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RT @jricole Global Warming & AQ ping.fm/y23zL Linking Climate Change to other security threats like this, always seems like a stretch #

bit.ly/b7UjWL Queens development inflames ethnic tensions btwn 2 Asian minorities. Supported by Chinese, opposed by Korean merchants. #

China hopes social safety net will push its citizens to consume more, save less j.mp/d4EpUz Social safety net makes U more capitalist #

State mulls whether to designate Turkish Muslim charity that funded & operated Gaza aid ship as foreign terrorist org j.mp/byjmvv #

Microsoft executive: "iPhone 4 is Apple's Vista" j.mp/dlZ17W BURN! #

Chinese Preachers Bridge Indonesia's Ethnic Gap w/ message that being Chinese and Muslim is not mutually exclusive bit.ly/aEMAjp #

Apple senior antenna engineer warned Apple & Steve Jobs about potential issues w/ antenna design, dropped calls j.mp/9ZTC84 #

In other news, I just ordered my Droid X! It will be here on Monday, and the world will be a better place. :) #

RT @WyldDarkHeart Report on US teens involved in Uganda attack: tinyurl.com/25jfrff #

US seeks to take over 2 properties in NY & VA owned by Fmr Taiwan President Chen, who was convicted on corruption charges j.mp/cPxjUi #

Al-Shabab leader threatens further attacks against Uganda in a new audio message j.mp/cBR6H3 #

Malaysia will make its first military deployment to Afghanistan Thursday j.mp/aZezqP #

Holbrooke paints mixed picture of Afghan war, as he faced lawmakers who argu ed US lacks precise benchmarks for progress j.mp/bRFKFc #

Mexico's president replaced his top security official w/ a fmr congressman w/ experience fighting drug cartels j.mp/986IsL #

India: New Delhi Will Deploy Resources In Fight Against Marxist Insurgents j.mp/9sn9Ev #

Freed Cuban political prisoners in Spain consider whether they want to stay in there or move on to the United States. j.mp/crAe8f #

US denies visa to Colombian journalist who was awarded the chance to participate in a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard j.mp/d4hzOg #

Northern Ireland leaders urge calm, denounce violent Belfast protests j.mp/cbQ3nL #

Bolivia & Chile continue talks aimed at granting Bolivia access to the Pacific ocean j.mp/bCEwuo #

Shin Bet arrests eight Israeli Arabs for illicit arms trading j.mp/azW1wu #

CIA paid Iran nuclear scientist $5 million for information, but he may be unable to access it after returning to Iran j.mp/ahqljD #

Israel: US senators dismayed by Israel conversion bill which would make it very difficult for people 2 convert to Judaism j.mp/cy333z #

Russian FM Lavrov rules out idea of Turkey and Brazil joining the major powers' talks on the Iranian nuclear program. j.mp/98cJN4 #

President Bashar al-Assad may not be the moderniser the west had hoped for, but his regime shows signs of progress j.mp/drTmi6 #

Kuwait's FM summons Iraq's Amb over remarks by Iraq's representative to Arab League on the countries' border delineation j.mp/bVESbQ #

Hired Guns: Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom j.mp/92OAmN #

Democracy on Hold in Yemen j.mp/d1uEpu #

New As it Is, the Mediterranean Union Needs an Overhaul j.mp/bK4FdP #

The Political Battle in Iraq j.mp/dgV84T #

Indonesians are concerned that cheaper goods from China will threaten the future of their manufacturing industries j.mp/dweN10 #

Top Russian military official says S-300 deal w/ Iran pending decision of President Medvedev & hasn't been canceled yet j.mp/ayuCKj #

Iran's FM says Iran & Afghanistan seeking road map to enhance relations & help put end to militancy in Afghanistan j.mp/cPK0A3 #

North Korea & US led UN Command held preliminary talks to discuss the sinking of a South Korean ship j.mp/9Kvg04 #

As India's stock markets hit two-year highs this week, Chinese stocks are losing money j.mp/a60lEa #

China's growth rate slows to 10.3% as lending tightens and the gov clamps down on property speculation j.mp/avcsen #

Over China's opposition, the United States and South Korea will announce military exercises next week j.mp/9YyFpi #

Taliban steps up Afghan attacks j.mp/dkaEdc #

Uncertain Role for Female Shariah Judges in Malaysia as committee meets to decide whether to bar them from certain cases j.mp/ckkPKv #

Chinese preachers: being member of Indonesia's majority, Muslims & its maligned minority, Chinese, not mutually exclusive j.mp/be1EYw #

Indian official accuses Pakistan spy agency in Mumbai attack j.mp/9LpD2B #

Beijing starts gating, locking migrant villages, govt calls it, sealed management j.mp/9xeTUd #

Afghanistan's government has replaced its representative in the troubled southern district of Marja j.mp/bDr1Wy #

At least nine people have been killed and dozens more injured in sepa rate incidents across Pakistan j.mp/ciI66i #

Pakistani & Indian FMs held talks in Islamabad to resume peace process j.mp/9mPas4 #

Russia possesses information indicating that Iran is continuing to develop its nuclear technology - Medvedev j.mp/doMOBr #

