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Kenyan riot police chase supporters of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007, following protests over the Kenyan election

EU casts doubts over Kenyan poll
BBC News

Kenya's presidential poll was "flawed" and "fell short of international...

photo: AP / Sayyid Azim

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Pakistan Polls 'Impossible' on Jan. 8

Pakistani police officers stand guard next to a portrait of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at the site of Thursday's suicide bombing in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. Election officials recommended Monday that parliamentary polls scheduled for Jan. 8 be delayed for an unspecified period following unrest triggered by the assassination of Bhutto.

San Fransisco Examiner

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (, ) - It appears "impossible" for to hold an election on Jan. 8 because of unrest following the killing of , election officials said Tuesday - an announcement that could spark protests by parties demanding that the polls be held...
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Tribalism Fuels Kenyan Election Violence

A member of the police force takes up a position in front of opposition supporters, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007 during riots in the Kibera slum in Nairobi. Police battled thousands of opposition supporters across Kenya who charge President Mwai Kibaki stole his way to re-election, and several officers said Monday they had orders to shoot to kill to quell the violence that has killed at least 94 people. The violence started in the days after Thursday's vote, stretching from Nairobi's shantytowns, which are home to tens of thousands of opposition supporters, to the Rift Valley and the tourist-friendly coast.

Newsday

NAIROBI, Kenya - Political and ethnic loyalties have long intertwined in Kenya, and the violence that erupted after President Mwai Kibaki claimed re-election shows how volatile the mix can be. As in previous ballots, candidates campaigned using a mix...
photo: AP Photo / Karel Prinsloo

Colombia accuses rebels over hostage release delay

Colombia's police stand guard in front of a Venezuelan helicopter bearing Red Cross insignias siting on the tarmac at the airport in Villavicencio, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. Helicopters sent by Venezuela's government sat idle for a fourth consecutive day on the edge of Colombia's vast jungles, waiting for guerrillas to name the spot where they are expected to hand over three hostages: former congresswoman Consuelo Gonzalez, Clara Rojas and her 3-year old son Emmanuel.

Reuters

Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:02pm ET | | By Nelson Bocanegra VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia accused Marxist rebel leaders on Monday of lying and dragging their feet to delay a Venezuela-brokered deal for the release of three hostages, including a...
photo: AP Photo / Fernando Vergara

Abbas urges Hamas to agree to early elections

A Palestinian man holds a flag at a rally to mark the 43rd anniversary of the Fatah movement at President Mahmoud Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a newly conciliatory tone toward his Hamas rivals in a major policy speech Monday, calling for a "new page" in relations between the bitter enemies. On the wall are portraits of Abbas and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Reuters

Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:55am ET | | By Mohammed Assadi RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a "new page" by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding...
photo: AP Photo / Alvaro Barrientos

Stranded Palestinian pilgrims protest in camps in northern Sinai

Egyptian anti-riot soldiers surround Palestinian pilgrims at one of their temporary camps in the Sinai outside the Mediterranean coastal city of el-Arish, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. More than a thousand Palestinian pilgrims set fire on Monday to temporary camps set up by the Egyptian government to house them until a dispute over how they will return to the Gaza Strip is resolved and protesting Egypt's attempts to have them return to Gaza through the Israeli-controlled Aouja border crossing.

San Diego

EL-ARISH, Egypt - Palestinian pilgrims broke windows and burned mattresses and blankets in temporary camps Monday to protest Egypt's refusal to let them return to Gaza through a crossing controlled by Hamas. A Palestinian woman died of a heart attack...
photo: AP Photo / Ashraf Sweilem

Dollar rises slightly versus euro; pound and yen gain.

CNN

Dollar rises slightly versus euro Buck puts on last-day mixed performance, dropping against the pound sterling and yen. | | | RSS Subscribe to Markets feed://rss.cnn.com/rss/money_markets.rss Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See...
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