December 21 News international

Wednesday 21 December, 2011.

TOP STORY Biden asks Iraqi leaders to resolve sectarian crisis US Vice President Joe Biden has asked Iraqi leaders to work together to resolve their differences peacefully and avert renewed sectarian violence. HEADLINES China launches satellite for Nigeria  China has successfully launched a communicant satellite for Nigeria and is bracing up to set in orbit five commercial satellite next year for Venezuela, Bolivia, Belarus and Turkmenistan. Kuwaitis register for polls seeking change, stability  Candidates began registering on Wednesday for Kuwait's early polls called by the ruler after dissolving parliament over a political crisis amid high hopes for massive change and relative stability. Zardari, Gilani review political situation inPakistan  In the first such meeting after his sudden return fromDubai, President Asif Ali Zardari reviewed the political situation in Pakistan with Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani, even as the government dismissed as "speculative" reports that he planned to travel to London. Egyptian women to protest against mistreatment by military  Agitated over the brutal crackdown and mistreatment of women protesters by the Egyptian military, women are preparing for a massive rally in Cairo on Tuesday to denounce the atrocities committed by the armed forces. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES Dual nationality holders banned from contesting Pak polls  Kim Jong II body displayed, NKorea media hail son  World leaders to flock to Havel funeral Syria to allow Arab monitors, 100 dead in violence  US puts drone strikes inside Pak on hold: report  Philippine storm toll exceeds 1,000