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Friday, October 28, 2011 8:42 AM PDT

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News: Boy's rescue five days after Turkish quake lifts Fresh post-vote clashes in cradle of Tunisia's revolt Tunisian military fire in air at post-vote protest Iran oil blast kills one, separate incident hits refinery Nissan says to keep Thai output suspended next week Floods may damage quarter of Thai rice crop, exports hit Analysis: Europe's bailout an unexpected bargain for China Australia calls for tougher anti-piracy action in Indian Ocean Greeks seek to escape debt crisis abroad Thai floods batter global electronics, auto supply chains Berlusconi repeats expects Bini Smaghi to quit ECB post Gaddafi son seeking plane to Hague: NTC official Italy's Berlusconi says government solid, no early election Wal-Mart's China woes began with phone call, then snowballed Thai central bank cuts GDP forecast as floods hit industry Insight: China premier-in-waiting schooled in era of dissent Insurgents' attack ends in Afghan south Russia says nuclear missile test a success Commonwealth leaders agree to be more proactive on human rights Tens of thousands flee Bangkok fearing breach of river banks China admits jumping gun on new foreigners' tax Waning storm Rina sparks Cancun flight chaos Government building in Tibet hit by blast: report Saudi King Abdullah, a cautious reformer Nayef named Saudi crown prince Nayef named Saudi crown prince Pakistan denies BBC report on Taliban links Violence erupts after Tunisian Islamists win vote Israel, Egypt carry out U.S.-brokered prisoner swap Prince Nayef may determine Saudi Arabia's future Poland reopens investigations into Nazi-era crimes Prince Nayef named Saudi crown prince Haiti looks to Asia, own diaspora, for investment After 18 years, Russia on verge of WTO membership Gaddafi son seeks flight to Hague war crimes court Insurgents attack two foreign bases in Afghan south U.S. can fight, talk its way to ending Afghan war: Clinton Catholic order pays for Mexican priest's sex abuse Bomb blasts kill 18 in Iraqi capital: sources Yemen's military kills six militants in south: official Boy's rescue five days after Turkish quake lifts Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:32 AM PDT Reuters - ERCIS, Turkey (Reuters) - Rescue workers pulled a 13-year-old boy alive out of the rubble of an apartment block on Friday, five days after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 570 people in eastern Turkey. Full Story Top Fresh post-vote clashes in cradle of Tunisia's revolt Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:30 AM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - Troops fired into the air on Friday to disperse a crowd trying to attack government offices in the town where the "Arab Spring" uprising began, hours after an Islamist party was declared winner of Tunisia's first free election. Full Story Top Tunisian military fire in air at post-vote protest Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:30 AM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces fired into the air to try to disperse a crowd of protesters attempting to attack the headquarters of the regional government in the provincial town of Sidi Bouzid, two witnesses in the town said Friday. Full Story Top Iran oil blast kills one, separate incident hits refinery Fri,28 Oct 2011 03:27 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - An explosion and fire at an Iranian oil refinery on Friday was brought under control and caused no casualties, while a separate oil field blast killed one person, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. Full Story Top Nissan says to keep Thai output suspended next week Fri,28 Oct 2011 02:55 AM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co said on Friday it would keep its Thai production suspended for at least another week, until November 4, with no sign of an end to the supply chain disruption from the floods there. Full Story Top Floods may damage quarter of Thai rice crop, exports hit Fri,28 Oct 2011 02:44 AM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - - Thailand may lose a quarter of its main rice crop in the nation's worst flooding in decades, the government estimates, which could boost prices of the staple and further squeeze shipments from the world's top exporter. Full Story Top Analysis: Europe's bailout an unexpected bargain for China Fri,28 Oct 2011 02:20 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China might just be about to strike the deal of the decade. Full Story Top Australia calls for tougher anti-piracy action in Indian Ocean Fri,28 Oct 2011 02:13 AM PDT Reuters - PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australia called on Friday for tougher action against piracy in the Indian Ocean and announced it would host an international conference next year to help tackle the growing problem. Full Story Top Greeks seek to escape debt crisis abroad Fri,28 Oct 2011 01:35 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek website designer Thanos Sioris sees only one way out of his country's severe debt crisis: board a plane and never look back. Full Story Top Thai floods batter global electronics, auto supply chains Fri,28 Oct 2011 01:10 