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• UNESCO grants Palestinians full membership (Reuters)
• In Tripoli, NATO chief hails "free Libya" (Reuters)
• Egyptians protest, anger mounts over blogger arrest (Reuters)
• China to hold sway at G20 Cannes summit (Reuters)
• Arab League awaits Syrian response over unrest (Reuters)
• Enough Is Enough: How the Fight Over Health Care Reform Impacts Americans (Time.com)
• Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral stepping down (AP)
• NATO ends victorious 7-month Libya campaign (AP)
• Plane crashes into Tijuana car shop, killing 3 (AP)
• Abdul Raheem al-Keeb elected Libya's interim PM (Reuters)
• Attack near UN office kills 5 in Afghanistan (AP)
• Economy signals a sluggish rebound (Reuters)
• Qantas returns to the skies after fleet grounding (AP)
• In Niger Delta, one rebel leader faces a choice: computer engineering or fighting (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Judges Are for Sale -- and Special Interests Are Buying (Time.com)
• Move over Boko Haram, Nigeria's MEND rebels set to restart oil war in Niger Delta (The Christian Science Monitor)

UNESCO grants Palestinians full membership (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:30 AM PDT Reuters - The United Nations' cultural agency granted the Palestinians full membership on Monday, a step forward in their long-running efforts to achieve recognition before the world as an independent state.

In Tripoli, NATO chief hails "free Libya" (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:41 PM PDT Reuters - NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Monday hailed the end of the alliance's military intervention in Libya, which helped bring about the death of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Egyptians protest, anger mounts over blogger arrest (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - Thousands of Egyptians protested on Monday in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of an uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak this year, after a prominent activist was detained by military prosecutors.

China to hold sway at G20 Cannes summit (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:03 PM PDT Reuters - Efforts to coax China into throwing the euro zone a lifeline will dominate this week's G20 Summit and leave Beijing holding the cards as world leaders try to restore market confidence with pledges to reduce economic imbalances.

Arab League awaits Syrian response over unrest (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 08:05 AM PDT Reuters - The Arab League awaited a response from Syria on Monday to its proposal to end seven months of increasingly violent unrest against President Bashar al-Assad's rule and to start talks between Syrian authorities and their opponents.

Enough Is Enough: How the Fight Over Health Care Reform Impacts Americans (Time.com) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:30 AM PDT Time.com - While we fight over health care reform, more blameless Americans grow sick and die

Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral stepping down (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT AP - The Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral quit Monday, the second high-profile clergy member to step down over anti-capitalist protests that have spilled across the historic church's grounds.

NATO ends victorious 7-month Libya campaign (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 02:33 PM PDT AP - NATO's triumphant, 7-month air campaign against Libya ended Monday, setting the country on the path to a democratic transition less than two weeks after the capture and killing of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Plane crashes into Tijuana car shop, killing 3 (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:39 PM PDT AP - Mexican authorities say a light airplane taking off from the border city of Tijuana has crashed into an auto repair shop near a street market, killing three people and setting fire to several cars.

Abdul Raheem al-Keeb elected Libya's interim PM (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 04:01 PM PDT Reuters - Tripoli academic and former student in the United States, Abdul Raheem al-Keeb, was elected Libya's interim prime minister in a vote by members of the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in front of reporters Monday.

Attack near UN office kills 5 in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:37 PM PDT AP - Insurgents driving a suicide truck bomb and attacking on foot killed five people, including three United Nations employees, near the offices of the U.N.'s refugee agency in the southern city of Kandahar on Monday, officials said. Afghan forces and the militants exchanged fire for nearly seven hours before the militants were killed.

Economy signals a sluggish rebound (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:17 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's economy gained momentum for a third straight month in August, growing 0.3 percent from July and putting to rest fears of a recession, but not showing enough strength to trigger interest rate hikes.

Qantas returns to the skies after fleet grounding (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:34 AM PDT AP - Qantas Airways planes returned to the skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that had prompted the world's 10th-largest airline to ground its entire fleet.

In Niger Delta, one rebel leader faces a choice: computer engineering or fighting (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:30 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Blessing Dumo, a 30-year-old commander in the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force, belies the stereotype of a Niger Delta militant.

Judges Are for Sale -- and Special Interests Are Buying (Time.com) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:30 AM PDT Time.com - A new report details how big business and corporate lobbyists are pouring money into state judicial elections across the country and packing the courts with judges who put special interests ahead of the public interest

Move over Boko Haram, Nigeria's MEND rebels set to restart oil war in Niger Delta (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:28 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Earlier this month, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was forced to move a large outdoor celebration marking the 51st anniversary of Nigeria's independence from British colonial rule from Eagle Square, a large public space in the capital city of Abuja, to his presidential residence.

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