Turkey struggles to shelter thousands after quake (Reuters)

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• Turkey struggles to shelter thousands after quake (Reuters)
• Afghan forces soon to take charge in more areas (AP)
• Turkish quake highlights shoddy construction (AP)
• Man loses mother, wife, 4 children in Turkey quake (AP)
• Khmer Rouge defendant says he won't testify (AP)
• Taliban commanders say Pakistan intelligence helps them (Reuters)
• Indonesian court slashes radical cleric's sentence (AP)
• Afghan Taliban says will target national assembly (Reuters)
• Ex-Khmer Rouge cadre refuses to take stand in "Killing Fields" (Reuters)
• Volcano erupts in central Indonesia, no injuries (AP)
• SKorea, China agree to expand currency swap deal (AP)
• Art installation evokes nostalgia for Tibetan home (AP)
• China to launch unmanned space mission next month (AP)
• Details about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner (AP)
• Killer Asia floods swallow children who can't swim (AP)
• Boeing 787's inaugural flight lands in Hong Kong (AP)
• Panetta: US will boost presence against N. Korea (AP)
• World shares mixed ahead of Europe debt plan (AP)
• Another Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China (AP)
• Australian charged after child dies alone in car (AP)

Turkey struggles to shelter thousands after quake (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 10:59 AM PDT Reuters - Turkey struggled to provide shelter on Wednesday to tens of thousands left homeless by an earthquake that killed nearly 500, and rescue teams began taking painful decisions to call off searches for those buried alive.

Afghan forces soon to take charge in more areas (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 09:57 AM PDT AP - Afghan forces could soon start taking charge of security in a wide swath of northern and western Afghanistan, but only a few spots in the more violent south and east — the second step in a transition that President Hamid Karzai hopes will leave his forces in control of the entire nation by the end of 2014.

Turkish quake highlights shoddy construction (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 09:50 AM PDT AP - Two things are for certain in Turkey: The country will have earthquakes, and those earthquakes will continue to kill.

Man loses mother, wife, 4 children in Turkey quake (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 09:19 AM PDT AP - Murat Sonmez's mother, wife and four daughters were crushed to death in their home by Turkey's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, leaving him so distraught he found it difficult to speak.

Khmer Rouge defendant says he won't testify (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 08:23 AM PDT AP - One of four former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime to be tried for genocide next month gave notice Wednesday that he will not testify.

Taliban commanders say Pakistan intelligence helps them (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 08:00 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's security service provides weapons and training to Taliban insurgents fighting U.S. and British troops in Afghanistan, despite official denials, Taliban commanders say, in allegations that could worsen tensions between Pakistan and the United States.

Indonesian court slashes radical cleric's sentence (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 06:48 AM PDT AP - A radical Islamic cleric accused of setting up a terror training camp in western Indonesia had his prison sentence slashed from 15 years to nine years, an appeals court said Wednesday. No reason was given for the decision.

Afghan Taliban says will target national assembly (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:34 AM PDT Reuters - The Afghan Taliban will hunt down and punish anyone who takes part in next month's national assembly, where the possibility of long-term U.S. military bases in Afghanistan will be discussed, the group warned in a statement on Wednesday.

Ex-Khmer Rouge cadre refuses to take stand in "Killing Fields" (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:29 AM PDT Reuters - A top member of Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge regime on Wednesday said he would not take the stand during his long-awaited trial, marking a setback for a country seeking closure from one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century.

Volcano erupts in central Indonesia, no injuries (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:01 AM PDT AP - A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, spewing hot smoke and ash thousands of feet into the air. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

SKorea, China agree to expand currency swap deal (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:34 AM PDT AP - South Korea's central bank says it has agreed with its Chinese counterpart to expand their currency swap deal as a backstop against global economic turmoil.

Art installation evokes nostalgia for Tibetan home (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:01 AM PDT AP - An art installation made of 20 tons of soil from Tibet has touched a deep emotional chord among Tibetan exiles, hundreds of whom lined up to walk across the mounds of soil Wednesday.

China to launch unmanned space mission next month (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:56 AM PDT AP - China says it will launch an unmanned spacecraft early next month that will attempt to dock with an experimental space station module.

Details about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:22 AM PDT AP - Details about the Boeing 787, The Dreamliner:

Killer Asia floods swallow children who can't swim (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:17 AM PDT AP - It took only a second for the murky floodwaters swamping parts of Asia to swallow Nguyen Phuoc Hien's baby. His 3-year-old daughter had been playing happily while her aunt studied, but somehow, the girl slipped quietly outside the family home deep in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta.

Boeing 787's inaugural flight lands in Hong Kong (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:12 AM PDT AP - Boeing's much-anticipated 787 carried its first passengers Wednesday on a four-hour, 8-minute flight filled with cheers, picture-taking and swapping of aviation stories.

Panetta: US will boost presence against N. Korea (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:00 AM PDT AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday called North Korea a "serious threat" and told U.S. troops that the Pentagon will strengthen its presence in this region to guard against North Korean provocations.

World shares mixed ahead of Europe debt plan (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:58 AM PDT AP - World shares were mixed Wednesday as traders awaited details of a plan to contain Europe's sovereign debt crisis that would limit damage to the continent's banks.

Another Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:13 AM PDT AP - A British human rights group says another Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire in a protest against Chinese rule over the Himalayan region in the 10th self-immolation this year.

Australian charged after child dies alone in car (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:06 PM PDT AP - Police have charged an Australian mother with manslaughter after her young child died of dehydration after allegedly being left alone in a car.

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