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 PRESS TV | Bolton calls report on Iran 'quasi-putsch' Los Angeles Times - BERLIN -- US intelligence services attempted to influence political policy by releasing their assessment that concludes Iran halted its nuclear arms program in 2003, said John Bolton, former US ambassador to the United Nations. Behind the Iran-Intelligence Reversal New Intelligence May Spark Change in US and Iranian Policies |
 BBC Bulgaria | Europe, Africa work to smooth divisions at summit Reuters South Africa - By Pascal Fletcher LISBON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Leaders from Africa and Europe struggled on Sunday to find common ground for a new strategic partnership at a summit marred by disagreements over future trade ties and how to deal with Zimbabwe's Robert ... EU-African leaders to seal pact Mugabe crisis hurting Africa, warns Angela Merkel |
 CTV.ca | Beaches blackened in South Korea's worst oil spill Reuters - By Jo Yong-hak TAEAN, South Korea, Dec 9 (Reuters) - South Korea deployed more than 100 ships and thousands of troops on Sunday to clean up the worst oil spill in its history, which has blackened beaches, coated birds in tar and cast a foul smell over ... South Korea Cleaning Up Coast After Worst Oil Spill (Update1) S Korea declares slick 'disaster' |
 PhysOrg.com | Bali `Roadmap' May Call for 25-40% Emissions Cuts (Update1) Bloomberg - By Kim Chipman and Mathew Carr Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Developed countries may be asked to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by as much as 40 percent by 2020 as part of a negotiating mandate for a new global climate change treaty, said a United Nations ... Bali draft says all nations must join climate fight Mass rallies focus on Bali talks |
 Washington Post | Six killed in Pakistan Swat valley bomb Washington Post - By Junaid Khan MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a police checkpost in the volatile Swat valley in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing six people including two children and a policeman, ... Pakistan suicide attack kills seven Suicide Car Bomber Kills 6 In Pakistan |
 eFluxMedia | Pakistan opposition groups to decide on election boycott USA Today - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's largest opposition coalition planned to decide Sunday whether to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections if the government refuses to meet its key demand, the restoration of an independent judiciary, ... Pakistan May End Emergency Rule a Day Earlier Than Planned Pakistani Opposition Party Deadlocked Over Electoral Demands |
 Boston Globe | Taliban leaders seized in assault on Afghan town Reuters - By Hamid Shalizi KABUL, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led forces have captured two senior Taliban commanders during their offensive to retake the insurgents' most important stronghold in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Sunday. Taliban Haven Is Hemmed in by NATO and Afghan Forces British soldier dies in Afghanistan |
 Aljazeera.net | EU to agree Kosovo talks over Reuters - By Paul Taylor, European Affairs Editor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders are expected to agree this week that efforts to reach a negotiated solution to the Kosovo problem are exhausted, and offer to take responsibility for security and justice in the ... Briefing: Russian paranoia as Kosovo prepares to go it alone Russian FM Blames West for Impasse on Kosovo |
 Peninsula On-line | Chinese Rescuers Free 11 From Collapsed Mine Wall Street Journal - AP BEIJING -- Rescuers in northern China freed 11 men Sunday from a collapsed iron and gold mine where they had been trapped for more than five days, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Bosses detained as china mine blast death toll rises 33 People Detained After Deadly Chinese Coal Mine Explosion |
 Javno.hr | Police Charge 'Dead' Briton With Fraud Washington Post - By Kevin Sullivan LONDON, Dec. 8 -- British police filed fraud charges Saturday against a man who was declared dead after he disappeared on a canoeing trip in 2002 but last week walked into a police station claiming amnesia. Court date set for canoeist husband 'Canoe Man' John Darwin charged |
 Montreal Gazette | Inquiry Begins Into Tapes’ Destruction New York Times - By MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID JOHNSTON WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - The Justice Department and the Central Intelligence Agency’s internal watchdog on Saturday began a joint preliminary inquiry into the spy agency’s destruction of hundreds of hours of videotapes ... CIA is accused of torture cover-up  Comment by Jennifer Daskal Sr. Counterterrorism Counsel, Human Rights Watch |
 CNN-IBN | Bush Engages Foreign Foes As Policy Shift Accelerates Wall Street Journal - By JAY SOLOMON WASHINGTON -- The White House said that President Bush sent a letter directly to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il seeking cooperation in implementing a pact to dismantle its nuclear arms in exchange for full normalized relations. Bush Writes to North Korean Leader Bush holds out prospect of US-nkorea ties |
 MRT online | Police, judiciary take most bribes-global watchdog Reuters - By Sylvia Westall BERLIN, Dec 6 (Reuters) - More than one in 10 people around the world paid a bribe in the past year, with police and the judiciary seen pocketing the most illegal money, an international corruption watchdog said on Thursday. Nigeria: TI Corruption Poll - Petty Bribery Increases in Country Survey: World's poorest are hardest hit by corruption |
 The Epoch Times Ireland | Package Bomb Kills 1 in Paris New York Times - Police and fire personnel near a Paris law office where a package exploded on Thursday. A motive had not been determined. By ELAINE SCIOLINO PARIS, Dec. 6 - An explosion from a bomb in a package delivered to a law office in the heart of Paris killed ... Paris Bomb Blast Kills One Secretary killed in Paris parcel bomb attack |
 KOMO | Treacherous cyclone hitting Fiji islands CNN - (CNN) -- Powerful tropical cyclone Daman closed in on Fiji on Friday, threatening the Pacific island chain with home-destroying winds and dangerous floods. Cyclone intensifies as heads towards Fiji Category 4 cyclone roars toward islands |
 Times Now.tv | Modi stands tall as Gujarat goes to polls Hindustan Times - Chief Minister Narendra Modi is overshadowing everyone and everything as Gujarat goes to the polls on Tuesday in an explosive battle that is bound to impact India's national politics and possibly its secular ethos. Campaigning ends for Gujarat Assembly 1st phase polls Now, EC issues notice to Sonia Gandhi |
 Twin Falls Times-News | 2 Iraqi Troops Die In Suicide Explosion Guardian Unlimited - From AP By SINAN SALAHEDDIN AP Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi soldiers fired on a suicide car bomber as he sped toward their checkpoint in a northern oil hub Sunday, and two of the troops died when the vehicle exploded, police said. Suicide Bomber Strikes Iraqi Oil Hub Attacks in Iraq Kill 25 People |
 Canada.com | Russian Officials Announce Final Election Results Voice of America - By VOA News The Central Election Commission Saturday said President Vladimir Putin's United Russia Party won more than 64 percent of the vote. Putin's United Russia Wins 64.3% Votes in Parliamentary Poll The Great and Powerful Putin |
 BBC Bulgaria | FACTBOX-Conflict in Darfur Reuters - Dec 7 (Reuters) - European and African parliament members and human rights groups told leaders on Friday they would be ignoring the plight of thousands of civilians if they failed to tackle Sudan's Darfur crisis at an EU-Africa summit. Lack of Donated Copters Harms Darfur Effort, UN Leader Says Sudan: UN, Govt Agree On Importance of Deploying Darfur Force |
 Turkish Press | Tory call over Guantanamo detainees Guardian Unlimited - The Tories have demanded to know whether three British residents who are expected to be released from Guantanamo Bay pose a threat to the public. US to free 4 British men from Guantanamo US to Release Three British Residents Held at Guantanamo |
