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• Saudis, U.S. trade charges with Iran over plot (Reuters)
• Libya fighters capture Gaddafi son in Sirte: NTC (Reuters)
• Israel-Hamas prisoner swap stirs mixed emotions (Reuters)
• Probe finds no U.S. fault in Afghan chopper crash (Reuters)
• Swiss say trying to release dictators' stashed loot (Reuters)
• Dilma Vs. Gisele: The War Over Brazilian Womanhood (Time.com)
• EU speeds up capital rules for big banks (AP)
• Libya official: No confirmation Gadhafi son caught (AP)
• Chavez opponent launches presidential campaign (AP)
• Liberia to release first election results (Reuters)
• More than one guest list for South Korean dinner (AP)
• Air Canada union steps back from brink on strike (Reuters)
• Iran vs. Saudi Arabia: In Wikileaks, targeted Saudi ambassador told US to decapitate Iranian 'snake' (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Arbabsiar Case: Could Rogue Elements in Iran Be Behind It? (Time.com)
• Coptic Christians in Egypt battle state's version of deadly protest (The Christian Science Monitor)

Saudis, U.S. trade charges with Iran over plot (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:21 PM PDT Reuters - Saudi Arabia and the United States traded charges with Iran Wednesday over an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, deepening divisions and sharpening a contest for power in the oil-rich Gulf.

Libya fighters capture Gaddafi son in Sirte: NTC (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan government fighters captured Muammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim in Sirte on Wednesday after he tried to escape the battle-torn city in a car with a family, officials with the National Transitional Council (NTC) told Reuters.

Israel-Hamas prisoner swap stirs mixed emotions (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:24 AM PDT Reuters - The parents of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit folded their protest tent Wednesday and Palestinian families awaited word on whether their loved ones would go free in a prisoner swap agreed by Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers.

Probe finds no U.S. fault in Afghan chopper crash (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:35 PM PDT Reuters - A military investigation found no U.S. personnel at fault in the August crash of a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan that killed all 30 Americans on board, the deadliest incident for U.S. forces in the decade-old war, officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

Swiss say trying to release dictators' stashed loot (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - Switzerland is trying to help the new authorities of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya recover 770 million Swiss francs ($850 million) in frozen assets linked to their ousted leaders, but the process could take years, a senior Swiss official said on Wednesday.

Dilma Vs. Gisele: The War Over Brazilian Womanhood (Time.com) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:50 PM PDT Time.com - The government of Brazil's first female president comes down hard against a lingerie ad by Brazil's most famous female

EU speeds up capital rules for big banks (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:37 PM PDT AP - Europe's biggest banks must raise billions of euros in capital to better withstand market turmoil, the European Commission proposed Wednesday, as it embarked on a major push to contain the continent's escalating debt troubles and avert a second recession.

Libya official: No confirmation Gadhafi son caught (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT AP - A Libyan spokesman said Wednesday that revolutionary forces have captured some fighters close to one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons in the fugitive leader's hometown but that he has no information that the son himself has been seized.

Chavez opponent launches presidential campaign (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:25 PM PDT AP - A prominent opponent of President Hugo Chavez launched his campaign for Venezuela's presidency on Wednesday, promising a more business-friendly approach than the socialist policies of the country's leader.

Liberia to release first election results (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:38 PM PDT Reuters - Liberia is to release a first batch of official results on Thursday from its hotly-contested presidential election, in which Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is seeking a second term.

More than one guest list for South Korean dinner (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:28 PM PDT AP - The after-dinner playlist is set. The garden herbs have been harvested. The tweeple are on their way.

Air Canada union steps back from brink on strike (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - Air Canada's flight attendants canceled their planned strike on Wednesday just hours before it was due to start after the federal government asked a labor board to step into the dispute.

Iran vs. Saudi Arabia: In Wikileaks, targeted Saudi ambassador told US to decapitate Iranian 'snake' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:21 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A longstanding regional rivalry lies behind the web of conspiracies that US authorities on Tuesday said linked Iranian agents to a plot to kill the Saudi Arabia ambassador in Washington.

The Arbabsiar Case: Could Rogue Elements in Iran Be Behind It? (Time.com) Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:50 PM PDT Time.com - If the plot had borne fruit, the consequences could have been disastrous for Tehran, further exacerbating the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Coptic Christians in Egypt battle state's version of deadly protest (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:16 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Egypt’s muted response to a deadly attack by its own Army on a Christian protest Sunday is furthering the anger of Christians, and threatening to escalate sectarian strife at a delicate time of transition.

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