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• Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web (AP)
• 12 Afghans killed in attack on meeting with French (AP)
• Yet another anti-corruption unit for Afghanistan (AP)
• UN: Once-secret Iran nuke plant to start in 2011 (AP)
• Gunmen kill 13 men execution style west of Baghdad (AP)
• Obama's Dilemma: Where Are the Afghan Security Forces? (Time.com)
• Standard Chartered chief hits out at bank regulation (AFP)
• Schwarzenegger drops in on US troops in Iraq (AP)
• Peru president rebukes Chile over alleged spying (AP)
• US envoy back in Sudan this week (AFP)
• 'Fiddly' Australia twin separation surgery passes 24 hours (AFP)
• TSX rallies 1 pct on oil, gold prices (Reuters)
• Australian doctors operate on conjoined twins (AP)
• Poll shows unhappiness, pessimism in Cuba (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama's town hall talk in China – not seen on Facebook, YouTube (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama's town hall in China: Select audience, easy questions (Time.com)

Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:36 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel.

12 Afghans killed in attack on meeting with French (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:41 PM PST AP - Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between France's top general in Afghanistan and dozens of tribal elders and senior local officials.

Yet another anti-corruption unit for Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:52 PM PST AP - Afghanistan's newly unveiled anti-corruption unit drew guarded praise Monday from a wary international community, which has heard President Hamid Karzai promise before to end the graft and thievery that's bleeding his nation.

UN: Once-secret Iran nuke plant to start in 2011 (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:30 PM PST AP - Iranian construction of a previously secret uranium enrichment site is at an advanced stage, with high-tech equipment already in place at the fortified facility ahead of its 2011 startup, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report Monday.

Gunmen kill 13 men execution style west of Baghdad (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:00 PM PST AP - Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including a local leader of Iraq's largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaida.

Obama's Dilemma: Where Are the Afghan Security Forces? (Time.com) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:10 AM PST Time.com - The U.S. exit strategy in Afghanistan is based on transferring control to local forces. That is unlikely to happen anytime soon

Standard Chartered chief hits out at bank regulation (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:18 PM PST AFP - The head of bank Standard Chartered attacked Tuesday plans for tougher global regulation following the financial crisis, warning costs would be passed on to customers.

Schwarzenegger drops in on US troops in Iraq (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 03:22 PM PST AP - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped in on U.S. troops in Iraq on Monday, thanking them for the sacrifices they and their families are making.

Peru president rebukes Chile over alleged spying (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:38 PM PST AP - Peruvian President Alan Garcia accused Chile of assaulting Peru's sovereignty, throwing his weight behind allegations that Chile paid a Peruvian military officer to spy.

US envoy back in Sudan this week (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:27 PM PST AFP - US envoy Scott Gration will return to Khartoum and Darfur this week as part of US diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the region, the State Department said Monday.

'Fiddly' Australia twin separation surgery passes 24 hours (AFP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:57 PM PST AFP - Australian doctors admitted high-risk surgery to separate Bangladeshi twins who are joined at the head was "very fiddly" as the operation ballooned past 24 hours on Tuesday.

TSX rallies 1 pct on oil, gold prices (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:22 AM PST Reuters - Toronto's main stock market index rose 1 percent on Monday afternoon as higher gold and oil prices lifted Suncor Energy, Barrick Gold and other resource names.

Australian doctors operate on conjoined twins (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 05:53 AM PST AP - A team of Australian surgeons were working Monday on a delicate and complicated surgery to separate twin sisters who are joined at the top of the head.

Poll shows unhappiness, pessimism in Cuba (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:01 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Any good will that Raul Castro enjoyed as Cuba's new leader has dissipated, according to a new poll, which found that more than four out of five of those surveyed in Cuba were unhappy with the direction of the country.

Obama's town hall talk in China – not seen on Facebook, YouTube (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In the end, it was a display of diplomatic guile by the US Ambassador to China that rescued President Obama's "town hall meeting" with Chinese students on Monday.

Obama's town hall in China: Select audience, easy questions (Time.com) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 07:10 AM PST Time.com - The U.S. President addresses several hundred students in Shanghai, presses the flesh and answers questions -- including one about Beijing's Internet restrictions. If only the rest of China had been watching

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