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• UAE sends medics to Pakistan to evacuate girl shot by Taliban
• Cambodia's former king Sihanouk dies in Beijing: Xinhua
• Turkey bans Syrian planes from its air space, rebels gain
• Scotland moves step closer to independence vote
• Montenegro ruling party claims election victory
• New rules, tough talk as Singapore seeks to end tax haven image
• Lithuanians ditch government in verdict on austerity
• EU plans major new sanctions against Iran
• Libya's national assembly elects former diplomat as prime minister
• Occupy London stage protest inside St Paul's
• Lithuanians sway toward opposition parties
• Syria accused of cluster bomb use in civil war
• Sept. 11 trial rules under scrutiny at Guantanamo
• Libya Congress elects rights lawyer prime minister
• Colombia rebels opaque heading into talks
• Thousands rally for Pakistani girl shot by Taliban
• Cuba's Ladies in White mourn leader 1 year later
• Tropical Storm Rafael tracks toward Bermuda
• Putin loyalists likely to win Russia local votes
• Food fight: Naples protests 'culinary racism' over pizza snub
• 50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning
• Aircraft readied for Malala Yousufzai if treatment abroad needed

UAE sends medics to Pakistan to evacuate girl shot by Taliban Posted: 14 Oct 2012 01:27 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has dispatched a medical team to evacuate a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban if doctors decide she should be taken abroad for treatment, a UAE news agency reported on Sunday. The WAM state news agency said the team would evaluate the condition of education campaigner Malala Yousufzai and facilitate her transfer to a hospital outside Pakistan. ...

Cambodia's former king Sihanouk dies in Beijing: Xinhua Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:35 PM PDT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Cambodia's former king Norodom Sihanouk died of natural causes at the age of 89 on Monday in Beijing, where he was receiving medical treatment, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. Xinhua cited Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Nhik Bun Chhay as saying Sihanouk died at 2 a.m. Beijing time (1800 GMT Sunday). Sihanouk had been receiving medical treatment in Beijing for a number of years. (Reporting by Lu Jianxin and Jason Subler; Editing by Paul Tait)

Turkey bans Syrian planes from its air space, rebels gain Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:32 AM PDT BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Turkey has banned all Syrian aircraft from its air space as it takes an increasingly firm stance against President Bashar al-Assad, while Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had made more gains in a key province near the Turkish border. Human Rights Watch said Syrian government forces had dropped Russian-made cluster bombs over civilian areas in the past week as they battled to reverse rebel advances, an act which rights groups say can constitute a war crime. ...

Scotland moves step closer to independence vote Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:07 PM PDT EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland takes a big step on its path towards an independence referendum on Monday when its leader meets Britain's prime minister to finalize arrangements for a vote which could lead to the demise of Scotland's three-centuries-old union with England. Scotland's drive for sovereignty, led by its nationalist leader Alex Salmond, echoes separatist moves by other European regions such as Catalonia and Flanders at a time when a crisis-hit European Union undergoes deep changes to its identity. ...

Montenegro ruling party claims election victory Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:40 PM PDT PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro's ruling party leader Milo Djukanovic claimed victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday, extending his DPS party's 23-year old rule in the ex-Yugoslav republic as it starts European Union accession talks. The new government faces a stagnant economy and rising unemployment and will have to work hard to strengthen the rule of law and fight corruption, as required by Brussels. "As of tomorrow, we will start work on the creation of a government that will continue to lead Montenegro on its path to European... ...

New rules, tough talk as Singapore seeks to end tax haven image Posted: 14 Oct 2012 02:03 PM PDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Billionaire Australians buying exclusive condominiums. Germans moving money from Swiss accounts. Secretive banking laws. Asia's premier wealth management centre. Low tax rates. As Singapore revels in its reputation as an open economy with the world's highest concentration of millionaires, the tiny island of 5.3 million people is also accused of being a magnet for tax evaders - an image it is vehemently seeking to banish. ...

Lithuanians ditch government in verdict on austerity Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:23 PM PDT VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's opposition prepared to take power on Monday after voters rejected the austerity-minded government, a foretaste of what may await other European leaders forced to make unpopular cuts by the financial crisis. An ex-Soviet state of about three million people, Lithuania crashed hard when the crisis hit four years ago. It slashed spending in response and is now returning to economic health - but too late for voters fed up with belt-tightening. ...

