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• Israeli soldier Shalit, Palestinians freed in captive swap (Reuters)
• Initial U.S. drawdown to pull from restive Afghan east (Reuters)
• Yemeni Nobel laureate to U.N.: No immunity for Saleh (Reuters)
• Chavez rival to run despite Venezuela court ruling (Reuters)
• Gilad Shalit Release: Israel's Joy Tempered by Memories of an Intifadeh (Time.com)
• UK inquiry finds former minister broke rules (AP)
• Israeli soldier emerges from 5 years of captivity (AP)
• Golding: Holness to be next Jamaica PM (AP)
• Suicide car bomb rattles Somali capital, kills 4 (AP)
• House panel sets hearing on China trade concerns (Reuters)
• Corruption stories hurting Quebec government: poll (Reuters)
• Company pledges money for New Zealand oil cleanup (AP)
• With Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange finished, attention turns to security (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Should School of the Americas' 'Coup Academy' Be Closed? (Time.com)
• Gilad Shalit deal boosts Hamas in West Bank as Fatah clings to support (The Christian Science Monitor)

Israeli soldier Shalit, Palestinians freed in captive swap (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:53 PM PDT Reuters - Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel's borders in opposite directions on Tuesday as a thousand-for-one prisoner swap brought joy to families but did little to ease decades of conflict.

Initial U.S. drawdown to pull from restive Afghan east (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:13 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's plan to withdraw some U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year will take soldiers out of the country's restive east, where battles between foreign troops and militants suspected in high-profile attacks increasingly make it the war's focus, a top U.S. commander said on Tuesday.

Yemeni Nobel laureate to U.N.: No immunity for Saleh (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:05 PM PDT Reuters - Yemeni Nobel peace laureate Tawakul Karman made an impassioned plea to the United Nations on Tuesday to repudiate a Gulf Arab plan that would grant immunity to her country's "war criminal" president.

Chavez rival to run despite Venezuela court ruling (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:21 PM PDT Reuters - Venezuelan politician Leopoldo Lopez said on Tuesday he will maintain his campaign to win the opposition leadership and challenge leftist President Hugo Chavez despite a court upholding his ban from office.

Gilad Shalit Release: Israel's Joy Tempered by Memories of an Intifadeh (Time.com) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT Time.com - The country was visibly and audibly moved by young Israeli soldier's return but many are deeply concerned about the consequences of the prisoner exchange that won his release

UK inquiry finds former minister broke rules (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:11 PM PDT AP - Britain's departed defense minister Liam Fox breached rules by allowing a personal friend access to meetings and overseas visits — including discussions with a U.S. military commander and senior Israeli officials, a report by the country's top civil servant ruled Tuesday.

Israeli soldier emerges from 5 years of captivity (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 03:53 PM PDT AP - Gaunt and pale, Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit returned home Tuesday after more than five years in captivity, freed in a lopsided exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners that could greatly complicate Mideast peace prospects and strengthen the Islamic militant Hamas.

Golding: Holness to be next Jamaica PM (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:28 PM PDT AP - Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced Tuesday that Jamaica's youthful education minister has received the unanimous endorsement of ruling party lawmakers to become the Caribbean island's next leader.

Suicide car bomb rattles Somali capital, kills 4 (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT AP - A suicide car bomb exploded near Somalia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, killing at least four people even as Somali and Kenyan leaders met and agreed to cooperate on military action against Islamist insurgents.

House panel sets hearing on China trade concerns (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - A senior Republican lawmaker on Tuesday announced a congressional hearing next week on Chinese trade practices he said were hurting American businesses and workers, but stopped short of promising action on Senate currency legislation to deal with the concerns.

Corruption stories hurting Quebec government: poll (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 07:36 AM PDT Reuters - Allegations of widespread corruption in the construction industry are hurting Quebec's governing Liberals, who would have little chance of forming a stable government if an election were held now, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

Company pledges money for New Zealand oil cleanup (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 09:49 PM PDT AP - The company that was chartering a cargo ship at the time it ran aground on a New Zealand reef and began spilling tons of oil offered 1 million New Zealand dollars ($800,000) Tuesday to help with the cleanup.

With Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange finished, attention turns to security (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:42 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The unprecedented prisoner exchange today between Israel and Hamas will shift attention in the coming months to undermining the possibility of an upsurge in violence in the West Bank, where hundreds of Palestinian prisoners returned today after being released in return for Gilad Shalit.

Should School of the Americas' 'Coup Academy' Be Closed? (Time.com) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT Time.com - Its alumni include Manuel Noriega and a long list of other dictators and strongmen turned drug traffickers. The School of the Americas (SOA) has tried to change its image, but leaders in both North and South America are calling for its demise

Gilad Shalit deal boosts Hamas in West Bank as Fatah clings to support (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:17 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Ramallah today to welcome home about 100 prisoners returning to the area.

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