[World] Kenny to meet Merkel in Berlin

Kenny to meet Merkel in Berlin
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1101/breaking5.htm
DEREK SCALLY, in Berlin. Taoiseach Enda Kenny faces a host of challenges this morning in Berlin. At a joint press conference after talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Taoiseach will be anxious to move beyond recent tensions over Ireland's bank debt.

EU budget should be cut in these austere times
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/88492-britains-cameron-rocked-by-eu-budget-defeat-.html
In order to deal with our deficit and debt, government spending is rightly being slashed, and most of the population is seeing real incomes decline.

4 dead, 5 missing as cyclone Nilam hits Tamil Nadu, Andhra
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/cyclone-nilam-15-sailors-rescued-6-still-missing/articleshow/17044107.cms
CHENNAI: Cyclone Nilam crashed into Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday evening, bringing heavy showers and gusty winds but causing far less destruction than many feared, with superstorm Sandy and its aftermath still playing out.

Barak: Israel won't outsource its security to anyone
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8gUAT9sL7DjBGwrxdyXWd5Xo6sg?docId=CNG.6ea750e246ad41cf225daf724d6bc90a.281
Israel will not outsource its vital security interests to anyone, “not even to our closest and most trusted allies,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in London on Wednesday.

Worldview: The way forward for a moderate Syria
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/clinton-calls-for-overhaul-of-syria-s-opposition-leadership-1.473589
I've just spent two days at a fascinating conference in Istanbul attended by more than 80 rebel commanders and civilian activists who traveled here from inside Syria.

Storm damages crops in Haiti, fueling food price woes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/29/caribbean-nations-hurricane-sandy
Huge crop losses in southern Haiti raise famine worries. * Flooding raises specter of cholera. * Crop losses in Cuba, Jamaica as well.

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 ...

Afghanistan officially announces date of presidential elections
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-10/31/c_131942521.htm
Fazal Ahmad Manawi (2nd L), the chief of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), speaks during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2012.

Sri Lanka government starts process to impeach chief justice amid conflict with ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hg4XJHWIR4Ne2CiNr42uGjE9trYg?docId=CNG.a34dec3c1eea9b20b3d65869d7df2b57.b01
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Sri Lanka government says it has started the process to impeach the country's chief justice, accusing her of overstepping her limits in the culmination of a drawn-out conflict between the judiciary and the government.

Terrorist Offers Hurricane Sandy Aid, US Says No Thanks
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/terrorist-offers-hurricane-aid-us/story?id=17607455
The U.S. has turned down an offer of post-Hurricane Sandy assistance from one of the world's most wanted men, a Pakistani terror leader with a $10 million U.S.

Bahrain Bans All Protest Gatherings Amid Violence
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/30/bahrain-protests-banned.html
Bahrain imposed emergency-style rules Tuesday banning all protest gatherings and threating legal action against groups considered backing escalating demonstrations and clashes in the strategic Gulf kingdom.

BBC Faces Potential Liability in Sex Scandal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9646796/Savile-boasted-of-sleeping-with-nurses-in-his-hospital-room.html
By PAUL SONNE. LONDONâ€"As the British Broadcasting Corp. hustles to tame a public scandal over serial sex abuse allegedly committed by one of its best-known television stars, the British network faces another lingering problem: potential civil liability, ...