|  Iran files complaint over purported US drone   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:22 PM PST Iranian state TV airs footage of downed aircraft and summons the Swiss ambassador, the US representative in Iran.   
 
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  |  Congo delays election results again   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:20 PM PST KINSHASA (Reuters) - Election authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday delayed the announcement of a winner in the country's presidential election for the second time this week, citing the need to cross-check results.    
 
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  |  Twitter launches branded pages   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:06 PM PST Micro-blogging site Twitter is joining the ranks of Facebook and Google+ as it launches 'brand' pages as part of a service-wide redesign.   
 
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  |  Former Irish Archbishop Tied to Sexual Abuse   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:07 PM PST The late John Charles McQuaid, widely regarded as the most powerful Catholic prelate in modern Irish history, stands accused of serial child sexual abuse, The Irish Times said Thursday.    
 
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  |  Mugabe pushes for early Zimbabwe polls   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:42 PM PST President makes case for elections next year to end fragile coalition with former opposition at annual party conference.   
 
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  |  E.P.A. Implicates Fracking in Pollution   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:32 PM PST The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking — a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells — may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution.    
 
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  |  British soldier dies of injuries   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST A British soldier has died in hospital in Birmingham from injuries sustained in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence says.   
 
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  |  Photographs from the centre of a tragedy   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST For photographer Massoud Hossaini, the personal and professional came to a head while shooting blast at Shia shrine.   
 
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  |  Campaigner found dead in Mexico   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST The authorities in Mexico say they have found the body of indigenous rights campaigner Jose Trinidad de la Cruz, who had been kidnapped on Tuesday.   
 
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  |  EU leaders begin crucial summit   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:21 PM PST EU leaders open a crucial summit in Brussels to save the euro but prior talks between Britain, France and Germany break up without agreement.   
 
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  |  VIDEO: Bounty offered for fugitive capture   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:26 AM PST Australian police have stepped up their hunt for a fugitive, Malcolm Naden, who has been on the run since 2005 after allegedly killing a woman.   
 
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  |  Alliance pushes for climate deal   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:30 AM PST The EU and some of the world's poorest nations launch a joint bid for a strong outcome at the UN climate talks.   
 
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  |  House Republicans Unveil Plan to Extend Payroll Tax Cut   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:40 PM PST The proposal would pay for extending a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits in part through changes to Medicare and a pay freeze for federal workers.    
 
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  |  At War Blog: Finding Reasons to Deploy to Afghanistan   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST For one Navy lieutenant, a decision made on a whim turns to reality on Afghan soil, and a civilian dream is deferred.    
 
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  |  U.S. Looks to Allies              For Afghan Funding Help   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 10:46 AM PST Hillary Clinton pressed the U.S.'s coalition allies in Afghanistan to make concrete commitments to funding Afghan security forces over the next decade.   
 
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  |  Obama Expresses Support for Plan B Decision   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:06 PM PST President Obama said he thought most parents would agree that emergency contraceptives should not be sold over the counter to girls younger than 16.    
 
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  |  Gingrich the Front-Runner Is Still Selling Books   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:24 PM PST Newt Gingrich has made selling books an integral part of his campaign for president, raising questions of propriety and motive.    
 
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  |  The Lede Blog: Two Dead in Shooting on Virginia Tech Campus   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:43 PM PST The reports of gunshots immediately recalled the April 16, 2007, campus shooting that killed 32 people and wounded dozens of others.    
 
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  |  Two shot dead at Virginia Tech University   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:57 PM PST Site of 2007 massacre that left 32 people dead is on lockdown after shots fired on campus.   
 
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  |  Iranian TV airs image of alleged U.S. drone   Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:49 AM PST Iranian TV aired images Thursday of what it says is the U.S. stealth drone that went down in Iran last week, an apparently intact RQ-170 drone propped on a pedestal and triumphantly displayed.    
 
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