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• Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor
• Kuwait warns against unlicensed protest planned for Sunday
• Freed Niger hostages say were not mistreated
• OECD Chief says G20 should urge U.S. resolution of fiscal cliff
• Israel: Three Syria tanks enter Golan demilitarized zone
• Activists rally to end prison torture in Egypt
• Israel's Peres welcomes "courageous" words from Abbas
• Somalia wants Ugandan troops to remain
• Europe urges end to Myanmar killings, pledges aid
• Suicide bombers hit Somali capital, three dead: witnesses
• Suicide bomber kills 6 people in NW Pakistan
• Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan DMZ
• Hezbollah under fire, but Lebanon hold is tight
• Plan for Cuban landmark's rebirth sparks debate
• In Israel, media stars are turning to politics
• Pharaonic princess's tomb found near Cairo, Egypt
• Brazil's 'pop-star priest' gets mammoth new stage
• Suspected jihadis kill 3 police in Egypt's Sinai
• 4 on Japan nuclear safety team took utility money
• In rebel-held Aleppo, Syrian civilians try to impose law through courts, not guns
• Rostock, notorious for Germany's worst racist riots, struggles for redemption

Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:11 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels attacked a military airport in the country's north on Saturday in a push to cut off Syria's biggest city Aleppo from the capital Damascus, and secure a strategic north-south corridor. President Bashar al-Assad's forces appear over-stretched with fewer fighters on the ground and have sought to limit rebel advances with far superior firepower, increasingly from the air and especially in the Aleppo and Damascus areas. ...

Kuwait warns against unlicensed protest planned for Sunday Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:43 PM PDT KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait said on Saturday it had not issued a permit to allow a planned protest against new voting rules and the prime minister warned police would use force if the nation was under threat. Kuwait outlawed unauthorized gatherings of more than 20 people last month after an opposition-led demonstration by thousands ended in clashes between protesters and police in which at least 30 people were taken to hospital. Although OPEC member and U.S. ...

Freed Niger hostages say were not mistreated Posted: 03 Nov 2012 03:05 PM PDT NIAMEY (Reuters) - Five African aid workers freed on Saturday after nearly three weeks as hostages in the Sahara desert said they were relieved to be back with their families in Niger and that their captors did not mistreat them. A sixth aid worker - who was also kidnapped - was shot during the abduction in central Niger on October 14 and later died of his wounds, they said. ...

OECD Chief says G20 should urge U.S. resolution of fiscal cliff Posted: 03 Nov 2012 03:19 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Group of 20 leading world economies should appeal to the United States to address the so-called fiscal cliff, the head of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Saturday. Unless the fractious U.S. Congress can strike a deal, about $600 billion in U.S. spending cuts and higher taxes are due to kick in on January 1, threatening to push the U.S. economy back into recession and hurt world growth. Speaking ahead of the G-20 meeting in Mexico City, Jose Angel Gurria also said Europe should welcome any Spanish bailout request. ...

Israel: Three Syria tanks enter Golan demilitarized zone Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:40 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria on Saturday, an Israeli military spokeswoman said. "The Israeli Defense Forces have filed a complaint with the U.N. (peacekeeping) force in the area," the spokeswoman said. She had no further information on what the tanks were doing. Israeli media said the tanks were involved in fighting in the Syrian village of Beer Ajam against rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Activists rally to end prison torture in Egypt Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - About 1,000 activists rallied in Cairo on Saturday demanding an end to brutality in Egyptian prisons and calling for a ban on torture in the new constitution. Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was elected in June following 16 months of rule by the army council that took over after Hosni Mubarak's overthrow last year. During the council's rule, some 12,000 civilians were tried by army courts and many of them were tortured in prisons, according to rights groups. ...

Israel's Peres welcomes "courageous" words from Abbas Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:26 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres hailed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a courageous partner for peace on Saturday after the Palestinian leader made clear his support for a two-state solution to the decades old conflict with Israel. In an interview with Israeli television broadcast this week, the Western-backed Abbas also hinted that Palestinians who, prior to the 1948 establishment of the Jewish state lived on lands that are now in Israel, do not have a right to return there, comments that sparked an outcry from his Islamist rivals. ...

