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• Haiti elections rocked by fraud charges and protests (Reuters)
• North Korea neighbors consider China call for talks (Reuters)
• Violence and accusations as Ivory Coast voting ends (Reuters)
• Police take control of Rio slum (Reuters)
• Swiss referendum backs expelling convicted foreigners (Reuters)
• Egypt's Sham Voting: Mubarak's Grip is Tighter Than Ever (Time.com)
• Europe fixes Irish bailout, future rescue rules (AFP)
• Opposition protests alleged fraud in Egypt vote (AP)
• Major candidates call for halt to Haiti election (AP)
• Ivory Coast gov't says two dead during voting (AP)
• US deployment to Afghanistan outstrips Soviet war (AFP)
• 4th blast hits New Zealand coal mine where 29 died (AP)
• China calls for emergency talks over North-South Korea crisis (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Afghan radio wars: Combating the Taliban's message machine (Time.com)
• In Haiti election, voter confusion, apathy loom large (The Christian Science Monitor)

Haiti elections rocked by fraud charges and protests (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 03:13 PM PST Reuters - Haiti's elections ended in confusion on Sunday as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates denounced "massive fraud" and called for cancellation of the results as street protests erupted over voting irregularities.

North Korea neighbors consider China call for talks (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 03:57 PM PST Reuters - South Korean and U.S. forces pressed on with massive military drills on Monday as regional powers considered a call by China for emergency talks following North Korea's attack on a southern island.

Violence and accusations as Ivory Coast voting ends (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:10 PM PST Reuters - Voters in Ivory Coast awaited the outcome of a presidential run-off on Sunday meant to end a decade of instability, but reports of violence and accusations of voter intimidation created an atmosphere of tension and fear.

Police take control of Rio slum (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 03:07 PM PST Reuters - Police arrested gang members and seized large quantities of drugs and weapons in a large Rio de Janeiro slum they occupied on Sunday, in a major advance in the war against the city's drug lords.

Swiss referendum backs expelling convicted foreigners (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 12:12 PM PST Reuters - A majority of Swiss voted in a referendum on Sunday to ease the expulsion of foreigners convicted of serious crimes such as murder, the latest sign of growing hostility to immigration in the Alpine state.

Egypt's Sham Voting: Mubarak's Grip is Tighter Than Ever (Time.com) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:25 AM PST Time.com - Few Egyptians showed up to vote in their country's parliamentary election on November 28.

Europe fixes Irish bailout, future rescue rules (AFP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:29 PM PST AFP - Europe on Sunday agreed a bailout for Ireland and new rules for future rescues which, under stringent IMF terms, would hit government bond investors.

Opposition protests alleged fraud in Egypt vote (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 12:43 PM PST AP - Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested outside vote counting stations, scuffling with police and denouncing what they called widespread fraud in Egypt's parliament elections on Sunday, as the government appeared to determined to ensure its monopoly on the legislature in uncertain political times.

Major candidates call for halt to Haiti election (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST AP - Haitians wrapped up their election in discord Sunday, with nearly all the major presidential candidates calling for the vote to be voided over fraud and reports that large numbers of voters were turned away across the quake-stricken country.

Ivory Coast gov't says two dead during voting (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 03:43 PM PST AP - An Ivory Coast government official reported two deaths among other incidents of violence and voter intimidation in the volatile west of the country on state TV only hours after polls closed in a contentious presidential election on Sunday.

US deployment to Afghanistan outstrips Soviet war (AFP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 03:54 PM PST AFP - The US-led war in Afghanistan is now longer than the Soviets' futile campaign in the benighted nation -- and after nine years and 50 days of battle, the West is also groping for an exit.

4th blast hits New Zealand coal mine where 29 died (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 03:51 AM PST AP - A fourth explosion in nine days ripped through a New Zealand mine where 29 miners perished, and officials said Sunday the coal was on fire, a development that could significantly delay recovery of the bodies.

China calls for emergency talks over North-South Korea crisis (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:10 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - China sought to defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula Sunday on the first day of massive US and South Korean exercises in the Yellow Sea led by the United States aircraft carrier George Washington, with 80 planes on its decks.

Afghan radio wars: Combating the Taliban's message machine (Time.com) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:25 AM PST Time.com - To combat the increasingly sophisticated Taliban message machine, the U.S. is employing its own band of hardy radio deejays

In Haiti election, voter confusion, apathy loom large (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:54 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Officials and aid workers are rushing to stem the spread of cholera. Streets are still filled with rubble. And more than 1 million people are living in camps.

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