Myanmar votes in first election in 20 years (Reuters)

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• Myanmar votes in first election in 20 years (Reuters)
• Gunmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)
• Haiti dodges storm disaster as cholera toll rises (Reuters)
• Afghan candidates, lawmakers in new poll protest (Reuters)
• Kenyan administration police officer shoots 10 dead (Reuters)
• Mexico's Lost Youth: Generation Narco (Time.com)
• Nuclear waste shipment prompts protests (AP)
• Israel to quit northern sector of Lebanese village (AP)
• Drug cartels disrupt basic services in Mexico (AP)
• Kenyan police officer kills 10 people in rampage (AP)
• Recalled Japanese envoy returns to Russia (AFP)
• US, Australia expand ties with an eye on China (AP)
• Haiti spared the worst of Tomas (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama in India: A Solemn Arrival Spoils the Local Party? (Time.com)
• On Day 1 of India visit, Obama showcases trade deals with US firms (The Christian Science Monitor)

Myanmar votes in first election in 20 years (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:25 AM PDT Reuters - Myanmar voted in its first election in 20 years on Sunday under tight security, a scripted vote that assures army-backed parties an easy win but brings a hint of parliamentary politics to one of Asia's most oppressed states.

Gunmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 02:40 PM PDT Reuters - Rival gunmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico's top kingpins, and Washington reaffirmed its support for the country's drug war.

Haiti dodges storm disaster as cholera toll rises (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:58 PM PDT Reuters - Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a deadly cholera epidemic, the government and aid workers said on Saturday.

Afghan candidates, lawmakers in new poll protest (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:06 AM PDT Reuters - Scores of disgruntled lawmakers and candidates in Afghanistan's parliamentary election, marred by allegations of fraud, renewed protests on Sunday over the September poll and called for a fresh vote.

Kenyan administration police officer shoots 10 dead (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:53 AM PDT Reuters - A police officer attached to Kenya's provincial police shot 10 people dead at several bars in a small town northeast of Nairobi before surrendering, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

Mexico's Lost Youth: Generation Narco (Time.com) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:35 PM PDT Time.com - The country's youth are filling all roles in the drug wars: victims, killers, even as a police chief

Nuclear waste shipment prompts protests (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:10 AM PDT AP - Police say protesters have delayed a shipment of nuclear waste to a storage site in northern Germany but that the train is rolling again.

Israel to quit northern sector of Lebanese village (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 11:46 PM PDT AP - Israel will present to the U.N. a plan to withdraw from the northern sector of a disputed Lebanese border village that it has occupied since its 2006 war with Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas, an Israeli official said on Sunday.

Drug cartels disrupt basic services in Mexico (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:22 PM PDT AP - Five Pemex workers went to their jobs at a government-owned gas compression plant near the Texas border six months ago and never returned. Masked men, apparently members of a drug cartel operating there, had warned employees of Petroleos Mexicanos that they were no longer allowed to enter the area.

Kenyan police officer kills 10 people in rampage (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:03 AM PDT AP - A police officer in a central Kenyan town went on a shooting rampage, killing 10 people in three different bars, officials and a local journalist said Sunday.

Recalled Japanese envoy returns to Russia (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 01:07 AM PDT AFP - Japan's ambassador to Russia, who was recalled in a row over a visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to a disputed island, headed back to Moscow on Sunday.

US, Australia expand ties with an eye on China (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:41 AM PDT AP - The United States plans to expand its military presence in Australia as the two nations maneuver to rein in an increasingly assertive China.

Haiti spared the worst of Tomas (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 02:30 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Tropical storm Tomas is heading into the central Atlantic Ocean after splitting the uprights â€" the 50-mile -wide Windward Passage between Haiti and Cuba â€" as a category 1 hurricane Friday.

Obama in India: A Solemn Arrival Spoils the Local Party? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 02:35 PM PDT Time.com - The President began his Asia trip by paying tribute to the victims of the Mumbai massacre, but locals weren't happy that his arrival spoiled holiday festivities-- and business

On Day 1 of India visit, Obama showcases trade deals with US firms (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:55 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama made a forceful case for free trade on the first day of his state visit to India, showcasing how trade with India can create US jobs. He brought with him hundreds of US executives who finalized deals on the sidelines of the trip totaling nearly $10 billion in new US exports.

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