Somalia wants Ugandan troops to remain Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:23 AM PDT KAMPALA/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister said on Saturday that it could be a challenge for his country if Uganda followed through on a threat to withdraw troops fighting Islamist rebels in southern Somalia. Uganda's foreign affairs ministry said earlier that it would withdraw from peace keeping initiatives in Africa unless the United Nations amended a report accusing it of supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

Europe urges end to Myanmar killings, pledges aid Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:19 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called on Saturday for an end to sectarian killings in Myanmar, following talks with the president of the nation which is emerging from decades of brutal military rule. In western Myanmar, 89 people have been killed in clashes between Buddhist Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas, according to the latest official toll covering the last 10 days of October. Many thousands more have been displaced by the violence. "We are deeply concerned by these events and by the consequences for the reforms and democratization of the country. ...

Suicide bombers hit Somali capital, three dead: witnesses Posted: 03 Nov 2012 07:09 AM PDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers attacked a restaurant in the Somali capital on Saturday, killing a security guard who stopped them entering the building, locals said. It was not clear who was behind the bombings but Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents have conducted similar previous attacks and remain a serious security challenge even after being forced out of their strongholds. The blasts rocked the restaurant, popular with Somalis returning from abroad in the hope that the country's darkest days are over, damaging cars and scattering the area with body parts. ...

Suicide bomber kills 6 people in NW Pakistan Posted: 03 Nov 2012 05:39 AM PDT A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a vehicle carrying the regional head of a government-allied militia in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing him and five others, police and the militant group said.

Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan DMZ Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:17 AM PDT Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights on Saturday, prompting Israel to complain to U.N. peacekeepers, a military spokesman said. The foray would be the first such violation in 40 years and hikes concerns that violence from Syria's civil war could heat up a long-quiet frontier.

Hezbollah under fire, but Lebanon hold is tight Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:36 AM PDT A maze of military bunkers and tunnels carved into a mountain near the border with Israel hints at why the Shiite Hezbollah movement is unlikely to lose its grip in Lebanon despite the setbacks it has suffered because of the civil war in neighboring Syria.

Plan for Cuban landmark's rebirth sparks debate Posted: 02 Nov 2012 11:11 PM PDT In a country where money is perennially tight, it might seem a fantastic gift: A celebrity ballet star pledges to raise millions of dollars to rescue the ruins of an architectural masterpiece abandoned in mid-construction five decades ago in his native Cuba.

In Israel, media stars are turning to politics Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:53 AM PDT They spent their journalistic careers analyzing, covering and skewering Israel's politicians. Now, a striking number are vying to join their ranks.

Pharaonic princess's tomb found near Cairo, Egypt Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:55 AM PDT Czech archaeologists have unearthed the 4,500-year-old tomb of a Pharaonic princess south of Cairo, in a finding that suggests other undiscovered tombs may be in the area, an official from Egypt's antiquities ministry said Saturday.

Brazil's 'pop-star priest' gets mammoth new stage Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:56 PM PDT Brazil's "pop-star priest" inaugurated a cavernous new sanctuary that he built for his campaign to stem the exodus of faithful from the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America's biggest nation.

Suspected jihadis kill 3 police in Egypt's Sinai Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:58 AM PDT Egyptian security officials say suspected Islamic militants have ambushed police in the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing three.

4 on Japan nuclear safety team took utility money Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:28 AM PDT Four members of a Japanese government team that sets atomic reactor safety standards received funding from utility companies or nuclear manufacturers, raising questions about their neutrality in the wake of last year's tsunami-triggered disaster.

In rebel-held Aleppo, Syrian civilians try to impose law through courts, not guns Posted: 03 Nov 2012 07:12 AM PDT Mahad Youssef walks into this bare, new office, sinks into a chair, and holds her head in her hands. Her two adult daughters stand beside her, arms crossed and looking worried, as Mrs. Youssef tearfully petitions the man in the pressed suit sitting behind a desk.

Rostock, notorious for Germany's worst racist riots, struggles for redemption Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:21 AM PDT From her fifth-floor apartment one late-summer night, Kathleen Fichtner is trying to exorcise this city's demons.

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