Africa:

• Libya’s Russian deal boosts arms race
• Polygamist president under fire over affair
• ‘Zuma needs sex addiction therapy ‘
• Somali pirates release cargo ship, ransom paid
• POLITICS-SUDAN: Security Essential to Ensure Peaceful Elections

Europe:

• Britain ‘sheltering al-Qaeda leader‘
• The Problem With Islamic Broadcasting Networks And Islamic Schools In The Netherlands
• UN’s Ban says Cyprus leaders must do more for deal
• Mussolini iPhone app is best-seller in Italy
• Tony Blair defends Iraq invasion and fights for his place in …
• Italy next in line to Ban Burqas
• Russia, U.S. resume arms treaty talks
• Affair claim puts England soccer captain’s job on line
• U.K.’s next Prime Minister
• Interview: Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates
• Carla defends her man against Dominique de Villepin
• Berlusconi ‘revives vote for showgirls’ plan (Goldman special)

Asia:

• Obama prepares to accept a nuclear Iran
• Turkish PM Remains Firm in His Anti-Israel Criticism
• Obama proposes $1.2b for Pak Army
• Woman suicide bomber kills dozens of Shia pilgrims in Baghdad
• US urges China against sanctions on US companies selling arms to Taiwan
• Four shot dead at PNG LNG site
• Karzai urges Taliban talks before U.S. pullout
• China Ratio Rise for Some Banks Effective Today
• Nikkei flat; earnings support but Toyota slips
• BREAKING: 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea
• Talks of inter-Korean summit spread amid S. Korean officials
• Bin Laden blames US for climate change, calls for action
• NATO oil tanker attacked in Pakistan’s Peshawar
• Rapes in Goa: Who is to blame

Antarctica:

• Looking for work?  Adventure, high income and 24 hour sunlight. -KL
• Team to challenge Japan’s whale science
• Hillary Expedition Update

Latin America:

• Haiti minister: US Baptists could face US courts
• Analysis: Chavez’s socialist project badly hobbled
• Unleash the Googles on Cuba (China-no, Cuba-yes. -KL)
• Brazil’s Jobless Rate Tied Record Low 6.8% Last Month
• Catholic Church warns Cuba is on the verge of socio-economic collapse
• Former Chavez supporters demand his resignation
• Govt struggles to meet goals established in zero garbage law

Australasia:

• Obama announces Australasia visit
• Rudd warns poll defeat a possibility
• Free trade agreement: India, New Zealand begin talks
• New Fiji Decree Restricts Crime Reporting
• The Fiji Coup and the Politics of Ethnicity
• Clinton Pacific ‘Fly By’ An Opportunity

• Australian Immigration Concerns (video):
  

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Kristofer Lorelli is the Senior Editor of Race42012 and can be contacted at kristofer.lorelli@rightOsphere.com, on Facebook and Twitter/Kris_Lorelli