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• Cholera fighting efforts restart in Haiti's north (Reuters)
• Gunmen slay former Mexico state governor (Reuters)
• Abbas: No talks without East Jerusalem building freeze (Reuters)
• Al Qaeda eyes small attacks at "bargain" prices (Reuters)
• Robot due to enter New Zealand mine as gas holds up rescue (Reuters)
• Obama's Afterthought: Is the E.U. Getting Short Shrift? (Time.com)
• Tigers could be extinct in 12 years if unprotected (AP)
• Iran sets February trial date for 3 Americans (AP)
• Pentagon: New facility speeds NKorean nuke ability (AP)
• Madagascar PM says mutiny ends without bloodshed (AP)
• Pressure builds on China to rein in Pyongyang (Reuters)
• Report: Qantas oxygen tank blowout "unique" (AP)
• At the Heart of Haiti's Cholera Riots, Anger at the U.N. (Time.com)
• Award Honors Rights Defenders in 'War Against the Poor' (OneWorld.net)

Cholera fighting efforts restart in Haiti's north (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:21 PM PST Reuters - Aid supplies to combat Haiti's deadly cholera epidemic are flowing again into the country's northern regions after protests by Haitians blaming U.N. troops for the outbreak, humanitarian groups said on Sunday.

Gunmen slay former Mexico state governor (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 01:44 PM PST Reuters - The former governor of the Mexican Pacific coast state of Colima was gunned down in his home on Sunday morning, the latest attack on a politician in the country wracked by drug violence.

Abbas: No talks without East Jerusalem building freeze (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 08:40 AM PST Reuters - The Palestinian Authority will not return to peace talks with Israel unless there is a freeze on settlement building that includes East Jerusalem, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday.

Al Qaeda eyes small attacks at "bargain" prices (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 11:13 AM PST Reuters - Al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing vowed to "bleed" U.S. resources with inexpensive, small-scale attacks that cost militants just thousands of dollars to mount but billions for the West to guard against.

Robot due to enter New Zealand mine as gas holds up rescue (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:15 PM PST Reuters - New Zealand plans to use a robot to help in the search for 29 men trapped in a coal mine for nearly three days, as frustration grew over the slow pace of a rescue hampered by the risk of toxic, flammable gases.

Obama's Afterthought: Is the E.U. Getting Short Shrift? (Time.com) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PST Time.com - With the U.S. focused on improving relations to the east, Europe is feeling taken for granted. Did a quick summit on Saturday succeed in reinforcing their partnership?

Tigers could be extinct in 12 years if unprotected (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:26 PM PST AP - Wild tigers could become extinct in 12 years if countries where they still roam fail to take quick action to protect their habitats and step up the fight against poaching, global wildlife experts told a "tiger summit" Sunday.

Iran sets February trial date for 3 Americans (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 12:56 PM PST AP - The lawyer for three Americans facing espionage charges in Iran said Sunday that a new trial date of Feb. 6 has been set but that the judge has refused to allow him to meet with his clients to prepare a defense.

Pentagon: New facility speeds NKorean nuke ability (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 03:49 PM PST AP - A newly revealed North Korean nuclear facility could speed up that unpredictable nation's ability to make and deliver viable nuclear weapons, the Pentagon's top leaders said Sunday.

Madagascar PM says mutiny ends without bloodshed (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:29 PM PST AP - An attempted coup on this troubled Indian Ocean island has been defused without bloodshed, the Madagascar regime's prime minister said.

Pressure builds on China to rein in Pyongyang (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PST Reuters - North Korea's main ally China must lean on Pyongyang to persuade it to abandon its nuclear ambitions, senior U.S. officials said, amid concerns about the secretive state's latest atomic advances.

Report: Qantas oxygen tank blowout "unique" (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:02 PM PST AP - Air safety investigators say an oxygen bottle explosion that tore a hole in a Qantas jumbo during a flight two years ago was a unique event that is extremely unlikely ever to happen again.

At the Heart of Haiti's Cholera Riots, Anger at the U.N. (Time.com) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PST Time.com - Frustration with the seemingly passive role of U.N. peacekeepers seems to have broken out in anger as many Haitians blame the foreign troops for cholera

Award Honors Rights Defenders in 'War Against the Poor' (OneWorld.net) Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:46 PM PST OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (IPS) - Ines Fernandez and Valentina Rosendo, two indigenous Me'phaa women from the Mexican state of Guerrero, were raped and tortured by members of the Mexican Army in 2002. Since then, they have been subject to a constant stream of threats to keep them from speaking about the incidents.

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