, U.N. diplomats told Reuters.

West's Afghan resolve tested by economy, Pakistan, Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:45 PM PST

Reuters - The West wants to use an Afghanistan meeting on Monday to signal enduring support for Kabul as allied troops head home, but economic turmoil in Europe and crises with Pakistan and Iran could prompt doubts about Western resolve.

Warring forces withdrawing from Yemeni city: witnesses (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:33 AM PST

Reuters - Yemeni government forces and opposition fighters began withdrawing from parts of the southern city of Taiz on Monday after four days of shelling and clashes that killed at least 20 people, witnesses and activists said.

Islamists seek to extend gains in Egypt run-off vote (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 04:43 PM PST

Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa attends a news conference in Cairo in this October 10, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - The Muslim Brotherhood's party will seek to extend a lead over hardline Islamists in run-offs in Egypt's parliamentary vote Monday, with liberal parties struggling to hold their ground in a political landscape redrawn by the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.

The Dalai Lama Steps Out in India, as China Seethes (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:25 AM PST

Time.com - A series of back-to-back public appearances of the Tibetan spiritual leader has angered Beijing, while New Delhi's chattering classes are speculating as to whether that signifies their country's newly muscular foreign policy

Monti takes austerity plan to skeptical Parliament (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:50 AM PST

AP - Italy's Premier Mario Monti takes a package of austerity and growth-boosting measures to a skeptical Parliament on Monday as Europe enters a crucial week aimed at saving the euro.

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Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:43 AM PST

AP - Syrian official: Damascus has 'positively responded' to Arab League request to send observers.

Mexico drug war refugees escape to more bloodshed (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 09:01 PM PST

AP - Rafael Echevarria had a steady factory job, a modest home of his own, and enough cash to occasionally take his family to McDonald's. It was a good life until the drug war hit Ciudad Juarez, followed by two robberies at his house, extortion at his daughter's school, and finally, the shootout on the bus.

EU to probe China on climate intentions (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:40 AM PST

AP - The European Union, championing a deal to get all major countries to agree to binding pollution targets, says it will explore new signals coming from China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

Ex-leader in court: Khmer Rouge not 'bad people' (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:49 AM PST

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Noun Chea, former deputy secretary in the Communist Party of Kampuchea looks on before being questioned at the court hall of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/ Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Mark Peters) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - The No. 2 leader of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime told a court he and his comrades were not "bad people," denying responsibility Monday for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians during their 1970s rule.

New Zealand PM secures support he needs to govern (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 08:39 PM PST

AP - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has secured the votes he needs to govern for a second term after announcing deals with two minor parties.

Early Russian polls show surprise setback for Vladimir Putin (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 01:10 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The results of exit polls, reported on Russian state TV, suggest that the Kremlin might be in for a huge shock when the votes from Sunday's State Duma elections have all been counted.

German Court Allows Mineral Water to Be Labeled 'Organic' (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 01:25 AM PST

Time.com - A German court has ruled in favor of a mineral-water company hawking their H2O as "bio," or organic

A US citizen stirs up Pakistani 'memo-gate' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:54 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A private American citizen has accused Pakistan̢۪s President Asif Ali Zardari and a former top diplomat of being aware in advance of the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May.
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