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• Turkey says Syrian plane carried Russian munitions
• Gunmen kill Yemeni who worked at U.S. embassy in Yemen
• Nobel Peace Prize could go to dissidents, EU, religious leaders
• Hezbollah confirms it sent drone downed over Israel
• Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban moved to army HQ hospital
• Egypt's Mursi removes legal official seen as Mubarak loyalist
• Bomb risk to U.S. troops heightened by contractor fraud
• Mexico passes law to combat cartel money laundering
• Rights activists beaten, raped in Iran: U.N.
• Pope acknowledges "bad fish" in Church
• Investor wants $20 million for Argentine flagship
• Turkey: Syrian plane was carrying ammunition
• Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize
• Jordan: US forces plan shield against Syria
• Yemeni security officer for US Embassy killed
• Hezbollah says it sent drone over Israel
• Senegal reality TV show features prettiest sheep
• Chile's huge open-pit copper mine goes underground
• Experts puzzled by lone dolphin in Cayman Islands
• Russian judges defend ruling in Pussy Riot trial
• Turkey at odds with Moscow after grounding Russia-Syria flight
• In Egypt's draft constitution, little sign of revolutionary ideals
• Syrian rebels fight to keep route to safe havens in Lebanon
• A story to celebrate on the International Day of the Girl Child
• Bond downgrade puts pressure on Spain for bailout request
• Is Mexico's drug violence scaring off the next generation of journalists?
• Kremlin to pull out of Russia-US nuke lockdown program
• How much is Romney backed in Britain?
• Gen. Dunford to head Afghan war, wrap it up
• Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize in literature
• My conversations with Malala Yousafzai, the girl who stood up to the Taliban

Turkey says Syrian plane carried Russian munitions Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:03 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria's armed forces, ratcheting up tension with his country's war-torn neighbor. Damascus said the plane had been carrying legitimate cargo and described Turkey's actions as an act of "air piracy", while Moscow accused Ankara of endangering the lives of Russian passengers when it intercepted the jet late on Wednesday. ...

Gunmen kill Yemeni who worked at U.S. embassy in Yemen Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:13 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Masked gunmen shot dead a Yemeni man who worked in the security office of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Thursday, in an attack a Yemeni security source said appeared to be the work of al Qaeda. The incident was the latest of a wave of attacks on officials in the impoverished Arab state, which is battling Islamist militants with Washington's help. The attackers, on a motorcycle, opened fire on Qassem Aqlan - who headed an embassy security investigation team - near his house in the center of Yemen's capital, the source told Reuters. ...

Nobel Peace Prize could go to dissidents, EU, religious leaders Posted: 11 Oct 2012 05:06 PM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize Committee announces its 2012 laureate on Friday with prize watchers favoring east European dissidents, the European Union itself or religious leaders working on Muslim-Christian reconciliation. "The long term trend is that the world is indeed getting more peaceful," said Geir Lundestad, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. "Still, every year (picking the winner) is difficult. ...

Hezbollah confirms it sent drone downed over Israel Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:49 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Thursday sending a drone aircraft that was shot down last weekend after flying some 25 miles into Israel. Nasrallah said in a televised speech that the drone's parts were manufactured in Iran and it was assembled by members of the Shi'ite Muslim militant movement in Lebanon. He confirmed a statement by Israel's prime minister earlier in the day saying that Hezbollah was behind the drone flight. "The resistance in Lebanon sent a sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft from Lebanon... ...

Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban moved to army HQ hospital Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:37 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani schoolgirl fighting for her life after being shot by the Taliban for campaigning for education rights was transferred on Thursday from a hospital in a province that is a militant haven to a specialist hospital in the army garrison town of Rawalpindi. Malala Yousufzai, 14, was unconscious in critical condition after gunmen shot her in the head and neck as she left school on Tuesday, but doctors said she had moved her arms and legs slightly the night before. ...

Egypt's Mursi removes legal official seen as Mubarak loyalist Posted: 11 Oct 2012 04:51 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's president removed the general prosecutor from his post on Thursday in an apparent attempt to appease demonstrators who accused him of offering weak evidence in a trial of Mubarak-era officials accused of planning attacks on protesters last year. General Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, appointed in July 2006, was among officials who drew the wrath of protesters after the fall of Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011. ...

Bomb risk to U.S. troops heightened by contractor fraud Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators are warning U.S. commanders in Afghanistan about a heightened risk of attack because of shoddy work by an Afghan contractor paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to help strengthen defenses against Taliban bombings. The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said in a letter released Thursday that drains or pipes thought to have been sealed to prevent the Taliban from planting bombs were still accessible to the insurgents. It wrote in the October 10 letter to top U.S. ...

Mexico passes law to combat cartel money laundering Posted: 11 Oct 2012 04:52 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Congress on Thursday approved a long-awaited law to crack down on money laundering in a bid to attack the finances of the country's powerful drug cartels. The law, proposed two years ago by outgoing President Felipe Calderon as part of his offensive against drug gangs, was passed by the Senate on Thursday. The lower house passed it earlier this year. The new federal law puts restrictions on cash purchases of real estate, jewelry, armored cars and other assets that criminals use to launder illicit funds. ...

Rights activists beaten, raped in Iran: U.N. Posted: 11 Oct 2012 03:58 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Human rights activists in Iran are subjected to beatings with batons, mock hangings, rape, sleep deprivation, and threats that family members will be raped or killed, a U.N. rights investigator said in a report released on Thursday. The U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, said in a report to the U.N. General Assembly that Iranian authorities undermined press freedoms, watched some journalists constantly and detained and persecuted others unfairly. ...

