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Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Gunman Opens Fire in Oregon Shopping Mall

A gunman opened fire inside an Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday in the middle of the busy Christmas shopping season, killing at least one person before the shooter was ``neutralized,'' police said. The shooting at the crowded mall in the Portland suburb of Happy Valley touched off a panic...

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HSBC to announce $1.8 bln settlement in U.S. money laundering probe-sources Reuters

n">Dec 11 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc is expected to become the first bank to admit to both money-laundering lapses and U.S. sanctions violations on Tuesday as part of a settlement of around $1.8 billion with law enforcement agencies, according to people familiar with the situation. The...

Mali's prime minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra resigns, after being arrested by junta The Times of India

BAMAKO: Mali's prime minister presented his resignation on state television in a broadcast at 4 a.m. local time, hours...

Egypt crisis: Cairo braced for rival protests BBC News

Egypt's capital Cairo is steeling itself for rival rallies sparked by a referendum on a new constitution ordered by President Mohamed Morsi. Tuesday's demonstrations have been called by largely secular opposition groups and Islamists backing Mr Morsi. He had earlier called in the army to...

Hamas chief wraps up 4-day visit to Gaza Xinhua

GAZA, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The politburo chief of Islamic Hamas movement Khaled Meshaal on Monday concluded a four-day visit to the Gaza Strip, the coastal enclave which Hamas has been controlling since 2007. Meshaal, along with two members of Hamas' politburo, left Gaza though Rafah border crossing...

A spook's eye view of the future to 2030 Canberra Times

New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the next 18 years will alter the global balance of power and trigger radical economic and political changes at a speed unprecedented in modern history, says a new report by the US intelligence community. The 140-page report...

Are U.S. Wars and Politics Primitive? WorldNews.com

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In the desert of central Australia still resides a primitive tribe known as the Arunta. This non-technological and stateless group, which mainly depends on hunting and gathering, had suffered several inexplicable deaths. The old men leading the band...

Syria to U.N.: 'Serious fear' it will be framed for the use of chemical weapons CNN

December 10, 2012 -- Updated 1327 GMT (2127 HKT) (CNN) -- Syria is raising concern in two letters to the United Nations that the United States may be attempting to frame it for the use of chemical weapons, Syrian state-run media reported Monday. The letters, addressed to U.N. Secretary-General Ban...

Berlusconi's Back: Italian Banks and Bonds in Trouble CNBC

You can't keep Silvio Berlusconi down. A lesser man might be chastened by being turfed out of the Prime Minister's office, an ongoing trial involving a sex scandal, or a conviction for fraud. Yet Italy's longest-serving leader since the Second World War confirmed what had been long-rumored on...