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Seif Islam Kadafi captured in southern Libya

Los Angeles Times - 
Moammar Kadafi's second-oldest son had been seen as his heir apparent before the uprising. Libya's new government says it plans to put him on trial.

Syrian Troops Attack Amid Peace Pressure

TIME - 
Demonstrators against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gather during a march after Friday prayers in Kafranbel near Adlb November 18, 2011.

Spain election: Rajoy's Popular Party predicted to win

BBC News - 
Voters in Spain are heading to the polls in an election expected to bring in a new conservative government to tackle the country's finances.

US Plans New Sanctions Against Iran's Oil Industry

New York Times - 
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration plans to impose a new round of sanctions against Iran's petrochemical industry, a Western official briefed on the plans said Friday, less than two weeks after a United Nations report ...

Obama discusses territory with China PM Wen Jiabao

BBC News - 
US officials have praised China's attitude on South China Sea territorial disputes after talks between President Obama and the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

Afghan loya jirga: Karzai wins backing for US pact

BBC News - 
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has won the endorsement of tribal elders and community leaders to negotiate a 10-year strategic partnership with the US.

Haqqani discusses secret memo with Zardari

Hindustan Times - 
Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to the US, met Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad on early Sunday over a secret memo to Washington claiming that the president had feared a military coup.

Pope's new document outlines church role in Africa

The Associated Press - 
OUIDAH, Benin (AP) - In a basilica built in the heartland of Africa's Voodoo religion, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday unveiled a treatise outlining the role of the Roman Catholic Church on the continent, explaining how the faith can help address ...

Police checks examined following Sydney nursing home blaze

AFP - 
SYDNEY - Officials in Australia's New South Wales state on Sunday demanded a report into criminal checks on nursing home staff after a sixth person died following a suspicious blaze at a Sydney retirement village.

Smiles Hide Fears as Clinton Visits Flood Victims

New York Times - 
BANGKOK - In honor of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the US secretary of state, they brought in a truckload of potted palms and bougainvillea, took down the laundry hanging in the gymnasium and rearranged the mats that flood victims were ...

Suu Kyi's NLD democracy party to rejoin Burma politics

BBC News - 
The party of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has agreed to re-enter the political process and contest parliamentary elections.

Poland, eyeing euro crisis, launches austerity drive

Reuters - 
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed on Friday to raise the retirement age and slash tax and pension privileges to reduce debt and shield the European Union's largest eastern economy from the ...

West Bank land seized by Israeli kibbutz

The Associated Press - 
JERUSALEM (AP) - A tract of Palestinian land in the West Bank has for the first time been seized by a kibbutz located inside Israel, a prominent Israeli researcher said Saturday.

European Union Settles For 2% Rise In 2012 Budget

RTT News - 
(RTTNews) - The European Union has settled for a 2 percent increase in its budget for 2012, less than the 5 percent increase it had wanted that many governments thought was unrealistic amid austerity measures stemming from the region's debt crisis.

South Sudan Releases Journalists Held for Criticizing President

Voice of America - 
November 19, 2011 South Sudan Releases Journalists Held for Criticizing President Michael Onyiego | Juba, South Sudan Two journalists, detained for two weeks by government security in the new nation of South Sudan, have been released.

Greek party chief resists EU/IMF pressure on pledge

Reuters - 
Antonis Samaras smiles as he leaves the presidential palace after a meeting with President Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister George Papandreou in Athens November 6, 2011.

In India, Tibet self-immolations test exiled leaders

Reuters - 
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - Teenage Tibetan monk Lobsang Rabten fled over the Himalayas to India after a childhood friend set himself ablaze in March to protest against China's campaign of forced ...

Shocked Germany vows to fight neo-Nazis after murders

Reuters - 
A surveillance video shows two of the suspected 'doner murderers', during a bank robbery in Arnstadt on September 7, 2011.

Three dead in autobahn pile-up collision in Germany

Reuters - 
BERLIN (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 35 injured in a massive pile-up collision on a fog-covered highway in western Germany, police said Saturday.