Pope acknowledges "bad fish" in Church Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:56 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged lapsed and lukewarm Roman Catholics on Thursday to rediscover their faith but acknowledged there are "bad fish" in the Church itself. The pope made his comments at two large events before thousands of people in St. Peter's Square on the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, a far-reaching event in the Church's 2,000-year history. "Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual desertification," he said in his sermon of a morning Mass, opening a worldwide "Year of Faith". "We see it all around us ... ...

Investor wants $20 million for Argentine flagship Posted: 11 Oct 2012 04:12 PM PDT International investors put a $20 million price tag on an Argentine navy training ship Thursday after a judge in Ghana ruled that the ARA Libertad cannot set sail until the South American country settles claims for unpaid debts.

Turkey: Syrian plane was carrying ammunition Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT Escalating tensions with Russia, Turkey defended its forced landing of a Syrian passenger jet en route from Moscow to Damascus, saying Thursday it was carrying Russian ammunition and military equipment destined for the Syrian Defense Ministry.

Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT Novelist Mo Yan, this year's Nobel Prize winner for literature, is practiced in the art of challenging the status quo without offending those who uphold it.

Jordan: US forces plan shield against Syria Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT From the edge of a steep mountain overlooking a desert compound built into an old rock quarry, machine gunfire echoes just outside hangars where U.S. special operations forces are training Jordanian commandos.

Yemeni security officer for US Embassy killed Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:58 AM PDT A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting near his home in the capital Sanaa on Thursday, officials said.

Hezbollah says it sent drone over Israel Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:42 PM PDT The leader of Hezbollah claimed responsibility Thursday for launching an Iranian-made drone aircraft into Israeli airspace earlier this week, adding more tension to an already explosive Mideast atmosphere.

Senegal reality TV show features prettiest sheep Posted: 11 Oct 2012 08:47 AM PDT The street level of Ousmane Ndiaye's building features a fabric shop. He and his family live in a posh apartment on the second floor. Their upstairs neighbors? His beloved ram Billal and 10 other sheep.

Chile's huge open-pit copper mine goes underground Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:44 AM PDT From above, it looks like a colossal amphitheater carved from rock, or the vast crater from a meteorite that crashed into Chile's Atacama desert ages ago.

Experts puzzled by lone dolphin in Cayman Islands Posted: 11 Oct 2012 03:44 PM PDT Stinky the dolphin is lonely, and he's getting way too frisky with humans.

Russian judges defend ruling in Pussy Riot trial Posted: 11 Oct 2012 07:08 AM PDT The Russian judges who ruled to keep two of the three Pussy Riot band members behind bars took the unusual step of publicly defending their decision, saying Thursday that it was made independently and without pressure.

Turkey at odds with Moscow after grounding Russia-Syria flight Posted: 11 Oct 2012 06:48 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

In Egypt's draft constitution, little sign of revolutionary ideals Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:51 AM PDT The committee writing Egypt's new constitution released a partial draft yesterday, requesting public feedback on a document that will lay out the role of government and which has become a focal point in a debate about the role of Islam in the state.

Syrian rebels fight to keep route to safe havens in Lebanon Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:38 AM PDT The Russian Mi-24 helicopter gunship, just visible in the dawn haze, performed large sedate circles high above the Syrian border village of Jusiyah, seemingly confident that it faced no threat from the Free Syrian Army fighters hidden below.

A story to celebrate on the International Day of the Girl Child Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:25 AM PDT The United Nations has declared today the first International Day of the Girl Child and is observing – rather than celebrating – the day by focusing on the problem of child marriage.

Bond downgrade puts pressure on Spain for bailout request Posted: 11 Oct 2012 11:28 AM PDT Pressure mounted Thursday on Spain to officially request a European bailout after rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the country's rating to the lowest investment grade possible. But even if Madrid finally makes the long-expected request, it still faces one more obstacle: Germany, which doesn't believe Spain needs the bailout.

Is Mexico's drug violence scaring off the next generation of journalists? Posted: 11 Oct 2012 10:26 AM PDT Grenades have exploded in newspaper offices. Reporters have been kidnapped and murdered, sometimes dismembered and stuffed into garbage bags. Several journalists have fled Mexico for their safety.

Kremlin to pull out of Russia-US nuke lockdown program Posted: 11 Oct 2012 09:33 AM PDT Russia will halt its participation in the $7 billion, 20-year-old Nunn-Lugar program that aimed to lock down post-Soviet nuclear materials and chemical weapons, in what some experts say is part of a wider reassessment by the Russian government of its cooperation with a wide variety of foreign organizations.

How much is Romney backed in Britain? Posted: 11 Oct 2012 09:24 AM PDT A visiting Mitt Romney stirred up a storm here last summer when he expressed concerns over Britain's readiness to host the Olympics – prompting a backlash that included a rebuke from Prime Minister David Cameron. So one would be excused for thinking that the Republican presidential candidate is without cheerleaders in the UK.

Gen. Dunford to head Afghan war, wrap it up Posted: 11 Oct 2012 08:01 AM PDT When US Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford takes the command of international troops in Afghanistan in the coming months, there are few Afghans who expect it will herald any significant changes in a war that has already begun winding down.

Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize in literature Posted: 11 Oct 2012 07:00 AM PDT Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of China's most popular and widely translated novelists, but he has drawn criticism for his cozy relations with the government.

My conversations with Malala Yousafzai, the girl who stood up to the Taliban Posted: 11 Oct 2012 06:35 AM PDT "Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot you all," a hooded, bearded Taliban militant asked a bus full of schoolgirls on their way home earlier this week. "She is propagating against the soldiers of Allah, the Taliban. She must be punished," the Taliban militant shouted louder. Then, recognizing her, he shot her at a point blank range.

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