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• Obama backs India's quest for U.N. permanent seat (Reuters)
• Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)
• Sweden opens probe of U.S. embassy surveillance (Reuters)
• Deadly clashes as Morocco storms Western Sahara camp (Reuters)
• Peru court grants parole to U.S. citizen Berenson (Reuters)
• Greek Voters Give the Austerity Plan a Second Chance (Time.com)
• 35 Iraqis hurt in Baghdad church attack arrive in France (AFP)
• Radical Yemeni cleric calls for killing Americans (AP)
• American Lori Berenson freed from Peru prison (AP)
• 5 Moroccan troops, 1 civilian killed in W. Sahara (AP)
• Global talks in Laos seek quicker removal of cluster bombs (AFP)
• Canada housing starts drop, mortgage sector to slow (Reuters)
• Qantas extends A380 groundings over oil leaks (AFP)
• Obama presses India to become global 'champion' of democracy (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama's India trip: What the U.S. may get in return (Time.com)
• Global reaction to Bush's 'Decision Points' memoir: It's a page-turner. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama backs India's quest for U.N. permanent seat (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:14 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed on Monday India's long-held demand for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, a reflection of the Asian country's growing global weight and its challenge to rival China.

Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:56 AM PST Reuters - The military will keep its grip on power after Myanmar's first election in 20 years, backed by parties that on Monday looked set to win a vote marred by fraud and denounced by President Barack Obama as stolen.

Sweden opens probe of U.S. embassy surveillance (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:11 AM PST Reuters - Sweden is investigating to see whether the U.S. embassy has committed any crime by carrying out surveillance measures, the prosecutor's office said on Monday in a case similar to one that has blown up in neighboring Norway.

Deadly clashes as Morocco storms Western Sahara camp (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:34 PM PST Reuters - Clashes between security forces and protesters in Western Sahara killed several people on Monday after Moroccan authorities stormed the site of the disputed territory's biggest anti-government protest in decades.

Peru court grants parole to U.S. citizen Berenson (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST Reuters - U.S. citizen Lori Berenson was freed from a jail in Peru on Monday after serving 15 years of a 20-year sentence for working with leftist insurgents and will now be on parole for five years in the Andean country.

Greek Voters Give the Austerity Plan a Second Chance (Time.com) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:00 PM PST Time.com - Despite their anger over the government's austerity measures, Greeks gave their support to George Papandreou's ruling PASOK party in Sunday's regional elections. Now the Prime Minister has to prove he can get the nation back on track

35 Iraqis hurt in Baghdad church attack arrive in France (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:15 PM PST AFP - Thirty-four Iraqi Christians and a Muslim guard wounded in a deadly Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church just over a week ago flew into France late Monday for admission to hospitals for treatment.

Radical Yemeni cleric calls for killing Americans (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:49 PM PST AP - A U.S.-born radical cleric who belongs to the al-Qaida offshoot behind the cargo bomb plot on the United States told Muslims they are free to kill American "devils" at will in a video posted on extremist websites Monday.

American Lori Berenson freed from Peru prison (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 04:36 PM PST AP - American activist Lori Berenson walked free from a Peruvian prison Monday for the second time after serving three-quarters of a 20-year sentence for collaborating with leftist rebels.

5 Moroccan troops, 1 civilian killed in W. Sahara (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:58 PM PST AP - Moroccan forces raided a protest camp in the disputed territory of Western Sahara on Monday and unrest spread to a nearby city, with buildings ablaze and rioters roaming the streets. Five Moroccan security officials and one demonstrator were killed, reports said.

Global talks in Laos seek quicker removal of cluster bombs (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:49 PM PST AFP - A conference that begins in Laos on Tuesday aims to speed up efforts to rid the world of cluster bombs, which are estimated to have killed or wounded tens of thousands of civilians.

Canada housing starts drop, mortgage sector to slow (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:26 AM PST Reuters - Canadian housing starts fell a greater than expected 9.2 percent in October, hitting their lowest level in more than a year, data indicated on Monday, suggesting the slowing housing market could become a drag on economic growth.

Qantas extends A380 groundings over oil leaks (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 05:14 AM PST AFP - Qantas extended the grounding of its Airbus A380 superjumbos for at least three more days on Monday after finding oil leaks in some engines, heightening safety fears after two mid-air blow-outs last week.

Obama presses India to become global 'champion' of democracy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:58 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As his trip to India winds down this week, President Obama offered to welcome India as a permanent member of the United Nations but suggested India needed to use its power globally to champion democratic institutions, not sovereignty for poor nations.

Obama's India trip: What the U.S. may get in return (Time.com) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 03:00 PM PST Time.com - With his statement on Pakistan and the U.N. Security Council, Obama earned political capital in New Delhi. Here's how he should spend it

Global reaction to Bush's 'Decision Points' memoir: It's a page-turner. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Nov 2010 11:55 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - George W. Bush’s appearances this week on NBC, Oprah, and Jay Leno underscore how his memoir "Decision Points" is geared toward an American audience. But the former president is also attracting international attention, with media worldwide focusing on aspects of the book specific to their regions.

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