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• Brazil Marines join slum battles, 30 people killed (Reuters)
• Putin, Merkel trade barbs ahead of talks in Germany (Reuters)
• U.N. warns Ivorian candidates against victory claims (Reuters)
• Haiti heads for elections, police keep marches apart (Reuters)
• Stolen Children in China are Seeking Answers (Time.com)
• Red Cross scolds 'failed' HIV policy among nations (AP)
• Egypt: 156 detained over Christian riots (AP)
• Venezuelan NGOs fear restrictions on foreign funds (AP)
• Burkina Faso president re-elected by landslide (AP)
• 3 teens rescued after 50 days adrift in S. Pacific (AP)
• Premier of Newfoundland Danny Williams stepping down (Reuters)
• US 'Honeymoon Killer' flies out of Australia (AFP)
• China welcomes growing African trade, but not the Africans who facilitate it (The Christian Science Monitor)
• How Peru Became the Counterfeit-Cash Capital of the World (Time.com)
• Securing a Peaceful Divorce in Sudan (OneWorld.net)

Brazil Marines join slum battles, 30 people killed (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:12 AM PST Reuters - Armored cars rolled through smoke-filled streets in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday as police battled slum-based drug gangs for a fifth consecutive day in the city slated to host the 2016 Olympics.

Putin, Merkel trade barbs ahead of talks in Germany (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:36 PM PST Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused each other of hindering trade and investment Thursday ahead of talks which may result in the biggest German divestment from Russia to date.

U.N. warns Ivorian candidates against victory claims (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:40 PM PST Reuters - The chief of the U.N. mission to Ivory Coast has urged both candidates in Sunday's election run-off not to claim victory before results are announced, amid fears of violence in a country torn by conflict in recent years.

Haiti heads for elections, police keep marches apart (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:51 PM PST Reuters - Armed Haitian police kept apart boisterous supporters of rival presidential candidates in Port-au-Prince on Thursday as the earthquake-hit Caribbean country heads for turbulent elections this weekend in the grip of a cholera epidemic.

Stolen Children in China are Seeking Answers (Time.com) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:55 AM PST Time.com - China's Kidnap Victims Search for Their Families

Red Cross scolds 'failed' HIV policy among nations (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:02 PM PST AP - The spread of HIV and AIDS among millions of people could be slowed if addicts who inject drugs were treated as medical patients rather than as criminals, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Friday.

Egypt: 156 detained over Christian riots (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:09 AM PST AP - Egypt's prosecutor general leveled severe accusations Thursday against 156 Christians, including explosives possession and attempted murder, following clashes with police over the building of a church.

Venezuelan NGOs fear restrictions on foreign funds (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:57 PM PST AP - Venezuela's human rights groups are raising concerns over pending legislation backed by President Hugo Chavez that would bar non-governmental organizations from receiving foreign funding.

Burkina Faso president re-elected by landslide (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:26 PM PST AP - President Blaise Compaore, one of Africa's last remaining 'Big Men' who seized power in a bloody coup 23 years ago, was re-elected by a landslide in a vote rejected by the opposition.

3 teens rescued after 50 days adrift in S. Pacific (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:49 PM PST AP - Three teenagers survived 50 days adrift in a tiny boat in the South Pacific by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish and a seagull before being rescued by a passing trawler, a senior crewman on the fishing vessel said.

Premier of Newfoundland Danny Williams stepping down (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:08 AM PST Reuters - Danny Williams, premier of the oil-producing Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, said on Thursday he was leaving politics after seven years, having clinched a much sought-after hydroelectric deal.

US 'Honeymoon Killer' flies out of Australia (AFP) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:51 PM PST AFP - An American dubbed the "Honeymoon Killer" over his wife's death on a diving trip flew out of Australia Thursday for the United States, where he may face further charges, officials said.

China welcomes growing African trade, but not the Africans who facilitate it (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:05 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - As the southern city of Guangzhou hosts the Asian Games, which will come to a close on Nov. 27 in China, the prosperous city is putting its best face forward and has welcomed foreigners from all across Asia. However, the sweet welcome the visitors are receiving puts the treatment of a growing presence of African immigrants in the city into stark relief.

How Peru Became the Counterfeit-Cash Capital of the World (Time.com) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:55 AM PST Time.com - With lots of surreptitious printing presses able to churn out fake bills, Lima produces reams and reams of pesos, soles, bolÍvares and, of course, U.S. dollars

Securing a Peaceful Divorce in Sudan (OneWorld.net) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:19 PM PST OneWorld.net - JUBA, Nov 25 (IRIN) - A January referendum in Southern Sudan is likely to lead to the creation of a new country - the first in Africa since Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 - but much work needs to be done to ensure the separation is more peaceful than that of its Horn of Africa neighbours.

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