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Syria establishes diplomatic ties with Lebanon (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 04:24 AM CDT AP - Syria's president issued a decree Tuesday establishing diplomatic relations with Lebanon, and a foreign ministry official said the country will have an embassy in Beirut by the end of the year.

Russian spacecraft docks with orbital station (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 04:14 AM CDT AP - A Russian Soyuz craft carrying an American computer game designer and two crewmates docked with the international space station Tuesday.

NKorea defectors drop leaflets condemning leader (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 02:03 AM CDT AP - The North Korean trembled when he spotted the leaflet that had fluttered down from a balloon dispatched from the South. He snatched it, stuffed it into his pocket and ran to the bathroom to read it.

Canada PM, rival go coast to coast before election (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 03:22 AM CDT AP - Canada's Conservative prime minister appeared poised to retain his job in Tuesday's national election but he faced a greater challenge in winning a parliamentary marjority to bolster his power.

North Korea to resume nuclear dismantlement (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 04:10 AM CDT AP - North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program Tuesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a terrorism blacklist as a reward under a disarmament pact.

Gonzalez-Foerster's Tate Modern: a futuristic safe haven (AFP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 04:37 AM CDT AFP - French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has transformed the vast turbine hall at London's Tate Modern museum into a refuge from futuristic climate chaos, with beds laid out under oversized works of art.

Hamas says striking Gaza teachers won't return (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 04:27 AM CDT AP - The Hamas government in Gaza says it will not permit thousands of striking teachers to return to their jobs.

Mexican town helps migrants flee police (AP) Posted: 13 Oct 2008 10:25 PM CDT AP - An angry crowd in central Mexico attacked police and helped nearly three dozen illegal Central American immigrants escape from custody after hearing that officers had allegedly sold the migrants to human smugglers, officials said Monday.

Africa fears contagion from rich world's money woes (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 03:30 AM CDT Reuters - Diery Gueye doesn't have a bank account, a car or a house of his own, let alone a mortgage.

Cambodia: Thailand withdraws troops from border (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 04:42 AM CDT AP - Thai troops retreated from a disputed border zone Tuesday, a Cambodian general said, averting a possible military clash after Cambodia's prime minister issued an ultimatum to Thailand to withdraw by midday.

US sailor charged with assaulting Sydney woman (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2008 04:20 AM CDT AP - A U.S. Navy sailor has been charged with assaulting a prostitute while on shore leave in Australia's biggest city last weekend, police and the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday.

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