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• Turkey briefly detains Syrian plane as tension heightens
• Pakistani doctors remove bullet from girl shot by Taliban
• U.S. security at Benghazi mission called "weak"
• Pussy Riot member freed on appeal by Russian court
• Bye bye "bikepoo": New era of transport dawns on Myanmar
• Venezuela's Chavez names Maduro vice-president
• Mali extremists abusing rights, targeting children, women: U.N.
• Peru's jailed ex-president asks Humala for pardon
• U.N. defends recommendation to postpone Afghanistan trip
• Draft Egypt constitution curbs president's powers
• Islam's inroads in land of Voodoo and Christianity
• Turkey intercepts Syrian plane as tensions mount
• Moscow court frees 1 of 3 Pussy Riot members
• Shooting of Pakistan girl activist sparks outrage
• Iran's spy agency finds voice in cyberspace
• 2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prize
• Russia says no to US-funded disarmament effort
• Republicans hammer State witnesses on Libya attack
• Mexico says drug lord taken down by accident
• Report challenges beliefs on sexual attacks in war
• US takes wait-and-see approach to Georgia's Ivanishvili
• Turkey vows tougher response if Syrian shelling continues
• Rio de Janeiro on building spree for Olympics, World Cup – but at what cost?
• Taliban shooting of 14-year old sparks outrage in Pakistan
• Middle East peace: What would an Israeli entrepreneur do?
• Rise of euroskeptic party in Britain rubs off on Cameron
• Putin defends court decision to send two Pussy Riot members to prison camp
• Vladimir Putin 2.0: A harder, eastward-looking presidency
• Anti-Putin opposition groups still finding their way
• Why Angela Merkel may not be able to keep Greece in Europe
• Israel's 'unchallengeable' Netanyahu calls elections at prime moment

Turkey briefly detains Syrian plane as tension heightens Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:53 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey scrambled fighters and briefly detained a Syrian passenger plane on Wednesday, suspecting it of carrying military equipment from Moscow, while Turkey's military chief warned of a more forceful response if shelling continued to spill over the border. Military jets escorted the Damascus-bound Airbus A-320, carrying around 30 passengers, into the airport in Ankara hours after Turkey's chief of staff said his troops would respond with greater force if bombardments from Syria kept hitting Turkish territory, Turkish state-run television said. ...

Pakistani doctors remove bullet from girl shot by Taliban Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:14 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani surgeons removed a bullet on Wednesday from a 14-year-old girl shot by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls, doctors said. Malala Yousufzai was in critical condition after gunmen shot her in the head and neck on Tuesday as she left school. Two other girls were also wounded. Yousufzai began standing up to the Pakistani Taliban when she was just 11, when the government had effectively ceded control of the Swat Valley where she lives to the militants. ...

U.S. security at Benghazi mission called "weak" Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At a partisan and at times rancorous congressional hearing on events leading to the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, security officers on Wednesday described uphill bureaucratic battles for resources to protect U.S. personnel and facilities. At the same hearing, senior State Department officials said that as long as the United States sent diplomats into danger zones such as Benghazi, there would be no fail-safe protection. ...

Pussy Riot member freed on appeal by Russian court Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:56 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A member of punk band Pussy Riot was freed on appeal on Wednesday but a Moscow court upheld prison sentences for two others imposed over a raucous cathedral protest against Vladimir Putin, who said they had got the jail terms they deserved. Yekaterina Samutsevich walked free from Moscow City Court after six months behind bars but the appeal judge who suspended her two-year sentence said fellow band members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina should serve out their terms. ...

Bye bye "bikepoo": New era of transport dawns on Myanmar Posted: 10 Oct 2012 02:06 PM PDT YANGON (Reuters) - Holy water is sprinkled over a new Honda sub-compact festooned with flowers and red ribbons. For more than a century, owners of ox-drawn carts, World War Two-era trucks and decrepit buses have descended on the Shwe Nyaung Pin Nat Shrine under a banyan tree in Myanmar's biggest city to bless one of the world's oldest vehicle fleets, dominated by Japanese rust-buckets from the 1980s or older. Today, as the country emerges from 49 years of isolation, the shrine has new visitors: freshly minted cars. ...

