Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor

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• Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor
• Kuwait warns against unlicensed protest planned for Sunday
• Freed Niger hostages say were not mistreated
• Explosion at Benghazi police station injures three
• Israel: Three Syria tanks enter Golan demilitarized zone
• Activists rally to end prison torture in Egypt
• Mexico finance minister urges fiscal stimulus from able G20 nations
• Israel's Peres welcomes "courageous" words from Abbas
• Somalia wants Ugandan troops to remain
• Europe urges end to Myanmar killings, pledges aid
• Syrian tanks enter demilitarized Israeli frontier
• Suicide bomber kills 6 people in NW Pakistan
• Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan DMZ
• In Israel, media stars are turning to politics
• Pharaonic princess's tomb found near Cairo, Egypt
• Suspected jihadis kill 3 police in Egypt's Sinai
• 4 on Japan nuclear safety team took utility money
• Suicide bombers attack restaurant in Somalia
• Insurgents shoot dead 3 soldiers in Iraq
• In rebel-held Aleppo, Syrian civilians try to impose law through courts, not guns
• Rostock, notorious for Germany's worst racist riots, struggles for redemption

Syrian rebels attack air base to secure north-south corridor Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:11 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels attacked a military airport in the country's north on Saturday in a push to cut off Syria's biggest city Aleppo from the capital Damascus, and secure a strategic north-south corridor. President Bashar al-Assad's forces appear over-stretched with fewer fighters on the ground and have sought to limit rebel advances with far superior firepower, increasingly from the air and especially in the Aleppo and Damascus areas. ...

Kuwait warns against unlicensed protest planned for Sunday Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:43 PM PDT KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait said on Saturday it had not issued a permit to allow a planned protest against new voting rules and the prime minister warned police would use force if the nation was under threat. Kuwait outlawed unauthorized gatherings of more than 20 people last month after an opposition-led demonstration by thousands ended in clashes between protesters and police in which at least 30 people were taken to hospital. Although OPEC member and U.S. ...

Freed Niger hostages say were not mistreated Posted: 03 Nov 2012 03:05 PM PDT NIAMEY (Reuters) - Five African aid workers freed on Saturday after nearly three weeks as hostages in the Sahara desert said they were relieved to be back with their families in Niger and that their captors did not mistreat them. A sixth aid worker - who was also kidnapped - was shot during the abduction in central Niger on October 14 and later died of his wounds, they said. ...

Explosion at Benghazi police station injures three Posted: 04 Nov 2012 12:36 AM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded on Sunday in front of a police station in Benghazi, injuring three police officers in the latest in a series of attacks on security officials in Libya's second largest city. The front of the central Hadayeq police station was charred and blackened with smoke. The entrance to the station was completely damaged, with glass strewn on the street and firefighters putting out a damaged police car that was on fire. A Reuters photographer saw three policemen receive first aid for small injuries in front of the station. ...

Israel: Three Syria tanks enter Golan demilitarized zone Posted: 03 Nov 2012 01:40 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights between Israel and Syria on Saturday, an Israeli military spokeswoman said. "The Israeli Defense Forces have filed a complaint with the U.N. (peacekeeping) force in the area," the spokeswoman said. She had no further information on what the tanks were doing. Israeli media said the tanks were involved in fighting in the Syrian village of Beer Ajam against rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Activists rally to end prison torture in Egypt Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:39 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - About 1,000 activists rallied in Cairo on Saturday demanding an end to brutality in Egyptian prisons and calling for a ban on torture in the new constitution. Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was elected in June following 16 months of rule by the army council that took over after Hosni Mubarak's overthrow last year. During the council's rule, some 12,000 civilians were tried by army courts and many of them were tortured in prisons, according to rights groups. ...

Mexico finance minister urges fiscal stimulus from able G20 nations Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:23 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - G20 countries that are able to provide fiscal stimulus should do so to support growth, Mexican Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade said on Saturday. Other countries need to focus on grappling with their deficits, and all G20 nations should coordinate their fiscal policies, Meade told reporters. "Each country has to find the best policy based on its own limitations, its own reality," Meade said. ...