Russia-India partnership j.mp/bqIWOB #

Germany's Merkel promises to help push Russia-EU visa-free regime j.mp/dibPok #

Turkish parliament ratifies cooperation agreement with Russia on the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant j.mp/c1rQqu #

Israeli Parliament May Consider Armenian Genocide Recognition j.mp/9nwjv1 #

Vatican Issues New Rules in Response to Sex Abuse Crisis j.mp/bQP0ss Still doesn't mandate that priests report crimes #

Russia's energy minister announces broad program of cooperation w/ Iran in oil, natural gas and petrochemical industries j.mp/bxE9op #

Credit Suisse's offices in Germany searched as part of investigation that it may have helped clients evade taxes j.mp/aqx1GA #

African and US intel officials worry Shabab could further roil Horn of Africa & neighboring countries to south and west j.mp/9xYofp #

Sexual Revolution Slowly Progressing in Russia j.mp/a4z9NF Thinking of Anna Chapman, I approve :) #

Critic of Rwandan government hacked to death as election looms j.mp/dz8MiK #

As US hands over last prison in Iraq, a glimpse at how detainees lived j.mp/ciGzik #

Workers at World Trade Center excavating ship hull apparently used in 18th C as fill to extended Manhattan into Hudson j.mp/cz01uw #

Native American team forfeits match of lacrosse world championship after being denied entry to UK on tribal passports j.mp/aGvLAa #

Persian Isolation: A Quiet Axis Forms Against Iran in the Middle East j.mp/caxhrR #

China's New Global Leverage j.mp/cvcAaM #

Why Does China Want BP? j.mp/99WarF PetroChina announced it was willing to assist BP with the spill in the Gulf of Mexico #

American Partisan Gridlock hits Pakistani tribes j.mp/cDsfMC #

As China increases its reach in Africa, India must make continent a priority j.mp/9V7D31 #

Fmr aide to Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi released from prison Thurs after 14 years behind bars j.mp/bEtKFa #

Nigeria: Many feared dead after religious clashes over location of a new mosque j.mp/d62c5B #

Sudan: Oil rich region to decide in referendum whether to join North or South j.mp/cts7oY #

Somalia: Conditions for thousands of internally displaced persons in & around Mogadishu continue to worsen daily j.mp/cwPlqm #

A Ugandan suspected of belonging to Somalia's al-Shabaab terror group has been arrested. j.mp/dzjtFb #

DR Congo offensive against ADF rebels: 'Thousands flee' j.mp/bEm0xx #

Iran denies that returned citizen is nuclear scientist j.mp/c35QLD He's a, um, student, that's it, a student! #

Sec State Clinton considering request to examine whether BP lobbied UK to secure transfer of Lockerbie bomber to Libya j.mp/cra0br #

Up next: GOP Re. Joe Barton apologizes to BP for with-hunt into its lobbying to free a convicted terrorist. #

BP confirms it lobbied UK govt in late 2007 over Prisoner Transfer Agreement w/ Libya to speed up offshore drilling deal j.mp/bG01ze #

Uganda's Museveni vows revenge on al-Shabab over blasts j.mp/aEvteV #

Libyan chartered aid ship Al-Amel waiting to offload in Egyptian port j.mp/d21TXS #

Nigerian govt strongly denies claims that state oil company is bankrupt after minister claims it is insolvent j.mp/bWdHDr #

Obama says US will redouble cooperation w/ Uganda & other African Union members against Somali terror group al-Shabaab j.mp/akWD6l #

The total forest cover of Ethiopia has tripled in size since 2000 as a result of large-scale reforestation campaigns j.mp/9ndzXt #

Sudan ill-prepared for key votes next year, report says j.mp/bMEdvv #

Karzai OKs creation of security forces for remote areas of Afghanistan j.mp/asUBqw #

War is Boring: Navies Conflate Terrorists, Pirates j.mp/co5Iw9 #

Nigeria: Attack on a Mosque Results in at Least 5 Deaths j.mp/chiIzK #

Background Briefing By Senior US Officials On Al Shabaab Terrorist Organization j.mp/bYjzlD #

Lure of cash aids India's efforts to reduce number of women dying in childbirth j.mp/b6uuiC #

Iraqi reporter risks it all for the story j.mp/c5pvge #

South Africa: Local Xenophobes Still Plague Foreigners j.mp/diZKLG Somali refugees driven out of homes by mobs in S Africa #

Bush Revival: How Jeb, Rove, Gillespie Are Leading The GOP, Again j.mp/dc12ry you know the guys that gave us the problems we now have #

Wall Street Reform Clears Final Hurdle j.mp/aJNH7b Final vote at 2pm today! #

8 Congressmen under investigation for fundraisers while debating financial regulatory reform j.mp/9INaXZ #

RT @lrozen Iraqi FM seeks U.S. help to break government deadlock dlvr.it/2g25r #

Venezuela: Union clashes on rise as Chavez pits new unions vs old ones j.mp/a2qtM3 Higher murder rate of union members than Colombia #

Turkey becomes global power in construction j.mp/ctzN1K #

WAPO insight on why fear of Turkey-Iran alliance is overblown j.mp/adVLna They're at odds in Iraq political power struggle #