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• Greece intercepts parcel bomb addressed to Sarkozy (Reuters)
• Iraq church raid ends with 52 dead (Reuters)
• Pirates may have hijacked Britons' yacht (Reuters)
• Cuba to release longest-held political prisoner (Reuters)
• Uganda court orders anti-gay paper to shut: rights group (Reuters)
• A Brief History of Yemen: Rich Past, Impoverished Present (Time.com)
• Britain would welcome U.S. picking EADS tanker (Reuters)
• Iraqi Christians mourn after church siege kills 58 (AP)
• DomRep eliminates milk from school breakfasts (AP)
• UN calls on Ivory Coast to accept poll results (AP)
• Indonesia volcano shoots new blast; 21 more rumble (AP)
• Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)
• UK's BG to spend $15 bln on Australian gas deal (AFP)
• Kurdish rebels deny Istanbul suicide attack as speculation mounts (The Christian Science Monitor)
• WikiLeaks: Is Russia the next target? (Time.com)
• After Baghdad church attack, Christians shocked but say 'we still have a mission here' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Greece intercepts parcel bomb addressed to Sarkozy (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:41 PM PDT Reuters - Greek police intercepted a booby-trapped parcel addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, after another package exploded at a courier company in Athens, slightly wounding an employee.

Iraq church raid ends with 52 dead (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:37 PM PDT Reuters - Fifty-two hostages and police were killed when an attempt by Iraqi security forces to free more than 100 Catholics held in a Baghdad church by al Qaeda-linked gunmen turned into a bloodbath, officials said on Monday.

Pirates may have hijacked Britons' yacht (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:36 PM PDT Reuters - The head of a regional maritime group said Monday it was investigating reports that Somali pirates had hijacked a yacht with three British citizens aboard in the Indian Ocean.

Cuba to release longest-held political prisoner (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:59 PM PDT Reuters - Cuba will free its longest-held political prisoner, jailed since 1985, and send him to Spain as the government continues to ship opponents out of the country.

Uganda court orders anti-gay paper to shut: rights group (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - A Ugandan newspaper that published names and pictures of what it said were homosexuals in Uganda and called on authorities to hang them has been ordered to cease publishing, a gay rights leader said Monday.

A Brief History of Yemen: Rich Past, Impoverished Present (Time.com) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PDT Time.com - Today one of the major centers of global terrorism, the country was once the biblical Sheba and a crossroads of global trade and culture

Britain would welcome U.S. picking EADS tanker (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - A top British military official said on Monday he would welcome a decision by the U.S. Air Force to buy new refueling planes from Europe's EADS since Britain plans to lease 14 of the same planes.

Iraqi Christians mourn after church siege kills 58 (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:09 PM PDT AP - After the gunmen killed the priest and nearly everyone in the first row, an eerie quiet descended over the pews. The only occasional sounds were sporadic gunfire, the muffled cries of the hostages and the shouts of Islamic militants — sometimes over their cell phones.

DomRep eliminates milk from school breakfasts (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:23 PM PDT AP - Dominican authorities are eliminating milk from school breakfasts because of repeated instances of children falling ill after consuming the subsidized meals.

UN calls on Ivory Coast to accept poll results (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:17 PM PDT AP - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on rival parties in Ivory Coast on Monday to accept results from the West African nation's first election since civil war split the cocoa-producing country in half nearly a decade ago.

Indonesia volcano shoots new blast; 21 more rumble (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:51 PM PDT AP - Deafening explosions of hot gas rattled evacuees miles (kilometers) from an Indonesian volcano Monday, the latest eruption in a deadly week. The country reported increased rumblings at 21 other active volcanoes, raising questions about what's causing the uptick along some of the world's most volatile fault lines.

Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:09 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced a young Canadian to 40 years in prison, but he may serve only a few more years under a deal that included his admission he was an al Qaeda conspirator who murdered a U.S. soldier.

UK's BG to spend $15 bln on Australian gas deal (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PDT AFP - Britain's BG Group announced it will spend 15 billion US dollars on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia, an investment Canberra hailed as a boost for the national economy.

Kurdish rebels deny Istanbul suicide attack as speculation mounts (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:08 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Kurdish rebels have denied any role in Sunday's suicide blast in the heart of Istanbul, as speculation mounts about who was behind the attack that targeted police and left 32 wounded.

WikiLeaks: Is Russia the next target? (Time.com) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PDT Time.com - Wikileaks says one of its upcoming document dumps will reveal the truths behind Russia's leadership. But with Moscow issuing threats of censorship -- or worse -- can the whistle-blowing website afford to take on the Russian Bear?

After Baghdad church attack, Christians shocked but say 'we still have a mission here' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:01 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iraq’s Christian community was in shock Monday after Islamist militants besieged a church during Sunday mass and a rescue attempt by Iraqi commandos left at least 58 people dead.

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