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• Shanghai apartment block fire kills 42: report (Reuters)
• Militants kidnap 7 from Exxon platform off Nigeria (Reuters)
• Myanmar people overjoyed but worry about Suu Kyi (Reuters)
• Afghan Taliban reject talks again (Reuters)
• Israeli government seen accepting new settlement freeze (Reuters)
• Former First Lady Mirlande Manigat Could Be Next Haitian President (Time.com)
• UK agrees settlement with ex-Guantanamo detainees (AP)
• Iran woman with stoning sentence shown on state TV (AP)
• Mexico: 10 kidnapped migrants freed by navy (AP)
• US calls for free elections in Egypt (AFP)
• Fire in Shanghai high-rise kills 49 (AFP)
• Aussie 'Spiderman' to live with arachnids (AFP)
• Netanyahu strikes a deal on Israeli settlements – could it freeze peace, too? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• French President Sarkozy Shakes Up His Cabinet, Tacks Right (Time.com)
• Back from Asia, Obama weighs strategic partnerships, China's economic muscle (The Christian Science Monitor)

Shanghai apartment block fire kills 42: report (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:02 PM PST Reuters - At least 42 people died and more than 50 were injured when fire swept through a central Shanghai apartment block Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.

Militants kidnap 7 from Exxon platform off Nigeria (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:16 PM PST Reuters - Nigeria's main militant group said on Tuesday it was behind an attack on an Exxon Mobil oil platform and it had kidnapped seven Nigerian workers, the second such raid for which it has claimed responsibility in a week.

Myanmar people overjoyed but worry about Suu Kyi (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 07:05 AM PST Reuters - The release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is still being celebrated in Myanmar but fears about her safety or re-arrest are running high among her adoring supporters.

Afghan Taliban reject talks again (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:31 PM PST Reuters - The Taliban in Afghanistan remain utterly opposed to peace talks despite slow progress toward reconciliation, their leader said on Monday after NATO forces suffered their worst losses in months in a spike in violence.

Israeli government seen accepting new settlement freeze (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 09:11 AM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will probably win narrow approval from his coalition government for a U.S. proposal to extend a freeze on West Bank settlement building, Israeli political sources said Sunday.

Former First Lady Mirlande Manigat Could Be Next Haitian President (Time.com) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PST Time.com - A legal scholar and former First Lady, Mirlande Manigat is at the top of the polls as Haitians grow increasingly frustrated with the ineptitude of the ruling party

UK agrees settlement with ex-Guantanamo detainees (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:55 PM PST AP - Britain's government will announce details Tuesday of settlements agreed with a group of ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees who were suing the U.K. for alleged complicity in their torture overseas.

Iran woman with stoning sentence shown on state TV (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 01:36 PM PST AP - Iranian state television has broadcast a purported statement by an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in which she calls herself a "sinner."

Mexico: 10 kidnapped migrants freed by navy (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:21 PM PST AP - The Mexican navy says it has freed 10 migrants including a 7-month-old infant during a raid in the cartel-infested northeastern state of Tamaulipas.

US calls for free elections in Egypt (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:42 PM PST AFP - The United States pledged Monday to support free and fair parliamentary elections in Egypt later this month, after Egyptian human rights groups warned of political crackdowns on the opposition.

Fire in Shanghai high-rise kills 49 (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:07 PM PST AFP - The death toll in a huge fire that engulfed a Shanghai high-rise building rose to 49 on Tuesday, as China's top police official vowed to punish anyone found responsible.

Aussie 'Spiderman' to live with arachnids (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 11:22 PM PST AFP - An Australian man Monday said he was "a bit silly" to live in a shop window with hundreds of poisonous spiders for three weeks for charity, but was confident he would not be bitten.

Netanyahu strikes a deal on Israeli settlements – could it freeze peace, too? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:11 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, long caught between intensifying US demands and the restlessness of his right-wing allies, appears to have struck a deal to delay Israeli settlement expansion without unsettling his government.

French President Sarkozy Shakes Up His Cabinet, Tacks Right (Time.com) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PST Time.com - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled a long-awaited shake-up of his conservative government. But there are far fewer changes than expected -- apart from orienting it even further to the right

Back from Asia, Obama weighs strategic partnerships, China's economic muscle (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Nov 2010 07:14 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Like many sporting contests, President Obama’s just-concluded four-nation Asian tour was a game of two halves.

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