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• As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?
• Greece to vote on austerity, protests intensify
• Military planners prepare for war in Mali
• Americans tour base to recruit Libyan anti-militant force: commander
• Briton murdered in China fed tips to British intelligence
• Georgia detains former minister on suspicion of power abuse
• Israel mulls steps against the Palestinians over U.N. bid
• U.S. judge dismisses Hamas financing suit against Arab Bank
• Zawahri urges Somali militants to fight on against "crusaders"
• Brother of Syrian parliament speaker assassinated
• Intrigue swirls around Russia defense chief's fall
• Bolivia returns tiny mummy to Peru
• Thousands mourn NIreland prison guard slain by IRA
• China hauls away activists in congress crackdown
• Syrian defector says most bomber pilots grounded
• South Africa banknotes launched with Mandela image
• Car bomb near Iraqi military base kills 33
• Gaza police catch crocodile after 2 years on lam
• Puerto Rico votes on US ties and chooses governor
• Netanyahu campaign strategy? Put Iran center stage.
• From a distance, Syria 'feels' like Iraq in 2004
• 'Cyberterror' and Chinese hackers
• Can Syria's opposition groups figure out how to pull together?
• Russian defense minister's sacking suggests political infighting
• Why Wuxi is not your ordinary Chinese city
• As Europe scrimps, budget airline Ryanair soars
• Bahrain blasts underscore tensions over lack of political reform
• A second chance for Johnny Cash's childhood home
• Beneath the hype: What, actually, will China's party Congress do?

As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay? Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:20 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - In 1981, five years after his death, China's ruling Communist Party began to move slowly away from Mao Zedong and his philosophy. Today, speculation about whether it is poised to finish the job has cast a spotlight on one of the most emotive debates simmering inside the party - how much of Mao can it erase without undermining its authority. The debate is also a proxy for the more tangible battle inside the party over the direction and extent of future reforms. ...

Greece to vote on austerity, protests intensify Posted: 06 Nov 2012 03:10 PM PST ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's coalition government hopes to overcome its own divisions and defy protesters' fury at parliament's gates on Wednesday to push through an austerity package needed to secure an injection of aid and avert bankruptcy. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is expected to narrowly win support for the cocktail of budget cuts, tax hikes and labor reforms. The smallest party in his conservative-liberal coalition will oppose the measures, leaving him with a margin of just a handful of votes. ...

Military planners prepare for war in Mali Posted: 06 Nov 2012 01:07 PM PST BAMAKO (Reuters) - Military experts from Africa, the United Nations and Europe have drafted plans to recapture northern Mali, officials said on Tuesday, as one faction of the Islamist rebels who occupy the territory called for talks. A source with knowledge of the plan said the plan would involve a force of more than 4,000 personnel, mostly from West African countries. "Every military option will be used - ground and air," the source said, asking not to be named. ...

Americans tour base to recruit Libyan anti-militant force: commander Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:22 AM PST TRIPOLI (Reuters) - U.S. officials in Libya have begun to look for recruits for a commando force which they plan to train to fight militants, a former commander of Libyan rebels who toppled Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday. There was no immediate U.S. comment. After a wave of anti-American violence in the Arab world in September during which the U.S. ambassador to Libya died in an Islamist militant attack, President Barack Obama took measures to improve the security of U.S. diplomatic installations in the region. ...

Briton murdered in China fed tips to British intelligence Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:55 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A British businessman murdered in China in a high-profile case of political intrigue was an informal source of information for Britain's foreign intelligence agency, MI6, two sources familiar with the matter said. The sources confirmed the substance of a news report earlier Tuesday alleging that U.K. businessman Neil Heywood, who died under suspicious circumstances a year ago in the Chinese city of Chongqing, had been in contact with MI6 and had been a "willful and knowing informant. ...

Georgia detains former minister on suspicion of power abuse Posted: 06 Nov 2012 03:13 PM PST TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's new government detained a former interior minister on Tuesday for questioning on suspicion of abuse of power in the first such case brought against a member of the ousted administration. Bacho Akhalaia, who served as interior minister for two-and-a-half months before resigning in the midst of a prison abuse scandal, was detained after more than three hours of questioning at the prosecutor's office, his lawyer told reporters. "The reason for his detention was that during his work as a defense minister he allegedly insulted several officers in the presence of ...

Israel mulls steps against the Palestinians over U.N. bid Posted: 06 Nov 2012 01:36 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Senior members of Israel's cabinet on Tuesday weighed punitive steps that could be taken against the Palestinians if they pursue a campaign to upgrade their status to "observer state" at the United Nations this month. A senior Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inner circle of ministers reached an agreement in principle on the measures Israel may take if the Palestinians ask the U.N. General Assembly for the diplomatic upgrade. ...

U.S. judge dismisses Hamas financing suit against Arab Bank Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:57 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit brought by a U.S. man wounded in the Middle East who sought to hold Arab Bank liable for providing material support to the Palestinian group Hamas. U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein in Brooklyn, New York, held that Mati Gill could not prove Arab Bank was responsible for injuries he sustained in 2008 from gunshots fired from Gaza into Israel. At the time of the attack, Gill was serving as an aide to Israel's then-public security minister, Avi Dichter, according to the complaint. ...

Zawahri urges Somali militants to fight on against "crusaders" Posted: 06 Nov 2012 02:32 PM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a statement on an Islamist website, urged Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents to fight back against what he called "crusader invaders" after Kenyan forces forced them out of their last urban bastion. Somalia unveiled a new cabinet this week as it tries in a U.N.-backed initiative to restore central government control after 20 years of armed anarchy that has killed tens of thousands of people. ...

