Georgia's President Saakashvili Concedes Defeat
http://www.voanews.com/content/saakashvilis-party-concedes-defeat-georgia-set-for-transition/1518850.html
TBILISI - Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili conceded defeat Tuesday in parliamentary elections. After a year of polarizing campaign politics, he promised to work with the opposition bloc, the Georgian Dream.
Iran to enrich uranium to 60 percent if nuclear talks fail: MP
http://www.smh.com.au/world/irans-woes-deepen-as-currency-takes-a-beating-20121002-26xcp.html
| DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran would enrich uranium up to 60 percent purity if negotiations with major powers over its nuclear program fail, an Iranian lawmaker said on Tuesday, in comments that may add to Western alarm about Iranian intentions.
Syrian State TV Lashes Out at Hamas Leader, Calling Him a Traitor
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - State television in Syria issued a withering attack late Monday on a longtime ally, the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Khaled Meshal, declaring him an ungrateful child and a corrupt traitor, saying he was having a ...
Why China, Japan dispute islands once home to just albatross feathers and fish
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/1002/Why-China-Japan-dispute-islands-once-home-to-just-albatross-feathers-and-fish
For most of human history, the five rocky islets in the eye of the current diplomatic storm between China and Japan have sat in remote and irrelevant obscurity, lapped by the tropical waters of the East China Sea.
Pope Benedict's butler accuses Vatican police of inhumane treatment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/02/pope-benedict-butler-vatican-police-inhumane?newsfeed=true
The papal butler accused of leaking pope Benedict's private letters, has accused Vatican police of treating him inhumanely while in custody.
Activists Say 20 Killed in Syria Explosions
http://www.voanews.com/content/amid-un-concerns-syria-shelling-continues/1518648.html
A Syrian opposition group says explosions in the province of Daraa killed 20 people Tuesday, as shelling and heavy fighting was reported throughout the country.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn cleared of rape charges in France
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19803899
PARIS - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund director whose promising political career in France was immolated by sex scandals, was cleared Tuesday of charges he participated in the gang rape of a prostitute in a Washington ...
N. Korea unveils late leader's new statue
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SEOUL - North Korea unveiled a new giant statue of its late leader Kim Jong-Il on Tuesday at a ceremony held in front of thousands of cheering soldiers, state television showed.
Video shows US journalist held in Syria
http://www.thestate.com/2012/10/02/2465487/video-shows-us-journalist-held.html
AP BEIRUT - A video clip posted online shows an American freelance journalist who has been missing in Syria alive and apparently being held hostage by gunmen.
Ed Miliband tells Labour conference: We're the one-nation party
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19792070
By Brian Wheeler Political reporter, BBC News, in Manchester Ed Miliband has attempted to snatch the centre ground of British politics by declaring that Labour is now the "one-nation" party.
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