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• Clashes erupt at Greek anti-austerity protests
• Exclusive: Libyan Islamist says he was at U.S. consulate during attack
• Analysis: Cuba's immigration reform casts spotlight on decades-old U.S. law
• U.S. offers rewards for Iran-based al Qaeda operatives
• U.S. military vows new measures in Okinawa after suspected rape
• Colombian government, FARC rebels to meet in Cuba for peace talks
• Costa Rica's San Jose airport shut after plane runway skid
• Diplomacy inbox fills up as U.N. awaits U.S. presidential vote
• Putin's foes search for leaders in online Russia vote
• Peace envoy to visit Syria to work out Eid ceasefire
• In Syria, Sunni rebels besiege Shiite villages
• Airstrikes in northern Syria kill at least 43
• TV show 'Homeland' irks Lebanese, Israelis
• Iraq presses US for faster arms deliveries
• US sees potential for wider anti-Taliban uprising
• Libyan Islamist denies role in Benghazi attack
• APNewsBreak: Suspect's family shocked at NY plot
• Protests as Ireland's 1st abortion clinic opens
• Diplomats: EU chiefs agree on bank supervisor
• Navy to go after rats, mold in Gitmo legal offices
• Mystery deepens about US enemy No. 1 in Libya
• What really happened in Benghazi?
• Pakistanis debate real enemy: girl-shooting Taliban or drone-firing US
• Colombia-FARC peace talks: 5 ways the Left lives on in Latin America
• Vladimir Putin joins pajama workforce, decides to work from home
• Eurozone summit: Will EU get veto over national budgets?
• There will be no cease-fire in Syria
• How will FARC peace talks play out in rural Colombia?
• Brass City Harvest brings fresh food to an urban 'desert'
• Arrests of US sailors in Okinawa reignites opposition to bases
• Cease-fire in Syria? Support from Iran and Turkey boosts UN envoy's bid
• Raising the Costa Concordia, the biggest sea salvage operation ever

Clashes erupt at Greek anti-austerity protests Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:03 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police clashed with anti-austerity protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs on the day of a general strike that brought much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill. In the second major walkout in three weeks on Thursday, almost 40,000 protesters marched in Athens in a bid to show EU leaders meeting in Brussels that new wage and pension cuts will only worsen their plight after five years of recession. ...

Exclusive: Libyan Islamist says he was at U.S. consulate during attack Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:43 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan militia commander who U.S. officials say is under investigation in connection with the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi which led to the death of the ambassador said he was present during the incident but was not one of the ringleaders. Some American newspapers have quoted unnamed Libyan officials as pointing to Ahmed Abu Khattala as the leader of the attacks on Sept, 11. The newspapers also reported that the officials said Abu Khattala's whereabouts were unknown. U.S. ...

Analysis: Cuba's immigration reform casts spotlight on decades-old U.S. law Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:32 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - Cuba's decision this week to make it easier to leave and enter the country is unlikely in the short term to prompt a sudden exodus, but could result in a rethinking of preferential treatment Cuban migrants have long received in the United States. Alarmed by the number of Cubans arriving in Miami for economic reasons, rather than the political causes that prompted earlier waves of migration from the island, even some Cuban exiles are increasingly questioning a decades-old law that has guaranteed Cubans safe haven in the United States. ...

U.S. offers rewards for Iran-based al Qaeda operatives Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it was offering millions of dollars for information leading to the location of two al Qaeda members accused of facilitating the movement of funds and operatives through Iran. The Obama administration is offering up to $7 million for information leading to the location of Iran-based financier Muhsin al-Fadhli, who was among the few al Qaeda leaders who received advance notification of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the State Department said. ...

U.S. military vows new measures in Okinawa after suspected rape Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Thursday it would soon announce new measures to "ensure responsible behavior" by American troops on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, after the suspected rape of a Japanese woman threatened to strain ties between the allies. The incident, which led to the arrests on Tuesday of two U.S. servicemen, has thrown new scrutiny on the behavior of the large contingent of American military troops on the island, located in the East China Sea close to mainland China. ...

