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• Israel and Hamas agree prisoner swap to free Shalit (Reuters)
• Iranians charged in U.S. over assassination plot (Reuters)
• Iran rejects U.S. allegations of Saudi envoy plot (Reuters)
• Saudi Arabia to "take measures" after Iran plot: official (Reuters)
• Ukraine jails Tymoshenko for 7 years, irks EU, Russia (Reuters)
• U.A.E. Activists on Trial for Demanding More Democracy (Time.com)
• Slovakian politicians work toward OK of bailout (AP)
• Israel, Hamas announce swap for captured soldier (AP)
• Group: DomRep annuls ethnic Haitians's citizenship (AP)
• Liberia counts votes in tight presidential election (Reuters)
• Senate passes bill to sanction China over currency (AP)
• Canadian housing starts jump, ease recession fears (Reuters)
• NZ says spill its worst environmental sea disaster (AP)
• Tri Mumpuni Iskandar builds small hydro plants to bring electricity to Indonesian villages (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Honeymoon's Over: Sicily Cracks Down on Weddings Receipts (Time.com)
• Why did Egypt's Army violently suppress Christian protesters? (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Israel and Hamas agree prisoner swap to free Shalit (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:38 PM PDT Reuters - Israel and Gaza's Hamas Islamist rulers agreed on Tuesday to swap more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit, resolving one of the most emotive and intractable issues between them.

Iranians charged in U.S. over assassination plot (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - The United States accused Iran on Tuesday of backing a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, escalating tensions with Tehran and stirring up a hornet's nest in the Gulf, where Saudi Arabia and Iran have long jostled for power.

Iran rejects U.S. allegations of Saudi envoy plot (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:00 PM PDT Reuters - Iran rejected U.S. allegations that two Iranians planned to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington, calling it a "untrue and baseless," the country's English language Press TV reported on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia to "take measures" after Iran plot: official (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:59 PM PDT Reuters - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be expected to 'take measures' by its people after U.S. authorities broke up a plot by two men linked to the Iranian government to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States.

Ukraine jails Tymoshenko for 7 years, irks EU, Russia (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:22 AM PDT Reuters - A Ukrainian court on Tuesday sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for abuse of office in relation to a 2009 gas deal with Russia that she brokered, a case regarded widely in the West as politically orchestrated.

U.A.E. Activists on Trial for Demanding More Democracy (Time.com) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:55 PM PDT Time.com - Five pro-democracy activists are behind bars for publicly calling for more political rights, but others prefer a softer approach

Slovakian politicians work toward OK of bailout (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:14 PM PDT AP - Slovakia's Parliament rejected a key euro bailout bill Tuesday, threatening Europe-wide efforts to ease a debt crisis that is threatening the global economy. The vote triggered the collapse of the government, but the outgoing prime minister and her main opponent both said they would now work to approve the bill quickly.

Israel, Hamas announce swap for captured soldier (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:12 PM PDT AP - In a much-anticipated prisoner exchange that could have broad implications, Israel and Hamas on Tuesday announced that an Israeli soldier abducted to Gaza five years ago would be swapped for about 1,000 Palestinians held by Israel and accused of militant activity.

Group: DomRep annuls ethnic Haitians's citizenship (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - A nonprofit group is accusing the Dominican Republic's government of confiscating or annulling nearly 1,600 birth certificates for people of Haitian descent.

Liberia counts votes in tight presidential election (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:09 PM PDT Reuters - Liberia tallied votes on Wednesday in a hotly-contested presidential poll pitting the incumbent, Nobel peace laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, against former U.N. diplomat Winston Tubman and 14 others.

Senate passes bill to sanction China over currency (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:43 PM PDT AP - The Senate voted Tuesday to threaten China with higher tariffs on Chinese products made cheap through an artificially undervalued currency, which lawmakers blame for destroying American jobs. The House, though, is unlikely to take up the bill, which some American businesses warn could trigger a trade war.

Canadian housing starts jump, ease recession fears (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:21 AM PDT Reuters - Canadian housing starts jumped a higher-than-expected 7.3 percent in September, helped by a surge in the condominium sector, suggesting Canada's property boom stayed intact last month and should help the economy avert recession.

NZ says spill its worst environmental sea disaster (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:57 AM PDT AP - Rough weather has jostled a cargo ship stuck off New Zealand's coast and worsened its oil leak fivefold to make it the country's worst-ever maritime environmental disaster, the government said Tuesday.

Tri Mumpuni Iskandar builds small hydro plants to bring electricity to Indonesian villages (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:28 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - It takes a lot of energy to keep up with Tri Mumpuni Iskandar, which seems fitting given her passion: to electrify poor, rural communities across Indonesia's sprawling 3,200-mile-long archipelago.

The Honeymoon's Over: Sicily Cracks Down on Weddings Receipts (Time.com) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:55 PM PDT Time.com - Sicilian tax collectors are cracking down on a large, underground industry: weddings

Why did Egypt's Army violently suppress Christian protesters? (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Oct 2011 07:30 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A deadly attack by the Egyptian Army on a Christian demonstration Sunday evening left as many as 24 dead, and incited sectarian violence that opened a dark new chapter on Egypt’s future.

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