Asia-Pacific

• UN labels 4 Pakistanis linked to Mum
• Sri Lankan president meets oppositio
• Bangladesh gov't to fully withdraw s
• Spokesman: Pakistan air force put on
• DPRK blasts U.S. human rights record
• Myanmar puts off again opening of se
• Bali Democracy Forum opens
• DPRK newspaper lashes out at U.S. ar

Middle East

• Israeli authorities warn against vis
• Carter hopes Lebanese upcoming elect
• Lebanese Christian leader confirms S
• Report: World's 1st unisex Muslim sk
• Israel OKs money transfer to Gaza
• Palestinians' hopes of reconciliatio
• Iran to participate in Iraq's oil pr
• Haneya says world shares Israel crim

Americas

• Venezuelan election authorities: Ref
• Mexico arrests 61 illegal Central Am
• Brazilian Supreme Court decides to m
• Illinois governor ignores Obama's ca
• Obama urges Illinois governor to res
• Openness key, Carter tells Obama
• Media: Obama to pick Chinese-America
• Canada's capital in chaos as transit

Europe

• Four former Yugoslav countries pledg
• Yearender: Russia renews efforts for
• Suicide on TV condemned in Britain
• Thousands of French stage protests a
• Police officer charged as Greece fal
• Czech president: global financial cr
• Backgrounder: EU member states which
• Kazakh parliament approves SCO treat

Africa

• French ministers disagree over creat
• German gov't nods anti-piracy missio
• Greek PM announces supportive measur
• Leaders, ministers arrive in Poznan
• Greek police officers accused of tee
• Strike affects 51 flights at Budapes
• Swiss parliament elects president fo
• Dutch PM refuses to regret support f

International Organizations

• 2008 Nobel Prizes awarded
• EU environment ministers struggle fo
• NATO decides to conditionally re-eng
• Former Slovenian PM tipped to be new
• APEC leaders commit to quick economi
• UN boosts peacekeeping troops in DRC
• Financial issues expected to top age
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