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Baghdad bombing renews a family's fears

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST

The market blast that killed 14 has an Iraqi journalist thinking again about leaving for the U.S. For now, his wife and son will rarely leave the house.

When the bomb went off, I was in the market with my wife and youngest son.

Leaks may clog up anti-terrorism intelligence sharing

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 05:26 PM PST

Access is already being tightened after the WikiLeaks release of sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables.

The latest disclosures by the WikiLeaks website have struck a blow against what many experts say was one of the key reforms to emerge from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: the push to widely share sensitive information among the massive intelligence bureaucracy.

Rival presidents each sworn in after disputed Ivory Coast election

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 01:12 PM PST

Opposition leader Alassane Ouattara is viewed as the winner by the international community, but incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, backed by the army, refuses to give up power. Separate swearing-in ceremonies are held.

Ivory Coast's election was supposed to reunify and stabilize a country that recently fought a bitter civil war. Instead, there was a bizarre standoff Saturday: rival presidents inaugurated in dueling ceremonies and different electoral bodies promoting different winners.