Phone-hack victims 'up to 5,800' Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:02 PM PDT Almost 6,000 people may have had their phones hacked by the News of the World newspaper, police now estimate.  
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Berlusconi faces calls to step down Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:02 AM PDT Italian premier's ex-parliamentary allies demand a "new political phase and a new government".  
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U.S. warns on new Gaza-bound activist flotilla Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned on Thursday that a new effort by pro-Palestinian activists to send a flotilla to challenge Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip was dangerous and urged U.S. citizens not to take part.  
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Malaysia Gay Festival Is Banned Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:11 PM PDT Tannual festival had drawn fire from conservative politicians and religious leaders, and the authorities said the event "threatens national security."  
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Tibetan Nun Sets Herself on Fire in Sichuan Province, China Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:27 PM PDT Qiu Xiang died Thursday after setting herself on fire in southwest Sichuan Province, becoming the 11th Tibetan to embrace a grisly protest against Chinese rule.  
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Oakland port opens after clashes Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:12 PM PDT The port of Oakland reopens the morning after clashes in the centre of the city, as Occupy protesters question how Wednesday's violence flared.  
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Green Blog: House Panel Votes to Subpoena Solyndra Documents Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:41 AM PDT Republicans assert that White House documents could show that it had extensive contact with a campaign donor who was also a Solyndra investor.  
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S Koreans protest against trade deal with US Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:56 AM PDT Authorities detain at least 15 people after police clash with demonstrators in the capital Seoul.  
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Pakistan's murky cricket-fixing underworld Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PDT Pakistan's murky underworld of bookies and betters  
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Libyans want jobs from "grey men" of government Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Jobs, normality and democracy are high on the wish lists of Libyans questioned on the streets of their capital, but after months of civil war, meeting their expectations is a challenging assignment for the "grey men" now trying to run the country.  
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Remote UK island to get airport Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:29 AM PDT A remote British Island where the French Emperor Napoleon was exiled is to get an airport, the International Development Secretary has announced.  
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The Choice: Hard Decisions for Learning Disabled Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:52 AM PDT Addressing the issues that students with learning impairments may face on the path to college.  
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S Koreans protest against trade deal with US Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:56 AM PDT Authorities detain at least 15 people after police clash with demonstrators in the capital Seoul.  
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Major berg forming in Antarctica Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:51 AM PDT Scientists are monitoring a big rift in the Pine Island Glacier in western Antarctica that will eventually calve an iceberg the size of Berlin.  
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Extreme Poverty Is Up, Brookings Report Finds Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:25 AM PDT The increase in the number of Americans living in extreme poverty has erased most of the gains from the 1990s, the Brookings Institution says.  
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'Moments of madness led to riots' Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT Young people joined the summer riots in a "moment of madness" on "a day like no other when normal rules did not seem to apply", a report suggests.  
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Cuba Legalizes Sale of Private Property Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:13 AM PDT Cuba announced it will allow real estate to be bought and sold for the first time since the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes under President Raúl Castro.  
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Asia braced for Thai rice shock Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:03 AM PDT Flood damage and government subsidies in the world's biggest rice exporter could push up prices across the continent.  
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Russia set to end 18-year wait to join WTO Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:21 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is on the verge of ending its 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organization after accepting a trade deal with Georgia, the last big obstacle to membership of a club that will seal its integration into the global economy.  
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TIMESCAST: TimesCast | November 3, 2011 Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:51 AM PDT Greece calls off its referendum as the Group of 20 leaders meet in Cannes, France; and Herman Cain accuses his rival Rick Perry of a smear campaign.  
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