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• Ida hurricane watch for Mexico's Caribbean coast (AP)
• Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall (AP)
• G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus (AP)
• Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces (AP)
• Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached (AP)
• Support for Afghan war fading: poll (AFP)
• Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit (AP)
• TAM: Jet forced to return to JFK (AP)
• China's Wen seeks to boost blossoming Africa ties (Reuters)
• Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day (AP)
• Flaherty says transaction tax unattractive (Reuters)
• Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia (AFP)
• Obama nearing decision to send more troops to Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Ida hurricane watch for Mexico's Caribbean coast (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 06:11 PM PST AP - Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.

Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:45 AM PST AP - Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.

G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 05:13 PM PST AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:27 AM PST AP - U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.

Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:13 PM PST AP - Russia and the United States have a good chance of reaching a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.

Support for Afghan war fading: poll (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 04:24 PM PST AFP - Public support for the war in Afghanistan is falling, while more than 40 percent do not understand why British troops are fighting there, a poll released on Remembrance Sunday showed.

Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 01:03 PM PST AP - Israel's president on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.

TAM: Jet forced to return to JFK (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:33 PM PST AP - TAM Airlines says one of its jets took off from New York's JFK airport but was forced to return 20 minutes into the flight because of a mechanical problem.

China's Wen seeks to boost blossoming Africa ties (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 03:56 PM PST Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West.

Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 03:56 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected.

Flaherty says transaction tax unattractive (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:30 AM PST Reuters - Proposals for a tax on financial transactions to fund the cost of future bank bailouts are unattractive, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Saturday.

Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia (AFP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:04 PM PST AFP - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.

Obama nearing decision to send more troops to Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:22 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy.

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