Study: wildlife at an alarming risk

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• Study: wildlife at an alarming risk
• Officials: 45 people lynched in Haiti amid cholera fears
• Want Kate's engagement ring? Just three bucks in China (AFP)
• India police grill ex-minister over telecom scandal (AFP)
• N Korea 'may conduct' nuclear test
• Christmas cheer, Afghan-style, for US troops (AFP)
• Station in Sweden cleared due to suspicious item
• US made trade exceptions for Iran
• South Korea: Should Foreign Teachers Be Tested for HIV? (Time.com)
• U.S. Has Approved Billions in Business With Blacklisted Nations - NYTimes.com
• Indian police raid homes of Delhi Games chief (AFP)
• Many dead in Pakistan clashes
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• The appalling truth about the release of the Lockerbie Bomber
• N.Korea may stage atom test to boost heir: think-tank (AFP)
• India Suspects Men in Mumbai Attack
• Cuban media publishing translated Wikileaks cables (AP)
• Christmas tree to glow until N.Korea successor's birthday (AFP)
• U.S., China end year on positive note as they prepare for presidential summit
• Peace Talks Stall, But Palestinians' Fayyad Conjures a State (Time.com)

Study: wildlife at an alarming risk Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:00 PM PST Report finds rate of extinction skyrocketing, yet current conservation regime lacking teeth, requiring 'urgent reform'.

Officials: 45 people lynched in Haiti amid cholera fears Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:42 PM PST At least 45 people, most of them voodoo priests, have been lynched in Haiti since the beginning of the cholera epidemic by angry mobs blaming them for the spread of the disease, officials said.

Want Kate's engagement ring? Just three bucks in China (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:21 PM PST AFP - Chinese vendors looking to cash in on the frenzy over the April wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton are selling copies of her engagement ring for as little as three dollars.

India police grill ex-minister over telecom scandal (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:36 PM PST AFP - Indian federal investigators questioned on Friday a former Indian minister at the heart of one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history.

N Korea 'may conduct' nuclear test Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:04 PM PST South Korean report claims North may test third nuclear device next year amid rising tensions on the peninsula.

Christmas cheer, Afghan-style, for US troops (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:14 PM PST AFP - There will be no Christmas turkey and trimmings for US marines at Patrol Base Talibjan this year -- a chemically heated meal of preserved meat is all the infantry men expect.

Station in Sweden cleared due to suspicious item Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:37 PM PST A Stockholm subway station shut Thursday night as Swedish police converged on an item made to look like a bomb.

US made trade exceptions for Iran Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:52 PM PST Treasury Department granted some 10,000 licenses to American companies to trade with Iran, despite biting US sanctions.

South Korea: Should Foreign Teachers Be Tested for HIV? (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:25 PM PST Time.com - Demand for English training brings upwards of 20,000 foreigners to Korea each year. For the most part, they are well received, but every few years, a fresh wave of anti-foreign teacher sentiment shines a light on the nation's lingering xenophobia

U.S. Has Approved Billions in Business With Blacklisted Nations - NYTimes.com Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:26 PM PST The US Treasury Department has approved some 10,000 business deals with Iran and other countries bla

Indian police raid homes of Delhi Games chief (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:22 PM PST AFP - Indian police on Friday raided the homes of the chief organiser of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, as part of a probe into graft allegations that surrounded the event.

Many dead in Pakistan clashes Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:26 PM PST At least three soldiers and 24 rebels killed in battles in northwestern Pakistani tribal region, officials say.

(title unknown) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:14 PM PST

The appalling truth about the release of the Lockerbie Bomber Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:14 PM PST A new report, produced in part by Chuck Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, Kristin Gillibrand and Robert Men

N.Korea may stage atom test to boost heir: think-tank (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:49 PM PST AFP - North Korea may carry out another atomic test next year to bolster the status of leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-Un, a Seoul state think-tank said Friday, a day after the North threatened a nuclear attack.

India Suspects Men in Mumbai Attack Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:49 PM PST Indian police launched a manhunt Thursday for four men they said belonged to a Pakistan-based militant group and had entered Mumbai to carry out an attack.

Cuban media publishing translated Wikileaks cables (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:05 PM PST AP - Cuba's state-run media is reporting that the government will publish Spanish translations of diplomatic cables about the communist-run island, leaked by Wikileaks.

Christmas tree to glow until N.Korea successor's birthday (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:40 PM PST AFP - South Korea said Friday a giant Christmas tree near the North Korean border will stay lit up till January 8 -- a move likely to anger Pyongyang since the date marks the birthday of its heir apparent.

U.S., China end year on positive note as they prepare for presidential summit Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:47 PM PST The United States and China are closing out the year on a positive note on many fronts - including trade, military ties, climate change and global security - as both sides prepare for their presidents' second summit, set for next month.

Peace Talks Stall, But Palestinians' Fayyad Conjures a State (Time.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:25 PM PST Time.com - The Israelis may not agree, but the U.S.-backed Prime Minister of the West Bank believes that the logic of the institutions he's building will bring sovereign independence by next summer

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