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News: Five killed by Yemen pro-government forces: sources Kyrgyzstan votes in test of reforms Myanmar reassures China after dam blocked, sailors killed Thai soldiers surrender over killing of 13 Chinese sailors Latest China mine disaster kills 29 people: report Peak tides test Thai capital's flood defenses Niger faces local anger if it delivers Gaddafi son Kabul suicide bomb kills 13 troops, civilian workers Syria's Assad warns of "earthquake" if West intervenes Brazil's ex-president Lula has throat cancer Kyrgyz election to test revolutionary reforms Syria's Assad warns of "earthquake" if West intervenes: report Kabul suicide bomb kills 13 troops, civilians workers Saudi prince backs cleric's bounty offer for Israeli soldier Ukraine to investigate Tymoshenko over murder: report South Sudan rebels threaten Warrap state, call for evacuation Serbia, Bosnia raid Islamists after U.S. embassy attack Child killed by police in Congo electoral violence Many teachers among victims in Turkish quake Egypt Brotherhood makes first visit to Hamas-led Gaza ICC fears son of Libya's Gaddafi may flee justice Suicide bomber kills three in SE Turkey New Saudi crown prince says Kingdom to remain stable Iraq PM criticises autonomy move by local province Egypt Mubarak's trial to be postponed again - lawyers Turkey's post-quake relief races against winter Libyan Islamists urge NTC to stop executions in Iraq Former Brazilian president Lula's tumor malignant Former Brazilian president Lula's tumor malignant Iran says wants relations with U.S., but not now "Tortured" prisoner's death angers Egyptians South Sudan rebels attack town in oil state: officials Air France cancels flights as five-day strike hits Qantas strands passengers, leaders Thai PM says Bangkok may dodge flood disaster Serb police raid Islamists after U.S. embassy attack Syrian forces pound Homs after dozens killed China railway construction workers killed in road accident Myanmar's Suu Kyi could seek parliament seat Arab League sends "urgent message" to Assad to end violence Five killed by Yemen pro-government forces: sources Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:18 PM PDT Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - Four people, including three children, were killed overnight when troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh shelled a petrol filling station in a region north of the capital, tribal sources said on Sunday. Full Story Top Kyrgyzstan votes in test of reforms Sat,29 Oct 2011 10:16 PM PDT Reuters - BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan began voting on Sunday to elect a new president capable of bridging divisions that threaten stability in the former Soviet republic, a vital step to completing bold reforms to create Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy. Full Story Top Myanmar reassures China after dam blocked, sailors killed Sat,29 Oct 2011 10:05 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Myanmar government minister assured China on Sunday of his country's friendship and cooperation with Beijing, state news agency Xinhua reported, ties having been strained by the suspending of a dam project and the killings of Chinese sailors. Full Story Top Thai soldiers surrender over killing of 13 Chinese sailors Sat,29 Oct 2011 10:01 PM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Nine Thai soldiers have turned themselves in to police over the killing of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river near the Thai-Myanmar border, Thai police said Sunday. Full Story Top Latest China mine disaster kills 29 people: report Sat,29 Oct 2011 09:36 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A blast at a coal mine in southern China has killed 29 people, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, in the latest disaster to hit the accident-prone industry. Full Story Top Peak tides test Thai capital's flood defenses Sat,29 Oct 2011 09:25 PM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Peak tides tested Bangkok's flood defenses on Sunday as hope rose the center of the Thai capital might escape the worst floods in decades, but that was little comfort for swamped suburbs and provinces where worry about disease is growing. Full Story Top Niger faces local anger if it delivers Gaddafi son Sat,29 Oct 2011 06:03 PM PDT Reuters - NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger, the West African nation where Libya's fugitive Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may be headed, risks a backlash from nomad Tuaregs in its north if it follows through on its obligation to hand him over to the International Criminal Court. Full Story Top Kabul suicide bomb kills 13 troops, civilian workers Sat,29 Oct 2011 05:54 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber on Saturday killed 13 troops and civilian employees of the NATO-led force in Kabul, including Americans and a Canadian, in the deadliest single ground attack against the coalition in 10 years of war in Afghanistan. Full Story Top Syria's Assad warns of "earthquake" if West intervenes Sat,29 Oct 2011 04:59 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Western powers risk causing an earthquake across the Middle East if they intervene