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• Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)
• Swedish police hold man in possible race shootings (Reuters)
• Papandreou rules out early Greek election (Reuters)
• Cuba missed prisoner release deadline: dissidents (Reuters)
• Hostage shot dead by Somali pirates (Reuters)
• The 34th Miner (Time.com)
• Police arrest man in Swedish immigrant shootings (AP)
• Settlers got sweet land deals in east Jerusalem (AP)
• 20 killed over weekend in Mexican border city (AP)
• Guinea vote goes ahead as ethnic tensions simmer (AP)
• China newspaper warns of disaster over Fed move (Reuters)
• Qantas extends A380 groundings over engine 'anomalies' (AFP)
• In Spain, Pope Benedict XVI lambasts 'aggressive secularism' (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Captive Converts? Egypt Gripped By Rising Muslim-Christian Tensions (Time.com)
• Killing of top Mexico drug lord 'Tony Tormenta' may boost rival Zetas cartel (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraqi Kids Struggle on Dangerous Edges in Syria (OneWorld.net)

Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:20 PM PST Reuters - Two military-backed parties looked set to prevail on Monday in Myanmar's first election in 20 years, a day after a choreographed vote marred by fraud charges and apathy, and condemned as flawed by Washington and London.

Swedish police hold man in possible race shootings (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PST Reuters - A 38-year-old man has been taken into custody on suspicion of being behind a series of possibly racially motivated shootings in southern Sweden, police said on Sunday.

Papandreou rules out early Greek election (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:38 PM PST Reuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou ruled out calling a snap parliamentary election on Sunday after winning enough support in local polls to decide he could press ahead with a radical austerity programme.

Cuba missed prisoner release deadline: dissidents (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:32 PM PST Reuters - The dissident group "Ladies in White" accused the Cuban government on Sunday of failing to meet a deadline to release political prisoners and vowed to continue their weekly protest marches until all are freed.

Hostage shot dead by Somali pirates (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 10:25 AM PST Reuters - A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, pirates and residents said on Sunday.

The 34th Miner (Time.com) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:35 AM PST Time.com - How the Miners' Rescue Raised Up Chile's President

Police arrest man in Swedish immigrant shootings (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PST AP - Lang Conteh thought the two loud cracks were fireworks from the nightclub. He was in high spirits, stepping out of a taxi with two friends to join the summer party.

Settlers got sweet land deals in east Jerusalem (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:54 PM PST AP - A string of Israeli governments has helped cement the Jewish presence in Arab areas of Jerusalem by selling or leasing property to settler groups at bargain prices, court documents released Sunday show.

20 killed over weekend in Mexican border city (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:10 PM PST AP - At least 20 people were killed in drug-gang violence over the weekend in this northern Mexican border city, including seven found dead outside one house.

Guinea vote goes ahead as ethnic tensions simmer (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:26 PM PST AP - Guineans cast their ballot Sunday in a vote that has been delayed multiple times following violent ethnic clashes that pitted the nation's two largest ethnic groups against each other.

China newspaper warns of disaster over Fed move (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:49 PM PST Reuters - Washington's latest move to print more money is a form of indirect currency manipulation that could lead to a new round of currency wars and even global economic collapse, a leading Chinese newspaper warned on Monday.

Qantas extends A380 groundings over engine 'anomalies' (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:56 PM PST AFP - Qantas extended the grounding of its fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos Monday after uncovering "slight anomalies" in some engines after a mid-air blow-out caused a major scare last week.

In Spain, Pope Benedict XVI lambasts 'aggressive secularism' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:14 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Pope Benedict XVI spent this weekend in Spain trying to reclaim one of the most important Roman Catholic strongholds.

Captive Converts? Egypt Gripped By Rising Muslim-Christian Tensions (Time.com) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:35 AM PST Time.com - Muslim protests claiming Christian converts to Islam were forced back into the church is the just the latest episode of sectarian strife that has gripped Egypt this year

Killing of top Mexico drug lord 'Tony Tormenta' may boost rival Zetas cartel (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:49 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico’s armed forces killed one of the nation’s top drug kingpins this weekend, but signs that the death will lead to more violence and turf battles have terrified residents.

Iraqi Kids Struggle on Dangerous Edges in Syria (OneWorld.net) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:01 PM PST OneWorld.net - DAMASCUS, Nov 7 (IPS) - Leila, 17, presses her hijab-clad head against the front door and strains to hear outside. "There's nothing," she says cautiously, turning towards her mother Rawda, the head of the household, in their quiet basement apartment. Along the brocade couch sit her two sisters, Mona, 19, Nadja, 15, and 10-year-old brother Khaled.*

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