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Palestinians Say Bethlehem Wall Spoils Christmas

Christian visitors coming to Bethlehem this week to celebrate the birth of Christ will encounter a concrete wall with watchtowers, built by Israel between nearby Jerusalem and the Church of the Nativity. In a message to remind the world of the barrier's existence, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (more)

Iran

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday dismissed the West's year-end deadline for Iran to accept an enrichment fuel deal aimed at calming international fears about its nuclear program. If Iran misses the deadline for agreeing to ship most of its low-enriched uranium (LEU) abroad in exchange for fuel (more)

Madagascar Leader Names Colonel As Prime Minister

Madagascar's president, Andry Rajoelina, named an army officer as his new prime minister on Sunday after the collapse of power-sharing negotiations to end months of political turmoil on the Indian Ocean island. "The president of the transition enforces the nomination of Colonel Vital Albert Camille," (more)

Pakistan Renews Call For End To U.s. Drone Strikes

Pakistan has renewed calls for an end to U.S. drone aircraft strikes, an issue that could strain ties as the CIA hunts down Muslim militants after one of the deadliest attacks in its history in neighboring Afghanistan. Pakistan officially objects to the operations against suspected al Qaeda and Taliban (more)

Berlusconi Attack Prompts Italian Soul-searching

Italians asked on Monday if an ugly assault on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was prompted by a "climate of hatred" splitting their nation and commentators said a wave of sympathy looked set to boost his political fortunes. Berlusconi was admitted to hospital on Sunday with broken teeth, a fractured (more)

Berlusconi Leaves Hospital, 4 Days After Attack

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged to work with "more force and more determination" after leaving hospital on Thursday, four days after an attack which left him with a broken nose and teeth. Television images showed a stony-faced Berlusconi, his nose and left cheek bandaged, waving to (more)

Pakistan

Pakistan's commercial capital nearly shut down on Friday as religious and political leaders called for a strike to protest against violence after a suicide bomber killed 43 people at a religious procession this week. The Taliban, determined to topple the government, claimed responsibility for Monday's (more)

Briton Moore Spent Part Of Captivity In Iran: U.s.

British computer programer Peter Moore, freed this week 2-1/2 years after his kidnapping in Iraq, spent at least part of his captivity in Iran, according to U.S. intelligence assessments. But General David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command and former commander of American forces in Iraq, said (more)

Nigerian Charged With Trying To Blow Up U.s. Jet

A Nigerian man who said he had links to al Qaeda was charged on Saturday with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger plane with high explosives as it prepared to land in Detroit, U.S. officials said. The suspect, who was being treated for extensive burns at a Michigan hospital, was overpowered by passengers (more)

Ethiopians Dominate Flood Of Africans To Yemen

More than 74,000 Africans fled to Yemen this year, a 50 percent increase over 2008 despite instability in the country, according to figures issued on Friday by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Upheaval and economic strains in the Horn of Africa fueled a rise in migrants paying (more)

Afghan Women Among Worst Off In World-rights Group

Afghan women are among the worst off in the world, violence against them is "endemic" and Afghanistan's government fails to protect them from crimes such as rape and murder, a rights group said on Monday. Human Rights Watch said in a report the situation for women in Afghanistan is "dismal in every area." "Women will not seek help because of their fears of police abuse and corruption, or their fears of retaliation by perpetrators of violence," said the 96-page report, which is based on 120 interviews from different Afghan provinces.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B51R320091206

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