[World] Syrian rebels bring fight to pro-Assad Palestinians

Syrian rebels bring fight to pro-Assad Palestinians
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/29/world/la-fg-syria-violence-20121030
Rebels say they're arming Palestinians to fight pro-Assad faction; bomb placed under car of Syrian colonel in Yarmouk camp; over 180 people killed in Syria in past day, many in gov't air strikes, according to rights group.

China defends patrols near disputed islands
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/nissan-chief-carlos-ghosn-wary-of-new-investments-in-china-amid-island-row-report/articleshow/17029904.cms
BEIJING - China on Wednesday defended its increasingly assertive patrolling near disputed East China Sea islands controlled by Japan, as tensions in the area continue to run high.

Interior Minister: All Rallies Are Banned until Security Is Maintained
http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/531098
Manama, Oct. 30. (BNA) -- Interior Minister Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa affirmed on Monday that the state has strived in the previous phase to protect freedom of expression by allowing rallies and gatherings, but that privilege has ...

Clinton Tells Kosovo Relations With Serbia Are Key to Progress
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hi5M9RH9i7UnyzwrFJ7NMX7jLBWA?docId=CNG.4fc2d4737d41513a77c7bcadd70c3733.491
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Kosovars that normalization of relations with Serbia will be key to the country's economic and social progress.

Nilam to make landfall near Mamallapuram
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/nilam-to-make-landfall-near-mamallapuram/article4050114.ece
The cyclonic storm, Nilam, which lay centred at about 50 km to 60 km south of Chennai, is likely to cross the coast near Mamallapuram on Wednesday evening.

Haiti fears food shortages after hurricane hit crops
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20151178
Fears are growing of food shortages in Haiti, after the strong winds and heavy rain of Hurricane Sandy caused extensive crop damage.

Plague of office-buying wears at China's image
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_1jLi9hrDbMJuo6_87mHoN608Bw?docId=82c988a07dc94644817a54b8f43f8357
By DIDI TANG, Associated Press - 2 hours ago. XILINHOT, China (AP) - In a small town in northern China's Inner Mongolia where sheep and cattle easily outnumber humans, Fan Chen paid a party boss three times an average urban resident's annual ...

Blaze inside tent at Saudi wedding kills 23 women, children; authorities open ...
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1-front-top-news/88389-fire-at-saudi-wedding-kills-at-least-25-.html
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi media reports say a blaze that erupted inside a tent at a wedding in the country's east has killed at least 23 women and children.

Remains of Palestinian leader Arafat to be exhumed in November, says French ...
http://www.news.com.au/news/french-official-arafat-to-be-exhumed/story-fnejlrpu-1226507094609
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Criminal investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat's remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official said Tuesday.

WWII bomb found near Japan runway
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hVrK2gnZtgmcOnBbsoUFqMJjyUjA?docId=CNG.00de712c92f213ac6cee756c6df665d7.451
Dozens of domestic and international flights have been cancelled at a Japanese airport after an unexploded 250-kilogram World War II bomb was found near a runway.