Sunday, October 31, 2010

Brazil seen electing Rousseff to extend Lula legacy (Reuters)

Brazil seen electing Rousseff to extend Lula legacy (Reuters)

Brazil seen electing Rousseff to extend Lula legacy (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:03 PM PDT

A flag for Brazil's Presidential Candidate Dilma Rousseff of the ruling party PT (Workers Party) is seen at Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Brazilians are expected to elect a woman as president for the first time on Sunday, backing her to emerge from the shadow of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and extend the country's run of prosperity.

Gunmen kill 14 on sports field in Honduras (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Gunmen opened fire on a group of people on a neighborhood sports field in northern Honduras and killed at least 14, authorities said on Saturday.

Iraq's Shi'ite politicians turn down Saudi offer (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Iraq's Shi'ite alliance turned down a Saudi Arabian offer on Saturday to host all-party talks to resolve months of political stalemate because it said it was confident a deal could be struck in Baghdad on a new government.

Weapons seized in Nigeria came from Iran: shipping company (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Crates of weapons including rocket launchers and mortars seized in Nigeria this week were loaded in Iran by a local trader, the company which shipped the containers said on Saturday.

Ivory Coast holds reconciliation poll at last (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:36 PM PDT

Supporters of Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo, also a presidential candidate for FPI Reuters - Ivory Coast finally holds a long-delayed presidential election on Sunday that is meant to reunite a nation split in two by war and re-launch West Africa's former star economy.

Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing? (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Terror Plot Foiled: But is the Threat in Yemen Growing?

Yemen hunts more suspects behind air parcel bombs (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:36 AM PDT

The tail section of a UPS plane is seen parked at Liberty Airport in Newark, New Jersey. Yemeni forces have arrested a woman suspected of sending mail bombs on two US-bound flights in an alleged Al-Qaeda plot that Britain said was aimed at blowing up at least one of the planes.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - Yemeni security forces were on Sunday searching for suspects who posted parcel bombs on two US-bound flights after arresting a woman over an alleged Al-Qaeda plot that sparked a global air cargo alert.

French airline makes landmark flight to Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:20 AM PDT

A group of French business leaders leaves the Aigle Azur plane after arriving in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. The French airline has landed in Baghdad international airport, becoming one of the first passenger carriers to fly into the capital direct from western Europe since the Gulf War. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A French airliner landed at Baghdad International Airport Sunday, becoming one of the first passenger planes to fly into the Iraqi capital direct from western Europe since the Gulf War and opening a potential new route to stronger international business ties.

Brazil's Rousseff poised to take presidency (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 11:43 PM PDT

A supporter kisses the hand of Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate of the ruling Workers Party, as Belo Horizonte mayor Marcio Lacerda looks on, during a campaign rally in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. Rousseff will face Jose Serra of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party in a presidential runoff on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - The hand-picked candidate of Brazil's hugely popular president is poised to replace him as leader of Latin America's biggest nation when voters case ballots Sunday in a runoff election.

Zimbabweans feel pinch of strengthening rand (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:52 AM PDT

AFP - Luke Nyoni thought dollarising Zimbabwe's economy meant an end to inflation, but the weaker greenback is causing headaches in a country that relies on imports for most of its goods.

China rights lawyers blocked from going to US (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:26 AM PDT

Two prominent Chinese lawyers have been barred from flying to the United States to meet legal experts, one of the attorneys and an activist group said, amid a general crackdown on rights campaigners.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Two prominent Chinese lawyers have been barred from flying to the United States to meet legal experts, one of the attorneys and an activist group said, amid a general crackdown on rights campaigners.

Punish Canadian severely, Guantanamo court urged (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:03 AM PDT

Reuters - A prosecutor urged a U.S. war crimes tribunal on Saturday to sentence a young Canadian and admitted al Qaeda murderer to 25 more years in prison and said anything less would give license to terrorists.

Australia, Singapore PMs discuss bourses merger (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Australian PM Julia Gillard (pictured) urged critics of the planned merger between Singapore and Australia's stock exchanges not to seek to AFP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard Sunday warned critics of the planned merger between Singapore and Australia's stock exchanges against seeking to "disturb" long-standing foreign investment processes.

Yemen packages may signal Al Qaeda franchise is 'amateurish' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 07:50 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Yemen's reported association with suspicious packages found aboard US-bound cargo planes has once again thrust Yemen into the spotlight as a major battleground in Washington's war against Al Qaeda and its allies.
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