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>>Lebanon - After five hard-fought days of negotiation in Doha, Hezbollah and Lebanon's government have agreed to a final agreement to end the 18-month political crisis. Under the agreement General Michel Suleiman, the commander of the Army, will be elected President in the next few days. Also, Hezbollah and its allies will be given an apportionment of cabinet seats sufficient to sustain a veto. And, a new electoral law, governing representative in the government, will be put up for debate.

>>Spain - A joint operation between French and Spanish authorities nabbed Francisco Javier Lopez Pena (aka Thierry), the top political leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, in Bordeaux. Pena is thought to have led ETA since the failed 2006 peace negotiations. He is also thought to have ordered the 2006 bombing of the Madrid airport, which ended a nine-month ceasefire.

>>Uganda - According to foreign investigators and humanitarian groups, the Lord's Resistance Army has stepped up its campaign of child abduction over the last month, scooping up over 100 children from the Congo, Uganda, and the Central African Republic who will likely be pressed into service or used as sex slaves. This occurred during international efforts to finalize a peace agreement between the LRA and the Ugandan government.

• Trouble in Abyei

Africa

• Tunisia - Tunisians to appeal against UK-Italy extradition
• South Africa - South Africa tries to curb attacks on foreigners
• Kuwait - Kuwaiti emir re-appoints premier
• Sudan - Heavy fighting erupts in Sudan oil town
• Ethiopia - Six million Ethiopian children at risk of malnutrition as crops fail and prices rise
• Ethiopia - Explosion rocks Ethiopian capital, fatalities reported
• Somalia - Italian Workers Kidnapped in Somalia
• Zimbabwe - Mugabe accuses opponents of violence, MPs arrested

Americas

• Mexico - Violence erupts in Mexico's drugs heartland
• Cuba - McCain says Obama soft on Cuba
• Cuba - Cuba to build 14,000 plastic houses a year
• Argentina - Farmers Ready to Resume Negotiations
• Colombia - The ecological impact of Colombia's cocaine trade

Asia

• Myanmar - Flags at half-mast as U.N. aid envoy presses Myanmar
• Taiwan - New Taiwanese president reaches out to China
• China - Survivors Rescued 8 Days After China Quake
• Malaysia - Mahathir plot fails to oust PM
• China - Aged Cling to Ruined Mountain Towns
• China - At Chinese Tent City, Order and Incongruity
• Japan - Japan to allow military use of space

Europe

• Germany - Dalai Lama Arrives in London
• Iceland - Iceland minister warns on whaling
• Belgium - Europe chips away at food prices
• Monaco - Cramped Monaco plans new district - on stilts
• Iceland - Survey puts Iceland at top of peace league
• Hungary - Australian says he's not guilty of Nazi war crimes
• Italy - Berlusconi hosts Naples meeting
• Germany - Surprise rise in German business confidence
• Spain - Spanish ministers annonce arrest of ETA leader Francisco Lopez Pena

Middle East

• Israel - Two dead in Israeli air strikes
• Iraq - Prosecutor of Saddam aide Aziz urges stiff sentence
• Iraq - 'Bush apology' for Koran shooting
• Israel - Olmert proposes naval blockade on Iran: report
• Syria - Israel confirms talks with Syria

Posted by Matthew Cordell at 9:34 AM

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