AM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK/TOKYO (Reuters) - Manufacturers of car parts to computer hard drives are worst hit in Thailand and face a bleak key holiday selling season due to massive floods, which have shut down production. Full Story Top Berlusconi repeats expects Bini Smaghi to quit ECB post Fri,28 Oct 2011 01:05 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated on Friday that he expected European Central Bank executive board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi to step down and make way for a French candidate. Full Story Top Gaddafi son seeking plane to Hague: NTC official Fri,28 Oct 2011 12:39 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, fearing for his life if captured in Libya, has tried to arrange for an aircraft to fly him out of his desert refuge and into the custody of The Hague war crimes court, a senior Libyan official said. Full Story Top Italy's Berlusconi says government solid, no early election Fri,28 Oct 2011 12:28 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated Friday that his center-right coalition, which has come close to falling apart over policy differences, would see out its term until 2013 and that his alliance with the Northern League party was solid. Full Story Top Wal-Mart's China woes began with phone call, then snowballed Fri,28 Oct 2011 12:21 AM PDT Reuters - CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - Wal-Mart's PR nightmare over sales of mislabeled pork in China began with a phone call two months ago from an irate housewife. Full Story Top Thai central bank cuts GDP forecast as floods hit industry Fri,28 Oct 2011 12:15 AM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank slashed its 2011 economic growth forecast to 2.6 percent from 4.1 percent on Friday because of flooding and said it was ready to call a special meeting on interest rates, raising speculation about a rate cut. Full Story Top Insight: China premier-in-waiting schooled in era of dissent Fri,28 Oct 2011 12:01 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Li Keqiang, China's likely next premier, once huddled beside Yang Baikui in a Beijing university dorm, translating a book by an English judge, little separating the future Communist Party leader from his classmate who would be jailed as a subversive. Full Story Top Insurgents' attack ends in Afghan south Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:55 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An attack on two southern Afghan bases used by foreign troops ended Friday after four insurgents were killed, local police and a spokesman for NATO-led coalition forces said. Full Story Top Russia says nuclear missile test a success Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:54 PM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully test-fired a large long-range missile Friday whose future as a mainstay of its nuclear arsenal has been clouded by past failures. Full Story Top Commonwealth leaders agree to be more proactive on human rights Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:49 PM PDT Reuters - PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Leaders of the Commonwealth group of mostly former British colonies on Friday took tentative steps to tighten up on human rights abuses by members but have still to address tougher measures some warn the group must take to remain relevant. Full Story Top Tens of thousands flee Bangkok fearing breach of river banks Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:12 PM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Traffic clogged roads out of the Thai capital Friday as tens of thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods that have inundated factories and prompted foreign governments to warn their citizens to stay away. Full Story Top China admits jumping gun on new foreigners' tax Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:08 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese official admitted on Friday that they had jumped the gun on a new tax on foreign workers mandating they pay social security contributions before the government had worked out exactly how the system would be implemented. Full Story Top Waning storm Rina sparks Cancun flight chaos Thu,27 Oct 2011 08:43 PM PDT Reuters - CANCUN/PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Rina bore down on Cancun and other resorts on Mexico's popular Caribbean coast on Thursday, chasing away tourists and causing massive flight delays. Full Story Top Government building in Tibet hit by blast: report Thu,27 Oct 2011 07:37 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese government building in a remote part of tense Tibet was hit by an explosion, leaving no injuries but adding to tensions after a string of self-immolation protests, an overseas radio service said late Thursday. Full Story Top Saudi King Abdullah, a cautious reformer Thu,27 Oct 2011 06:08 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has overcome conservative clerics to push cautious changes in the world's top oil exporter, aimed at reconciling Islamic tradition with the needs of a modern economy. Full Story Top Nayef named Saudi crown prince Thu,27 Oct 2011 05:34 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Interior Minister Prince Nayef as the new