Venezuela's Chavez names Maduro vice-president Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:50 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez named Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro as his new vice-president on Wednesday in the first change of cabinet after Sunday's re-election. A former bus driver and trade unionist, Maduro replaces Elias Jaua, who will run for the state governorship of Miranda against opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Henrique Capriles in a December gubernatorial vote. ...

Mali extremists abusing rights, targeting children, women: U.N. Posted: 10 Oct 2012 02:33 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Extremists imposing Islamic law in Mali's north are abusing human rights, particularly those of women, and paying families for children to become rebel fighters, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday after returning from the country. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic said rebel fighters, including Islamist extremists allied to al Qaeda, in northern Mali were "buying loyalty" by abolishing taxes and paying for fighters and wives in a country where more than half the people live on less than $1.25 a day. ...

Peru's jailed ex-president asks Humala for pardon Posted: 10 Oct 2012 02:39 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, in prison for human rights crimes and suffering from oral cancer, has asked President Ollanta Humala for a humanitarian pardon, his children said on Wednesday. A pardon, which may only be granted after a series of medical reviews, could realign voting blocs in Congress, alter the field of candidates in the 2016 presidential election and prompt others jailed for political violence to demand their freedom. ...

U.N. defends recommendation to postpone Afghanistan trip Posted: 10 Oct 2012 02:58 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations defended on Wednesday its recommendation that the 15-member U.N. Security Council postpone a planned visit to Afghanistan this month over security concerns after some diplomats questioned the U.N. threat assessment. Diplomats said last week's decision to postpone the trip came after U.N. security chief Gregory Starr recommended they not travel to Afghanistan in the coming weeks, citing concerns for the safety of council diplomats. Some council diplomats privately questioned the U.N. ...

Draft Egypt constitution curbs president's powers Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:40 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - The authority of Egypt's head of state will be curbed by parliament, according to a partial draft of the new constitution released on Wednesday, a change that would dilute the pharaonic presidential powers that underpinned decades of one-man rule. The new constitution is a major component of a transition from military-backed autocracy to a democratic system of government that Egyptians hoped would follow the popular uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power last year. ...

Islam's inroads in land of Voodoo and Christianity Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:17 PM PDT School teacher Darlene Derosier lost her home in the 2010 earthquake that devastated her country. Her husband died a month later after suffering what she said was emotional trauma from the quake. She and her two daughters now live in tents outside the capital of Port-au-Prince, surrounded by thousands of others made homeless and desperate by the disaster.

Turkey intercepts Syrian plane as tensions mount Posted: 10 Oct 2012 02:32 PM PDT Turkish jets on Wednesday forced a Syrian passenger plane to land at Ankara airport on suspicion that it might be carrying weapons or other military equipment, amid heightened tensions between Turkey and Syria that have sparked fears of a wider regional conflict.

Moscow court frees 1 of 3 Pussy Riot members Posted: 10 Oct 2012 11:53 AM PDT A Moscow appeals court on Wednesday unexpectedly freed one jailed member of punk band Pussy Riot, but upheld the two-year prison sentences for the two other women jailed for an irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin.

Shooting of Pakistan girl activist sparks outrage Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT Schools shut their doors in protest and Pakistanis across the country held vigils Wednesday to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman after daring to advocate education for girls and criticize the militant group.

Iran's spy agency finds voice in cyberspace Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:57 PM PDT A glimpse into the shadow world of Iran's main spy agency is now a click away.

2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prize Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of how the cells in our bodies pick up signals as diverse as hormones, smells, flavors and light — work that is key to developing better medicines.

