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• Rousseff rides economic boom to Brazil's presidency (Reuters)
• Russia's Medvedev visits disputed Kurile islands (Reuters)
• Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)
• At least 7 hostages killed in rescue from Iraq church (Reuters)
• Suicide bomber wounds 32 in Istanbul's main square (Reuters)
• Burma: Hope Among the Young (Time.com)
• Cargo security to be reviewed: May (AFP)
• Iraqi forces free hostages from church; 19 killed (AP)
• Gitmo former 'child soldier' sentenced to 8 years (AP)
• Zimbabwe MDC supporter stabbed at meeting: party (AFP)
• Japan will aim to join U.S.-led trade pact: report (Reuters)
• Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)
• Man pulls shark's tail to save woman in Australia (AP)
• Istanbul suicide attack highlights Turkey's struggle with militant groups (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Reshaping British Politics from Within (Time.com)
• Yemeni officials free suspect in Al Qaeda bomb plot (The Christian Science Monitor)

Rousseff rides economic boom to Brazil's presidency (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - Former guerrilla leader Dilma Rousseff won Brazil's presidential election in resounding fashion on Sunday after promising to stick to policies that have lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil one of the world's hottest economies.

Russia's Medvedev visits disputed Kurile islands (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:24 PM PDT Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev landed in the Kurile Islands Monday, the first Russian leader to visit one of the islands also claimed by Japan, a Reuters correspondent traveling with him reported.

Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced Canadian captive Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison for charges that included murdering an American soldier in battle, but his plea agreement capped his sentence at eight years.

At least 7 hostages killed in rescue from Iraq church (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:49 PM PDT Reuters - At least seven Iraqi Catholics died on Sunday when police stormed a Baghdad church where gunmen were holding dozens of parishioners hostage, threatening to kill them if al Qaeda prisoners were not released.

Suicide bomber wounds 32 in Istanbul's main square (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:07 AM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber wounded 32 people in an attack targeting Turkish police in Istanbul's main square Sunday, an area teaming with tourists and shoppers.

Burma: Hope Among the Young (Time.com) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:15 AM PDT Time.com - Burma: Hope Among the Young

Cargo security to be reviewed: May (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:11 PM PDT AFP - The government will review how freight is screened following the discovery of two bombs onboard US-bound cargo flights, the home secretary said Sunday, amid claims screening equipment failed to work properly.

Iraqi forces free hostages from church; 19 killed (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - Islamic militants held around 120 Iraqi Christians hostage for nearly four hours in a church Sunday before security forces stormed the building and freed them, ending a standoff that left at least 19 people dead, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

Gitmo former 'child soldier' sentenced to 8 years (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - A judge sentenced a former teenage al-Qaida fighter Sunday to eight more years in custody, bound by a plea agreement that compelled him to ignore a military jury that said he should serve 40 years for war crimes that included the killing of an American soldier.

Zimbabwe MDC supporter stabbed at meeting: party (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:43 PM PDT AFP - A supporter of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was stabbed and seriously injured as public outreach on a new constitution resumed after being postponed due to violence, his party said Sunday.

Japan will aim to join U.S.-led trade pact: report (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - Japan will aim to join a U.S.-led Asia-Pacific free trade initiative while pursuing agricultural reform to overcome resistance from farmers, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.

Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced Canadian captive Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison for charges that included murdering an American soldier in battle, but his plea agreement capped his sentence at eight years.

Man pulls shark's tail to save woman in Australia (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:52 AM PDT AP - Officials say a female diving guide was bitten on the thigh and buttocks by a shark but was saved when another swimmer pulled the shark's tail.

Istanbul suicide attack highlights Turkey's struggle with militant groups (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:13 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A suicide bomber targeted Turkish police in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, killing himself, injuring 32, and prompting police gunfire.

Reshaping British Politics from Within (Time.com) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:40 AM PDT Time.com - Reshaping British Politics from Within

Yemeni officials free suspect in Al Qaeda bomb plot (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - On Sunday evening local time, the Yemeni government released bomber suspect Hanan Al Samawi and her mother, according to Samawi's lawyer Abdulrahman Barman, of the National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms.

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