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• Spain's politicians pledge to stop evictions after suicide
• Gaza flares as Israel hits back killing five
• Wife of American jailed in Cuba pins hopes on Obama's re-election
• U.S. denies Russia request for convicted arms dealer
• China turns corner on economy as party chooses new leaders
• Ecuador's Correa to seek re-election, clear favorite
• Opinion poll shows Greek opposition pulling ahead
• Former Iraqi central bank chief rejects graft charges
• Yemen tribal leader held under house arrest over al Qaeda ties
• Fleeing fallen Syrian town, refugees fear Assad's air power
• Syria's opposition urges West to send rebels arms
• APNewsBreak: Mideast nuke talks called off
• Calls for inquest into reported Iran blogger death
• Vatican digs in after gay marriage advances
• BBC chief quits after saying TV report was wrong
• After attack on jeep, Israeli army kills 4 in Gaza
• Four killed in Egypt train collision
• Vatican computer tech convicted in leaks scandal
• Official: Guinea treasury chief assassinated
• Argentine crew prevents Ghana from moving ship
• Drive for education drives South Korean families into the red

Spain's politicians pledge to stop evictions after suicide Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:51 AM PST MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's conservative prime minister and the leader of the opposition aim to agree measures on Monday to stop banks evicting homeowners after a woman's suicide before her property was repossessed caused public outrage. "No one should be without a home for not being able to pay," Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, leader of the opposition Socialist Party said on Saturday. ...

Gaza flares as Israel hits back killing five Posted: 10 Nov 2012 01:50 PM PST GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli tank fire killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after militants blew up an Israeli army jeep with an anti-tank missile, wounding four soldiers. Palestinian fighters retaliated by firing rockets into southern Israel and an Israeli air strike targeted a rocket crew, killing a Palestinian militant, the Israeli army said. The flareup carried the risk of further escalation. Explosions were audible and projectiles lit up the sky over Gaza shortly before midnight, but no further details were immediately available. ...

Wife of American jailed in Cuba pins hopes on Obama's re-election Posted: 10 Nov 2012 10:44 AM PST MIAMI (Reuters) - The wife of Alan Gross, the U.S. contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state, said she hopes President Barack Obama's re-election will soon help lead to her ailing husband's release from the communist-ruled country. Gross, 63, has been locked up in Cuba since December 2009 for his work on behalf of a semi-covert U.S. program aimed at promoting political change on the island. ...

U.S. denies Russia request for convicted arms dealer Posted: 10 Nov 2012 08:16 AM PST (Reuters) - The United States has refused a request from Russia that convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout be returned to his home country to spend the remainder of his 25-year prison term, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday. Bout, 54, was sentenced in April after a Manhattan federal court trial jury convicted him on charges that he agreed to sell arms to people he thought were militants intent on attacking American soldiers in Colombia. He was the subject of a book called "Merchant of Death" and inspiration for a film "Lord of War" starring Nicolas Cage. ...

China turns corner on economy as party chooses new leaders Posted: 10 Nov 2012 03:02 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China announced on Saturday that it is effectively turning the corner on the economy and likely to meet its growth target for the year, more good news for Communist Party policy makers meeting in Beijing to anoint new leaders for the next decade. The world's second-biggest economy had halted a slowing trend, the chief of the economic planning agency said, adding that he was confident GDP growth would exceed 7.5 percent in 2012 though at the same time warning against complacency. ...

Ecuador's Correa to seek re-election, clear favorite Posted: 10 Nov 2012 12:46 PM PST QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa launched his re-election bid on Saturday for a February vote likely to give him a new four-year term to continue boosting state control over the Andean nation's economy. Government spending on roads, hospitals and schools has made the 49-year-old U.S.-educated economist very popular with the poor majority, and he is well ahead of rivals in opinion polls. The opposition is divided and lacks a charismatic leader. ...

Opinion poll shows Greek opposition pulling ahead Posted: 10 Nov 2012 01:21 PM PST ATHENS (Reuters) - Three percent of Greeks trust their politicians, according to a new survey which shows rising support for opposition parties across the spectrum, from left-wing SYRIZA to ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn. According to the KAPA Research poll, SYRIZA, which opposes the government's austerity policies, is the most popular party with 23.1 percent support, up from 20.7 percent in June. Golden Dawn had 10.4 percent support, up from 7.5 percent in June. The survey showed that unemployment was the biggest concern for Greeks. ...