in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad said, after protesters called for foreign protection from a crackdown in which 3,000 people have been killed. Full Story Top Brazil's ex-president Lula has throat cancer Sat,29 Oct 2011 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's popular former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer on Saturday, casting doubt on his political future in Latin America's largest economy. Full Story Top Kyrgyz election to test revolutionary reforms Sat,29 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan aims to complete bold reforms to create Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy when it votes on Sunday to elect a new president capable of bridging the divisions that threaten stability in the strategic ex-Soviet state. Full Story Top Syria's Assad warns of "earthquake" if West intervenes: report Sat,29 Oct 2011 02:50 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Western powers risk causing an "earthquake" that would burn the Middle East if they intervene in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper. Full Story Top Kabul suicide bomb kills 13 troops, civilians workers Sat,29 Oct 2011 02:03 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber on Saturday killed 13 troops and civilian employees of the NATO-led force in Kabul, including Americans and a Canadian, in the deadliest single ground attack against the coalition in 10 years of war in Afghanistan. Full Story Top Saudi prince backs cleric's bounty offer for Israeli soldier Sat,29 Oct 2011 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - A member of the Saudi royal family has pledged $900,000 to a bounty offered by a prominent cleric to any Palestinian who kidnaps an Israeli soldier, according to comments aired on a private TV station on Saturday. Full Story Top Ukraine to investigate Tymoshenko over murder: report Sat,29 Oct 2011 01:34 PM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian prosecutors are to investigate whether former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, jailed for abuse of power, was involved in the murder of a member of parliament, news agency Unian quoted a senior prosecutor on Saturday as saying. Full Story Top South Sudan rebels threaten Warrap state, call for evacuation Sat,29 Oct 2011 01:21 PM PDT Reuters - JUBA (Reuters) - A rebel group in South Sudan threatened Saturday to attack remote Warrap state to bring down the local government and called on the United Nations and residents to leave within three days. Full Story Top Serbia, Bosnia raid Islamists after U.S. embassy attack Sat,29 Oct 2011 01:01 PM PDT Reuters - BELGRADE (Reuters) - Police in Serbia and Bosnia carried out raids on suspected radical Islamists on Saturday after a gunman opened fire with an assault rifle on the U.S. embassy in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. Full Story Top Child killed by police in Congo electoral violence Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - A child was shot dead by police during clashes between supporters of rival political camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of next month's election, the government and the United Nations said Saturday. Full Story Top Many teachers among victims in Turkish quake Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:30 AM PDT Reuters - ERCIS, Turkey (Reuters) - They had gathered in a cafe to celebrate the engagement of two of their colleagues when the earthquake struck, killing tens of Turkey's young teachers. Full Story Top Egypt Brotherhood makes first visit to Hamas-led Gaza Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:27 AM PDT Reuters - GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood visited the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time on Saturday, signaling a shift in Cairo's posture toward the Palestinian Islamists since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. Full Story Top ICC fears son of Libya's Gaddafi may flee justice Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI/BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court said on Saturday that Libya's Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact via intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation. Full Story Top Suicide bomber kills three in SE Turkey Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:09 AM PDT Reuters - BINGOL, Turkey (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber in southeast Turkey killed three people and wounded around 20 in Bingol, a town in the mainly Kurdish region on Saturday, police said. Full Story Top New Saudi crown prince says Kingdom to remain stable Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:05 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - Prince Nayef, the new heir to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, said on Saturday the oil-rich kingdom would remain stable despite the turbulence afflicting the Middle East. Full Story Top Iraq PM criticises autonomy move by local province Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:03 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday criticized local officials for claiming autonomy in Salahuddin province and said former members of Saddam Hussein's banned Baath Party wanted