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Syria

Rights group accuses Assad regime of using cluster bombs


	President Bashar Assad's regime has dropped cluster bombs on rebels and population centers, according to Human Rights Watch. The Syrian government has been fighting to recapture a town that links Damascus to Aleppo.

	Fighting in Syria, tough talk in Turkey
	Turkey risks getting mired in Syrian conflict

Elections

Austerity-hit Lithuania votes in general elections


	According to early exit polls, austerity-weary Lithuanians have voted to remove the incumbent center-right government. The center-left Social Democrats had promised to raise the minimum wage and hike taxes on the rich.

Lithuanians vote in general election

Afghanistan

Five British Marines charged with murder in Afghan death


	Five of Britain's elite Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in southern Afghanistan. They are the first UK troops to be charged with murder there since deployments began in 2001.

Balkans

Montenegro votes amid economic slowdown


	Parliamentary polls have opened in the small Adriatic state of Montenegro, with the ruling party tipped to win for the third time in a row. The Balkan country has faced an economic slowdown after years of growth.

Africa

Northern Nigeria mosque attack kills 20 worshippers


	Armed assailants have gunned down a group of Muslim worshippers outside a mosque in Nigeria. Authorities have said the perpetrators were part of a criminal gang.

Literature

Chinese book prize winner hits out at East and West


	The dissident Chinese author Liao Yiwu has picked up the German Book Trade Peace Prize at the Frankfurt Book Fair. In his speech, the writer took aim not only at the Chinese government but also the business-minded West.

Arts

Israel court hands private Kafka collection to state library


	A court in Israel has ordered that the literary estate of a friend of Czech writer Franz Kafka be transferred to the country's national library. The collection, which had been kept in banks, includes unpublished works.


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Syria

Rights group accuses Assad regime of using cluster bombs


	President Bashar Assad's regime has dropped cluster bombs on rebels and population centers, according to Human Rights Watch. The Syrian government has been fighting to recapture a town that links Damascus to Aleppo.

	Fighting in Syria, tough talk in Turkey
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Afghanistan

Five British Marines charged with murder in Afghan death


	Five of Britain's elite Royal Marines have been charged with murder over a death in southern Afghanistan. They are the first UK troops to be charged with murder there since deployments began in 2001.


World

Conflict

FARC and Colombian government retart talks


	There may be new hope for Colombia. October 15 marks the beginning of peace negotiations between the left-wing FARC guerrilla and the government. But there are many stumbling blocks to peace.

	Civilians stuck in crossfire of Colombia's civil war
	Nestle under fire over Colombian murder
	Unlikely bedfellows, Assange and Ecuador


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