Sunday, October 28, 2012

[World] Ukraine votes: disappearing ink, a clone candidate, other tricks emerge

Ukraine votes: disappearing ink, a clone candidate, other tricks emerge
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/1028/Ukraine-votes-disappearing-ink-a-clone-candidate-other-tricks-emerge
With the charismatic opposition leader, former Premier Yulia Tymoshenko in jail, the opposition split, and regular Ukrainians disillusioned with politics, Yanukovych's Party of Regions was expected to retain control over parliament despite his rollback on ...

Tsunami Warning in Hawaii Downgraded to Advisory After Canada Quake
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tsunami-warning-hawaii-downgraded-advisory-canada-quake/story?id=17581534
Visitors and Oahu residents watch the water level in the Ala Wai Harbor waiting for the arrival of a tsunami Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in Honolulu.

New Syrian Fighting Despite UN-Backed Truce
http://www.voanews.com/content/syria-fighting/1534800.html
Syrian activists say government aircraft pounded opposition strongholds on the outskirts of Damascus and troops clashed with rebel fighters in several other areas of the country Sunday, leaving a U.N.

India PM Inducts Younger Ministers in Cabinet
http://www.voanews.com/content/india-pm-inducts-younger-ministers-in-cabinet/1534906.html
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reshuffled his Cabinet Sunday in a bid to overhaul his government's image ahead of the next general elections in 2014.

Official: Iraq searches Syria-bound Iranian plane
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraq-searches-syrian-bound-iranian-plane-17581568
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi authorities forced an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons, an Iraqi official said Sunday.

Saudi authorities disperse anti-Assad protest in Mecca
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/27-Oct-2012/pilgrims-perform-devil-stoning
MECCA (Reuters) - Saudi authorities quickly dispersed a protest by hundreds of Syrian pilgrims calling for the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and denouncing what they said was international failure to stop bloodshed in Syria, a Reuters witness said.

Former UK pop star Gary Glitter held in Savile probe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/28/jimmy-savile-police-investigation-grew?newsfeed=true
British 'glam rocker' Gary Glitter stands inside a police truck before being taken to prison after the verdict in Vung Tau, a resort town 120 km (75 miles) southeast of Ho Chi Minh City in this March 3, 2006 file photo.

Blast kills five outside Pakistani Sufi shrine
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j2_RZvRwTv9XaE27dLGZFVGl51Cw?docId=CNG.1d490f0cdd7932b347e2cb36777d2fbd.9e1
At least five people were killed and 25 others injured when a bomb planted in a bicycle exploded outside a revered Sufi shrine in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday.

Clashes in Peruvian capital market leave 4 dead (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
http://rt.com/news/lima-peru-riots-market-411/
Paraguay 'coup': Outside job? The democratically-elected leader of Paraguay was voted out of power by a mostly right-wing parliament after a brief trial.

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