[World] Ukraine ruling party seems set for election win, nationalist surge seen

Ukraine ruling party seems set for election win, nationalist surge seen
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/28/ukraine-election-.html
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich's party looks set to win a parliamentary majority after Sunday's election, but it may be hard pressed by an opposition boosted by resurgent nationalists and a liberal party headed by boxing champion ...

Attack on Nigerian Church Kills 8 and Wounds Dozens
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/9639071/Nigerian-Catholic-church-hit-in-suicide-attack.html
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a vehicle full of explosives into a Roman Catholic church during morning Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least eight people, wounding more than 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that ...

Glitter arrested, now who¿s next? Officers in Savile probe prepare to swoop on ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224233/Glitter-arrested-s-Officers-Savile-probe-prepare-swoop-celebrities.html?ITO=1490
Glitter arrested, now who's next? Officers in Savile probe prepare to swoop on more celebrities. Metropolitan Police swoop at 68-year-old pop star's London home; Arrested in connection with force's Operation Yewtree over presenter Savile; He is the first ...

Lithuanian opposition parties vow to form gov't
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8kJ2LSVzY7ucs2Et7hR-i_WUijA?docId=CNG.1932c6c55bdb23893e92c24bcef58581.371
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Opposition Social Democrats won Lithuania's parliamentary election on Sunday after campaigning on promises to reverse unpopular austerity policies and boost social spending in the recession-scarred Baltic state.

Chinese Premier's family denies 'hidden riches'
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/china-denounces-report-on-premier-wen-jiabao/articleshow/16964477.cms
BEIJING: Lawyers for the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's family have denied reports of their "hidden riches", saying they are untrue, according to Hong Kong media.

UPDATE 2-Muslim survivors of Myanmar's sectarian violence relive ordeals
http://www.channel4.com/news/hague-calls-for-end-to-terrible-violence-in-burma
By a Reuters Staff Reporter. SITTWE, Myanmar Oct 28 (Reuters) - Muslim survivors of six days of sectarian violence in western Myanmar spoke on Sunday of fleeing bullets and burning homes to escape on fishing boats after an attack by once-peaceable ...

Deadly Explosions in Iraq
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/dead-in-iraq-after-bloody-day/story-e6frfkui-1226505008473
Iraqi authorities say twin bombings Sunday near Baghdad have killed at least two people and wounded several others, one day after attacks killed more than 30 people.

Syrian Warplanes Stage 1st Airstrike Under Truce
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fighting-car-bomb-mar-syria-holiday-truce-17572731
Syrian warplanes bombed a building in a Damascus suburb on Saturday, killing at least eight people in the first airstrike since an internationally mediated cease-fire went into effect, activists said.

Canada should consider opening doors to Syrian refugees
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/9638058/Hizbollah-debates-dropping-support-for-the-regime-of-President-Bashar-al-Assad.html
Maham, a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, poses with a bag of bread during the first day of Eid al-Adha at Yayladagi refugee camp in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border October 26, 2012.

At Likud convention, Netanyahu faces tough leadership test
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/at-likud-convention-netanyahu-faces-tough-leadership-test.premium-1.472795
At Likud convention, Netanyahu faces tough leadership test. Sometime during Shabbat, Netanyahu realized that the situation on the ground wasn't so simple.

Indonesia Arrests 11 in Suspected Terror Plot
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204789304578084400280570848.html
By ERIC BELLMAN And JOKO HARIYANTO. JAKARTAâ€"Indonesian police arrested 11 people suspected of planning terrorist attacks on targets across the country, including U.S.

UPDATE 1-South Africa's Zuma drops suit over rape cartoon
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/10/20121028231655330290.html
Four-year-old legal battle comes to an end. * Critics say president has tried to muzzle media. * Zuma's office worried about limiting free speech (Adds comment from Zuma's office).

List of Swiss Accounts Turns Up the Heat in Greece
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/world/europe/list-of-swiss-accounts-turns-up-the-heat-in-greece.html?pagewanted=all
ATHENS - The speaker of the Greek Parliament, several employees of the finance ministry and a number of business leaders are on a list of more than 2,000 Greeks said to have accounts in a Swiss bank, according to a respected investigative magazine.

Berlusconi puts Italy on notice
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/berlusconi-puts-italy-on-notice-20121029-28efm.html
ITALIAN politics has been thrown into a state of renewed uncertainty after Silvio Berlusconi - enraged by his conviction for tax fraud - warned that he was considering bringing down Mario Monti's government and pitching the country into a snap election.