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

Syrian rebels bring fight to pro-Assad Palestinians
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syria-rebels-form-brigade-to-battle-pro-assad-palestinians.premium-1.473509
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.

Schools close, thousands move to higher ground as tropical storm approaches ...
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cyclone-nilam-live-tweets-alert-in-tamil-nadu-andhra-pradesh/303013-62-127.html
CHENNAI, India - More than 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes Wednesday as a tropical storm approached southern India from the Bay of Bengal, officials said.

Afghanistan officially announces date of presidential elections
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1031/breaking10.htm
KABUL, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Fazal Ahmad Manawi, the chief of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), officially announced on Wednesday that the presidential elections will be held on April 5, 2014, months ahead of the final pull out of the foreign ...

Eurozone crisis live: Unemployment hits new record high
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/greece-bumps-debt-forecasts-up-in-revised-budget-1.1018098
Over in Greece, the details of the 2013 Budget are being digested after finance minister Yannis Stournaras presented them to MPs this morning.

Afghanistan to hold presidential election in April 2014
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/afghanistan-to-hold-presidential-election-in-april-2014-1.1018155
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Presidential elections considered crucial to Afghanistan's security and stability will be held on schedule in April 2014, the country's election commission announced on Wednesday.

Marine surveillance around Diaoyu Islands normal activity: FM spokesman
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hl6U2n5b933OP7iOaLoj4c5yankw?docId=CNG.00de712c92f213ac6cee756c6df665d7.4f1
BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday that the recent patrol conducted by marine surveillance vessels in waters near the Diaoyu Islands constitutes a "normal activity" intended to exercise China's jurisdiction over the ...

Sudan's Iran Alliance Under Scrutiny
http://www.voanews.com/content/article/1536472.html
Sudan's accusation that Israel bombed a Khartoum weapons plant last week has drawn attention to long-standing Israeli complaints of alleged Sudanese cooperation with Iran in smuggling weapons to Palestinian militants.

Rights group urges Bahrain to lift ban on protests
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/30/bahrain-bans-protests-crackdown-opposition
Amnesty International calls on Bahrain to lift a ban imposed on all public gatherings; Bahrain's interior minister says a ban is needed to ensure "civil peace"; Amnesty says the ban is a violation of people's rights to free speech and assembly; Officials shouldn't ...

Clinton Reaffirms US Support for Kosovo Independence
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9640853/Hillary-Clinton-in-Algeria-to-press-for-Mali-military-action.html
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has firmly reiterated Washington's support for an independent Kosovo, during a tour of the Balkans.

fire at Saudi wedding kills 25
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20150915
At least 25 people have died and 30 others were hurt in a fire at a wedding in eastern Saudi Arabia, officials say. Hundreds were inside the courtyard of a home in the village of Ain Badr, in the Abqaiq region, when the blaze began.

Britain would prefer real terms cut in EU budget -PM spokesman
http://www.channel4.com/news/cameron-faces-commons-vote-on-europe
LONDON Oct 31 (Reuters) - Britain would prefer to see a real terms decrease in the European Union's budget, a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.

Syria conflict: Brahimi in China - live updates
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9644751/UN-peace-envoy-urges-China-to-play-active-role-in-Syria-crisis.html
UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi meets Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi. Brahimi is concluding his two-day visit to China, as he seeks a renewed international push to end the violence in Syria.