Colombian government, FARC rebels to meet in Cuba for peace talks Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:45 PM PDT HURDAL, Norway/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian government and leftist rebel negotiators agreed to meet in Cuba in mid-November to start what are likely to be thorny peace talks aimed at patching together an end to half a century of conflict, both sides said on Thursday. Talks, which opened in Norway this week, are the latest in a long history of attempts to resolve the war which has left tens of thousands dead and millions more displaced since the founding of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in 1964. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is betting that a decade of U.S. ...

Costa Rica's San Jose airport shut after plane runway skid Posted: 18 Oct 2012 04:49 PM PDT SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's busy main international airport was shut down on Thursday afternoon after the tires of a plane burst upon landing, sending it skidding along the runway, the country's fire chief said. The plane, a Taca Airlines Airbus 321 originating in El Salvador, touched down at Juan Santamaria International Airport about 4 p.m. local time (2100 GMT). The plane carried 146 passengers and no injuries were reported, Hector Chaves, the national fire chief, said. The airport closure was ordered after the plane skidded to a halt and blocked a runway. ...

Diplomacy inbox fills up as U.N. awaits U.S. presidential vote Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:51 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - As the United States prepares for a presidential election next month, thorny diplomatic issues like an arms trade treaty, the Palestinians' U.N. aspirations and talks on banning weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East have had to wait. For months, U.N. officials and diplomats have complained privately that discussions at the United Nations aimed at resolving a range of problems have been delayed until after the November 6 election in which President Barack Obama, a Democrat, faces off against Republican contender Mitt Romney. ...

Putin's foes search for leaders in online Russia vote Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:35 PM PDT MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Opponents of President Vladimir Putin say elections in Russia are rigged in favor of his ruling party and are instead holding their own Internet contest to choose a "shadow parliament" they hope will reinvigorate the flagging opposition movement. Putin has dismissed those who took part in the biggest protests against his 12-year rule this year and last as "chattering monkeys", but has said the movement may produce civic leaders. ...

Peace envoy to visit Syria to work out Eid ceasefire Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:20 AM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - The international mediator on Syria will go to Damascus in the next few days to try to broker a brief ceasefire in the war between President Bashar al-Assad's government and rebels during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival. Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy, told reporters on Thursday after meeting Jordan's foreign minister that a respite in hostilities could build confidence and help bring about a longer truce in the 19-month-old conflict. "Yes I am going to Syria. ...

In Syria, Sunni rebels besiege Shiite villages Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:29 PM PDT Anyone who tries to slip out of the Shiite villages of Zahraa and Nubl is risking his life. Sunni rebel snipers stand ready to gun down anyone who dares. Roads are blocked with barricades and checkpoints.

Airstrikes in northern Syria kill at least 43 Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:05 PM PDT Syrian warplanes hammered a strategic city captured by rebels, leaving behind scenes of carnage captured Thursday on amateur videos that showed a man holding up two child-sized legs not connected to a body and another carrying a dismembered arm.

TV show 'Homeland' irks Lebanese, Israelis Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:33 PM PDT Militants carrying assault weapons clear the area around a street, shouting in Arabic for people to get out of the way. A jeep pulls up: The world's No. 1 jihadi has arrived for a meeting with top Hezbollah commanders. On rooftops, U.S. snipers crouch unseen, the kingpin in their crosshairs at last.

Iraq presses US for faster arms deliveries Posted: 18 Oct 2012 04:08 PM PDT Iraq's prime minister pressed for faster deliveries of weapons to help arm his country's military during a Thursday meeting with a senior U.S. defense official.

US sees potential for wider anti-Taliban uprising Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT Fed up with the Taliban closing their schools and committing other acts of oppression, men in a village about 100 miles south of Kabul took up arms late last spring and chased out the insurgents with no help from the Afghan government or U.S. military.

Libyan Islamist denies role in Benghazi attack Posted: 18 Oct 2012 04:19 PM PDT A Libyan Islamist militia commander who a witness and officials say helped lead the deadly assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi said on Thursday that he was at the building that night, but denied he was involved in the attack.

