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Russia’s spies must learn from betrayal: Medvedev (Reuters)

A billboard with a view of Moscow's Kremlin reflects in a puddle as Muscovites walk past it in the centre of Moscow in 2006. A top Russian spy turned double agent helped Washington crack a major Moscow spy ring that sparked the worst post-Cold War espionage crisis between the two countries, media and a lawmaker said Thursday.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev told Russia’s once mighty spy agency on Friday to put its house in order after a senior spymaster betrayed a network of agents to the…

Respite for Ireland, euro after sharp selloff (Reuters)

Reuters - Market pressure on Ireland and other euro zone states eased and the single currency made up ground on Friday after Europe reassured bondholders they would not be forced…

Special Report: The two lives of Angela Merkel (Reuters)

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the opening plenary session of the G20 Summit in Seoul November 12, 2010. REUTERS/Michel Euler/PoolReuters - German conservative party headquarters is rocking. To the heavy thud of AC/DC, hundreds of young party members throng the foyer of Konrad Adenauer House in Berlin waving posters…

Chirac’s Corruption Charges: Acquittal the Likely Outcome? (Time.com)

Time.com - Officials have added additional corruption charges to those that former French President Jacques Chirac will face in court next March — but conviction seems unlikely, with even prosecutors…

Convoy attacked in Afghan capital: reports (Reuters)

Interactive graphic on Afghanistan as President Hamid Karzai convinces an binternational/b conference in Kabul that his government can assume responsibility for security by 2014.(AFP iactiv)Reuters - A NATO convoy was attacked near the parliament building in the Afghan capital on Friday, police and the coalition said, the first attack in Kabul in three months…

Rumors swirl in Myanmar over Suu Kyi release (Reuters)

Security personnel man a check point near the home of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, currently under house arrest near Yangon November 12, 2010. The house arrest of Myanmar's Suu Kyi is due to expire on Saturday, but the country's reclusive military rulers have given no indication about whether or not the long-time campaigner for democracy will be freed. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Rumor and speculation about the imminent release of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi swept across Myanmar on Friday but there was no word from the country’s secretive…

Five years comatose, Israel’s Sharon taken home (Reuters)

Reuters - Israel’s comatose former prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was moved back to his desert ranch on Friday, leaving the secure hospital ward that has been his home for almost…

Five years comatose, Israel’s Sharon moves home (Reuters)

Reuters - Israel’s comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was moved back to his desert ranch on Friday, leaving the secure hospital ward that had been his home for almost…

EU seeks to reassure nervy markets over Ireland (Reuters)

President Barack Obama (R) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao walk with other leaders during the family photo session at the G20 Summit in Seoul November 12, 2010. The Group of 20 struggles at its summit in Seoul to agree how to put the world economy on a sounder footing, as renewed fears over Ireland's ability to pay its debts underscore the lingering fallout of the global financial crisis. Also seen are (from L to R) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Ethiopia's President Meles Zenawi. REUTERS/Philippe WojazerReuters - European Union leaders sought on Friday to reassure investors, who have been unnerved by Ireland’s fiscal problems, that in the event of a restructuring of any EU state’s…

Feces on the High Seas: What is Your Cruise Ship Dumping? (Time.com)

Time.com - Full disclosure: I don’t ‘cruise.’ The idea of boarding a moveable city and being forced to share every meal for a week with friendly strangers does not sound…