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• Iran envoy backs uranium deal, but will Tehran? (AP)
• Gang crackdown, lurid mob trials transfix China (AP)
• Polanski lawyers split on possible surrender to US (AP)
• Iran arrests suspects in attack on military chiefs (AP)
• US VP Biden woos Poland after missile program cut (AP)
• In Iran, Ethnic Conflict Tied to Pakistan, Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Fossils of tiny dinosaur on first public display (Reuters)
• Official: Hijacking thwarted on flight to Cairo (AP)
• Rio police expand anti-gang raids, 32 now dead (AP)
• Egypt foils bid to hijack flight from Turkey (AFP)
• Chinese woman smashes 200m butterfly record (AFP)
• Canada OKs H1N1 vaccine, use to begin next week (Reuters)
• Australia seeks quick Afghan troop withdrawal (AFP)
• Unsettled Afghanistan prepares for new elections, new challenges (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iran nuclear talks with US, other powers stall in Vienna (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Israel's Illegal Immigrants Face Deportation Uncertainty (Time.com)
• Yemen: Learning Without Chairs (OneWorld.net)

Iran envoy backs uranium deal, but will Tehran? (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:31 PM PDT AP - A top Iranian negotiator praised a plan Wednesday that would ship most of his country's uranium abroad for enrichment and limit its ability to build a nuclear weapon. There was no guarantee, however, that Tehran's leaders would accept the idea.

Gang crackdown, lurid mob trials transfix China (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:37 PM PDT AP - After she refused a corrupt cop's demand that she turn her teahouse into an illegal casino, three thugs beat Chen Yanling with electric batons, sending her to the hospital for nearly a month.

Polanski lawyers split on possible surrender to US (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for Roman Polanski split on strategies Wednesday, with one suggesting for the first time that Polanski might voluntarily return to the U.S. to face justice in California for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Iran arrests suspects in attack on military chiefs (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:06 PM PDT AP - Iranian security forces have arrested suspects in a suicide bombing that killed at least 42 people, including senior Revolutionary Guard commanders, Iran's police chief said Wednesday.

US VP Biden woos Poland after missile program cut (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:05 PM PDT AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden sought reconciliation with America's staunch allies in eastern Europe Wednesday, starting with Poland, which eagerly signed on to a revamped U.S. missile shield.

In Iran, Ethnic Conflict Tied to Pakistan, Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:40 AM PDT Time.com - Iran's leaders cannot help but worry that the same divisions ripping apart Afghanistan and Pakistan are about to visit them

Fossils of tiny dinosaur on first public display (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:22 PM PDT Reuters - Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches (71 cm) long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum.

Official: Hijacking thwarted on flight to Cairo (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 01:49 PM PDT AP - Security guards thwarted an attempted hijacking Wednesday on an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo by overpowering a man who threatened crew members with a knife, a security official for the airline said.

Rio police expand anti-gang raids, 32 now dead (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:27 PM PDT AP - Police in Rio expanded a crackdown on gangs beyond the area hit by a wave of killings that has claimed at least 32 lives since the weekend, officials said Wednesday.

Egypt foils bid to hijack flight from Turkey (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:58 PM PDT AFP - A "drunk" Sudanese passenger unsuccessfully tried to hijack an EgyptAir flight from Istanbul to Cairo on Wednesday and divert it to Jerusalem to "liberate" the city, an Egyptian security official said.

Chinese woman smashes 200m butterfly record (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:17 PM PDT AFP - Olympic champion Liu Zige demolished the women's 200m butterfly world record at China's National Games on Wednesday, shaving almost two seconds off the previous mark.

Canada OKs H1N1 vaccine, use to begin next week (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:15 AM PDT Reuters - Canada will be ready to begin H1N1 flu vaccinations next week after the Canadian government approved on Wednesday a H1N1 vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc that will be used for most of the population, federal health officials said.

Australia seeks quick Afghan troop withdrawal (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:58 AM PDT AFP - Australia on Wednesday said it wanted to bring its military involvement in Afghanistan to a quick end, despite US and NATO calls for more troops to shore up the campaign against a resurgent Taliban.

Unsettled Afghanistan prepares for new elections, new challenges (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:21 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan -- In the August presidential election, Parvez Mohammad, a 21-year-old cashier at a fast-food restaurant, supported former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. His father and three uncles voted to give incumbent Hamid Karzai another five years in office.

Iran nuclear talks with US, other powers stall in Vienna (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iranian negotiators played it tough on the second day of "brass tacks" talks on their nuclear program Tuesday. Some diplomats had been hoping for a breakthrough, with a deal sealed to send a large portion of Iran's nuclear fuel abroad for further processing. Instead, Iran appeared to shift the playing field.

Israel's Illegal Immigrants Face Deportation Uncertainty (Time.com) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:40 AM PDT Time.com - A move to expel Israel-born offspring of immigrant workers has split the ruling coalition

Yemen: Learning Without Chairs (OneWorld.net) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 06:49 PM PDT OneWorld.net - HARADH, Oct 20 (IRIN) - Fatma Abdullah's daughters Salma, aged 9, and Khadija, 11, are going to school for the first time in their lives in al-Mazraq camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate, northern Yemen.

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