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Russian defense chief in hot water Nov 2nd 2012, 00:26 MOSCOW — Over the past decade, Anatoly Serdyukov has earned a reputation as a faithful and thorough executor of whatever orders President Vladimir Putin gives him. He was head of Russia's tax office in 2003 when Putin went after the oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on tax evasion charges, and he provided crucial support to the prosecution that put Khodorkovsky in prison. More recently, as defense minister, Serdyukov has been ruthlessly reshaping and reducing the officer corps, fulfilling Putin's directive to create a modern army. Read full article >> CIA rushed to save diplomats as Libya attack was underway Nov 1st 2012, 23:01 The CIA rushed security operatives to an American diplomatic compound in Libya within 25 minutes after it had come under attack and played a more central role in the effort to fend off a night-long siege than has been publicly acknowledged, U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday. Read full article >> New details on ambassador's failed, fateful push for more security at Benghazi Nov 1st 2012, 22:39 Two journalists combed through the U.S. consulate building in Benghazi, Libya, over a month after it was attacked and turned up something significant: two unsigned draft letters expressing strong concern about security at the building. The letters are dated Sept. 11 – the day of the attack – and addressed to Libya's foreign minister and Benghazi's police chief. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens's team had earlier requested additional security from the Libyans, according to the letters, and were not satisfied with the results. Read full article >> Almost all Greeks think their economy is terrible Nov 1st 2012, 19:05 Recent reports from Greece read like something out of a post-apocalyptic nightmare: Doctors no longer get paid; marauding bands of right-wing groups beat up migrants; people try to make do without heating oil. Read full article >> Canadians amused by American threats to move north if their candidate loses Nov 1st 2012, 18:42 Thursday morning, I asked Canadian readers what they thought of a peculiar U.S. political tradition: Americans, often but not always Democrats, threatening to pick up and move to Canada if their candidate loses. Read full article >> China's 'firefighter-in-chief' ascending Nov 1st 2012, 18:03 BEIJING— When China suffered the biggest bankruptcy of its modern era, foreign creditors who stood to lose $4 billion went to Wang Qishan, a Communist party official, to request a government bailout. Instead, they got a lesson in laissez-faire economics. Read full article >> Syrian rebels execute unarmed government soldiers; dozens killed in fighting Nov 1st 2012, 17:05 BEIRUT — Syrian rebels executed at least a half-dozen unarmed government soldiers Thursday after attacks on checkpoints near the town of Saraqeb in northwest Syria. At least 28 soldiers and five opposition fighters were killed in the rebel operation, which targeted checkpoints on roads connecting Saraqeb to Aleppo and Ariha, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Read full article >> The secret story behind Xi Jinping's disappearance, finally revealed? Nov 1st 2012, 17:01 In September, Chinese vice president and the man about to assume a 10-year term as China's leader, Xi Jinping, disappeared mysteriously for two weeks. He went unseen, unheard, and undiscussed by official Chinese media at a time when the world was (and still is) anxiously watching China's leadership transition. It was weird, and a little bit scary, and we still don't really know what happened. Read full article >> First video of China's new stealth fighter Nov 1st 2012, 15:40 Just a few hours after photos of China's stealth fighter hit the Web, a video allegedly showing the plane in flight has emerged as well. There's some fun action-movie music embedded with the video. Like so much raw footage of Chinese military technology, it appears to have originated from Chinese social media. Read full article >> Argentina lowers its voting age to 16 Nov 1st 2012, 15:16 Argentinean lawmakers approved a bill lowering the country's voting age to 16 from 18 Wednesday, a move that could boost support for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who polls well among younger voters. Read full article >> In Iran, drug trafficking soars as sanctions take bigger bite Nov 1st 2012, 15:11 Even as Western sanctions ravage their economy, some Iranians are reaping a cash harvest from an unexpected source: a booming illicit drug industry that law enforcement officials say is producing record quantities of a powerful synthetic drug. Read full article >> Beijing lockdown: The 10 craziest new rules for taxis, toys and, yes, pigeons Nov 1st 2012, 14:54 Chinese security officials to do not play around. Preventing public dissent in the capital city has long been a high priority, particularly since the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, but somehow they still find ways to tighten already-severe restrictions during big events. Read full article >> Hillary Clinton explains why she and President Obama get along Nov 1st 2012, 13:55 TIRANA, Albania — As the mud slings in the U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton noted Thursday that democracy can be messy and a little vicious. She should know, she told the Albanian Parliament. Read full article >>

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