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• Gaddafi son eyes safety, talks to Hague (Reuters)
• Islamists to rule Tunisia; clashes in cradle of revolt (Reuters)
• Turkey's post-quake relief races against winter (Reuters)
• Syrian security forces kill 40 protesters on Friday (Reuters)
• Abbas faults Arab refusal of 1947 U.N. Palestine plan (Reuters)
• No Joy in Greece Over the E.U.'s New Deal (Time.com)
• Rules change gives royal girls equal shot at crown (AP)
• Tunisian Islamist leader seeks calm after unrest (AP)
• Egypt protesters demand that army quit power (Reuters)
• India shuts server linked to Duqu computer virus (Reuters)
• It's a girl! British royal succession rules to change (Reuters)
• Peter Jackson working with ex-US death row inmate (AP)
• Russia's Bolshoi Theater back from the brink of destruction (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Under Historic New Law, Women Given Equal Right to British Throne (Time.com)
• Teen rescued from Turkey quake rubble, as government eyes lax building construction (The Christian Science Monitor)

Gaddafi son eyes safety, talks to Hague (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:47 AM PDT Reuters - From deep in the Sahara, fearing that he will share his father's bloody fate at the hands of vengeful Libyans and calling in old favors bought with oil from desert tribes and African strongmen, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may be bartering a future.

Islamists to rule Tunisia; clashes in cradle of revolt (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:21 PM PDT Reuters - The leader of the Islamist party which won Tunisia's first free election appealed for calm in the town where the "Arab Spring" began, accusing forces linked to the ousted president of fanning violence there.

Turkey's post-quake relief races against winter (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - Authorities overseeing relief efforts after Turkey's biggest earthquake in over a decade were confident emergency needs for tens of thousands made homeless would be met by Saturday in hardest hit urban areas.

Syrian security forces kill 40 protesters on Friday (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 02:32 PM PDT Reuters - Security forces killed at least 40 civilians on Friday in attacks on demonstrations calling for international protection for Syria's pro-democracy protesters, activists said.

Abbas faults Arab refusal of 1947 U.N. Palestine plan (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - Arabs made a "mistake" by rejecting a 1947 U.N. proposal that would have created a Palestinian state alongside the nascent Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview aired on Friday.

No Joy in Greece Over the E.U.'s New Deal (Time.com) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:20 AM PDT Time.com - As the government tries to look on the bright side of the E.U.'s debt deal, Greeks continue to rage over harsh austerity measures

Rules change gives royal girls equal shot at crown (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:02 PM PDT AP - If Will and Kate's first child is a girl, it's now clear that she'll probably become queen one day — and not even getting a little brother can mess that up.

Tunisian Islamist leader seeks calm after unrest (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:42 PM PDT AP - The leader of the moderate Islamist party that won Tunisia's first free elections called for calm Friday after protests erupted in the town where the country's revolution began.

Egypt protesters demand that army quit power (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - Thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday to press the ruling army to speed up the transfer of power to civilian rule, and an Islamist leader said his followers would stage a sit-in if the army does not respond.

India shuts server linked to Duqu computer virus (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - Indian authorities seized computer equipment from a data center in Mumbai as part of an investigation into the Duqu malicious software that some security experts warned could be the next big cyber threat.

It's a girl! British royal succession rules to change (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - Centuries of British royal discrimination came to an end Friday after Commonwealth leaders agreed to drop rules that give sons precedence as heir to the throne and bar anyone in line for the crown from marrying a Roman Catholic.

Peter Jackson working with ex-US death row inmate (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:20 PM PDT AP - A news report says renowned New Zealand movie director Peter Jackson is working with an American once on death row in hopes of getting the man a complete pardon.

Russia's Bolshoi Theater back from the brink of destruction (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:40 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Russia's iconic Bolshoi Theater will officially return from the brink of destruction this week.

Under Historic New Law, Women Given Equal Right to British Throne (Time.com) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:20 AM PDT Time.com - For 300 years, the English crown passed to the oldest male heir. Now, it will simply go to the first-born -- even if she's a girl

Teen rescued from Turkey quake rubble, as government eyes lax building construction (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:32 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Rescue workers on Friday pulled a teenage boy alive from rubble five days after an 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Turkey.

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