24 Oct
Events of Interest and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
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Brahimi: Syria government agrees to Eid truce
The UN envoy says Assad agrees to Eid truce, while Damascus says a final decision on the issue to be taken on Thursday.
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2012 11:56 GMT
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Middle East
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Syrian forces continue to shell Aleppo
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UN mulls Syria peacekeeping plan
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Aleppans strive to survive amid violence
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Returning to an unsafe Syria
Israel and Gazans in tit-for-tat attacks
Rounds of air strikes into Gaza kill four, while rockets fired into Israel injure six.
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2012 13:56 GMT
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Middle East
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Palestinian killed as Israel shells Gaza
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Israel set calorie limit during Gaza blockade
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Tunnel clampdown set to bury Gaza economy
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Israeli strike ‘kills two’ in Gaza
Germany unveils Roma Holocaust memorialMemorial commemorates the 500,000 Roma victims of the Nazi Holocaust during World War II.
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2012 11:52 GMT
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Sex abuse scandal rocks BBC
More than 200 potential victims of sexual abuse and harassment by staff, including Jimmy Savile, have been identified.
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2012 06:02 GMT
Europe
Third-party candidates spar in US debate
Representatives of the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Justice parties have held a presidential debate in Chicago.
The participants included former Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson, former Virginia congressman Virgil Goode, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein, who ran against Romney in Massachusetts in 2002.
By Sam Bollier Last Modified: 24 Oct 2012 06:17 GMT
Americas
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The other parties – excluded but not silenced
Inside Story: US 2012
24 Oct 2012 13:27 GMT
As third party US presidential candidates hold their own debate, we ask if they can win over American voters.
US urged to step up prosecution of bank fraud
Obama’s leading source of political contributions for his reelection is the finance industry.
Was there a paedophile ring in No 10? MP Tom Watson demands investigation
Child sex abuse claim emerges during Jimmy Savile debate in Prime Minister’s Questions
Cameron announces urgent new inquiry
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DPP to launch urgent investigation into failure to prosecute Jimmy Savile over child abuse allegations
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Conservative MP becomes first politician to suggest senior BBC figures may have to resign over Savile abuse scandal
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Maria Miller warns BBC about lack of public trust over Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal
The new Israeli apartheid: Poll reveals widespread Jewish support for policy of discrimination against Arab minority
23 October 2012 09:00 PM
47 per cent of respondents would like to see Israel’s Arab citizens stripped of their citizenship rights
US downplayed effect of Deepwater oil spill on whales, emails reveal
Documents obtained by Greenpeace show officials controlling information about wildlife affected by the disaster
They also show Obama administration officials tightly controlling information about whales and other wildlife caught up in the disaster.
By Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent
