Thursday, November 3, 2011

03 NOVEMBER 2011, Thu, Cont.2b

World

Syria Says Accepts Arab Plan to End Violence, Free Prisoners

BusinessWeek - 
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Syria has accepted an Arab League proposal to end months of unrest, Qatar's prime minister said, calling for an immediate implementation of the plan.

British Court Rules Wikileaks Founder Should Be Extradited

The Chosun Ilbo - 
A British court has ruled that the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, should be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual assault and rape.

French paper satirizing Islamic law hit by arson

Los Angeles Times - 
Muslims denounce the attack against the Charlie Hebdo paper in Paris while deploring its depiction of Islam. The paper defends a special edition poking fun at Islamic law in Libya and Tunisia.

Tough luck for Yingluck

Business Times (subscription) - 
THE complex task of dealing with the country's worst flooding in 50 years was surely not how Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her new government would have hoped to spend their first few months in office.

Letters: Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap

Newsday (subscription) - 
Letters Newsday > Opinion > Letters Letters: Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap Published: November 2, 2011 6:16 PM To paraphrase the sages of Judaism: He who saves one life has a duty to repair the world ["Israeli soldier released in prisoner swap," ...

UK says governments' Internet power grab will fail

Reuters India - 
Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks at a news conference after the London Cyberspace Conference in London November 2, 2011.

Nepal to integrate 6500 Maoist ex-rebels into army

Los Angeles Times - 
Nepal's four major political parties also agree to complete the stalled peace process within a month, hand over property seized during the civil war and prepare a draft constitution.

Pro-Palestinian activists sail from Turkey to Gaza

Reuters India - 
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian activists set sail for the Gaza Strip from Turkey aboard two yachts on Wednesday and the Israeli military said it would not permit them to breach its blockade of the Islamist-ruled territory.

Protesters allowed to stay until 2012: lawyer

AFP - 
LONDON - Anti-capitalist protesters camped outside London's St Paul's Cathedral will be allowed to remain until at least the New Year, a lawyer for the group said after a meeting city authorities Wednesday.

Gender gaps said to be narrowing

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
“SMALL GAINS” in political empowerment and economic participation among women have allowed the Philippines a better ranking in an annual list that tracks progress in closing “gender gaps.

Accord in Istanbul for peace, development in Afghanistan

DAWN.com - 
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutolglu (C) talks to his counterparts Zalmai Rassoul of Afghanistan (L) and Hina Rabbani Khar of Pakistan after a group photo session during the Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan at Ciragan Palace in Istanbul on ...

Law named for slain volunteer

Forsyth County News Online - 
Federal legislation named for a local Peace Corps volunteer slain in west Africa has been sent to President Barack Obama. The Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act unanimously ...

Search for asylum seekers may be abandoned

ABC Online - 
Indonesian authorities are considering calling off their search for those missing after an asylum seeker boat sunk off the coast of Java.

Confusion over MFN status for India

DAWN.com - 
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan addresses press briefing in Islamabad on Wednesday. - Photo by PPI ISLAMABAD: A flurry of contradictory statements by the information minister and the commerce minister in a single ...

'Amano's US trip ahead of Iran report sends bad signals'

Tehran Times - 
TEHRAN - The trip that International Atomic Energy Agency Director Yukiya Amano has made to the US ahead of a report that the agency is scheduled to release on Iran's nuclear program in the near future sends bad signals, according to Iranian MP ...

Queen Victoria's Knickers Fetch $14000 At Auction (PHOTO)

Huffington Post - 
A pair of generously-sized underwear -- granny panties, if we may? -- once belonging to Queen Victoria sold for $14000 at an Edinburgh auction yesterday.

Five Things to Know About All Souls' Day

Patch.com - 
1) The Christian All Souls' Day holiday, sometimes called Day of the Dead, immediately follows All Saints' Day on Nov. 2 every year.

Russia Reaches Accord With Georgia on WTO, Negotiator Says

BusinessWeek - 
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia has reached an agreement with Georgia that may clear the way for Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization, the chief negotiator for Moscow said.

Cyber Attacks Take Down Phones, Internet in Palestine

eSecurity Planet - 
"The Palestinian Communications Minister Mashur Abu Daqqa told reporters the attacks originated from locations 'all over the world ... using mirror servers,'" writes SC Magazine's Darren Pauli. "Up to a million packets a second had hit Palestine's ...

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