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Confusion Reigns on Congo?s Front Line A certain sense of desperation seems to be creeping across eastern Congo as more territory slips into a jumbled world between government and rebel control. Indian Navy Says It Sank Pirate Ship The Indian Navy said it battled would-be hijackers in the Gulf of Aden, sinking one vessel and forcing the pirates to abandon another. Once Denounced by Mao, Now at Rest in China The ashes of John Leighton Stuart, a missionary and educator who was called a symbol of imperialism by Mao, were finally buried in China 46 years after his death. The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn?t Care to Listen To The Tarim mummies have become protagonists in a political dispute over who should control the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Moscow Court Closes Politkovskaya Trial to Public The judge in the trial of three men accused of involvement in the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya decided to bar the media. Spanish Judge Drops Probe Into Franco Atrocities Judge Baltasar Garzón said he was dropping the case after state prosecutors questioned his jurisdiction over crimes committed 70 years ago by people who are now dead. Iraqi Premier Defends Security Accord Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki publicly defended the security agreement with the United States in a televised address. Thousands Battle Police in China?s Northwest A local government?s decision to move its administrative offices from one city to another has provoked two days of unrest in northwest China. Obama Thanks Palestinian President Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas received a courtesy phone call from American president-elect Barack Obama. F.D.A. Opens Inspection Office in China The U.S. opened a branch of the Food and Drug Administration in the Chinese capital, the first of several overseas offices aimed at regulating the safety of imported food and medicine. Former Prime Minister Faces Trial in France Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin faces charges of complicity in a smear campaign that targeted Nicolas Sarkozy before he was elected president, an official confirmed. Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills 6 in Pakistan A suspected U.S. missile strike hit a village deep inside Pakistan, officials said, killing six and indicating American willingness to pursue insurgents beyond lawless tribal regions. Pioneering Stem Cell Surgery Announced Physicians completed what they say is the first successful transplant of a human windpipe using a patient?s own stem cells to fashion an organ, according to a medical article. Foreign Reporters? Group Fights Israeli Prohibition on Entering Gaza Israel has almost entirely sealed crossing points along its border with Gaza since a five-month cease-fire with Hamas began to unravel on Nov. 4. Another Top Chef Turns in His Michelin Stars Olivier Roellinger is the fourth three-Michelin star chef in France to renounce his stars in recent years.