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Today's World News: Five held for plotting attack on Danish paper Iraq civilian death toll lowest since invasion: study Blast outside Athens court building, no injuries Putin praises START treaty, warns on WTO South Korea's Lee says talks the answer to nuclear crisis Rocket Disaster Casts Doubt Over Indian Space Program Greece: Blast at court buildings Monitoring group: Iraq war deaths drop in 2010 Haiti judge declines charges against US aid worker Smith tight-lipped over Sreesanth incident SKorea: NKorea builds up special forces Canadians face up to $1,000 UAE visa fees after row Facebook chorus prompts Qantas to scrap instruments ban Killing of Iraq police chief highlights security struggles as US draws down Could Hugo Chavez Have Learned from Late Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez? Why South Korea has agreed to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program Gambian Families Left Homeless by Floods Five held for plotting attack on Danish paper Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:20 pm PST Reuters - Danish police arrested five people suspected of planning a Mumbai-style attack to kill as many people as possible in a building housing a Danish newspaper that outraged Muslims in 2005 with cartoons of Prophet Mohammad. Full Story Top Iraq civilian death toll lowest since invasion: study Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:02 pm PST Reuters - The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence in Iraq this year fell to its lowest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, but the decline is slowing as low-level conflict takes root, a study showed on Thursday. Full Story Top Blast outside Athens court building, no injuries Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:51 pm PST Reuters - A powerful explosion damaged several cars in Athens and shattered glass windows outside a court building on Thursday but caused no injuries, police said. Full Story Top Putin praises START treaty, warns on WTO Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:05 pm PST Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States Wednesday, but made protectionist remarks that may complicate talks on joining the World Trade Organization (WTO). Full Story Top South Korea's Lee says talks the answer to nuclear crisis Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:32 am PST Reuters - South Korea's president has urged negotiations to tackle the peninsula's nuclear crisis but analysts say chances of international talks are slim because of deep divisions and a lack of pressure on the emboldened North. Full Story Top Rocket Disaster Casts Doubt Over Indian Space Program Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:25 pm PST Time.com - India's latest rocket disaster leaves the country's ambitious space program in doubt Full Story Top Greece: Blast at court buildings Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:48 pm PST AP - A bomb hidden on a parked motorcycle exploded outside two court buildings in central Athens on Thursday, damaging cars and shattering windows but leaving no one hurt, officials said. Full Story Top Monitoring group: Iraq war deaths drop in 2010 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:02 pm PST AP - A British group monitoring Iraqi civilian deaths said in its annual report that the number has dropped slightly since 2009 but warned of a lingering, low-level conflict in the years ahead. Full Story Top Haiti judge declines charges against US aid worker Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:01 pm PST AP - An American aid worker has been released from a notoriously overcrowded Haitian prison after a judge apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer. Full Story Top Smith tight-lipped over Sreesanth incident Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:34 pm PST AFP - South Africa captain Graeme Smith was tight-lipped on Wednesday about his confrontation with Indian bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth during the second Test at Kingsmead. Full Story Top SKorea: NKorea builds up special forces Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:58 pm PST AP - North Korea has faster, more powerful tanks prowling the world's most heavily armed border and 200,000 special forces poised to carry out assassinations and cause havoc in South Korea, a major military review said Thursday. Full Story Top Canadians face up to $1,000 UAE visa fees after row Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:28 am PST Reuters - Canadian nationals will have to pay as much as $1,000 in visa fees to travel to the United Arab Emirates from next month, the latest development in a diplomatic row over landing rights. Full Story Top Facebook chorus prompts Qantas to scrap instruments ban Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:25 pm PST AFP - Australian musicians Thursday said they had scored a victory against Qantas after a Facebook campaign helped persuade the airline to scrap a ban on carrying instruments as cabin luggage. Full Story Top Killing of Iraq police chief highlights security struggles as US draws down Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:26 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - A senior police commander and three other cops in Iraq's northern city of Mosul – the most violent of Iraq's major cities – were murdered by suicide bombers shortly after dawn today. Full Story Top Could Hugo Chavez Have Learned from Late Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez? Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:25 pm PST Time.com - The death of Venezuela's disgraced former President should be a cautionary tale for the country's elite as well as for the current President. But no one seems to be learning any lessons Full Story Top Why South Korea has agreed to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:12 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - South Korea promised a dramatic shift Wednesday in its approach to North Korea, holding out the olive branch of six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program along with the prospect of reconciliation and North-South reunification. Full Story Top Gambian Families Left Homeless by Floods Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:57 pm PST OneWorld.net - BANJUL, Dec 29 (IPS) - Amie Manneh and her family lived securely in their single-bedroom home in Bundung, 15 kilometers from the capital, Banjul. Then their home was destroyed by heavy rainfall in September. Since then Amie, her husband and six children have been living in the damaged house. Full Story Top

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