08 Oct
Events of Interest and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
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News
Turkey and Syria exchange fire for sixth day
Turkish military targets Syrian positions after mortar bomb lands in southern Hatay province, Turkish official says.
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2012 16:02 GMT
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Middle East
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Homs areas endure shelling
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Rebels cement grip on north
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Is conflict inevitable?
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Cartoonist becomes sensation
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Nobody in Turkey wants war
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Interactive: Tracking defections
Romney urges more assertive US foreign policy
Republican presidential nominee says President Barack Obama has pursued a strategy of “passivity” in Middle East.
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2012 16:24 GMT
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Americas
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Debate’s interactive transcript
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What’s at stake in vote
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US presidential debates: Fact or fiction?
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Muslims should not resort to violent protests
Venezuela’s Chavez revels in election victory
Hugo Chavez wins fourth term in office, calling it a “perfect” battle and vowing to be a better president.
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2012 13:15 GMT
Americas
Nairobi, Kenya – The British colonial officers ordered the Kenyans off the crowded bus, hunting for insurgents who had brazenly challenged the empire’s rule.
It was just before Christmas in 1957. Mbithuka Kimweli was travelling with his wife Naomi and their three young children. The officers demanded to know his involvement with the “Mau Mau” anti-colonial movement.
They separated Naomi from the children, blindfolded and beat her, then raped her with a glass bottle. Nearby, they castrated her husband with a pair of pliers. …………………………
Meeting of minds: senior clergy gather in Rome
08 October 2012 12:00 AM
Senior clergymen from across the Catholic world gathered in Rome yesterday for what is being billed by the church as a crucial attempt to roll back the “tsunami of secularisation” in Western Europe and North America.
Turkish troops return fire after cross-border shelling from Syria
08 October 2012 04:51 PM
Turkish troops have returned fire after cross-border shelling from Syria for the sixth day in a row.
Arm the Syrian rebels, says Romney
Republican presidential candidate is to call for an escalation of the conflict in Syria in a major foreign policy address
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Obama campaign: Romney to the right of Bush
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Romney’s foreign policy speech – full text
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For Obama’s believers, it’s been downhill since the inauguration
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Republican condemns evolution ‘lies from hell’
