Tropical Storm Shary forms south of Bermuda

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• Tropical Storm Shary forms south of Bermuda
• Wikipedia to open first office outside US in India (AFP)
• Indonesia tsunami deaths near 400
• China and Japan vow to improve ties
• Thailand hit by severe flooding
• Thailand hit by severe flooding
• Death toll climbs to 394 from Indonesia quake
• China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger
• China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger (Reuters)
• EU leaders succumb to treaty change demands (AFP)
• Indonesia battles to aid tsunami survivors (AFP)
• Pittsburgh prepares for mid-terms poll
• Pittsburgh prepares for mid-terms poll
• How Credit Cards Affect Your Credit Rating
• China, Japan meet amid territorial tensions (AP)
• In Burma's rare elections, fresh faced candidates run against the grain (The Christian Science Monitor)
• As US seeks Iran nuclear deal, Iranian traders load up on Cheerios, Heinz ketchup (The Christian Science Monitor)
• US for UN probe into Myanmar abuses
• 9 policemen killed in ambush in western Mexico (AP)
• Insider trading claims hit Tokyo Stock Exchange (AFP)

Tropical Storm Shary forms south of Bermuda Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Shary formed south of Bermuda, the 18th named storm of the busy 2010 hurricane season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday.

Wikipedia to open first office outside US in India (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:51 PM PDT AFP - Wikimedia, the owners of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, plans to open its first non-US office in India as it seeks to take advantage of the country's open Internet culture, the group told AFP Friday.

Indonesia tsunami deaths near 400 Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:49 PM PDT Following Monday's tsunami that hit islands off Sumatra, questions raised over efficacy of early warning system.

China and Japan vow to improve ties Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:59 PM PDT Foreign ministers meet on sidelines of regional summit in Vietnam in bid to calm worst diplomatic row in years.

Thailand hit by severe flooding Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:54 PM PDT More than three million people have been affected by flooding which has hit Thailand.

Thailand hit by severe flooding Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:54 PM PDT More than three million people have been affected by flooding which has hit Thailand.

Death toll climbs to 394 from Indonesia quake Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:41 PM PDT The toll climbed to 394 dead and 312 missing four days after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia's coast, triggering a tsunami, officials said Friday.

China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:09 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Dozens of Chinese dissidents and human rights activists remain under house arrest as a wary government seeks to stifle support for jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, a New York-based human rights group said.

China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger (Reuters) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT Reuters - Dozens of Chinese dissidents and human rights activists remain under house arrest as a wary government seeks to stifle support for jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, a New York-based human rights group said.

EU leaders succumb to treaty change demands (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:19 PM PDT AFP - European Union leaders succumbed Friday to German demands to tackle a "limited" rewrite to the EU bloc's guiding Lisbon Treaty in order to learn from the Greek debt crisis.

Indonesia battles to aid tsunami survivors (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:32 PM PDT AFP - Indonesia battled to deliver aid to remote islands where a tsunami has killed over 400 people, as bodies lay strewn on beaches and buried in debris days after the wave hit.

Pittsburgh prepares for mid-terms poll Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:17 PM PDT The BBC's Steve Kingstone travels to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, where voters who two years ago backed President Obama have seen their loyalties severely tested.

Pittsburgh prepares for mid-terms poll Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:17 PM PDT The BBC's Steve Kingstone travels to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, where voters who two years ago backed President Obama have seen their loyalties severely tested.

How Credit Cards Affect Your Credit Rating Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:40 PM PDT ?I tell you Doris, he was making $150,000 a year and had been working at the same place for a

China, Japan meet amid territorial tensions (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:50 PM PDT AP - China and Japan met Friday in an attempt to repair soured relations over a maritime territorial dispute, with Japan asking for the lifting of a block on rare earth exports that has hampered its high-tech manufacturing.

In Burma's rare elections, fresh faced candidates run against the grain (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 01:20 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Megaphone in hand, Yan Kyaw rounds the corner of another soot-blackened city block. Ahead of him, a gaggle of young volunteers in red T-shirts printed with their candidate’s symbol, a yellow lantern, pass out leaflets in shops and teashops. Others attach leaflets to the colored strings that dangle from apartment balconies, a combination of postbox and buzzer in a city starved of electricity.

As US seeks Iran nuclear deal, Iranian traders load up on Cheerios, Heinz ketchup (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 01:08 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As US and European leaders fine-tune a new offer for Iran nuclear talks, Iranian traders are busy figuring out how to circumvent the sanctions Western powers hoped would push Iran toward a nuclear deal.

US for UN probe into Myanmar abuses Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:51 PM PDT Hillary Clinton throws weight behind calls for investigations into rights violations in military ruled country.

9 policemen killed in ambush in western Mexico (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:31 PM PDT AP - Unidentified gunmen ambushed a convoy of five police vehicles in the western Mexico state of Jalisco on Thursday, killing nine officers and leaving one missing.

Insider trading claims hit Tokyo Stock Exchange (AFP) Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:16 PM PDT AFP - The Tokyo Stock Exchange said it was looking into allegations of insider trading in firms that recently announced capital raising plans, dealing a possible blow to investor confidence.

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