Brother of Syrian parliament speaker assassinated Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:20 AM PST Gunmen killed the brother of Syria's parliament speaker in a hail of bullets as he drove to work in Damascus on Tuesday, the state news agency said, as the international envoy for Syria warned the country could become another Somalia.

Intrigue swirls around Russia defense chief's fall Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:26 AM PST Vladimir Putin fired his powerful defense chief over a corruption scandal Tuesday, but a heady mix of sex, power struggles and military vendettas dominated talk in Russia about what was really behind the downfall of the man who has overseen the nation's most radical defense reform in decades.

Bolivia returns tiny mummy to Peru Posted: 06 Nov 2012 01:51 PM PST The mummified toddler seized from antiquities traffickers is at least 700 years old and sits, spine curved forward, only about a foot tall.

Thousands mourn NIreland prison guard slain by IRA Posted: 06 Nov 2012 08:11 AM PST Thousands of mourners lined the main street of a central Northern Ireland town Tuesday to bid farewell to a prison officer slain by Irish Republican Army militants, the first killing of a guard in nearly two decades — and a reminder that the British territory's peace is not yet complete.

China hauls away activists in congress crackdown Posted: 06 Nov 2012 07:44 AM PST During her 30-hour train journey to Beijing, Wang Xiulan ducked into bathrooms whenever the conductors checked IDs. Later, as she lay low in the outskirts of the capital, unidentified men caught her in a nighttime raid and hauled her to a police station. She assumed a fake identity to get away, and is now in hiding again.

Syrian defector says most bomber pilots grounded Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:03 AM PST A former Syrian air force general who was also the country's first astronaut said Tuesday that only about one-third of Syria's fighter pilots are carrying out the daily bombing raids of rebel strongholds because President Bashar Assad's regime cannot count on the loyalty of the rest.

South Africa banknotes launched with Mandela image Posted: 06 Nov 2012 02:22 AM PST New South African banknotes featuring the image of former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela are going into circulation.

Car bomb near Iraqi military base kills 33 Posted: 06 Nov 2012 08:09 AM PST A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives detonated the vehicle near an Iraqi military base as soldiers changed shifts north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 33 people and wounding 56, according to authorities.

Gaza police catch crocodile after 2 years on lam Posted: 06 Nov 2012 07:57 AM PST It took an Internet search, shark nets and two weeks of floating in a sewage pond, but Gaza policemen said Tuesday that they have finally captured a crocodile that was terrifying residents.

Puerto Rico votes on US ties and chooses governor Posted: 06 Nov 2012 12:40 PM PST Puerto Ricans were facing a fundamental question on Election Day: Should they change their ties with the United States?

Netanyahu campaign strategy? Put Iran center stage. Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:48 AM PST A juicy scoop by a leading television news show about a near-attack by Israel on Iran two years turned into a glimpse of what could likely be a central debate in Israel's upcoming election campaign: Who is best suited to block Tehran from getting nuclear weapons.

From a distance, Syria 'feels' like Iraq in 2004 Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:27 AM PST Mass casualty suicide car bombs. Kidnappings and executions of noncombatants for having the wrong political views. Religious antagonism. An expanding circle of death beyond leaders and fighters to their loved ones. Violence that can descend almost anywhere in an instant, one part traditional combat, two parts terror tactics and civilian ambushes carried out by a patchwork of militias with murky allegiances and ideologies.

'Cyberterror' and Chinese hackers Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:42 AM PST Find someone who works on security, find an alarmist.

Can Syria's opposition groups figure out how to pull together? Posted: 06 Nov 2012 09:32 AM PST The Syria rebellion has dragged on the longest, at 20 months and counting. The lopsided, David-and-Goliath military fight has also been the most lethal, with a death toll that activists put at more than 36,000 so far.

Russian defense minister's sacking suggests political infighting Posted: 06 Nov 2012 09:16 AM PST President Vladimir Putin dropped the hammer Tuesday on Russia's first civilian defense minister, military reformer Anatoly Serdyukov, amid a burgeoning corruption scandal that appears to have implicated the minister and some of his top aides in a $100 million embezzlement scheme.

Why Wuxi is not your ordinary Chinese city Posted: 06 Nov 2012 07:33 AM PST Wuxi is one of those cities – and there are dozens of them in China – that almost nobody outside the country has ever heard of, but turn out to have nearly 5 million people living in them.

As Europe scrimps, budget airline Ryanair soars Posted: 06 Nov 2012 07:35 AM PST Spartan, garishly colored cabin interiors, seats stripped of pockets, a seemingly constant bombardment of mid-air retail offerings, and a cheesy automated trumpet fanfare that announces "yet another on-time arrival."

Bahrain blasts underscore tensions over lack of political reform Posted: 06 Nov 2012 06:27 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

A second chance for Johnny Cash's childhood home Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:33 AM PST On a fine sunny day in late summer, a prison work gang is busy clearing litter from the grounds around Dyess City Hall in the heart of town, providing a portentous sign.

Beneath the hype: What, actually, will China's party Congress do? Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:29 AM PST Amid all the hype surrounding Thursday's opening of the ruling Communist Party's 18th Congress, the headlines declaring it "crucial" to China's future and the crush of more than 1,000 foreign reporters accredited to cover the confab, it is sometimes hard to remember that the weeklong meeting is not actually going to decide anything.

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