EU plans major new sanctions against Iran Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:13 PM PDT LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Union governments plan to ratchet up sanctions pressure against Iran over its nuclear program on Monday, approving new measures against Tehran's banking sector, industry and shipping. The new sanctions mark one of the toughest pushes against Iran by Europe to date, and come amid mounting concerns over the Islamic Republic's military intentions and the failure of diplomacy to solve the atom stand-off this year. ...

Libya's national assembly elects former diplomat as prime minister Posted: 14 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's national assembly elected a new prime minister on Sunday, the second within a month to face the daunting challenge of forming a government acceptable to the country's many factions. Ali Zeidan, a former career diplomat who had defected in the 1980s to become an outspoken critic of Muammar Gaddafi, was elected in a televised count just a week after the last prime minister was dismissed in a vote of no confidence. Mustafa Abushagur was dismissed after his choice of ministers ran into protests both from within the assembly and from outside. ...

Occupy London stage protest inside St Paul's Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:41 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Four women chained themselves to the pulpit in St Paul's Cathedral on Sunday in support of the anti-corporate Occupy London movement, before cutting themselves free after being threatened with arrest, London police said. The women from the Occupy London and Christianity Uncut movements said their four-hour protest was also a show of support for the Russian punk band Pussy Riot. London Occupy, part of an international movement inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest that began last September, has protested against bankers' bonuses and what they say is corporate greed. ...

Lithuanians sway toward opposition parties Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:13 PM PDT Lithuanians exasperated with economic hardship were poised to hand a stunning victory to a populist party led by a disgraced Russia-born millionaire, early results and an exit poll after Sunday's election show, setting the stage for a coalition with an impeached president and Social Democrats.

Syria accused of cluster bomb use in civil war Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT The Syrian regime was accused Sunday of dropping cluster bombs — indiscriminate scattershot munitions banned by most nations — in a new sign of desperation and disregard for its own people.

Sept. 11 trial rules under scrutiny at Guantanamo Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:12 PM PDT A U.S. military judge is considering broad security rules for the war crimes tribunal of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, including measures to prevent the accused from publicly revealing what happened to them in the CIA's secret network of overseas prisons.

Libya Congress elects rights lawyer prime minister Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:02 PM PDT Libya's Congress elected a human rights lawyer as interim prime minister on Sunday, a week after his predecessor was sacked for failing to present a Cabinet line-up that political factions could agree on.

Colombia rebels opaque heading into talks Posted: 14 Oct 2012 04:17 PM PDT Absent from the peace talks opening in Norway this week between Colombia's main leftist rebel movement and the government will be the guerrilla heavyweights who presided a decade ago over the last attempt to end a conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives over nearly half a century.

Thousands rally for Pakistani girl shot by Taliban Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:19 AM PDT Tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan's largest city Sunday in the biggest show of support yet for a 14-year-old girl who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban for promoting girls' education and criticizing the militant group.

Cuba's Ladies in White mourn leader 1 year later Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:56 AM PDT Cuba's Ladies in White dissident group on Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of their co-founder's death with cries of "Laura Pollan lives!" outside a Havana church.

Tropical Storm Rafael tracks toward Bermuda Posted: 14 Oct 2012 02:16 PM PDT The outer bands of Tropical Storm Rafael drenched the Caribbean's Northern Leeward Islands on Sunday as its center steadily moved over open ocean on a possible track toward Bermuda.

Putin loyalists likely to win Russia local votes Posted: 14 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT President Vladimir Putin's loyalists appeared likely Sunday to retain their hold in thousands of local elections that offered slightly more room for competition, but were marred by opposition claims of widespread vote fraud.

Food fight: Naples protests 'culinary racism' over pizza snub Posted: 14 Oct 2012 07:56 AM PDT It prides itself as the birthplace of the pizza and the global benchmark for Italy's most famous culinary export.

50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:29 AM PDT It was what many consider the most dangerous moment the world has ever faced: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which saw the United States square off over nuclear missiles stationed by the Soviet Union in Cuba.

Aircraft readied for Malala Yousufzai if treatment abroad needed Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:03 AM PDT The United Arab Emirates plans to send a specialized aircraft to serve as an ambulance for a 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban in case doctors decide to send her abroad for treatment, a Pakistani official said Sunday.

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