Suicide bomber kills 13 Americans in Afghanistan (AP)

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• Suicide bomber kills 13 Americans in Afghanistan (AP)
• Bangkok flood defenses hold off peak coastal tides (AP)
• Foot bridge collapses in India; 30 feared drowned (AP)
• Suicide bomber kills three in SE Turkey (Reuters)
• Kabul suicide bomb kills 13 U.S. troops (Reuters)
• China names new financial chiefs (Reuters)
• Turkey's post-quake relief races against winter (Reuters)
• Europe bailout fund chief courts China (Reuters)
• Recent major attacks in Afghanistan (AP)
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• UN: Sharp drop in Afghans returning from Pakistan (AP)
• Thousands march in Taiwan gay rights parade (AP)
• Queen Elizabeth II ends Aussie visit with barbecue (AP)
• Dalai Lama: China policy caused monk immolations (AP)
• China defines terrorism to win global support (AP)
• Qantas Airways grounds its entire worldwide fleet (AP)
• Commonwealth leaders raise polio vaccine spending (AP)

Suicide bomber kills 13 Americans in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:28 AM PDT AP - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a van into an armored NATO bus Saturday, killing 13 American troops and four Afghans in the deadliest attack on coalition forces in Kabul since the war began — a major setback for the U.S.-led coalition as it begins to draw down combat troops.

Bangkok flood defenses hold off peak coastal tides (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:02 AM PDT AP - Defenses shielding the center of Thailand's capital from the nation's worst floods in nearly 60 years mostly held at critical peak tides Saturday, as the waters began to recede after killing almost 400 people. But the threat to central Bangkok was not over, the prime minister said, and the city's northern districts remained submerged along with much of the countryside.

Foot bridge collapses in India; 30 feared drowned (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:51 AM PDT AP - A foot bridge spanning a river in northeast India collapsed Saturday, and police said 30 people were feared drowned.

Suicide bomber kills three in SE Turkey (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:25 AM PDT Reuters - A female suicide bomber in southeast Turkey killed three people and wounded around 20 in Bingol, a town in the mainly Kurdish region on Saturday, police said.

Kabul suicide bomb kills 13 U.S. troops (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - A suicide car bomber killed 13 American troops in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, the deadliest single ground attack against the NATO-led force in 10 years of war in Afghanistan.

China names new financial chiefs (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - China named new heads to three top financial regulatory posts on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency said, the first big step in a comprehensive leadership change that will culminate when its top political leaders retire.

Turkey's post-quake relief races against winter (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:13 AM PDT Reuters - A week after a powerful earthquake in southeast Turkey, survivors roamed the streets past devastated homes, some complaining their families still had no tents with winter closing in.

Europe bailout fund chief courts China (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:11 AM PDT Reuters - The head of Europe's rescue fund sought to entice China on Saturday to invest in the facility by saying investors may be protected against a fifth of initial losses and that bonds could eventually be sold in yuan if Beijing desires.

Recent major attacks in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:52 AM PDT AP - Recent major attacks in Afghanistan:

(AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:16 AM PDT AP - A US official says all 13 NATO service members killed in Kabul bombing were all American.

UN: Sharp drop in Afghans returning from Pakistan (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:54 AM PDT AP - The number of Afghan refugees returning home from Pakistan fell by almost 60 percent this year, the United Nations' refugee agency said Saturday, reflecting the reluctance of many to return to the war-ravaged country where security concerns abound a decade after a U.S.-led invasion to oust the Taliban.

Thousands march in Taiwan gay rights parade (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:13 AM PDT AP - Thousands of gay rights supporters have marched through Taiwan's capital, calling for increased tolerance and the enactment of anti-discrimination legislation.

Queen Elizabeth II ends Aussie visit with barbecue (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:30 AM PDT AP - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip have ended their Australian visit after tens of thousands of fans bid them farewell at a riverside barbecue.

Dalai Lama: China policy caused monk immolations (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:00 AM PDT AP - Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, pointed to what he called China's "ruthless policy" as prompting the recent deaths of Tibetan monks who set themselves on fire in protest.

China defines terrorism to win global support (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 01:36 AM PDT AP - China's legislature authorized new guidelines Saturday to define and combat terrorism, inching closer to international practices as the nation grapples with a sporadically violent rebellion in Central Asian border lands.

Qantas Airways grounds its entire worldwide fleet (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:11 AM PDT AP - Qantas Airways grounded all of its aircraft around the world indefinitely on Saturday due to ongoing strikes by its workers.

Commonwealth leaders raise polio vaccine spending (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:58 PM PDT AP - Commonwealth government leaders meeting in Australia agreed Saturday to step up efforts to eradicate polio worldwide, despite the Afghanistan war setting back vaccination efforts there and in neighboring Pakistan.

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