[World] In Sudan Blast, Signs of Iran and Israel's Rivalry

In Sudan Blast, Signs of Iran and Israel's Rivalry
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/30/3892031/sudan-iran-not-linked-to-arms.html
A suspected Israeli airstrike against a weapons factory in Khartoum last week points to a possible escalation in a hidden front of the rivalry between Israel and Iran: The arms pipeline through Sudan to Islamic militants on Israel's borders.

Syria conflict: what next after failed ceasefire? Tuesday 30 October 2012
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=811179
But Abu Yousif, a fighter with the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, claimed Itani was taken by a gang for ransom. Speaking to Mona Mahmood, via Skype, he said: All the kidnappings in Azaz are conducted by Ammar Dadikhi's gang.

Ukraine Vote a Step Backward for Democracy, Says Clinton
http://www.voanews.com/content/clinton-ukraine-vore/1536141.html
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is questioning the credibility of Sunday's parliamentary elections in Ukraine, where initial results show the ruling party maintaining its legislative majority.

French government gets anti-sexism lessons
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/French-government-gets-anti-sexism-lessons-3993356.php
Close. French government gets anti-sexism lessons. Share. Comments. Strauss-Kahn. Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, of France, allegedly referred to women as "material.

Bahrain Bans All Protests in New Crackdown
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/world/middleeast/bahrain-bans-all-protests-in-new-crackdown.html
Bahrain, the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom that is home to the United States Fifth Fleet, has banned all rallies and demonstrations after months of protests by antigovernment demonstrators who have been pressing for a greater political voice there since the Arab ...

Polish presidential plane wreckage contains 'high-energy materials'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/30/polish-presidential-plane-wreckage-materials?newsfeed=true
Polish investigators conducting the inquiry into the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in 2010 have detected "chemical structures similar to those in high-energy materials such as, for example, explosive materials" in the wreckage.

Powerful storm kills at least 30 in Philippines, Vietnam
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10843136
More than a thousand rescue workers have been deployed in Vietnam; Helicopters are on standby to search for an oil rig adrift from its towboats; Tropical Storm Son-Tinh had already killed at least 27 people in the Philippines.

Rwandan opposition leader jailed for treason
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/30/rwandan-opposition-leader-jailed-treason
Rwanda's top Hutu opposition leader has been jailed for eight years for treason and denying genocide, in a case her lawyers said was politically motivated.

Destructive Sandy churns through Canada
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/superstorm-sandy-canada-braces-for-impact/302992-2.html
Southern Ontario, Quebec and parts of the Maritimes continue to be lashed by superstorm Sandy - which has killed one woman in Toronto - as the massive weather system churns its way north.

EU Budget Contortions Get Serious
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20136322
By Gabriele Steinhauser. The threat from European Union staff to go on strike isn't the only sign that negotiations over the bloc's next seven-year budget have begun in earnest.

Two international soldiers killed by Afghan in uniform
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/gurkhas-killed-in-insider-attack-3278302.html
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two international soldiers were slain in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday by a gunman dressed in an Afghan police uniform, the NATO-led military coalition said.

South Africa's census: Racial divide continuing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20138322
The income of white South African households is six times higher than black ones, new census figures reveal. President Jacob Zuma said the census showed the black majority is still at the "bottom of the rung", 18 years after white minority rule ended.

Palestinians to Seek UN Recognition Next Month
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/palestinian-man-killed-israeli-strike-17580718
The Palestinian president is moving forward with his plan to seek upgraded observer status at the United Nations next month, despite American and Israeli threats of financial or diplomatic retaliation, officials said Sunday.