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- Two dead in explosion in Kampala-bound Kenya bus
- The Lede: British Courts Allow Twitter
- Model journalist
- Venezuela risks consequences in ambassador row: U.S.
- Evacuations for Storm in California
- At War: A Year at War: The Trials of Leadership
- Kidnapped Mexican Politician Is Freed
- 6.5 Quake Hits Southeastern Iran
- U.S. contractor jailed in Afghanistan, accused of late payments to vendors
- Cases dropped over 'affair' claim
- UN extends Cote d'Ivoire mandate
- Iranian film-maker sent to jail
- Stabbed four-year-old identified
- Sudan court rejects one vote challenge, mulls two
- Kidnapped Mexican politician free
- Skywatchers set for rare total lunar eclipse
- Kidnapped Mexican politician freed after 7 months
- Chaos at European airports as winter weather cancels thousands of flights
- Iran says it executed 11 with ties to terrorist group
- American's slaying in Israel may have been hate crime
| Two dead in explosion in Kampala-bound Kenya bus Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:12 PM PST NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Monday when a bag exploded as it was about to be loaded onto a Kampala-bound bus in the Kenyan capital, an incident police said bore the hallmarks of a terrorist strike.
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| The Lede: British Courts Allow Twitter Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:50 AM PST Reporters in England and Wales should be allowed to file updates to Twitter from courtrooms during legal proceedings, a senior judge has ruled.
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:54 AM PST How the BBC's Brian Hanrahan became a household name
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| Venezuela risks consequences in ambassador row: U.S. Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:43 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venezuela moved on Monday to formally block the new U.S. ambassador to Caracas from taking up his post, a step that will have consequences for already strained relations, the U.S. State Department said.
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| Evacuations for Storm in California Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:13 PM PST Record rain led authorities in the San Joaquin Valley to call for the evacuation of some 2,000 residents.
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| At War: A Year at War: The Trials of Leadership Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:37 PM PST America's front-line troops entrust their daily lives to junior officers like Capt. Adrian Bonenberger.
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| Kidnapped Mexican Politician Is Freed Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:27 PM PST Diego Fernández de Cevallos, the former Mexican presidential candidate kidnapped from his ranch in May, was freed by his captors and emerged at his Mexico City home.
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| 6.5 Quake Hits Southeastern Iran Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:20 PM PST Iran's state TV says a magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck southeastern Iran, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The area is close to the historical city of Bam, site of a devastating 2003 earthquake that killed 26,000 people.
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| U.S. contractor jailed in Afghanistan, accused of late payments to vendors Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:11 PM PST The Afghan government this weekend jailed a 75-year-old U.S. citizen whose firm Red Sea Engineers and Constructors has received about $500 million in contracts over the past three years.  
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| Cases dropped over 'affair' claim Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:00 PM PST The cases against two men accused of sex offences are dropped after a detective was accused of having an affair with a rape victim.
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| UN extends Cote d'Ivoire mandate Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:09 PM PST As Gbagbo's allies scoff at new EU sanctions, UN extends its peacekeeping mission for an additional six months.
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| Iranian film-maker sent to jail Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:13 PM PST The acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison for working against the Iranian system, his lawyer says.
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| Stabbed four-year-old identified Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:19 PM PST A four-year-old girl found stabbed to death in an east London flat is identified by the Metropolitan Police as Nusayba Hassam.
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| Sudan court rejects one vote challenge, mulls two Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:05 PM PST KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's highest court has thrown out one legal challenge to a referendum on southern independence, but is considering two others that could derail the vote scheduled for next month, officials said on Monday.
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| Kidnapped Mexican politician free Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:32 PM PST Mexican former presidential candidate Diego Fernandez de Cevallos is freed by his kidnappers after being held hostage for seven months.
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| Skywatchers set for rare total lunar eclipse Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:00 PM PST Skywatchers around the world are gearing up to observe a rare total lunar eclipse, with some of the best viewing conditions in North and Central America.
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| Kidnapped Mexican politician freed after 7 months Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:53 AM PST MEXICO CITY, Dec 20 - Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a prominent former Mexican presidential candidate, has been released seven months after being kidnapped.
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| Chaos at European airports as winter weather cancels thousands of flights Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:30 AM PST LONDON - Night curfews were lifted and ticket refunds offered at Heathrow on Monday as authorities took a series of unusual steps to ease the chaos at Europe's busiest airport in the run-up to the hectic Christmas-New Year holiday period.
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| Iran says it executed 11 with ties to terrorist group Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:18 AM PST Eleven people with ties to a terrorist group have been executed in Iran, a semi-official news agency in the country reported Monday.
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| American's slaying in Israel may have been hate crime Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:54 AM PST Israeli authorities are investigating whether the attack that left an American woman dead and her friend injured was "nationalistic," a police spokesman said Monday, using a term for crimes in which a victim is targeted based on an Arab or Israeli background.
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