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• Indonesia's twin disasters kill more than 300 (Reuters)
• Guantanamo convict's victim recalled as a hero (Reuters)
• Argentina's powerful ex-president Kirchner dies (Reuters)
• Mexican hitmen kill 15 in latest massacre (Reuters)
• Sarkozy nears victory on pension bill as unrest wanes (Reuters)
• Why is the E.U. Sending Armed Guards to Greece? (Time.com)
• Emir of Qatar meets Prince Charles on Britain visit (AFP)
• Bin Laden warns France over Afghan war, veil ban (AP)
• Woman in USVI murder trial says agent interfered (AP)
• Guinea election set for November 7 (AP)
• Death toll in Indonesian tsunami, volcano tops 300 (AP)
• Parliament defeats controversial mining bill (Reuters)
• China reaches out to tiny, resource-rich East Timor (AFP)
• Mexican car wash massacre: Rehab centers latest target in drug war (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Can the E.U. Find a Way to Fix the Euro? (Time.com)
• How Nestor Kirchner's passing alters Argentine politics (The Christian Science Monitor)

Indonesia's twin disasters kill more than 300 (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - A tsunami and a volcanic eruption in Indonesia have killed more than 300 people with over 400 missing and tens of thousands displaced, authorities said on Wednesday.

Guantanamo convict's victim recalled as a hero (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - Six days before a young Canadian lobbed a fatal grenade at a U.S. soldier, that soldier had run into a minefield and rescued two injured Afghan children, the U.S. war crimes tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay naval base learned on Wednesday.

Argentina's powerful ex-president Kirchner dies (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - Argentina's Nestor Kirchner, the president's powerful husband and a top contender to succeed her next year, died on Wednesday, lifting stock and bond prices but stoking uncertainty ahead of the election.

Mexican hitmen kill 15 in latest massacre (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - Suspected drug hitmen shot dead 15 people at a car wash in western Mexico on Wednesday, the third massacre in just a few days, putting new pressure on President Felipe Calderon to stop the growing violence.

Sarkozy nears victory on pension bill as unrest wanes (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved closer to victory in his showdown with unions over pension reform on Wednesday, with parliament giving its final approval to the bill and support waning for strikes and street marches.

Why is the E.U. Sending Armed Guards to Greece? (Time.com) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:20 PM PDT Time.com - As Greece struggles to cope with a flood of illegal immigrants across its border with Turkey, the European Union is for the first time sending its rapid-response force to help

Emir of Qatar meets Prince Charles on Britain visit (AFP) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:29 PM PDT AFP - The emir of Qatar met Prince Charles on Wednesday on the second day of a state visit to Britain aimed at strengthening ties and boosting trade between the countries.

Bin Laden warns France over Afghan war, veil ban (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatens in a new audio tape to kill French citizens to avenge their country's support for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and a new law that will ban face-covering Muslim veils.

Woman in USVI murder trial says agent interfered (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:36 PM PDT AP - The girlfriend of a man fatally shot by a U.S. federal agent on trial for murder verbally sparred with a defense lawyer for four hours Wednesday, again denying she requested the officer's help and saying she repeatedly asked the agent and other neighbors to keep out of her argument with the boyfriend that day.

Guinea election set for November 7 (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:52 PM PDT AP - A decree read on state TV has announced that the delayed presidential run-off in Guinea has been rescheduled for Nov. 7.

Death toll in Indonesian tsunami, volcano tops 300 (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - The death toll from a tsunami and a volcano rose to more than 300 Wednesday as more victims of Indonesia's double disasters were found and an official said a warning system installed after a deadly ocean wave in 2004 had broken from a lack of maintenance.

Parliament defeats controversial mining bill (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:36 PM PDT Reuters - Canadian lawmakers on Wednesday defeated a bill that would have raised the bar on human rights and environmental standards followed by Canadian mining companies working overseas.

China reaches out to tiny, resource-rich East Timor (AFP) Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:18 PM PDT AFP - A jade elephant rears majestically in the corner as patrons tuck into their burgers and fries at one of only three US-style fast-food joints in East Timor, all of which are Chinese owned and operated.

Mexican car wash massacre: Rehab centers latest target in drug war (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:47 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Three brutal Mexican massacres in less than a week have killed at least 41 people, with young people formerly involved in the drug trade making up the majority of the victims.

Can the E.U. Find a Way to Fix the Euro? (Time.com) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:20 PM PDT Time.com - As Europe's leaders meet in Brussels to try to tackle debt and deficit in the eurozone all agree that sanctions are the best tool for the job, but remain divided on how to use them

How Nestor Kirchner's passing alters Argentine politics (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:41 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The sudden passing of former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner today from an apparent heart attack has stunned a nation now mourning a man who will be remembered for adeptly steering Argentina out of its economic meltdown of 2001-2002.

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