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Photo From The BBC More on the fallout for the suicide bombings in Russia earlier today. It has been learned that the two suicide bombers were, in fact, female. The numbers on how many people have perished because of these sick attacks has varied throughout the course of the day in the Russian capital. Crazy (the Live BBC updates: 1152 The BBC Russian Service's Andrei Ostalski says the attacks could lead to a "widespread panic... and the society will react in a way which will allow those who actually favour tightening up the screws in Russia again to push ahead with this". He adds that Vladmir Putin's response could improve his chances of taking back the presidency in 2012. As speculation of the bombings being conducted by the Islamist radical group the Chechens grows, the ubiquitous Putin explained that those who committed this crime will be "destroyed." And President Dmitry Medvedev promised suppression of terrorism in the large country . M...

It seems another suicide bomb has occurred in Pakistan (Photo from EPA) The big news today comes out of Pakistan , with government officials blaming the Taliban: A series of attacks in Pakistan's second city, Lahore, has killed dozens of people and wounded more than 100 others, police say. At least 45 people, including 10 soldiers, were killed in Friday's first attack - a double bombing aimed at military vehicles, police said. A second attack later in the day near a police station is reported to have claimed another four lives. The double bombing occurred in RA Bazaar, a residential and commercial neighbourhood where several security agencies have facilities. "Two suicide bombers attacked within the span of 15 to 20 seconds and they were on foot," Tariq Saleem Dogar, the chief of Punjab police, said. A day after wild protests hit the nation's streets, feelings have calmed at little over in Greece over the austerity plans. Photo from AP Photo's Petr...

Give full credit to Joachim Low and his team's defense. There were immense in this match against an always pestilent Russian attack. And they solidified themselves as still a team to not be forgotten about at next year's World Cup by beating Russia twice, especially in Moscow. And what can you say about Miroslav Klose. He is always in the right place at the right time almost, as he adds another big international goal to his resume to send his country into Africa's first World Cup. For Russia, Guus Hidink's side will be a team that no one wants to face in the playoffs. But they will also hope to not draw the likes of France, Croatia, or Portugal. But they won't be concerned at all. More to come in the first of many World Cup Qualifying threads.

But the neo-cons would just call it being weak A new phase in the diplomatic effort to get Iran to freeze its nuclear activities will be opened this week. Talks are set to resume a week after the revelation that Iran has built a new enrichment plant in the mountains near Qom. Western diplomats say that the talks represent the last chance Iran has to convince the countries negotiating with it that its intentions are peaceful and that if there is no progress, then further sanctions will be considered by the end of the year. Now really, things didn't change at all in the whole picture between current US relations with Iran, besides Iran opening their facility and all. The same main talking points are being made and all. That won't stop the neo-con nutcases from yelling all over TV today and tomorrow. Updated : This, however, is significant, and is vastly overlooked : Iran agreed in principle at high-level talks here to ship most of its enriched uranium to Russia , where it would...

It is kind of stunningly how one thing can happened based on another thing in this world. This is definitely one of those places here. Most computer security analysts did not cite a specific source of the attack Thursday. But Bill Woodcock, a research director of the Packet Clearing House, a nonprofit technical organization that tracks Internet traffic, said Thursday’s attack was an extension of the conflict between Russia and Georgia. It was not clear who initiated the attack, he said, but likely “one side put up propaganda, the other side figured this out and is attacking them.” Instead of using a botnet, or a network of thousands of malware-infected personal computers to flood a site with traffic, Mr. Woodcock said this particular attack consisted of a wave of spam e-mail messages, which began infiltrating Twitter and other sites at 10:25 a.m. Eastern time. “It’s a vast increase in traffic that creates the denial-of-service,” he said. Wow. Update : This story just gets more amazing ...

AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Foreign policy pragmatism continues A Kremlin aide says Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan. President Dmitry Medvedev's foreign policy adviser Sergei Prikhodko said Medvedev and President Barack Obama are expected to sign a deal on the issue during their summit next week in Moscow. And this is kind of funny President Barack Obama was wrong to suggest Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains partially mired in a Cold War mindset and is sure to change his opinion when they meet next week in Moscow, Putin's spokesman said Friday. Obama said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press that Putin needs to understand "that the old Cold War approaches to U.S.-Russian relations is outdated, that it's time to move forward in a different direction." Obama said he believes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev "understands that," but Putin "has one foot in the old ways of doi...

Photo from Al Jazeera(Powerful image indeed) The quick headlines, as more will be covered tomorrow "Unworkable". That is the word Israel has dubbed the UN truce agreement for a ceasefire, as they continue their assault on Gaza. If you thought international sentiments on Olmert and crew on this situation were bad enough, it will certainly worsen when you read this . Or, when you read this . There seems to be some daylight between Ukraine and Russia over their bitter gas dispute. And as the world's prominent navy powers continue to arrive in the waters off of Somali, a Saudi supertanker was released by those modern day notorious pirates . How much they made off that ship after seizing it? $3 million. I guess they won't factor in on the Obama stimulus plan it seems. There will be more tomorrow from The Read International . Until then, check out those sites and more, to stay up on your world.

After being buoyed by indications of Israel agreeing to the principles of a ceasefire , French President Nikolas Sarkozy had to turn around and retrace his statement : The French government initially said Israel and the Palestinian Authority had accepted the proposal, but Israel and Hamas have said the proposal is still under discussion. However the office of Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, later retracted the statement, saying the initial comments were merely a reaction to Israel's positive comments about the plan. The onslaught into Gaza continues : Violence has escalated again in Gaza after Israel temporarily halted attacks in Gaza City in the north of the strip for three hours as a "humanitarian respite". In the latest incident, an Israeli air raid on a car in Beit Lahia, near Gaza's northern border with Israel, killed three children and their father, who was described as a civilian by medical workers in the besieged strip. The Israeli security cabinet, me...

Photo from Al Jazeera The aggression continues from Israel, as a United Nations school in its inhabitants suffered the consequences of being entrenched in the bomb strikes. The result: 30 more killed. And Obama has made his first statement on the matter, staying neutral and closed lip on the situation until he takes over for Bush U.S. president-elect Barack Obama made his first comments on the Gaza violence Tuesday, saying the loss of Israeli and Palestinian lives is "of deep concern." Obama, who maintains only U.S. President George W. Bush can speak for the U.S., said he would have more to say on the matter after he takes office on Jan. 16. French President Nikolas Sarkozy has pushed adamantly for a ceasefire. Russia's gas wars with Ukraine continues , as now, Europe is getting affected by this . And it is hard to see which side is the one causing the most problems. Israel and Palestine aren't the only ones in the Middle East busting out a war of words between each ...