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• Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding (AP)
• Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling (AP)
• Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party (AP)
• Brazil student expelled after wearing mini-dress (AP)
• Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote (AP)
• Abbas Won't Seek Re-Election in Threat to Peace Efforts (Time.com)
• World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall (Reuters)
• Saudis take mountain from Yemen rebels (AP)
• Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia (AP)
• Nigeria banks on River Niger to boost commerce, navigation (AFP)
• Prices take shine off Pakistan weddings (AFP)
• Australians want PM to be tougher on boat people (Reuters)
• Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law (McClatchy Newspapers)
• IAEA report: Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design (The Christian Science Monitor)
• In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo (Time.com)

Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:57 PM PST AP - Torrents of mud and boulders choked the streets of Verapaz on Sunday, part of massive wave of rain-fueled flooding that authorities said killed 91 people throughout El Salvador and left about five dozen missing.

Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:19 PM PST AP - With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago.

Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:15 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.

Brazil student expelled after wearing mini-dress (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:12 PM PST AP - A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class — publicly accusing her Sunday of immorality.

Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:00 PM PST AP - Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal.

Abbas Won't Seek Re-Election in Threat to Peace Efforts (Time.com) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:20 AM PST Time.com - Feeling "cheated" by Washington, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he won't run again. His departure would derail U.S. peace efforts, but then again, the poll from which he's withdrawing won't happen

World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:29 PM PST Reuters - World leaders past and present will join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall -- a stark symbol of the Cold War that divided a city and a continent.

Saudis take mountain from Yemen rebels (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:52 AM PST AP - Saudi Arabian forces seized a strategic mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels after five days of fighting that have left three Saudi soldiers dead, a Saudi defense official said Sunday.

Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:10 PM PST AP - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.

Nigeria banks on River Niger to boost commerce, navigation (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:49 PM PST AFP - After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River.

Prices take shine off Pakistan weddings (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:58 PM PST AFP - Pakistan's traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle this matrimonial season thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks.

Australians want PM to be tougher on boat people (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 04:50 PM PST Reuters - New opinion polls added pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday to take a tougher stand against asylum-seekers and end a standoff involving 78 boat-people picked up by an Australian ship off Indonesia.

Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability.

IAEA report: Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo (Time.com) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:20 AM PST Time.com - Kenya launches an unprecedented campaign to survey the country's gay population about their sexual behaviors -- taking on a subject long met with hostility in the country.

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