Israel's Peres welcomes "courageous" words from Abbas Posted: 03 Nov 2012 12:26 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres hailed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a courageous partner for peace on Saturday after the Palestinian leader made clear his support for a two-state solution to the decades old conflict with Israel. In an interview with Israeli television broadcast this week, the Western-backed Abbas also hinted that Palestinians who, prior to the 1948 establishment of the Jewish state lived on lands that are now in Israel, do not have a right to return there, comments that sparked an outcry from his Islamist rivals. ...

Somalia wants Ugandan troops to remain Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:23 AM PDT KAMPALA/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister said on Saturday that it could be a challenge for his country if Uganda followed through on a threat to withdraw troops fighting Islamist rebels in southern Somalia. Uganda's foreign affairs ministry said earlier that it would withdraw from peace keeping initiatives in Africa unless the United Nations amended a report accusing it of supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

Europe urges end to Myanmar killings, pledges aid Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:19 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called on Saturday for an end to sectarian killings in Myanmar, following talks with the president of the nation which is emerging from decades of brutal military rule. In western Myanmar, 89 people have been killed in clashes between Buddhist Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas, according to the latest official toll covering the last 10 days of October. Many thousands more have been displaced by the violence. "We are deeply concerned by these events and by the consequences for the reforms and democratization of the country. ...

Syrian tanks enter demilitarized Israeli frontier Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:23 AM PDT Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights on Saturday, Israel said, raising concerns violence from Syria's civil war could heat up a long-quiet frontier that has not seen such an incursion in nearly 40 years.

Suicide bomber kills 6 people in NW Pakistan Posted: 03 Nov 2012 05:39 AM PDT A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a vehicle carrying the regional head of a government-allied militia in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing him and five others, police and the militant group said.

Israel: Syria tanks enter Golan DMZ Posted: 03 Nov 2012 09:17 AM PDT Three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights on Saturday, prompting Israel to complain to U.N. peacekeepers, a military spokesman said. The foray would be the first such violation in 40 years and hikes concerns that violence from Syria's civil war could heat up a long-quiet frontier.

In Israel, media stars are turning to politics Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:53 AM PDT They spent their journalistic careers analyzing, covering and skewering Israel's politicians. Now, a striking number are vying to join their ranks.

Pharaonic princess's tomb found near Cairo, Egypt Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:55 AM PDT Czech archaeologists have unearthed the 4,500-year-old tomb of a Pharaonic princess south of Cairo, in a finding that suggests other undiscovered tombs may be in the area, an official from Egypt's antiquities ministry said Saturday.

Suspected jihadis kill 3 police in Egypt's Sinai Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:58 AM PDT Egyptian security officials say suspected Islamic militants have ambushed police in the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing three.

4 on Japan nuclear safety team took utility money Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:28 AM PDT Four members of a Japanese government team that sets atomic reactor safety standards received funding from utility companies or nuclear manufacturers, raising questions about their neutrality in the wake of last year's tsunami-triggered disaster.

Suicide bombers attack restaurant in Somalia Posted: 03 Nov 2012 10:54 AM PDT A police official says a security guard died while fending off suicide bombers who were trying to storm into a popular Mogadishu restaurant.

Insurgents shoot dead 3 soldiers in Iraq Posted: 03 Nov 2012 02:34 AM PDT Iraqi authorities say insurgents have gunned down three soldiers at a checkpoint near the country's capital.

In rebel-held Aleppo, Syrian civilians try to impose law through courts, not guns Posted: 03 Nov 2012 07:12 AM PDT Mahad Youssef walks into this bare, new office, sinks into a chair, and holds her head in her hands. Her two adult daughters stand beside her, arms crossed and looking worried, as Mrs. Youssef tearfully petitions the man in the pressed suit sitting behind a desk.

Rostock, notorious for Germany's worst racist riots, struggles for redemption Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:21 AM PDT From her fifth-floor apartment one late-summer night, Kathleen Fichtner is trying to exorcise this city's demons.

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