APNewsBreak: Suspect's family shocked at NY plot Posted: 18 Oct 2012 07:29 AM PDT Just a few hours before he was arrested in an FBI sting operation, a Bangladeshi man accused of trying to blow up New York's Federal Reserve building calmly spoke via Skype with his parents back home and updated them on his studies, his family told The Associated Press.

Protests as Ireland's 1st abortion clinic opens Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:09 PM PDT The first abortion clinic on the island of Ireland opened Thursday in downtown Belfast, unleashing angry protests on the street and uniting Catholic and Protestant politicians in calls to investigate the new facility.

Diplomats: EU chiefs agree on bank supervisor Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:24 PM PDT European leaders reached agreement Thursday on creating a single supervisor for banks in the countries that use the euro that will be up and running sometime next year, German diplomats said.

Navy to go after rats, mold in Gitmo legal offices Posted: 18 Oct 2012 04:36 PM PDT Legal offices that are so contaminated with mold and rat droppings that lawyers in the Sept. 11 terrorism trial have been getting sick will get a full clean-up and be evaluated by safety experts, a military official said Thursday.

Mystery deepens about US enemy No. 1 in Libya Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:09 PM PDT Anonymous Libyan authorities have identified the name of a man they say organized the attack on the US consulate, according to multiple press accounts.

What really happened in Benghazi? Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:27 PM PDT An unidentified member of the Libyan government says the leader of the Benghazi consulate attack has been identified, according to The Los Angeles Times and other US outlets.

Pakistanis debate real enemy: girl-shooting Taliban or drone-firing US Posted: 18 Oct 2012 11:22 AM PDT The news that the Taliban shot a 14-year-old girl for speaking out against them has highlighted a major division in Pakistan over the question of which is worse: the United States or militants?

Colombia-FARC peace talks: 5 ways the Left lives on in Latin America Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:55 AM PDT Peace talks have officially begun between the government of Colombia and FARC rebels. It is the first time peace has been on the table in over a decade. Previous talks have failed three other times in the past 30 years, but now hopes are high that the FARC, who emerged in 1964 as a group of communist peasants rebelling against the state, and later turned to the cocaine trade to fund their activities, could finally put down their arms. It would bring to an end one of the world's longest standing conflicts. ...

Vladimir Putin joins pajama workforce, decides to work from home Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:13 AM PDT Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally decided to do something to help relieve Moscow's paralytic, bumper-to-bumper, round-the-clock, city-wide traffic congestion: He's going to drive less and work from home more often.

Eurozone summit: Will EU get veto over national budgets? Posted: 18 Oct 2012 08:37 AM PDT As sometimes violent protests against debt-crisis austerity programs – including a general strike today in Greece – continue to wrack Southern Europe, European leaders will meet in Brussels today to try and get a grip on the economic zone's debt crisis through budgetary control and a banking union. But as usual, the summit's attendees remain divided about the best course of action.

There will be no cease-fire in Syria Posted: 18 Oct 2012 08:10 AM PDT The UN special envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (who did such a bang up job as UN special envoy for Iraq and Afghanistan) has been lobbying for a three-day ceasefire in Syria to mark a Muslim holiday.

How will FARC peace talks play out in rural Colombia? Posted: 18 Oct 2012 07:53 AM PDT The hairline cracks in the white walls of Victor Salas's concrete house tell the recent history of guerrilla violence in this southwestern Colombian town.

Brass City Harvest brings fresh food to an urban 'desert' Posted: 18 Oct 2012 06:16 AM PDT In a bricked up, boarded up part of Waterbury, Conn., where the main crop seem to be shattered glass, Brass City Harvest stands as an oasis.

Arrests of US sailors in Okinawa reignites opposition to bases Posted: 18 Oct 2012 05:54 AM PDT The arrest of two American sailors on suspicion of raping a woman in Okinawa has reignited tensions over the US military's longstanding presence on the southern Japanese island.

Cease-fire in Syria? Support from Iran and Turkey boosts UN envoy's bid Posted: 18 Oct 2012 05:44 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Raising the Costa Concordia, the biggest sea salvage operation ever Posted: 18 Oct 2012 05:19 AM PDT It has lain like a great white whale in the crystal clear waters off the Italian island of Giglio for nine months, but a new, crucial phase to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship is about to swing into action.

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