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President Felipe Calderón Receives Call from President Obama
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón received a call from US President Barack Obama Saturday from India, where he is on a working tour, congratulating him on the results of the operation carried out in Matamoros, Tamaulipas by members of the Mexican Navy and National Defense Secretariat.
 An Epidemic of Brutality: Oakland Filmmaker Feels Police Wrath
 Linn Washington, Jr.
"Operation Small Axe" takes a raw and unflinching look at life under police terrorism in Oakland. Directed and produced by Adimu Madyun.
Peru Officials: Berenson to be Released Monday
 Associated Press
Peruvian officials say convicted rebel collaborator Lori Berenson will go free on Monday. The 40-year-old New York woman was paroled in May after serving nearly 15 years in prison.
Man in Disguise Boards International Flight
 Scott Zamost
Canadian authorities are investigating an "unbelievable" incident in which a passenger boarded an Air Canada flight disguised as an elderly man, according to a confidential alert obtained by CNN.
US Court OKs Extradition of 'Butcher of the Andes'
 Ángel Páez
A U.S. appeals court has given the green light to the extradition to Peru of retired Peruvian army officer Telmo Hurtado, who fled to Miami in 2002 to escape trial for the Aug. 14, 1985 massacre of 69 people in the southern Andean village of Accomarca.
The Tunnel People of Las Vegas: How 1,000 Live in Flooded Labyrinth Under Sin City's Shimmering Strip
 Daily Mail Reporter
Deep beneath Vegas’s glittering lights lies a sinister labyrinth inhabited by poisonous spiders and a man nicknamed The Troll who wields an iron bar.
MSNBC Suspends Keith Olbermann Indefinitely Over Political Contributions
 Doug Thompson
MSNBC Friday suspended Keith Olbermann, the volatile host of “Countdown,” indefinitely and without pay because the “news anchor” contributed to three Democratic candidates.
Obama's Weekly Address: Priorities on Taxes
 The White House Blog
President Obama lays out his priorities for the coming discussion about tax cuts, calling for compromise but making clear he cannot accept $700 billion in deficits or an increase in middle class taxes.
Mexico Fifth on Development List
 The News
Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and Brazil are the countries with the highest Human Development Index in Latin America, according to a study published by the United Nations (UN) this week.
U.S. Election 2012: Stewart Alexander Making Big Push for Electric Car Manufacturing
 Socialist Party USA
Stewart Alexander has been a proponent for electric car manufacturing for nearly three decades. Now running as a candidate for U.S. President in 2012, Alexander says he hopes to see electric vehicles being manufactured across the U.S.
Mexico, US Drug Tunnel Discovered
 RTE News
US border police have found a sophisticated drug smugglers' tunnel the length of six football fields linking southern California with Mexico.
President Obama’s Press Conference: "Let's Find Those Areas Where We Can Agree"
 The White House Blog
In a news conference in the East Room this afternoon, the President spoke openly about the lessons of the previous night’s elections, and his hope for working with the new Congress going forward.
Costa Rica Denounces Alleged Nicaraguan Incursion
 Marianela Jimenez
Costa Rican officials are preparing to go before the Organization of American States on Wednesday to seek support in a dispute with Nicaragua over the river dividing the two countries - continuing a lengthy feud between the Central American neighbors.
FBI Cooked Up Washington DC Bomb Plot
 RTNews
Farooque Ahmed, a naturalized US citizen, born in Pakistan, living in Virginia, has been arrested for allegedly plotting attacks on Washington D.C. area metro stations.
Cluster Munitions Treaty Leaves US Behind
 Marwaan Macan-Markar
A campaign to rid the world of cluster munitions has still to rope in the U.S. government, a major producer and stockpiler of the deadly payload, on the eve of a key global conference in Laos to ban its production and use.
Leaders of Colombia, Venezuela Seek Improved Ties
 Christopher Toothaker
President Hugo Chavez and his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos sought to improve relations despite ideological differences and recent bitter disputes between the neighboring South American nations.
Immigration Policing Opt-Out Called Into Question
 William Fisher
Will U.S. local law enforcement be forced to participate in a programme that critics say will put city police in the position of enforcing federal immigration law and, in the process, divert scarce resources from essential community policing, discourage immigrants from working with police to solve crimes and increase racial profiling?
