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• War intensifies across Syria, refugee crisis deepens
• U.S. intelligence set back when Libya base was abandoned
• Clinton says U.S. must embrace Arab Spring despite dangers
• Egypt's liberals, Islamists clash, 110 reported injured
• Israel PM Netanyahu denies agreeing to Golan pullout for peace
• Two blasts in Kenyan capital, policeman wounded
• Taliban's "Radio Mullah" sent hit squad after Pakistani schoolgirl
• Kyrgyzstan says ousted leader's son arrested in London
• Freed Pussy Riot member says protests must be "more cunning"
• Hospital in Syrian city barely copes with wounded
• Buffeted by debt crisis, EU wins Nobel Peace Prize
• Backers, critics of Egypt president clash in Cairo
• Nobel winner Mo urges China dissident's freedom
• Islamic militants help seize missile base in Syria
• UN resolution seeks recovery of Mali's north
• Fidel Castro son, sister say he's fine amid rumors
• Colombia armed forces' crucial role in peace talks
• French president outlines new approach to Africa
• Pakistani police make arrests in shooting of girl
• With Turkey-Syria escalation, worries grow about a tip into war
• Syrian airliner spat sours improving Turkish-Russian relations
• Abortion debate heats up in Ireland as law revision looms
• In Benghazi, militias may promote security one day, threaten it the next
• Bali bombings: 10 years later, progress and some bumps ahead
• Security threat? China lashes out at US report on telecom firm Huawei
• Nobel Peace Prize: How unusual is the EU's award?
• Good Reads: A lesson for democracy, lost and found on Google Earth, and the next Arab uprising
• German foreign minister heads to Ankara to tamp down Turkey-Syria tensions
• Rohini Nilekani pours her wealth into getting books to India's poorest children

War intensifies across Syria, refugee crisis deepens Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:44 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels battled to hold onto Syria's main north-south highway on Friday as government forces fought insurgents on several fronts across the country. The rebels captured an air defense base east of Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, and government forces unleashed air strikes and artillery bombardments on the western city of Homs, activists said. On the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey scrambled two fighter jets after a Syrian military helicopter bombed the Syrian border town of Azmarin, the site of fierce fighting between rebels and government forces this week. ...

U.S. intelligence set back when Libya base was abandoned Posted: 12 Oct 2012 04:51 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence efforts in Libya have suffered a significant setback due to the abandonment and exposure of a facility in Benghazi, Libya identified by a newspaper as a "CIA base" following a congressional hearing this week, according to U.S. government sources. The intelligence post, located 1.2 miles from the U.S. mission that was targeted by militants in a September 11 attack, was evacuated of Americans after the assault that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Three other Americans died in the attacks on U.S. ...

Clinton says U.S. must embrace Arab Spring despite dangers Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must look past the violence and extremism that has erupted after the "Arab Spring" revolutions and boost support for the region's young democracies to forge long-term security, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. Clinton, seeking to reinforce the Obama administration's Middle East policy following a wave of anti-American violence and last month's deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, said Washington cannot be deterred by "the violent acts of a small number of extremists. ...

Egypt's liberals, Islamists clash, 110 reported injured Posted: 12 Oct 2012 02:03 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed in Cairo on Friday in the first street violence between rival factions since the Islamist leader took office. Islamists and their opponents threw stones, bottles and petrol bombs, and some fought hand-to-hand, showing how feelings still run high between the rival groups trying to shape the new Egypt after decades of autocracy, although the streets have generally been calmer since Mursi's election in June. The Health Ministry said 110 people had sustained light to moderate injuries, state media reported. ...

Israel PM Netanyahu denies agreeing to Golan pullout for peace Posted: 12 Oct 2012 11:29 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied a newspaper report on Friday that said he had agreed in principle to hand back land annexed from Syria as part of secret U.S.-mediated peace talks that broke off last year. Syria has long set a complete withdrawal from the Golan Heights as a condition for making peace with the Jewish state. Israel captured the strategic plateau in a 1967 war, then annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. ...

Two blasts in Kenyan capital, policeman wounded Posted: 12 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two successive blasts in a residential area near the Kenyan capital's central business district wounded one police officer late on Friday but did not injure any civilians, police said. A string of sometimes deadly attacks in Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa has been blamed on Somali militants and their sympathizers, retaliating for Kenya's decision to send troops into Somalia last October to drive out the militants. ...

Taliban's "Radio Mullah" sent hit squad after Pakistani schoolgirl Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:33 AM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - One of the Taliban's most feared commanders, Maulana Fazlullah, carefully briefed two killers from his special hit squad on their next target. The gunmen weren't going after any army officer, politician or Western diplomat. Their target was a 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl who had angered the Taliban by speaking out for "Western"-style girls' education. Tuesday's shooting of Malala Yousufzai was the culmination of years of campaigning that had pitted the fearless, smiling young girl against one of Pakistan's most ruthless Taliban commanders. ...

Kyrgyzstan says ousted leader's son arrested in London Posted: 12 Oct 2012 03:29 PM PDT BISHKEK (Reuters) - Maxim Bakiyev, son of Kyrgyzstan's fugitive former president, was arrested in London on Friday at the request of Kyrgyzstan and the United States, which want him "for grave crimes", the Kyrgyz president's office said. "Because of the absence of an extradition agreement between the Kyrgyz Republic and Great Britain, the British side is now considering the issue of extraditing Maxim Bakiyev to the United States," the presidency said in a statement. "Maxim Bakiyev is charged with crimes which under U.S. law are punishable with a long term in jail. ...

