[World] Syria conflict: rebel 'war crime' caught on video - live updates

Syria conflict: rebel 'war crime' caught on video - live updates
http://world.time.com/2012/11/02/rebels-believed-to-have-executed-syrian-troops/
A spokesman for UN Human Rights Council said the video footage showing captured Syrian soldiers being killed appear to be show a "war crime".

Syrian rebels 'execute soldiers'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g3-S58o7YkEcfHpEJo1Vgb0XnD-g?docId=CNG.5c69d36ecf59a5a931e1ea83f43326c5.1d1
Gunmen have executed captured men believed to include Syrian soldiers, according to reports. The claims come from Amnesty International and British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Kuwait's protests remind us of the Arab spring's true spirit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/02/kuwait-protests-arab-spring
It cannot be called an uprising. Nor do demonstrators demand regime change. The dispute is narrowly about preventing a change in the electoral law that would disenfranchise voters.

Dissident republican Colin Duffy arrested over prison officer motorway murder
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/9650708/Dissident-republican-Colin-Duffy-arrested-over-prison-officer-motorway-murder.html
Dissident republican Colin Duffy arrested over prison officer motorway murder. A dissident republican has been arrested in connection with the murder of a long-serving prison officer and Orange Order member who was gunned down in a motorway ambush.

CIA Describes Effort to Rescue Americans in Libya Attack
http://bostonglobe.com/news/world/2012/11/01/detailed-timeline-describes-attack-libyan-consulate/qWzXpMFQ56mpRXXBPtvIOO/story.html
Central Intelligence Agency officers in Benghazi, Libya, sent a security team to the U.S. diplomatic mission there less than 25 minutes after the post was attacked by Islamic militants, according to a timeline provided by a senior U.S.

Sri Lanka hampers legal redress for rights abuses: ICJ
http://www.eurasiareview.com/31102012-ltte-crimes-against-tamils-and-how-pro-ltte-tna-and-others-simply-watched-oped/
GENEVA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government has made it all but impossible for victims of human rights abuses to get justice, a Geneva-based human rights body that monitors legal matters said on Thursday.

Boko Haram Offers Conditional Ceasefire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20178356
Maiduguri - A man claiming to be speaking on behalf of Boko Haram yesterday told journalists in Maiduguri by telephone that the sect was ready for a ceasefire on four terms which include release of all its members from detention.

'Choa!': Korean elephant talks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5icxeGy6mVW5q1KmDPRtEHwFJujgQ?docId=CNG.5c69d36ecf59a5a931e1ea83f43326c5.161
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Korean is considered one of the hardest languages in the world to master, but an elephant in a South Korean zoo is making a good start.

Israel admits responsibility for 1988 assassination
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/02-Nov-2012/israel-admits-1988-killing-of-plo-s-abu-jihad
Israel responsible for Khalil Ibrahim Wazir's 1988 assassination. This post has been updated. See the note below for details. JERUSALEM -- More than 24 years after Palestinian military leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir was assassinated in Tunisia, Israel ...

Britain's fight over EU budget as Brussels seeks rise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20166318
Britain is not alone in seeking to rein in the EU budget. It has allies. Plenty of other countries agree that the EU cannot ask for austerity on the one hand, whilst not applying the same demands to itself.

Cyclone Rakes Across Southern India; 6 Dead
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/cyclone-alert-for-north-tamil-nadu-south-andhra-pradesh/article4043955.ece
At least six people are dead after Cyclone Nilam slammed into southern India this week, bringing heavy rains and storm surges that toppled homes and grounded an oil tanker.

Japan deplores assault on boy by suspected US serviceman
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Japan-protests-another-US-troop-related-incident-4002105.php
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan complained on Friday about a "deplorable" incident in which a U.S. serviceman is believed to have assaulted a teenaged boy on the southern island of Okinawa where opposition to U.S.