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- Typhoon smashes storm-weary Philippines (AFP)
- Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines
- Mexican farm leader killed with 14 others on ranch
- Myanmar's Suu Kyi supports US policy of engagement (AP)
- Dalai Lama says China overpoliticizing his travels (AP)
- Mexico nabs trafficker, money-laundering suspects (AP)
- Australian charged over Irish backpacker death (AFP)
- Uncertainty grows over Afghan poll
- China rejects EU criticism of Tibet executions (AFP)
- Progress on UN call for arms trade treaty
- Chile declares day to honor victims of dictatorship
- Kabul U.N. attack spurs Ban to seek emergency powers
- Canada, Greenland to jointly manage polar bears
- Iran scholar urges U.S. to shift focus to democracy
- Iraqi Kurdish leader backs Turkey's reform steps
- Southern African states to hold Zimbabwe summit
- Mexican farm leader killed with 14 others on ranch
- Fourth storm lashes Philippines
- Fourth storm lashes Philippines
- Bus plunges into valley in China, killing 13 (AP)
| Typhoon smashes storm-weary Philippines (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:35 PM PDT
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| Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:43 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - The third typhoon to hit the Philippines in five weeks slammed into the main island of Luzon on Saturday, uprooting trees and toppling power lines, but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage.
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| Mexican farm leader killed with 14 others on ranch Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:43 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen killed fifteen people on an isolated ranch in northern Mexico, including a prominent farmworker leader, in the latest grisly attack in an area overrun by drug gangs, local police said on Friday.
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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi supports US policy of engagement (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:05 PM PDT
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| Dalai Lama says China overpoliticizing his travels (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:04 PM PDT
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| Mexico nabs trafficker, money-laundering suspects (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:56 PM PDT
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| Australian charged over Irish backpacker death (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:51 PM PDT
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| Uncertainty grows over Afghan poll Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:18 PM PDT Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah seen as "likely to withdraw" from runoff.
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| China rejects EU criticism of Tibet executions (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:25 PM PDT
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| Progress on UN call for arms trade treaty Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:17 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS -Most of the world's major weapons exporters, including the United States, supported a UN resolution that calls for a treaty aimed at strengthening controls on the international arms trade.
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| Chile declares day to honor victims of dictatorship Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:14 PM PDT SANTIAGO -Chilean President Michelle Bachelet declared October 30 National Day of Victims of Political Execution, in memory of thousands killed by the regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet.
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| Kabul U.N. attack spurs Ban to seek emergency powers Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:55 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked the world body on Friday for money and emergency powers to boost U.N. security globally after a deadly attack by Taliban militants on a Kabul guesthouse this week.
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| Canada, Greenland to jointly manage polar bears Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:55 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada and Greenland agreed on Friday to create a joint commission to recommend how many of the polar bears shared between the two countries can be hunted each year.
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| Iran scholar urges U.S. to shift focus to democracy Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:55 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A prominent Islamic scholar and Iranian dissident said on Friday the United States was missing an opportunity by negotiating with Iran solely over its nuclear capability and not the country's nascent democracy movement.
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| Iraqi Kurdish leader backs Turkey's reform steps Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:55 PM PDT ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Friday praised Turkish steps to address a decades-old Kurdish conflict and called for an end to ethnic violence during a visit to the region by Turkey's foreign minister.
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| Southern African states to hold Zimbabwe summit Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:55 PM PDT HARARE (Reuters) - Southern African countries are expected to hold a summit on the political crisis in Zimbabwe, a regional group said on Friday, to try to keep the unity government from crumbling.
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| Mexican farm leader killed with 14 others on ranch Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:23 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen killed fifteen people on an isolated ranch in northern Mexico, including a prominent farmworker leader, in the latest grisly attack in an area overrun by drug gangs, local police said on Friday.
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| Fourth storm lashes Philippines Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:07 PM PDT The fourth storm to hit the Philippines in a month has lashed the eastern province of Quezon, bringing heavy rain and winds to the region.
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| Fourth storm lashes Philippines Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:07 PM PDT The fourth storm to hit the Philippines in a month has lashed the eastern province of Quezon, bringing heavy rain and winds to the region.
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| Bus plunges into valley in China, killing 13 (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:11 PM PDT AP - A bus plunged into a valley along a mountainous road in China's northern Shanxi province, killing 13 people and injuring at least 40 others, local police and the country's official news agency said Saturday.
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