to use the area as a safe haven. Full Story Top Egypt Mubarak's trial to be postponed again - lawyers Sat,29 Oct 2011 10:48 AM PDT Reuters - Cairo (Reuters) - The trial of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak, which was due to resume on Sunday, will be postponed until a decision is made on whether to change the panel presiding over the case, said lawyers on Saturday. Full Story Top Turkey's post-quake relief races against winter Sat,29 Oct 2011 10:13 AM PDT Reuters - ERCIS, Turkey (Reuters) - A week after a powerful earthquake in southeast Turkey, survivors roamed the streets past devastated homes, some complaining their families still had no tents with winter closing in. Full Story Top Libyan Islamists urge NTC to stop executions in Iraq Sat,29 Oct 2011 08:49 AM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan Islamists who helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi urged the country's new leaders Saturday to appeal to Baghdad to halt the execution of Libyans jailed in Iraq. Full Story Top Former Brazilian president Lula's tumor malignant Sat,29 Oct 2011 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's tumor is malignant, Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital said on Saturday. Full Story Top Former Brazilian president Lula's tumor malignant Sat,29 Oct 2011 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's tumor is malignant, Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital said on Saturday. Full Story Top Iran says wants relations with U.S., but not now Sat,29 Oct 2011 07:53 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran would like to have friendly relations with the United States one day, but not under current conditions, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday. Full Story Top "Tortured" prisoner's death angers Egyptians Sat,29 Oct 2011 07:36 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - The death of a prisoner, allegedly under police torture, has sparked public anger against Egypt's ruling military council, accused by rights groups of pursuing security practices familiar from the era of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Full Story Top South Sudan rebels attack town in oil state: officials Sat,29 Oct 2011 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - JUBA (Reuters) - Rebels in South Sudan attacked a town in an oil-producing state on Saturday, killing 15 people, including nine soldiers, and wounding 18, officials said, in the latest violence in Africa's newest nation. Full Story Top Air France cancels flights as five-day strike hits Sat,29 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Air France canceled about one in five flights and warned of wider disruption as a five-day strike by flight attendants over employment terms began on Saturday, in the middle of a busy holiday weekend. Full Story Top Qantas strands passengers, leaders Sat,29 Oct 2011 05:57 AM PDT Reuters - PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australian airline Qantas left tens of thousands of passengers and nearly 20 world leaders in a lurch on Saturday after it grounded its entire fleet due to an bitter dispute with airline unions. Full Story Top Thai PM says Bangkok may dodge flood disaster Sat,29 Oct 2011 05:19 AM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the prime minister said on Saturday, but high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city's flood defenses. Full Story Top Serb police raid Islamists after U.S. embassy attack Sat,29 Oct 2011 05:09 AM PDT Reuters - BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian police arrested 15 people in raids on suspected radical Islamists on Saturday after a lone gunman opened fire with an assault rifle on the U.S. embassy in neighboring Bosnia, Serbia's Interior Ministry said. Full Story Top Syrian forces pound Homs after dozens killed Sat,29 Oct 2011 03:55 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian tanks pounded an old district in the city of Homs on Saturday and three people were killed, activists said, after one of the bloodiest days of the seven-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Full Story Top China railway construction workers killed in road accident Sat,29 Oct 2011 02:09 AM PDT Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Twenty-three people were killed and five seriously injured when a vehicle carrying railway construction workers overturned in northwest China's Gansu Province on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency said. Full Story Top Myanmar's Suu Kyi could seek parliament seat Fri,28 Oct 2011 11:40 PM PDT Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi might stand for parliament in an upcoming by-election after her party re-registers itself to enter politics, a party spokesman said. Full Story Top Arab League sends "urgent message" to Assad to end violence Fri,28 Oct 2011 04:16 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab ministers said on Friday they had sent an urgent message to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, calling on him to end seven months of violence against civilians following the killing of 40 pro-democracy demonstrators by Syrian forces. Full Story Top

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