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• British deaths raise questions about Afghan police (AP)
• Israel: Commandos seize huge Iranian arms shipment (AP)
• Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case (AP)
• Iran opposition protesters return to streets (AP)
• US troops fight 4-hour battle at Afghan village (AP)
• Shanghai Disneyland Gets Government Go-Ahead (Time.com)
• France to borrow up to 50 billion euros: presidency (AFP)
• Iraq vote may be delayed, election head warns (AP)
• 3 Mexican doctors accused of selling newborns (AP)
• Regional summit seeks to end Zimbabwe crisis (Reuters)
• Sri Lankan general returns without war crimes grilling (AFP)
• TSX edges higher on strong oil, gold (Reuters)
• Two dead in Australia psychiatric unit stabbing (AFP)
• Dresses, not suicide vests, parade at Pakistan's Fashion Week (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iran warns opposition on eve of 30th anniversary of US Embassy seizure (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Cuban Americans Want an End to U.S.-Cuba Travel Ban (Time.com)
• Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases (OneWorld.net)

British deaths raise questions about Afghan police (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 06:10 PM PST AP - The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force that the U.S. hopes will be its ticket out of Afghanistan someday.

Israel: Commandos seize huge Iranian arms shipment (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:47 PM PST AP - Open crates from a cargo ship seized Wednesday by Israel revealed dark green missiles inside. Containers from the vessel bore writing in English that said "I.R. Iranian Shipping Lines Group."

Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:31 PM PST AP - An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA's extraordinary renditions program.

Iran opposition protesters return to streets (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:31 PM PST AP - The contrasts were vivid: Pro-government supporters chanted "Death to America" and stomped on U.S. flags Wednesday while not far away, hundreds of opposition protesters denounced Iran's leaders and appealed to America's president to choose sides.

US troops fight 4-hour battle at Afghan village (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:33 PM PST AP - The villagers said they just wanted to be left alone. They claimed they had asked the Taliban to stay away, and wished the Americans would do the same.

Shanghai Disneyland Gets Government Go-Ahead (Time.com) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 07:00 AM PST Time.com - Disney's second theme park in China could boost the company's brand in a key market -- but will the existing Hong Kong Disneyland suffer?

France to borrow up to 50 billion euros: presidency (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:45 PM PST AFP - France will take out a national loan of between 25 billion and 50 billion euros (37 billion-74 billion dollars), the office of French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday, eying post-crisis investments. Sarkozy will decide on the exact amount "at the beginning of December," his office said.

Iraq vote may be delayed, election head warns (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:51 AM PST AP - The official charged with carrying out Iraq's crucial January polls warned Wednesday that they will be delayed if parliament doesn't approve a key electoral bill.

3 Mexican doctors accused of selling newborns (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:57 PM PST AP - Three doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City, authorities said Wednesday.

Regional summit seeks to end Zimbabwe crisis (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:43 PM PST Reuters - Regional leaders hold a summit in Mozambique on Thursday hoping to prevent the collapse of Zimbabwe's unity government, threatened by the most severe political standoff since it was formed in February.

Sri Lankan general returns without war crimes grilling (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 06:00 PM PST AFP - Sri Lanka's top military officer returned home Thursday after he was allowed to complete a US visit without being questioned over alleged war crimes against Tamil civilians.

TSX edges higher on strong oil, gold (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 01:13 PM PST Reuters - Toronto's main stock index ended higher on Wednesday as strength in commodity prices boosted oil and gas companies and record gold prices sent Barrick Gold and other miners higher.

Two dead in Australia psychiatric unit stabbing (AFP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:57 PM PST AFP - Australian police have arrested a 49-year-old man over a stabbing rampage at a secure psychiatric hospital which left two patients dead, they said on Thursday.

Dresses, not suicide vests, parade at Pakistan's Fashion Week (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:04 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - KARACHI, Pakistan — With paramilitary Rangers deployed to prevent terrorist attacks on the host hotel, Pakistani designers and models challenged firebrand mullahs and Taliban insurgents Wednesday by staging the country's first "Fashion Week" in Karachi.

Iran warns opposition on eve of 30th anniversary of US Embassy seizure (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Iran's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday slammed President Barack Obama's reconciliation efforts as insincere, as security forces and antigovernment protesters braced for a showdown Nov. 4 – the 30th anniversary of the US Embassy seizure by militant students.

Cuban Americans Want an End to U.S.-Cuba Travel Ban (Time.com) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 07:00 AM PST Time.com - Growing numbers of Cuban Americans are changing their views on the longstanding ban on U.S. travel to the communist island, which means the law may finally actually change

Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases (OneWorld.net) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 08:25 PM PST OneWorld.net - CANCUN, Nov 3 (IPS) - With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some 1 billion people.

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