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• U.S., South Korea begin joint military exercises (Reuters)
• Cargo plane crashes in Karachi residential area (Reuters)
• Brazil's Rio tense as police close in on slum gang (Reuters)
• Ivory Coast holds tense and tight run-off vote (Reuters)
• Haiti rally gunfire stirs tensions on eve of vote (Reuters)
• Egypt's Elections and the Impersonation of Democracy (Time.com)
• Country declares end to 'war on Christmas' (AFP)
• Observers find violations on eve of Egypt's vote (AP)
• Rio cops, troops preparing to invade gang haven (AP)
• Sudan's Bashir to attend Africa-EU summit: Mbeki (AFP)
• Japan spots Chinese vessels near disputed islands: report (Reuters)
• Qantas flight grounded due to wiring problem (AFP)
• As Fidel Castro and his Cuban revolution fade, is Cuba rising? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Can Sarkozy Fix the Global Economy? (Time.com)
• Evolution of Cuban revolution (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S., South Korea begin joint military exercises (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:31 PM PST Reuters - The United States and South Korea began joint military exercises in waters west of the Korean Peninsula Sunday that have been opposed by regional giant China and have led to North Korea threatening "consequences."

Cargo plane crashes in Karachi residential area (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST Reuters - A plane carrying eight people crashed early on Sunday in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, setting buildings on fire.

Brazil's Rio tense as police close in on slum gang (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST Reuters - Police positioned armored vehicles on the edge of a Rio de Janeiro slum at dusk on Saturday in preparation for a possible offensive to root out drug traffickers behind a wave of urban violence that has killed at least 46 people.

Ivory Coast holds tense and tight run-off vote (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:15 PM PST Reuters - Ivory Coast holds a presidential run-off on Sunday with fears of violence after a tight race hanging over hopes that the vote will draw a line under a decade of political crisis and economic stagnation.

Haiti rally gunfire stirs tensions on eve of vote (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:34 PM PST Reuters - Gunmen disrupted the final campaign rally in Haiti of a charismatic presidential contender, stoking tensions on the eve of Sunday's elections in a nation racked by cholera and political uncertainty.

Egypt's Elections and the Impersonation of Democracy (Time.com) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:45 AM PST Time.com - Some contests in this weekend's parliamentary polls are heated and angry but all the noise helps mask the fact that only one political party is running the show

Country declares end to 'war on Christmas' (AFP) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:11 PM PST AFP - A British minister has declared the "war on Christmas" is over, urging local authorities to stop avoiding the festival's Christian basis.

Observers find violations on eve of Egypt's vote (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST AP - Egyptian election observers said Saturday there was no letup in harassment of opposition candidates on the eve of parliamentary elections, which critics say are little more than a tool for tightening the government's grip and burying dissent.

Rio cops, troops preparing to invade gang haven (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:11 PM PST AP - Hundreds of police and soldiers surrounded one of Rio's most dangerous slums after the end of a sunset deadline offered to drug gang members holed up inside, though officials late Saturday did not indicate when they might invade.

Sudan's Bashir to attend Africa-EU summit: Mbeki (AFP) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:13 PM PST AFP - Sudan's president, under an international arrest warrant over genocide and war crimes in Darfur, will be at the Africa-EU summit in Libya, South Africa's former president Thabo Mbeki said Saturday.

Japan spots Chinese vessels near disputed islands: report (Reuters) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:40 PM PST Reuters - The Japanese coast guard has spotted two Chinese vessels attempting on Sunday to enter waters near islands in the East China Sea that are disputed by the two countries, Kyodo News reported.

Qantas flight grounded due to wiring problem (AFP) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:47 PM PST AFP - Qantas grounded a Boeing 747 overnight because of a wiring malfunction, the Australian airline said Sunday, the latest incident to hit the carrier since a mid-air engine blast earlier this month.

As Fidel Castro and his Cuban revolution fade, is Cuba rising? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 09:17 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Antonio Santana and Marina Suarez are children of Fidel Castro's revolution â€" born into the communism that swept across this island of mambo and mob ties in 1959.

Can Sarkozy Fix the Global Economy? (Time.com) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:45 AM PST Time.com - As reformist French President Nicolas Sarkozy assumes leadership of thecrisis-buffeted G20, he's promising the same program of drastic change that has made himunpopular at home

Evolution of Cuban revolution (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 09:17 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - • 1959: In January, Fidel Castro forces out President Fulgencio Batista. In February, Castro becomes prime minister of Cuba.

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