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• Violence erupts after Tunisian Islamists win vote (Reuters)
• Gaddafi son seeks flight to Hague war crimes court (Reuters)
• Prince Nayef named Saudi crown prince (Reuters)
• Pakistan denies BBC report on Taliban links (Reuters)
• Haiti looks to Asia, own diaspora, for investment (Reuters)
• Floodwater Threatens the Historic Heart of Bangkok (Time.com)
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• Tunisia's moderate Islamists win landmark vote (AP)
• Haiti police detain deputy they say fled jail (AP)
• Israel, Egypt carry out U.S.-brokered prisoner swap (Reuters)
• NZ's quake-hit cathedral to be partly torn down (AP)
• Harper says he is encouraged by euro zone deal (Reuters)
• Africa Rising: Economic progress vs. cultural preservation in Ethiopia (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Charity Case: Do Indians Give Enough Away? (Time.com)
• Egypt saves face in swap of alleged Israeli spy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Violence erupts after Tunisian Islamists win vote (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - Tunisian electoral officials confirmed the Islamist Ennahda party as winner of the North African country's election, setting it up to form the first Islamist-led government in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings.

Gaddafi son seeks flight to Hague war crimes court (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:53 PM PDT Reuters - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, fearing for his life if captured in Libya, has tried to arrange for an aircraft to fly him out of his desert refuge and into the custody of the Hague war crimes court, a senior Libyan official said Thursday.

Prince Nayef named Saudi crown prince (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:30 PM PDT Reuters - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Interior Minister Prince Nayef as the new crown prince, according to a royal court statement read out on state television early Friday.

Pakistan denies BBC report on Taliban links (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan strongly denied Thursday a BBC report that alleged the Pakistani military, along with its intelligence arm, supplied and protected the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda.

Haiti looks to Asia, own diaspora, for investment (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - Haiti is wooing Asian manufacturers, and its own diaspora, to inject investments and funds into the economy and create jobs to drive a recovery from last year's earthquake, the foreign minister said on Thursday.

Floodwater Threatens the Historic Heart of Bangkok (Time.com) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:25 AM PDT Time.com - A Royal gesture has done little to ease tension, as rising water threatens the Thai capital

(AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:33 PM PDT AP - CORRECTS: Turkey says 13-year-old has emerged alive from rubble some 100 hours after quake.

Tunisia's moderate Islamists win landmark vote (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:43 PM PDT AP - Tunisia's moderate Islamist party Ennahda, banned for decades, emerged the official victor in the nation's first free elections, taking 90 of 217 seats in an assembly that will write a new constitution, the electoral commission announced Thursday.

Haiti police detain deputy they say fled jail (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:16 PM PDT AP - Haitian police have detained a lawmaker whose name surfaced on a list of inmates who fled Haiti's main prison the day of last year's earthquake.

Israel, Egypt carry out U.S.-brokered prisoner swap (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt released an American-Israeli held as an alleged spy and Israel freed 25 Egyptians in a prisoner swap Thursday that will ease strains between Cairo's new rulers and the United States and Israel.

NZ's quake-hit cathedral to be partly torn down (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:37 PM PDT AP - The iconic downtown cathedral in central Christchurch will be deconsecrated and partially demolished due to earthquake damage earlier this year.

Harper says he is encouraged by euro zone deal (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 10:53 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday said he was encouraged by the deal agreed by euro zone leaders, calling Europe's economic crisis the most immediate and imminent threat to global recovery.

Africa Rising: Economic progress vs. cultural preservation in Ethiopia (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:08 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - • Africa Rising is a weekly look at business, investment, and development trends.

Charity Case: Do Indians Give Enough Away? (Time.com) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:25 AM PDT Time.com - The Hindu festival of Diwali is all about giving. But, as the Indian economy booms, donations are not keeping pace.

Egypt saves face in swap of alleged Israeli spy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:15 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - An American-Israeli law student Egypt accused of spying for Israel is on his way home after the two nations arranged a prisoner exchange deal that will allow Egypt’s military rulers to claim a victory at home while patching up relations with Israel.

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