SB1070 Violates Federal Laws: US Court
 Paul Elias
Arizona’s immigration law faced tough scrutiny from a federal appeals panel this week as the state’s governor appeared in person to support the controversial provision on the day before the election in which she sought her first full term.
Voter Anger Puts GOP Back in Charge of the House
 Calvin Woodward
Republicans drew on the support of independents and the energy of tea party activists to fashion a resounding victory in the House in midterm elections, increased their strength in the Senate and quickly served notice they intend to challenge President Barack Obama with a conservative approach to the economy.
CIA Punished 16 Officers in Peru Plane Shootdown
 Kimberly Dozier
In a footnote to a tragic mistake, the CIA revealed Monday that 16 retired and current officers were given administrative punishments for their role in Peru's 2001 shootdown of a plane that killed two innocent Americans.
Record US Voter Turnout Expected
 Jason Leopold
The country’s top election turnout expert projects 90 million people will turn out to vote today, shattering the 2006 record for a midterm election when 86 million people went to the polls.
A Pre-Election Ride in Arizona
 The Real News Network
One day before the election and voters in Arizona are more focused on immigration and drug crime than on unemployment and housing foreclosures. To find out more about how Arizonians are going to vote Oscar Leon took a trip around Phoenix.
 Top 5 Most Personally Safe Countries
 Global Top 5s
One concern that binds people from New Delhi to Denver is personal safety. So where, then, do the most people feel the safest? With help from Gallup's global research, we decided to explore this question and find the world's most personally safe places.
Report Urges CIA Control of U.S. Special Forces
Agence France-Presse
Support is growing in the US military and administration of President Barack Obama for shifting to the CIA operational control over elite special forces teams secretly in Yemen, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Brazil Elects Dilma Rousseff as First Female President
 Solana Pyne & Erik German
Latin America’s largest democracy chose its first female president on Sunday after a hard-fought election that remained acrimonious well into a second-round runoff. But for the new president, Dilma Rousseff, 62, the real work has only just begun.
Blood Diamond Industry Still Grips Africa
 Channel 4
Channel 4: Secret filming by Unreported World shows the "blood diamond" industry.
Marijuana Law Enforcement Disproportionately Targets Blacks, Latinos in California
 Paul Armentano
African-Americans and Latinos use marijuana at lower rates than whites, yet they are prosecuted for minor cannabis possession offenses in California's largest cities at rates two to twelve times higher than Caucasians.
Obama's Weekly Address: Working Together on the Economy
 The White House Blog
Ahead of the elections, the President says no matter what happens both parties must work together to boost the economy, and expresses concern about statements to the contrary from Republican Leaders.
Out of Control Polls: Curse of the Internet Age
 David Espo
When a widely publicized poll showed Republican John Kasich with a commanding, 10-point advantage in Ohio’s governor’s race, aides to Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland fought back hard. Against the poll.
Argentines' Last Goodbye to Kirchner Before Burial
 Almudena Calatrava
Thousands of Argentines have filed past a flag-draped coffin containing the remains of former President Nestor Kirchner as his wake nears its end.
Socialist Mimi Soltysik’s Pre-Election Message to California Voters
 Socialist Party of California
The Socialist Party USA stands for political activity independent of the two major corporate parties. Socialists believe that capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with democracy and that true democracy can only be achieved with society’s transformation to socialism.
Reaction to Wikileaks in Iraq
 The Real News Network
Sahar Issa: Iraqis scoff at notion that only 100,000 civilians died in war.
Cuban Missile Crisis Ends, Oct. 28, 1962
 Andrew Glass
On this day in 1962, the Cuban missile crisis, which threatened to start a superpower war, came to a close when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove 42 intermediate-range nuclear missiles from Cuba.
Has WikiLeaks Landed in Cyberattack Crosshairs?
 Declan McCullagh
Forget China or Al Qaeda. In a twist that would have been inconceivable even a few months ago, the WikiLeaks.org Web site is being proposed as the first public target for a U.S. government cyberattack.
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