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  • Iran says will show no mercy to opposition protesters

    Reuters – 2 hrs 44 mins ago  
    Former Iranian premier Mir Hossein Mousavi shows his identification... AFP/File

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will "show no mercy" toward opposition protesters seen as threatening national security, a judiciary official said on Tuesday, a day after thousands of students staged anti-government rallies. Full Story »

  • Iraqi leaders under fire over Baghdad blasts

    AFP – Wed Dec 9, 3:56 am ET  
    Iraqi rescue workers remove a body at the scene of a bomb blast... AFP

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi leaders came under fire Wednesday from enraged MPs for failing to prevent a spate of bombings in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of attacks to hit the capital since August. Full Story »

  • Bin Laden death tied to al Qaeda defeat: McChrystal

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:17 pm ET  
    U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International... Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who must be captured or killed in order to defeat al Qaeda, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Corruption threatens "soul and fabric" of U.S.: FBI

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 1:45 pm ET  
    Emmanuel Roy, a suspect in a mortgage-fraud scheme is escorted... Reuters

    BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - Corruption, whether in the form of crooked officials, financial fraudsters or even philandering sports stars, is tearing at the fabric of U.S. society and is the country's No. 1 criminal threat, a senior FBI agent said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Climate talks seek calm after fury at draft text

    AFP – 1 hr 50 mins ago  
    Small placards in different languages are placed on a delegates... AFP

    COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Negotiators at the UN climate marathon tried to steer into calmer waters Wednesday after developing countries blasted an early draft accord as favouring rich carbon emitters and sidelining the poor. Full Story »

  • Gates: pieces coming together for Afghan success

    Reuters – 32 mins ago  
    U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) shakes hands with... Reuters

    KABUL (Reuters) - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited U.S. commanders in Afghanistan on Wednesday, promising that President Barack Obama's surge of extra forces would give them what they need for success against the Taliban. Full Story »

  • Philippine clan accused of killing over 250

    AFP – Wed Dec 9, 5:58 am ET  
    The Philippine military patrol Sultan Kudarat province on December... AFP

    MANILA (AFP) - A Muslim clan blamed for a horrific political massacre in the Philippines was accused on Wednesday of killing more than 250 people during an eight-year reign of terror in a strife-torn southern province. Full Story »

  • Most of world exposed to deadly tobacco smoke: WHO

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 4:05 am ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - More than 94 percent of the world's people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the biggest cause of preventable death, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Full Story »

  • U.S. airport screening secrets posted online

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 12:41 am ET  
    A sign explains the procedure for going through the whole body... Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration accidentally posted a document online containing secrets related to airport passenger screening practices, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Full Story »

  • U.S. to drop contractor in Kabul embassy scandal

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 5:31 pm ET  
    Two U.S. marines secure the U.S. embassy in Kabul on January... Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department will not renew the contract of a security company embroiled in a scandal involving the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, where guards were accused of drunken conduct and sexual hazing. Full Story »

  • China executes rogue trader, millions still missing

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:29 am ET  

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday executed a former securities trader for embezzlement, the first person in the industry to be put to death, but millions of yuan are still missing, a state newspaper said. Full Story »

  • U.S. commander, envoy unite behind Afghan strategy

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 3:16 pm ET  
    Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the  International Security... AP

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan and the top diplomat closed ranks on Tuesday around President Barack Obama's orders to send in 30,000 more troops, saying the strategy would halt Taliban momentum within a year. Full Story »

  • China demands more from rich to unlock climate talks

    Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 3:15 pm ET  
    Members of environmental activist group Act!onaid, dressed as... Reuters

    COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - China led calls by developing nations for deeper emissions cuts from the United States, Japan and Europe at U.N. climate talks on Tuesday, as a study showed that this decade will be the warmest on record. Full Story »

  • Reality TV stars charged over rat-eating episode

    Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 11:27 pm ET  

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police have charged two stars of British reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here" with animal cruelty after an RSPCA complaint over an episode that involved killing and cooking a rat. Full Story »

  • English whisky comes of age

    AFP – Wed Dec 9, 4:44 am ET  
    An engraved bottle of the spirit that is to become England's... AFP/File

    ROUDHAM, England (AFP) - After three years maturing in charred white oak casks, the first English whisky in more than a century is finally ready to flow out to excited and curious drinkers around the world. Full Story »

  • Gates tells NATO troops Afghan success in reach

    AFP – Wed Dec 9, 3:42 am ET  
    A US soldier patrols in eastern Khas Kunar on December 8. US... AFP

    KABUL (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday toured the nerve centre of NATO command in Afghanistan, telling officers an imminent troop surge will turn around the eight-year war against the Taliban. Full Story »

  • Iraq's Maliki blasts foreign support for bombings

    Reuters – 1 hr 1 min ago  
    A U.S. soldier walks past a burned bus at the site of a bomb... Reuters

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombings that killed 112 people were carried out with foreign backing, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Wednesday as he signaled a shake-up of security officials to try to thwart pre-election violence. Full Story »

  • Gambler loses case against Australian casino

    AFP – Tue Dec 8, 12:41 am ET  
    File photo of the Crown Casio in Melbourne. A compulsive gambler... AFP/File

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - A compulsive gambler who wagered close to 1.4 billion US dollars during a 16-month betting spree lost his lawsuit against Australia's largest casino Tuesday when a judge ruled he was not exploited. Full Story »

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