Russia says no to US-funded disarmament effort Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT Russia said Wednesday it had no intention to automatically extend a 20-year old deal with the United States helping secure the nation's nuclear stockpiles, a move that comes amid a growing isolationist streak in Kremlin policy.

Republicans hammer State witnesses on Libya attack Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:30 PM PDT Four weeks before the election, Republicans used a politically charged House hearing to confront State Department officials about security at the U.S. Consulate in Libya and assail the Obama administration's early response to the killing of the ambassador and three other Americans there.

Mexico says drug lord taken down by accident Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:22 PM PDT Mexico's navy said Wednesday that its personnel had no idea they had killed the leader of the country's most-feared drug cartel until after his body was stolen from a funeral home in this border town.

Report challenges beliefs on sexual attacks in war Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:48 PM PDT A new report by Canadian researchers challenges the widespread belief that rape is increasingly being used as a "weapon of war."

US takes wait-and-see approach to Georgia's Ivanishvili Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:33 PM PDT When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed that Georgia's Oct. 1 parliamentary elections were a "litmus test" for President Mikheil Saakashvili's commitment to democracy, nobody expected he would pass this test by conceding to a surprise defeat.

Turkey vows tougher response if Syrian shelling continues Posted: 10 Oct 2012 05:48 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Rio de Janeiro on building spree for Olympics, World Cup – but at what cost? Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:11 PM PDT The renovation of the Maracana soccer stadium in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games just two years later, is a dizzying scene: some 2,500 construction workers weld, shovel, drill, and man cranes under the sweltering sun.

Taliban shooting of 14-year old sparks outrage in Pakistan Posted: 10 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT Political leaders and media have joined students, activists, and a broad segment of Pakistanis in condemning the Pakistani Taliban for shooting a 14-year-old girl in the head and neck, leaving her in critical condition this week.

Middle East peace: What would an Israeli entrepreneur do? Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT With yesterday's announcement of early elections in Israel, many are saying that no one but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a real vision for the country.

Rise of euroskeptic party in Britain rubs off on Cameron Posted: 10 Oct 2012 09:20 AM PDT A day after giving his strongest backing yet to a possible referendum on Britain's often volatile membership of the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron drew cheers from his party's faithful at their annual conference Wednesday as he recounted vetoing an EU-wide accord to coordinate budget policies last year.

Putin defends court decision to send two Pussy Riot members to prison camp Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:30 AM PDT One member of the controversial performance art collective Pussy Riot will be freed on parole but the other two are Siberia-bound, after a Moscow appeals court upheld their sentence of two years in a penal colony Wednesday.

Vladimir Putin 2.0: A harder, eastward-looking presidency Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:24 AM PDT It's been just over a year since Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev took the stage at a conference of the ruling United Russia party and announced that they had decided "years ago" to trade places after Mr. Medvedev's first presidential term and send Mr. Putin back to the Kremlin for six more years as Russia's supreme ruler.

Anti-Putin opposition groups still finding their way Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:24 AM PDT Russia's angry anti-Kremlin street opposition, which erupted onto the scene following allegedly fraud-tainted Duma elections last December, is facing a deep identity crisis as it approaches its first anniversary and is racked with internal debate over the way forward.

Why Angela Merkel may not be able to keep Greece in Europe Posted: 10 Oct 2012 06:41 AM PDT Angela Merkel's visit to Athens was short, lasting just a few hours, and it came late: The Greek debt crisis has been raging for three years now. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras greeted the German chancellor warmly, but quite predictably tens of thousands of Greeks protesting in the streets told her she wasn't welcome. So why did she come, and what did her visit achieve?

Israel's 'unchallengeable' Netanyahu calls elections at prime moment Posted: 10 Oct 2012 06:02 AM PDT Unlike President Obama, who has no control over when he gets to ask American voters if they would like him to stay on for another term, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can seek reelection whenever he wants – and he has chosen a plum moment.

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