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• Israeli settlers building 544 new homes after building ban lifted (AP)
• NZ may lose Hobbit filming to offshore location (AP)
• Student, 20, heads police in Mexico drug corridor (AP)
• Vietnam mom recalls how bus was submerged by flood (AP)
• Afghan-Taliban peace process may be overstated (AP)
• Saudi Prince Jailed for Life for Murdering Servant (Time.com)
• Zanetti breaks goal scoring record as Inter edge Spurs (AFP)
• US soldier charged with killing troops in Iraq (AP)
• Officials probe possible outbreak in rural Haiti (AP)
• Diplomats: China tries to block UN Sudan report (AP)
• Pakistan welcomes Obama visit (AFP)
• Bank of Canada cautious over future rate hikes (Reuters)
• BHP says Potash deal will benefit Canadian region (AFP)
• Nearly a quarter of Afghanistan election votes disqualified (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Administering the Pain: Britain's New Austerity Plan (Time.com)
• China denies any rare earth mineral export embargo (The Christian Science Monitor)

Israeli settlers building 544 new homes after building ban lifted (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT AP - Israeli settlers have begun building new homes at an extraordinary pace since the government lifted its moratorium on West Bank housing starts — almost 550 in three weeks, more than four times faster than the last two years.

NZ may lose Hobbit filming to offshore location (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - New Zealand may lose the filming of "The Hobbit" movies, with financial backers Warner Brothers making arrangements to shift the production offshore, director Peter Jackson warned Thursday.

Student, 20, heads police in Mexico drug corridor (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:28 PM PDT AP - There's a new police chief in this violent borderland where drug gangs have killed public officials and terrified many citizens into fleeing: a 20-year-old woman who hasn't yet finished her criminology degree.

Vietnam mom recalls how bus was submerged by flood (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT AP - It was dark and quiet in the early morning when the bus engine stalled and Tran Thi Mung suddenly heard the driver yell for everyone to remain calm. She felt the wheels rock, then the floor tilt as the raging Lam River sucked away the vehicle's footing and slowly began to swallow it.

Afghan-Taliban peace process may be overstated (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 01:45 PM PDT AP - Over the past week, U.S. and Afghan officials have been revealing tantalizing tidbits about talks with Taliban leaders, raising hopes for a peaceful resolution to a war in its 10th year.

Saudi Prince Jailed for Life for Murdering Servant (Time.com) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - This sad, sordid story came to an end Wednesday with Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud getting the longest sentence of them all

Zanetti breaks goal scoring record as Inter edge Spurs (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:03 PM PDT AFP - Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti became the oldest ever Champions League scorer as the reigning champions edged out 10-man Tottenham 4-3 in a thriller at the San Siro on Wednesday.

US soldier charged with killing troops in Iraq (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - An American soldier was charged Wednesday with killing two fellow U.S. troops and wounding a third after an argument last month in a former Iraqi insurgent stronghold turned deadly.

Officials probe possible outbreak in rural Haiti (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:53 PM PDT AP - Health officials in rural Haiti are investigating a possible disease outbreak that could be responsible for dozens of deaths and a surge in hospital patients, U.N. aid workers said Wednesday.

Diplomats: China tries to block UN Sudan report (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 03:48 PM PDT AP - China tried to block a U.N. report alleging that Chinese ammunition was sent to Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo but apparently didn't succeed, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday.

Pakistan welcomes Obama visit (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:56 PM PDT AFP - Pakistan on Wednesday praised US President Barack Obama for saying he would visit the country next year, calling it a sign of commitment between the troubled war partners.

Bank of Canada cautious over future rate hikes (Reuters) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 10:36 AM PDT Reuters - The Bank of Canada said on Wednesday it would have to consider any further rate hikes carefully, given the patchy global recovery, a weak U.S. outlook and expected curbs on Canadian growth.

BHP says Potash deal will benefit Canadian region (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:38 AM PDT AFP - Mining giant BHP Billiton Wednesday insisted its 40 billion US dollar hostile bid for Canada's Potash Corp would benefit Saskatchewan after reports the region was poised to reject the deal.

Nearly a quarter of Afghanistan election votes disqualified (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:49 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Afghans hoping that the parliamentary elections would be more honest than last year’s corruption-tainted presidential vote were likely sorely disappointed on Wednesday.

Administering the Pain: Britain's New Austerity Plan (Time.com) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - The Chancellor George Osborne tells MPs that "today is the day that Britain steps back from the brink"

China denies any rare earth mineral export embargo (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:12 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - China sought Wednesday to reassure the world it had not and would not use its chokehold on supplies of critical rare earths for political purposes, and pledged to maintain its exports.

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