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• Greek PM defies anger to defend referendum plan (Reuters)
• Syria says reaches deal with Arab League on unrest (Reuters)
• U.N. panel sees "alarming resurgence" of mercenaries (Reuters)
• Anglican Church head backs protesters on financial reform (Reuters)
• Israel to speed up settlement building in West Bank (Reuters)
• FBI Releases Russian Spy Ring Videos and Photos, Starring Anna Chapman (Time.com)
• WikiLeaks' Assange to learn UK extradition fate (Reuters)
• Libya fighters in hospital shootout, 1 dead (AP)
• Chinese navy brings medical aid to Jamaica (AP)
• New Libyan PM was Alabama professor for 20 years (AP)
• Kyrgyz election winner says US base poses risk (AP)
• Bank of Canada chief says respects Greek referendum (Reuters)
• Condition of marooned New Zealand ship worsens (AP)
• Kyrgyzstan elections: Unity top priority for Atambayev (The Christian Science Monitor)
• A Greek Bearing Rifts: Papandreou's Referendum Seems to Please No One but Himself (Time.com)
• Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee: Liberia is progressing, but still divided (The Christian Science Monitor)

Greek PM defies anger to defend referendum plan (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:04 PM PDT Reuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Wednesday he would push ahead with a referendum on an EU bailout deal, defying demands from lawmakers of his own party that he quit for jeopardizing Greek membership of the euro.

Syria says reaches deal with Arab League on unrest (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - Syria said on Tuesday it had reached agreement with an Arab League committee tasked with finding a way to end seven months of unrest and starting a dialogue between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents.

U.N. panel sees "alarming resurgence" of mercenaries (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - There has been an "alarming resurgence" in the use of mercenaries in the past year, according to U.N. experts who cited events in Libya and Ivory Coast and called for action to halt the trend.

Anglican Church head backs protesters on financial reform (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of London's financial district, has for centuries occupied a delicate position between God and Mammon, benefiting from the generosity of rich financiers while supporting the more numerous poor.

Israel to speed up settlement building in West Bank (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:51 PM PDT Reuters - Israel decided Tuesday to accelerate Jewish settlement building and withhold Palestinian Authority funds, moves likely to further hold up international efforts to revive peace talks.

FBI Releases Russian Spy Ring Videos and Photos, Starring Anna Chapman (Time.com) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:00 PM PDT Time.com - Newly unveiled videos give a comprehensive look at how a group of Russian infiltrators collected and traded information -- and how they were trailed by watchful U.S. counterspies during their long trail of deception

WikiLeaks' Assange to learn UK extradition fate (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - A London court will rule on Wednesday whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who angered the government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, can be extradited from Britain to Sweden for questioning over alleged sexual crimes.

Libya fighters in hospital shootout, 1 dead (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:41 PM PDT AP - Groups of Libyan fighters involved in a personal feud exchanged fire at a major hospital, leaving one dead and five wounded over two days of battles, the hospital's security chief said Tuesday.

Chinese navy brings medical aid to Jamaica (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:30 PM PDT AP - Dozens of doctors and nurses fanned out from a Chinese navy hospital ship Tuesday to treat poor Jamaicans as part of a global humanitarian mission to portray China's rapidly growing military as a responsible power.

New Libyan PM was Alabama professor for 20 years (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:35 PM PDT AP - For 20 years, Abdurrahim el-Keib taught electrical engineering at the University of Alabama, helped lead the area's Muslim community and talked little about his home country of Libya. With Moammar Gadhafi's regime deposed, the professor now has a new role as prime minister of his homeland.

Kyrgyz election winner says US base poses risk (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:25 PM PDT AP - Kyrgyzstan's president-elect said Tuesday the U.S. air base needs to close by 2014 because its presence on Kyrgyz soil puts this former Soviet nation at risk of retaliatory strikes from those in conflict with the United States.

Bank of Canada chief says respects Greek referendum (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:39 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's central bank chief said on Tuesday he understands Greece's call for a referendum on the euro zone's latest bailout package, a plan that stunned other policymakers and triggered a downward spiral on global markets.

Condition of marooned New Zealand ship worsens (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 07:04 AM PDT AP - The condition of a cargo ship stranded on a New Zealand reef for nearly a month has worsened, and authorities say they are preparing for it to break apart.

Kyrgyzstan elections: Unity top priority for Atambayev (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:21 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Former Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev declared victory Monday in Kyrgyzstan's presidential polls. The small, strategically-located central Asian nation's election is its latest attempt to restore political stability following two revolutions and a string of dubious elections over the past six years.

A Greek Bearing Rifts: Papandreou's Referendum Seems to Please No One but Himself (Time.com) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:00 PM PDT Time.com - Even a populace sick of austerity appears to be appalled at the Greek Prime Minister's proposed referendum on the hard-wrought bailout package. Expect more tumult

Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee: Liberia is progressing, but still divided (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Oct 2011 08:22 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee was half asleep on a "red eye" flight from New York to San Francisco finishing off her book tour when she found out that she had won the Nobel Peace Prize. Her phone beeped and she looked down to see a text message that read: "Nobel. Nobel. Nobel"

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