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Today's World News: Abdullah plans runoff boycott to delay Afghan vote Clinton calls Israeli concessions 'unprecedented' China sacks education minister amid scandal 6 Guantanamo detainees resettle in Palau UK to shake up banking, 100s of branches for sale McMandela? Protecting the Brand of a Legend All Blacks, Wallabies head for European battles Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah Marley heirs wage global war on trademark pirates Sudanese unity a 'second class' option: Kiir At least 7 militants killed in Pakistan fighting Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI Australian oil spill well on fire: company Fearing fraud, challenger may quit Afghan presidential runoff China, eager for oil, expands investment in Nigeria and Guinea Has Wali Karzai Helped or Hurt the U.S. in Afghanistan? Typhoon Exposes Illegal Logging in Vietnam Abdullah plans runoff boycott to delay Afghan vote Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:39 pm PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai's challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in an attempt to force the vote's postponement until spring, his campaign manager said — a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a stable Afghan government for months. Full Story Top Clinton calls Israeli concessions 'unprecedented' Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:40 pm PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view. Full Story Top China sacks education minister amid scandal Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:28 pm PDT AP - China's legislature has removed the country's unpopular education minister amid a corruption scandal in a city he used to oversee and widespread public dissatisfaction with the education system. Full Story Top 6 Guantanamo detainees resettle in Palau Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:16 pm PDT AP - Six Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo Bay but still wanted at home as separatists arrived Sunday on their new tropical island home of Palau after the tiny Pacific nation agreed to a U.S. request to resettle the men. Full Story Top UK to shake up banking, 100s of branches for sale Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:54 pm PDT AP - The Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern Rock, and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off as many as 700 branches in the next few years in exchange for the public aid they received during the economic meltdown, a government official told The Associated Press on Saturday. Full Story Top McMandela? Protecting the Brand of a Legend Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:25 am PDT Time.com - History may belong to the victors. But with Nelson Mandela, everyoneapparently wants a piece, from book publishers to art galleries Full Story Top All Blacks, Wallabies head for European battles Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:22 pm PDT AFP - The All Blacks and the Wallabies headed to Britain on a positive note after New Zealand completed a Bledisloe Cup clean sweep with their fourth win over their rivals this season. Full Story Top Clinton: Afghan runoff not affected by Abdullah Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:16 pm PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah's call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan will not affect the legitimacy of that runoff. Full Story Top Marley heirs wage global war on trademark pirates Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:01 pm PDT AP - Coming to a store near you: Bob Marley video games, shoes ... snowboards? Full Story Top Sudanese unity a 'second class' option: Kiir Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:31 pm PDT AFP - Southern Sudanese president Salva Kiir on Saturday backed independence for the semi-autonomous region in its upcoming referendum, warning that unity would make southerners "second class" citizens. Full Story Top At least 7 militants killed in Pakistan fighting Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:39 pm PDT AP - Security officials say at least seven militants were killed and several were wounded in clashes with Pakistan security forces in the rugged tribal region of South Waziristan. Full Story Top Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:58 pm PDT Reuters - Two men sought by the FBI and linked to a Detroit Muslim leader killed by U.S. authorities were arrested in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, Canadian police said. Full Story Top Australian oil spill well on fire: company Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:20 pm PDT AFP - An oil rig which has been leaking thousands of barrels of oil into the Timor Sea off Australia's northwest coast for more than two months was on fire Sunday, the company said. Full Story Top Fearing fraud, challenger may quit Afghan presidential runoff Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:59 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan-Challenger Abdullah Abdullah and Afghan President Hamid Karzai failed Saturday to agree on conditions for their Nov. 7 presidential runoff, setting the stage for Abdullah to drop out of the race, senior aides to Abdullah said. Full Story Top China, eager for oil, expands investment in Nigeria and Guinea Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The global economic crisis may have forced other nations to put their African investments on hold, but not China. Full Story Top Has Wali Karzai Helped or Hurt the U.S. in Afghanistan? Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:05 am PDT Time.com - If Ahmed Wali Karzai really worked for the CIA, it's not at all clear he was an asset Full Story Top Typhoon Exposes Illegal Logging in Vietnam Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:39 am PDT OneWorld.net - HANOI, Oct 30 (IRIN) - While residents in Vietnam's low-lying coastal provinces were riding out Typhoon Ketsana, few knew that upriver the storm had unleashed a new hazard. Full Story Top

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