crown prince, the Royal Court said in a statement issued Friday, signaling an orderly process of future succession in the world's largest oil exporter. Full Story Top Nayef named Saudi crown prince Thu,27 Oct 2011 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Interior Minister Prince Nayef as the new crown prince, the Royal Court said in a statement issued Friday, signaling an orderly process of future succession in the world's largest oil exporter. Full Story Top Pakistan denies BBC report on Taliban links Thu,27 Oct 2011 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan strongly denied Thursday a BBC report that alleged the Pakistani military, along with its intelligence arm, supplied and protected the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda. Full Story Top Violence erupts after Tunisian Islamists win vote Thu,27 Oct 2011 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian electoral officials confirmed the Islamist Ennahda party as winner of the North African country's election, setting it up to form the first Islamist-led government in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings. Full Story Top Israel, Egypt carry out U.S.-brokered prisoner swap Thu,27 Oct 2011 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM/TABA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt released an American-Israeli held as an alleged spy and Israel freed 25 Egyptians in a prisoner swap Thursday that will ease strains between Cairo's new rulers and the United States and Israel. Full Story Top Prince Nayef may determine Saudi Arabia's future Thu,27 Oct 2011 04:06 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Cautious pragmatist or intransigent conservative? Two views are emerging of Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the new heir to Saudi Arabia's octogenarian King Abdullah and possible future ruler of the world's top oil exporter. Full Story Top Poland reopens investigations into Nazi-era crimes Thu,27 Oct 2011 03:50 PM PDT Reuters - WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has reopened investigations into crimes committed at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz during World War Two, in an effort to track down any surviving camp employees before they die. Full Story Top Prince Nayef named Saudi crown prince Thu,27 Oct 2011 03:30 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Interior Minister Prince Nayef as the new crown prince, according to a royal court statement read out on state television early Friday. Full Story Top Haiti looks to Asia, own diaspora, for investment Thu,27 Oct 2011 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti is wooing Asian manufacturers, and its own diaspora, to inject investments and funds into the economy and create jobs to drive a recovery from last year's earthquake, the foreign minister said on Thursday. Full Story Top After 18 years, Russia on verge of WTO membership Thu,27 Oct 2011 03:19 PM PDT Reuters - TBILISI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia was close to joining the World Trade Organization after being offered a "take it or leave it" compromise Thursday by its tiny neighbor Georgia, the last holdout in Moscow's tortuous 18-year path to membership of the global trading club. Full Story Top Gaddafi son seeks flight to Hague war crimes court Thu,27 Oct 2011 02:53 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, fearing for his life if captured in Libya, has tried to arrange for an aircraft to fly him out of his desert refuge and into the custody of the Hague war crimes court, a senior Libyan official said Thursday. Full Story Top Insurgents attack two foreign bases in Afghan south Thu,27 Oct 2011 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, as well as a suicide car bomber, attacked two bases used by foreign troops in southern Afghanistan Thursday, the U.S. embassy and NATO-led coalition officials said. Full Story Top U.S. can fight, talk its way to ending Afghan war: Clinton Thu,27 Oct 2011 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday defended the White House's twin strategy for ending the war in Afghanistan, saying it could battle insurgents even as it tries to nudge them toward a peace deal. Full Story Top Catholic order pays for Mexican priest's sex abuse Thu,27 Oct 2011 02:09 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Legionaries of Christ will pay more than $20,000 apiece to at least four victims sexually abused by the order's Mexican founder, Father Marcial Maciel, three years after his death, a spokesman said on Thursday. Full Story Top Bomb blasts kill 18 in Iraqi capital: sources Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:44 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded on a busy commercial street in a Shi'ite neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than three dozen others, police and hospital sources said. Full Story Top Yemen's military kills six militants in south: official Thu,27 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni government forces have killed six Islamist militant fighters in two towns, a local official said Thursday, part of efforts to drive the fighters out of three cities in the south of the country. Full Story Top

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