Iraq’s Cabinet approves security pact (AP)

AP – An Iraqi government spokesman says the Cabinet has approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year.
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AP – A Pakistani decision to temporarily bar some trucks from a key passageway to Afghanistan threatened a critical supply route for U.S. and NATO troops on Sunday and raised more fears about deteriorating security in the militant-plagued border region.
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Reuters – A United Nations envoy met Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda for talks to seek peace in eastern Congo on Sunday as fresh fighting flared in North Kivu province.
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AP – Gunmen have hijacked a cargo ship with 23 crew off the coast of Somalia, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday, as Somali pirates freed another vessel after being paid a ransom.
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AP – Police say 23 people are missing after a bridge they were building collapsed into an icy Himalayan river in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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AP – A spokesman for a Somali Islamic group says they have publicly whipped 32 tradional dancers because it is “Un-Islamic” for men and women to dance together.
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AP – An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian militants launching mortars at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian officials said, just hours after another group of militants struck Israel in a separate rocket attack.
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AFP – France’s opposition Socialists failed to agree on a new leader and a platform, leaving the party more divided than ever as a congress drew to a close on Sunday.
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AP – Pakistan temporarily suspended oil tankers and trucks with sealed containers from using a key passage into Afghanistan, an official said Sunday, a move that will likely impact supplies heading to U.S. and NATO troops.
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AP – Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed four militants.
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