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Morning News


Dec.10   Moscow     Putin backs Medvedev as successor
  Russian president has thrown his support behind deputy prime minister to replace him when he steps down as the country's leader next year
 Dmitry Medvedev was nominated by Putin's United Russia Party and three other pro-Kremlin parties. He was previously Putin's chief of staff and is chairman of the gas giant Gazprom


  Afghanistan     Brown hails Afghan battle success   British Prime Minister arrived on an unannounced visit to meet with Afghan leaders and British troops who are part of NATO's force
 Afghan troops take Taliban town of of Musa Qala


  Australia   Rape case ruling shocks Australia  A judge's decision not to jail 9 men guilty of raping a 10-year-old girl in an Aboriginal community has triggered outrage

  Belgium Belgium remains without government  Political parties have been unable to form a ruling coalition since the June 10 election, leaving the country without a government for half a year

  Kosovo Kosovo defiant as U.N. talks fail  Kosovo will press ahead with plans for independence, as negotiators were due to confirm that talks to settle the future status had failed

Day News


  South Korea   Inter-Korean train service starts
  The first cargo train providing regular service across the border between the two Koreas in more than a half century left for the North


  Cuba     Cuba makes human rights promise  Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque: Cuba is going to sign up to two major United Nations agreements on civil and political rights

  CIA   CIA man defends 'water-boarding'  Retired agent John Kiriakou has said a al-Qaeda suspect was interrogated using a simulated drowning technique but that he believes it was justified

  London Led Zeppelin return to stage  Led Zeppelin have played their first concert in 19 years, before nearly 20,000 fans at 02 arena

Evening News


  UN   Draft targets Iran military, bank  A plan for new sanctions against Iran would punish a branch of the Iranian armed forces and one of Iran's largest banks

  USA Mars robot unearths microbe clue  Nasa believe a patch of ground disturbed by its rover Spirit shows evidence of a past that would have been perfect for microbial life

  Ecuador Threat to drill jungle oil  Ecuador will open bidding for a major project in a nature reserve if the country does not raise international funding to abandon the proposal
San Francisco Bay Area , December 10, 2007 Timeline