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• Iran hard-liners back government in mass rallies
• Egypt to open Gaza border if Shalit deal succeeds
• Would-be airliner bomber: There are many like me in Yemen
• UN human rights chief: Stop excessive violence in Iran
• Court: Vatican Bank can't be tried in U.S. for storing Nazi loot

Iran hard-liners back government in mass rallies Posted: 30 Dec 2009 10:30 AM PST Tens of thousands of hard-line government supporters turned out for state-sponsored rallies Wednesday, some of them calling for the execution of opposition leaders. ...

Egypt to open Gaza border if Shalit deal succeeds Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:49 AM PST Zaki, who was quoted in the Egyptian newspaper Al Masry al Youm, did not make it clear whether this Egyptian position was coordinated with Israel. Nor was he clear on whether the emerging deal for Gilad Shalit is indeed a comprehensive one that would not only bring the abducted soldier home, but would also grant a normal life to Gaza's inhabitants. Perhaps this was one of the things Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak discussed at their meeting Tuesday. ...

Would-be airliner bomber: There are many like me in Yemen Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:24 AM PST The messages likely posted by failed airliner bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on an Islamic web forum reveal a young man who suffers from loneliness and struggles between a commitment to Islam and the temptations of the West. ...

UN human rights chief: Stop excessive violence in Iran Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:09 AM PST The UN's human rights chief said Wednesday that she is shocked by the recent violence in Iran and has urged the government to keep security forces from using excessive force. ...

Court: Vatican Bank can't be tried in U.S. for storing Nazi loot Posted: 29 Dec 2009 08:05 PM PST An American appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Holocaust survivors who alleged the Vatican bank accepted millions of dollars of their valuables stolen by Nazi sympathizers. ...

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