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• Greek prime minister faces knife-edge survival vote (Reuters)
• U.S., UK, France ratchet up pressure on Iran (Reuters)
• Friday protests seen test of Syrian deal with League (Reuters)
• Cuba to permit buying, selling of real estate (Reuters)
• Palestinians won't accept less than full U.N. seat: minister (Reuters)
• Should Greece Ditch the Euro? (Time.com)
• Sudan says it pushed rebels out of border region (AP)
• Puerto Rico ends legal battle over disability (AP)
• Libyans want jobs from "grey men" of government (Reuters)
• Brit accused of faking death arrested in Australia (AP)
• Canada high court blocks Khadr extradition to U.S. (Reuters)
• Sex harassment rampant at Aussie military school (AP)
• Thailand floods: At the floodwaters' edge, entrepreneurs flourish (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Paraguay: A Quaint Inn with a Dark Nazi Past (Time.com)
• US pushes toward more biting Iran sanctions (The Christian Science Monitor)

Greek prime minister faces knife-edge survival vote (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:45 PM PDT Reuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a knife-edge confidence vote on Friday after his plan for a referendum on a bailout -- supposed to save both Greece and the euro zone from disaster -- backfired disastrously.

U.S., UK, France ratchet up pressure on Iran (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:32 PM PDT Reuters - The United States, Britain and France turned up the pressure on Tehran on Thursday ahead of next week's release of a keenly awaited U.N. report that may offer new details about the military side of Iran's nuclear program.

Friday protests seen test of Syrian deal with League (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:36 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian troops' response to anti-government protests after Friday prayers will be a litmus test of the president's agreement with the Arab League to stop shooting and open talks with the protesters, opposition leaders said.

Cuba to permit buying, selling of real estate (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:09 PM PDT Reuters - Cuba's government has given Cubans the right to buy and sell their homes for the first time since the early days of the 1959 revolution in a long-awaited reform that creates a real estate market and promises to put money in people's pockets.

Palestinians won't accept less than full U.N. seat: minister (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - The Palestinians will not accept anything less than full U.N. membership and do not want an upgrade to an observer state in the world body, their foreign minister said on Thursday.

Should Greece Ditch the Euro? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - The whole idea of a member of the euro zone bolting the union has been completely taboo, even as a debt crisis has raged through Europe for two years

Sudan says it pushed rebels out of border region (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:05 PM PDT AP - Sudan's army says it has captured a rebel stronghold along its border with South Sudan.

Puerto Rico ends legal battle over disability (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:36 PM PDT AP - Puerto Rico has reached an agreement with the U.S. government ending a 12-year legal battle to improve the island's health system for the mentally disabled, local justice officials said Thursday.

Libyans want jobs from "grey men" of government (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - Jobs, normality and democracy are high on the wish lists of Libyans questioned on the streets of their capital, but after months of civil war, meeting their expectations is a challenging assignment for the "grey men" now trying to run the country.

Brit accused of faking death arrested in Australia (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:28 PM PDT AP - A British man accused of faking his own death as part of a life insurance scam was arrested in Australia after a six-year hunt by authorities, police said Thursday.

Canada high court blocks Khadr extradition to U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:25 AM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court of Canada blocked on Thursday the extradition to the United States of Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian wanted by Washington on terrorist charges.

Sex harassment rampant at Aussie military school (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:04 AM PDT AP - Nearly three-quarters of female cadets at Australia's military training academy have been sexually harassed, a government report found after a series of scandals involving the mistreatment of women in Australia's defense force.

Thailand floods: At the floodwaters' edge, entrepreneurs flourish (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:32 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As floodwaters edge closer to some of Bangkok's hitherto-dry central areas some enterprising people â€" including those affected by the waters â€" are doing a steady business selling flood-related provisions.

Paraguay: A Quaint Inn with a Dark Nazi Past (Time.com) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PDT Time.com - Paraguay was infamous as a favorite hiding destination of Nazi fugitives after World War II. But the links to the Third Reich live on at Hotel Del Lago, which was frequented by notable Nazi supporters before the war and is still a prime tourist spot

US pushes toward more biting Iran sanctions (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:23 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The United States has taken a step closer to imposing a raft of further sanctions on Iran, even as increasingly shrill rhetoric, Israeli military tests, and British media coverage signal intensifying saber-rattling toward Iran.

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