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• Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles: report
• Strong quake off Guatemala kills 39, felt in Mexico City
• After Obama win, U.S. backs new U.N. arms treaty talks
• Ghana mall collapse kills four, investigation ordered
• Greek government defies protests to approve more austerity
• China's premier-in-waiting schooled in free thought
• Czech PM Necas wins confidence vote, passes tax hikes
• Hague prosecutor urges Libya not to grant amnesty for war crimes
• Merkel warns Britain against European Union exit
• U.N. Security Council extends Somalia peacekeeping force
• Syria opposition in exile fails to elect women
• Britain: Obama victory an opportunity for Syria
• China's power transfer: infighting and spectacle
• Greece narrowly passes crucial austerity bill
• Israeli leader in bind after Obama victory
• Global candidate: Obama was world's clear choice
• Powerful quake hits Guatemala, killing at least 39
• Ghana building collapse traps dozens, kills 1
• Obama victory a relief for Latin American left
• Granny Obama, Kenya celebrate White House win
• How the world is reacting to Obama's reelection
• After Obama win, say goodbye to neocons
• China enlists everyone from cops to cabbies to enforce orderly transition
• Malawi suspends anti-gay laws
• Ahead of austerity cuts, Greek protests get violent
• Obama win keeps US-British relations familiar, comfortable
• In a Kenyan village, delight at Obama's reelection
• Latin Americans love Obama – so why the 'collective shrug' on reelection?
• Israel moves quickly to congratulate Obama
• Russia not Obama's 'No. 1 foe,' but Moscow doubts a fresh 'reset'
• Rebel hopes rise that reelected Obama will act on Syria as blasts hit Damascus
• Indonesia responds to Obama's win: He's still our 'Menteng Kid'
• Will Obama's reelection change the US-Pakistan relationship?
• In Obama win, China sees key prize: stability

Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles: report Posted: 07 Nov 2012 02:35 PM PST ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will imminently lodge an official request with NATO asking the military alliance to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria to guard against violence spilling over, a senior Turkish foreign ministry official said on Wednesday. If approved, the deployment would represent a further deterioration in relations between Turkey and Syria - once close allies - and see more military hardware poured into a region where tensions are already high. ...

Strong quake off Guatemala kills 39, felt in Mexico City Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:01 PM PST GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala shook buildings in the capital and killed at least 39 people on Wednesday, trapping others under rubble and triggering evacuations as far away as Mexico City. The 7.4 magnitude quake hit at 10:35 a.m. local time (11:35 EDT). A local fire chief said at least some of the dead were buried under debris in a mountainous region near the Mexican border. Landslides blocked roads in some areas, authorities said, and about 40 houses were severely damaged. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a 7. ...

After Obama win, U.S. backs new U.N. arms treaty talks Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:48 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee's call on Wednesday to renew debate over a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade. U.N. delegates and gun control activists have complained that talks collapsed in July largely because Obama feared attacks from Republican rival Mitt Romney if his administration was seen as supporting the pact, a charge Washington denies. The month-long talks at U.N. ...

Ghana mall collapse kills four, investigation ordered Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:53 AM PST ACCRA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and dozens more were trapped in rubble when a four-storey building housing a department store collapsed on Wednesday in a suburb of Ghana's capital Accra. President John Mahama, running for election in December, cut short a campaign tour to visit the site and promised that anyone found responsible would "pay the price" as it emerged the building had not received proper approval from city authorities. ...

Greek government defies protests to approve more austerity Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:00 PM PST ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's government voted by a razor thin margin on Thursday to approve an austerity package needed to unlock vital aid and avert bankruptcy, despite an internal rift and violent protests at the gates of parliament. Lawmakers approved the spending cuts, tax hikes and measures making it easier to hire and fire workers after nearly 100,000 Greeks waving flags and chanting "Fight! They're drinking our blood!" descended on Syntagma Square in central Athens. ...

China's premier-in-waiting schooled in free thought Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:31 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - Where other top Chinese leaders can only stand around and look awkward in the presence of English-speaking dignitaries, premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang stands out for his casual and disarming command of the language. Li's English skills say more about the man who will run the world's second-largest economy than just an ability to schmooze U.S. CEOs and European prime ministers - they were learned as a part of a surprisingly liberal university education. ...

Czech PM Necas wins confidence vote, passes tax hikes Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:05 PM PST PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas won a confidence vote in parliament and pushed through tax rises and pension reform on Wednesday after quelling a rebellion that threatened to bring down his center-right government. The lower house voted to raise value-added and income taxes in a move aimed at narrowing the budget deficit next year after a group of dissenting backbenchers in Necas's Civic Democratic Party dropped their opposition to the legislation. ...

Hague prosecutor urges Libya not to grant amnesty for war crimes Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:09 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Libya should not grant amnesty for war crimes committed during last year's uprising against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, regardless of who committed them, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Wednesday. In her first official presentation to the U.N. Security Council as The Hague-based court's top prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda said that the ICC's pre-trial chamber would decide "in due course" on whether the late Libyan leader's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi should be tried in Libya or The Hague. ...

Merkel warns Britain against European Union exit Posted: 07 Nov 2012 01:32 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel on Wednesday warned Britain not to turn its back on Europe and urged its Prime Minister David Cameron to work with her to avoid deadlock at European Union budget talks later this month. The leaders met in London to try to iron out differences over the EU's 1 trillion euro ($1.28 trillion) budget that threaten to block a deal and fuel fears that London is drifting away from the 27-nation union. ...

U.N. Security Council extends Somalia peacekeeping force Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:42 AM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council extended an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia for four months on Wednesday as it mulls lifting an arms embargo and Uganda threatens to pull out troops over claims it is aiding rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo. The African Union has appealed to the 15-member council to review its arms embargo to help Somalia rebuild its army and consolidate military gains against al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab. U.N. diplomats said the council was split over this request. ...

