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Today's World News: Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 105 Asian stocks slide on gloomy US news UN workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attack UN chief says Iran should accept uranium plan AP Interview: Cuba FM says ready for talks with US Jerusalem Poses New Crisis for Obama As Tensions Rise BASF posts 68.7 percent drop in profit Israel drones to be used by Germany in Afghanistan Nicaraguan Congress will not debate re-election AU peace council to discuss Darfur crisis NKorea's latest missile tests failed: report Separatists take slight lead in Quebec: poll Stand-off refugees can't choose destination: Australia Lawmakers ask Library of Congress to retract Honduras report Does J Street arrival signal a split in America's Israel lobby? Brother Karzai on CIA Payroll: Drugs, Spies, Controversy Five Years Is a Lifetime to Wait for Affordable Health Care Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 105 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:37 pm PDT AP - Suspected militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children Wednesday, killing 105 people and turning shops selling wedding dresses, toys and jewelry into a mass of burning debris and bodies. Full Story Top Asian stocks slide on gloomy US news Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:41 pm PDT AP - Asian stock markets fell for a third day Thursday after a Wall Street sell-off on signs of weakness in the U.S. housing market triggered fears about the health of the global recovery. Full Story Top UN workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attack Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:39 pm PDT AP - Terrified U.N. workers scrambled over the roof or leaped from windows to escape choking smoke and gunfire after being awakened at dawn Wednesday when Taliban militants wearing police uniforms stormed a residential hotel packed with foreigners. Full Story Top UN chief says Iran should accept uranium plan Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:46 pm PDT AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged Iran on Wednesday to accept a U.N.-drafted plan to ship much of its uranium abroad for enrichment, saying it would be "an important confidence-building measure." Full Story Top AP Interview: Cuba FM says ready for talks with US Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:45 pm PDT AP - Cuba is willing to hold talks with the United States "on any level," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday in conciliatory remarks aimed at the Obama administration. Full Story Top Jerusalem Poses New Crisis for Obama As Tensions Rise Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:30 pm PDT Time.com - As the Obama Administration's peace efforts founder, Israelis and Palestinians are once again staking their claims on the Holy City -- and threatening a regional crisis Full Story Top BASF posts 68.7 percent drop in profit Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:45 pm PDT AFP - The German chemical giant BASF said Thursday that its third quarter net profit plunged by 68.7 percent from the same period a year earlier to 237 million euros owing to costs stemming from the integration of the Swiss company Ciba. Full Story Top Israel drones to be used by Germany in Afghanistan Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:02 am PDT AP - Israel Aerospace Industries said Wednesday it would supply unmanned spy planes to Germany that will see action in Afghanistan early next year. Full Story Top Nicaraguan Congress will not debate re-election Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00 pm PDT AP - The Nicaraguan Congress on Wednesday narrowly rejected an initiative to force a debate on whether to annul a hotly disputed court ruling allowing President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election. Full Story Top AU peace council to discuss Darfur crisis Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:19 pm PDT AFP - African leaders meet in Nigeria on Thursday to discuss an African Union report on ways to resolve the six-year-long conflict in Sudan's western Darfur province. Full Story Top NKorea's latest missile tests failed: report Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:26 pm PDT AFP - North Korea's short-range missile tests earlier this month were a failure with none of the five projectiles reaching its target, a report said Thursday. Full Story Top Separatists take slight lead in Quebec: poll Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:13 am PDT Reuters - Separatists in the province of Quebec have taken a slight lead over the governing Liberals, who are under pressure to investigate an alleged corruption scandal, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Full Story Top Stand-off refugees can't choose destination: Australia Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:31 pm PDT AFP - Australia bluntly told a group of rescued Sri Lankan asylum-seekers they could not choose their destination but did not rule out using force after they refused to disembark in Indonesia. Full Story Top Lawmakers ask Library of Congress to retract Honduras report Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:10 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON -- The chairmen of the House and Senate foreign relations committees are asking the Law Library of Congress to retract a report on the military-backed coup in Honduras that they charge is flawed and "has contributed to the political crisis that still wracks'' the country. Full Story Top Does J Street arrival signal a split in America's Israel lobby? Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Since the 1950s the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has been the mainstream voice of the Jewish-American community and its efforts to strengthen support for Israel in Washington. Full Story Top Brother Karzai on CIA Payroll: Drugs, Spies, Controversy Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:25 pm PDT Time.com - The news that Ahmed Wali Karzai has been on the payroll of the CIA for the past eight years, as reported in today's New York Times, won't come as a surprise to most Afghans Full Story Top Five Years Is a Lifetime to Wait for Affordable Health Care Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:13 pm PDT OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (New America Media) - What do the health care proposals being discussed in Congress have in store for legal immigrants? Full Story Top

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