Former Iraqi central bank chief rejects graft charges Posted: 10 Nov 2012 02:48 PM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The former governor of Iraq's central bank on Saturday denied parliamentary charges of corruption on Saturday, saying he was the victim of a government campaign to try and control the autonomous bank's foreign reserves. Iraq's cabinet last month ousted Sinan al-Shibibi after a parliamentary investigation into central bank officials accused of abusing the bank's dollar auctions. ...

Yemen tribal leader held under house arrest over al Qaeda ties Posted: 10 Nov 2012 02:05 PM PST ADEN (Reuters) - A tribal leader suspected of links to al Qaeda was put under house arrest on Saturday in the southern city of Aden after security forces warned him a week ago to hand himself over to the authorities, an official said. Yemen has stepped up a campaign to defeat Islamist militants this year. It is an arena for U.S. drone strikes because al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has used its Yemen base to target Saudi Arabia and the United States. Tarek al-Fadli, who was raised in Saudi Arabia and fought in Afghanistan, heads a major tribe in Abyan province. ...

Fleeing fallen Syrian town, refugees fear Assad's air power Posted: 10 Nov 2012 08:38 AM PST CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) - Gun and mortar fire could be heard on Saturday from the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain two days after it fell to rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad, and refugees who had fled to Turkey said they feared retribution from the air. Laden with what possessions they could carry, Syrians continued to cross the border into Turkey, some saying they were scared the fighting was not over and Assad's fighter planes and helicopters would be back. ...

Syria's opposition urges West to send rebels arms Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:41 AM PST The newly elected leader of Syria's main opposition group slammed the international community for what he called inaction, saying Saturday that fighters are in desperate need of weapons to break the stalemate with President Bashar Assad's forces.

APNewsBreak: Mideast nuke talks called off Posted: 10 Nov 2012 01:48 PM PST Attempts to find Arab-Israeli common ground on banning weapons of mass destruction from the Mideast have failed, and high-profile talks on the issue have been called off, diplomats said Saturday.

Calls for inquest into reported Iran blogger death Posted: 10 Nov 2012 06:27 AM PST A prominent press freedom group has joined the U.S. State Department to demand Iran conduct a full investigation into the reported death of a jailed blogger.

Vatican digs in after gay marriage advances Posted: 10 Nov 2012 08:49 AM PST The Vatican is digging in after gay marriage initiatives scored big wins this week in the U.S. and Europe, vowing to never stop insisting that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.

BBC chief quits after saying TV report was wrong Posted: 10 Nov 2012 03:35 PM PST The BBC's top executive resigned Saturday night after the prestigious broadcaster's marquee news magazine wrongly implicated a British politician in a child sex-abuse scandal, deepening the crisis that exploded after it decided not to air similar allegations against one of its own stars who police now say was one of the nation's worst pedophiles.

After attack on jeep, Israeli army kills 4 in Gaza Posted: 10 Nov 2012 02:05 PM PST Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli jeep patrolling the border with Gaza and the Israelis fired back into the Palestinian territory, killing four civilians, officials and witnesses said.

Four killed in Egypt train collision Posted: 10 Nov 2012 11:18 AM PST Two trains traveling south of the Egyptian capital collided on Saturday, killing at least four people, officials said.

Vatican computer tech convicted in leaks scandal Posted: 10 Nov 2012 09:29 AM PST A Vatican court on Saturday convicted a Holy See computer technician of helping the former papal butler in the embarrassing leak of confidential papal documents and gave him a two-month suspended sentence in the last trial in the scandal.

Official: Guinea treasury chief assassinated Posted: 10 Nov 2012 03:45 PM PST The head of Guinea's treasury was gunned down as she was driving home in what her colleagues describe as a brazen assassination aimed at silencing an official who had launched an investigation into the disappearance of millions in state funds.

Argentine crew prevents Ghana from moving ship Posted: 10 Nov 2012 03:17 PM PST Sailors aboard an Argentina navy sailing ship seized in a billion-dollar international debt controversy brandished weapons to block Ghanaian officials from moving the vessel to a less busy dock, an official of the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority said Saturday.

Drive for education drives South Korean families into the red Posted: 10 Nov 2012 06:19 AM PST When Cheon Sun-kyoung and her husband took out a $100,000 loan and moved their family of three from the affordable suburbs to one of Seoul's most affluent neighborhoods, she hoped it would be the start of the climb up South Korea's highly competitive social ladder.

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