Syria opposition in exile fails to elect women Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:40 PM PST Syria's main opposition bloc elected an all-male leadership team early Thursday, undermining its own bid to showcase itself as a more diverse group that can represent all those trying to oust President Bashar Assad.

Britain: Obama victory an opportunity for Syria Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:49 PM PST Britain called on the U.S. and other allies Wednesday to do more to shape the Syrian opposition into a coherent force, saying the re-election of President Barack Obama is an opportunity for the world to take stronger action to end the deadlocked civil war.

China's power transfer: infighting and spectacle Posted: 07 Nov 2012 09:08 AM PST China's ruling Communist Party opens a congress Thursday to usher in a new group of younger leaders faced with the challenging tasks of righting a flagging economy and meeting public calls for better government.

Greece narrowly passes crucial austerity bill Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:58 PM PST Greece's Parliament passed a crucial austerity bill early Thursday in vote so close that it left the coalition government reeling from dissent.

Israeli leader in bind after Obama victory Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:20 AM PST President Barack Obama's re-election has left Israel's prime minister in a bind.

Global candidate: Obama was world's clear choice Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:06 AM PST He won, and the word "phew" trended worldwide on Twitter. Despite a hard-fought campaign in the United States, there was never any contest overseas.

Powerful quake hits Guatemala, killing at least 39 Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:39 PM PST A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Guatemala on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people as it toppled thick adobe walls, shook huge landslides down onto highways, and sent terrified villagers streaming into the streets of this idyllic mountain town near the border with Mexico. One hundred people were missing, and hundreds were injured.

Ghana building collapse traps dozens, kills 1 Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:16 PM PST A five-story shopping center built earlier this year in a bustling suburb of Ghana's capital collapsed Wednesday, killing at least one person and leaving several dozen people trapped in the rubble, authorities and eyewitnesses said.

Obama victory a relief for Latin American left Posted: 07 Nov 2012 04:27 PM PST From Caracas to Havana to La Paz, President Barack Obama's re-election victory was welcomed with a sigh of relief by many on Latin America's left, though others cautioned that the U.S. leader had not made the region a priority during his crisis-buffeted first term and was unlikely to do so in a second.

Granny Obama, Kenya celebrate White House win Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:18 AM PST Waving her walking cane and smiling broadly, the step-grandmother of Barack Obama celebrated Wednesday as this tiny Western Kenyan village danced and rejoiced after the United States president won four more years in the White House.

How the world is reacting to Obama's reelection Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PST From China to Iran, President Obama's reelection elicited everything from celebration to doubt about his second-term agenda. Here are 11 responses:

After Obama win, say goodbye to neocons Posted: 07 Nov 2012 01:41 PM PST Dan Senor has no more influence in the White House today than he did yesterday.

China enlists everyone from cops to cabbies to enforce orderly transition Posted: 07 Nov 2012 01:02 PM PST As the United States ends its political season, China's is beginning, and Beijing would like to keep things in order. That means red banner slogans strung along roadsides, flurries of propaganda-as-news and, of course, a police crackdown.

Malawi suspends anti-gay laws Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:44 PM PST Moving against the tide of anti-gay legislation in the region, Malawi announced this week that the suspension of its laws criminalizing homosexuality, promising public and parliamentary debates on the issue that could potentially repeal the laws altogether.

Ahead of austerity cuts, Greek protests get violent Posted: 07 Nov 2012 12:22 PM PST An anti-austerity demonstration by more than 80,000 people in Athens degenerated into violence Wednesday as hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote on new spending cuts.

Obama win keeps US-British relations familiar, comfortable Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:47 AM PST Although in theory they are from opposing sides of a broader right-left political divide, No. 10 Downing Street never seems to tire of insisting that Britain's young Conservative prime minister, David Cameron, has "clicked" on a personal level with Barack Obama.

In a Kenyan village, delight at Obama's reelection Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:25 AM PST President Obama's reelection has stirred wild celebrations in Nyang'oma Kogelo, the birthplace of his father, Hussein Obama.

Latin Americans love Obama – so why the 'collective shrug' on reelection? Posted: 07 Nov 2012 10:01 AM PST Leading up to the United States presidential election, Latin Americans, like Latinos in the US, widely favored the reelection of President Obama.

Israel moves quickly to congratulate Obama Posted: 07 Nov 2012 09:08 AM PST Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to congratulate President Obama on his reelection by paying tribute to an US-Israel alliance that, in his words, is "rock solid," though the upbeat statement belied widespread anxiety by Israelis that the leaders' rocky relations would continue to cloud ties.

Russia not Obama's 'No. 1 foe,' but Moscow doubts a fresh 'reset' Posted: 07 Nov 2012 08:19 AM PST Many Russians appeared satisfied after waking up Wednesday morning to the news that Barack Obama had been reelected president of the United States. But nobody sounded elated.

Rebel hopes rise that reelected Obama will act on Syria as blasts hit Damascus Posted: 07 Nov 2012 08:04 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Indonesia responds to Obama's win: He's still our 'Menteng Kid' Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:58 AM PST Indonesians from all walks of life cheered President Obama's US election victory on Wednesday, calling it another win for the "Menteng Kid," a reference to the neighborhood where he spent four years of his childhood.

Will Obama's reelection change the US-Pakistan relationship? Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:46 AM PST As news of President Obama's victory reaches Pakistan, many say they do not expect any substantial change in US foreign policy toward the country.

In Obama win, China sees key prize: stability Posted: 07 Nov 2012 05:27 AM PST Barack Obama's reelection as president, offering a familiar face and predictable foreign policy, was largely welcomed in Asia as an element of stability in a region where diplomatic tensions are sharpening.

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