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• Taliban mount series of attacks in Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Cuba to free political prisoner who refused exile (Reuters)
• Big German protests pressure Merkel before CDU meet (Reuters)
• Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi freed (Reuters)
• Not Built to Last: Is China Overusing the Wrecking Ball? (Time.com)
• We cannot, need not beat, Al-Qaeda: Army chief (AFP)
• Diplomats: US offered incentives for freeze (AP)
• New congress in troubled Mexican state sworn in (AP)
• Rabat arrests 96 in connection with W.Sahara unrest (AFP)
• Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi released (AP)
• Burma (Myanmar) release of Aung San Suu Kyi could galvanize activists (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Books: The Philippine Passion for Basketball (Time.com)
• Congo: UN scrambles to better protect civilians in wake of mass rape (The Christian Science Monitor)

Taliban mount series of attacks in Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 08:52 AM PST Reuters - Taliban fighters attacked a foreign military base at the main airport in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, one of four incidents in 24 hours that marked a sudden upswing in violence.

Cuba to free political prisoner who refused exile (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 02:26 PM PST Reuters - Cuba will soon release one of 13 political prisoners who have rejected a government deal to leave the country in exchange for freedom, a family member said on Saturday.

Big German protests pressure Merkel before CDU meet (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 09:12 AM PST Reuters - Tens of thousands of people marched in cities across Germany on Saturday to protest against government policies and social inequality, a day before a key meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU).

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi freed (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 11:56 AM PST Reuters - Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi walked out of her home to rapturous cheers from thousands of supporters on Saturday after the country's military rulers released her from seven years of house arrest.

Not Built to Last: Is China Overusing the Wrecking Ball? (Time.com) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 11:35 AM PST Time.com - The ever-changing urban landscape has become a common scene in many Chinese cities, but at what cost?

We cannot, need not beat, Al-Qaeda: Army chief (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:20 PM PST AFP - The head of Britain's armed forces said Sunday that Al-Qaeda can never be completely beaten, but argued that outright victory is "unnecessary" as long as governments are able to contain the militants.

Diplomats: US offered incentives for freeze (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:36 PM PST AP - The U.S. has offered Israel an incentive package to reinstate a moratorium on West Bank settlement building in an effort to revive stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, diplomatic sources said late Saturday.

New congress in troubled Mexican state sworn in (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 03:38 PM PST AP - Citizens who formerly led street protests and manned barricades in the troubled southern state of Oaxaca were sworn in as members of the local congress Saturday, in what the governor-elect called a historic change.

Rabat arrests 96 in connection with W.Sahara unrest (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 02:26 PM PST AFP - Moroccan authorities said Saturday they had arrested 96 people accused of inciting violence during a controversial police raid on a squatter camp near the Western Sahara town of Laayoune.

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi released (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:57 PM PST AP - Pro-democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi walked free after more than seven years under house arrest, welcomed by thousands of cheering supporters outside the decaying lakefront villa that has been her prison.

Burma (Myanmar) release of Aung San Suu Kyi could galvanize activists (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 09:57 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - After days of eager anticipation, Aung San Suu Kyi was released Saturday having spent seven years under house arrest for defying Burma’s military rulers. She spoke briefly to a huge crowd of ecstatic supporters outside her lakeside villa in Rangoon, the former capital, who chanted her name and sang the national anthem.

Books: The Philippine Passion for Basketball (Time.com) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 11:35 AM PST Time.com - The Philippines Obsession with Basketball

Congo: UN scrambles to better protect civilians in wake of mass rape (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 09:20 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A woman working alone on her farm in a remote corner of eastern Congo is usually a worrisome sight. It's there, among her beans and potatoes, sorghum, cassava, or cabbage, that she is especially vulnerable to robbery, abduction, and rape â€" crimes committed throughout Congo's nearly 15 years of crippling violence.

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