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Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand the release of a reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, as Arabs across many parts of the Middle East hailed the journalist as a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. president.

From Joshua Keating at ForeignPolicy.com: Binyavanga Wainaina has written a viciously funny step-by-step <a href="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-12-03-the-aspiring-dictators-guide">"guide" for aspiring African dictators</a> in South Africa's <em>Mail & Guardian.</em> Some of the highlights are after the jump.

President Robert Mugabe claims the cholera crisis that has killed nearly 800 people in Zimbabwe is contained, and his spokesman said his much-criticized remark that there was no cholera was misunderstood, state media reported Friday.

From Sam Fulwood III at TheRoot.com: It's become something of a parlor game for the chattering class to compare President-elect Barack Obama to the pantheon of presidents. There's an equally—perhaps more—apt yardstick by which to measure Obama... See story & related links after the jump.

From BBC.com: Anti-retroviral drugs used to treat HIV/Aids are being bought and smoked by teenagers in South Africa to get high.

From BlackAmericaWeb.com: The new Miss France, born to an African-American mother and white French father, said Sunday she wants to advertise her country's diversity on the world stage. Click here to see the gallery!

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Security forces overran a militant camp on the outskirts of Pakistani Kashmir’s main city and seized an alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, two officials said Monday.

From The Times Online UK Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba, has offered to talk to Barack Obama, in Havana’s latest overture to the US President elect. “With Obama, talks could happen anywhere he wants,” the former head of the Communist regime wrote in the latest of a series of columns he has published […]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that it is “well past time” for Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to leave office as evidenced by the nation’s calamitous cholera epidemic and health care crisis.

A Pakistani militant group apparently used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to scout targets for the elaborate plot against India’s financial capital, authorities said Thursday, a blow to Indian officials who have blamed the deadly attacks entirely on Pakistani extremists.

Suicide bombers killed 17 people _ including two American soldiers _ and wounded more than 100 in a string of blasts in two Iraqi cities Thursday as a timetable for withdrawing all U.S. troops won final government approval.

Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and health care system collapse, and is seeking more international help to pay for food, drugs and hospital equipment, the state-run newspaper said Thursday.