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December 22, 2008 (Al Jazeera) - Pakistan's media has reported that the country's military is on high alert over a possible attack by India.

MOSCOW December 22, 2008 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is not selling S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, the Russian federal service for military cooperation said in a statement on Monday.

December 22, 2008 (Raw Story) - The Republican consultant accused of involvement in alleged vote-rigging in Ohio in 2004 was warned that his plane might be sabotaged before his death in a crash Friday night, according to a Cleveland CBS affiliate.

WASHINGTON December 22, 2008 (AP) - It's something any bank would demand to know before handing out a loan: Where's the money going?

December 22, 2008 (Antiwar News) - Tonight it is being reported that Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has instructed diplomats across the globe to launch what is being described as a “PR blitz” to shore up international support for an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Weekly Forecast and Summary of Events

On Friday, Hamas suspended its six-month truce with Israel, announcing that the ceasefire would not be extended.

Indian air-force fighter jets violated Pakistani airspace twice in one day, in an apparent attempt to test Pakistan’s air defences.  A few days later, India has deployed Russian-made MiG 29 combat fighter jets to the outskirts of their capital, New Delhi.  These developments come on the heels of reports emerging of the ultramodern technological training and support received by the Mumbai terrorists.

BAGHDAD December 19, 2008 (AP) — Iraqi authorities released without charge the nearly two dozen security officials who had been accused this week of conspiring to revive Saddam Hussein's banned political party, the interior minister said.

BRUSSELS December 19, 2008 (Reuters) - Belgium's government collapsed on Friday after a top court found signs that it had sought to sway a legal ruling on the future of stricken bank Fortis.

December 19, 2008 (AFP) - The United States and Ukraine risked irking Moscow by signing a strategic accord Friday that calls for a US diplomatic post in Crimea, a Russian-speaking area where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based.