Freed Pussy Riot member says protests must be "more cunning" Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Newly released from Russian prison, Pussy Riot's Yekaterina Samutsevich said her protests against Vladimir Putin's rule had to become "more cunning" and that she would fight to free fellow band members still in jail. In one of her first interviews since a judge suspended her two-year sentence on Wednesday, Samutsevich, 30, said she was trying to deal with public attention and increased scrutiny by the authorities. "I want to continue the actions of Pussy Riot, but that means you have to be more careful and you have to be more cunning," she said on radio station Echo Moskvy. ...

Hospital in Syrian city barely copes with wounded Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:53 PM PDT The injured arrive at the hospital in taxis or in the back of pickup trucks, to the blare of car horns and shouts of "Help!"

Buffeted by debt crisis, EU wins Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 12 Oct 2012 02:26 PM PDT The European Commission president had no reason to expect anything but another bad day. Then, out of the blue, after three years of back-biting and seemingly daily financial crisis, the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering peace on a continent long ravaged by war.

Backers, critics of Egypt president clash in Cairo Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:28 PM PDT Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's new Islamist president clashed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the first such violence since Mohammed Morsi took office more than three months ago, as liberal and secular activists erupted with anger accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of trying to take over the country.

Nobel winner Mo urges China dissident's freedom Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:51 AM PDT China's newly named Nobel laureate for literature expressed hope Friday that an imprisoned Chinese winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be freed, putting a dent in the ruling Communist Party's attempts to burnish its credentials with the latest prize.

Islamic militants help seize missile base in Syria Posted: 12 Oct 2012 11:45 AM PDT Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaida joined Syrian rebels in seizing a government missile defense base in northern Syria on Friday, according to activists and amateur video.

UN resolution seeks recovery of Mali's north Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:34 PM PDT The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a plan to back an African-led military force to help the Malian army oust Islamic militants who seized the northern half of the country and are turning it into an al-Qaida terrorist hub.

Fidel Castro son, sister say he's fine amid rumors Posted: 12 Oct 2012 02:15 PM PDT Fidel Castro's relatives in Cuba and Miami denied the latest round of rumors about the 86-year-old former president's supposedly declining health, after his prolonged public silence set the Twitterverse aflame with speculation in recent days.

Colombia armed forces' crucial role in peace talks Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:55 AM PDT Gen. Jorge Enrique Mora spent a professional lifetime battling Colombia's rebels, whose assaults on troops under his command have compelled him to attend more funerals than most could bear.

French president outlines new approach to Africa Posted: 12 Oct 2012 02:32 PM PDT French President Francois Hollande attempted to make right France's relationship with Africa on Friday, honoring its contributions to world history during his first trip to the continent since winning office.

Pakistani police make arrests in shooting of girl Posted: 12 Oct 2012 11:14 AM PDT Pakistani police have arrested a number of suspects in the case of a 14-year-old girl shot and wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and criticizing the fundamentalist Islamic movement, officials said Friday.

With Turkey-Syria escalation, worries grow about a tip into war Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:54 AM PDT Tension has steadily risen for months along Turkey's long shared border with Syria, spiking with the Syrian shoot-down of a Turkish jet fighter this summer and again last week as Turkey responded to Syrian artillery shells landing on its side of the border. Turkey says it doesn't want war, but it is far from clear where the tit-for-tat with Syria will stop.

Syrian airliner spat sours improving Turkish-Russian relations Posted: 12 Oct 2012 09:18 AM PDT Russia kept up an angry flow of rhetoric Friday directed at Turkey, demanding that Turkish authorities reveal exactly what type of Russian "munitions" they claim to have found aboard a Syrian airliner forced down over Turkey on Wednesday.

Abortion debate heats up in Ireland as law revision looms Posted: 12 Oct 2012 09:13 AM PDT Ireland does not seem an obvious locale for heated debate over abortion laws. After all, abortion has been illegal in the once-staunchly Catholic country since before its creation in 1922.

In Benghazi, militias may promote security one day, threaten it the next Posted: 12 Oct 2012 09:11 AM PDT Ansar al-Sharia's members are known in the US as the killers who overran the US consulate in Benghazi last month, murdering US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three of his colleagues. The incident that has roiled the US presidential race and led to furious rounds of politicking and finger pointing in Washington.

Bali bombings: 10 years later, progress and some bumps ahead Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:38 AM PDT A decade after bombs ripped apart two nightclubs in Bali, killing 202 people including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians and seven Americans, the terrorist organization responsible for those blasts looks weak and fractured. Intelligence warnings that another attack might take place during anniversary commemorations led police to step up security, but by Friday morning they were calling the threat, "not significant."

Security threat? China lashes out at US report on telecom firm Huawei Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:37 AM PDT This week's congressional report branding two top Chinese telecommunications companies as potential threats to US national security is likely to spark reprisals from Beijing, experts on both sides of the Pacific predict. But the spat is unlikely to provoke a wider trade war between the world's two largest economies.

Nobel Peace Prize: How unusual is the EU's award? Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:06 AM PDT The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year's Peace Prize to the European Union, in a nod to its record of building peace and democracy on a continent long roiled by war – and perhaps as a reminder of the need to stay the course in troubled times.

Good Reads: A lesson for democracy, lost and found on Google Earth, and the next Arab uprising Posted: 12 Oct 2012 05:33 AM PDT Larry Diamond writes in the Atlantic of the recent 17-day US tour by Myanmar (Burma) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi – the first since her release from house arrest in November 2010.

German foreign minister heads to Ankara to tamp down Turkey-Syria tensions Posted: 12 Oct 2012 05:22 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Rohini Nilekani pours her wealth into getting books to India's poorest children Posted: 12 Oct 2012 05:00 AM PDT "My mission is to put a book in every child's hand," says Rohini Nilekani. That's an ambitious goal anywhere, but especially in India, where there are more than 300 million children, most of whom can't afford books, or even read.

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