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International relations
Cross-Strait relations
The presidents of China and Taiwan are scheduled to meet in Singapore on November 7th,
the first such meeting since the Chinese Communist Revolution. (New York Times)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/world/asia/leaders-of-china-and-taiwan-to-meetfor-first-time-since-1949.html?_r=0) (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china34711923)
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Ongoing events
Political
Boko Haram insurgency in
Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger
Iraqi Civil War
Military intervention
against ISIL
Iranian-led
American-led
IsraeliPalestinian conflict (2015)
Lebanese anti-government
protests
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
2015 Nepal fuel crisis
PKK rebellion
Yemeni Civil War
Saudi Arabian-led
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British bank Standard Chartered announces that it will axe 15,000 jobs around the world as part of
a restructure. (AFP via
) (http://www.mb.com.ph/standard-chartered-axes-15000jobs-announces-5-1-bn-capital-raise/)
Takata Defective airbag recalls (2013-present)
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Japanese manufacturer of
airbags Takata Corp. agree to a five-year consent decree where the company agrees to pay a
civil penalty of $70 million dollars and faces as much as $130 million more in fines if it
violates the settlement. Twelve automakers are ordered to speed up recalls that so far have
only reached about a quarter of the affected cars. (Bloomberg) (http://www.bloomberg.com
/news/articles/2015-11-03/takata-to-pay-up-to-record-200-million-to-resolve-air-bag-probe)
(USA Today) (http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/11/03/takata-nhtsaenforcement-action-airbag-recall/75088286/)
Honda, Takata's biggest customer, announces it will not use airbag inflaters made by Takata
Corp. for the driver or front passenger side in new Honda and Acura vehicles for any market,
world-wide. (USA Today) (http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/11/03/takatanhtsa-enforcement-action-airbag-recall/75088286/) (NASDAQ) (http://www.nasdaq.com
/article/honda-to-stop-using-takata-inflaters-in-new-models20151103-01772#ixzz3qUKpoRk1)
At least seven people are dead and 35 others are injured as a bus overturns near Tula, Russia. (RT)
(https://www.rt.com/news/320567-russian-bus-tula-crash/)
At least 30 people are killed and 35 injured after an overcrowded bus carrying passengers inside
and on its roof veered off a mountain road in northwest Nepal. (USA Today)
(http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/11/03/nepal-bus-accident/75080208/)
International Relations
ChinaUnited States relations
In a Peking University speech in Beijing, US Pacific Command commander, Admiral Harry
Harris, says the U.S. Navys freedom-of-navigation patrols in the South China Sea are
routine operations intended to demonstrate respect for international law principles. Harris
reiterated they should not be construed as a threat to any country while emphasizing
America's common ground with China. (South China Morning Post) (http://www.scmp.com
/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1875156/regular-not-poke-eye-us-navy-plans-two-ormore-patrols) (Bloomberg) (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/southchina-sea-patrols-no-threat-u-s-admiral-says-in-beijing)
Libyan Crisis (2011present)
The New General National Congress (Libya Dawn) which controls the capital Tripoli, and
much of western Libya, threatens to send 'hundreds of thousands' of refugees to Europe
unless the European Union recognizes the Islamist-led government. (Daily Mail)
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3301468/Libya-weaponizes-migrants-Nationwarns-send-hundreds-thousands-Europe-world-does-not-recognise-self-appointed-Islamistgovernment.html)
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea, JapanVietnam relations
Japan has delivered two more ships to Vietnam that will be refurbished into patrol boats. The
ships, which arrived in the port city of Da Nang, are the second delivery of a 2014 deal in
which Tokyo is to provide Vietnam with six used fishing vessels that will be converted into
patrol boats for Vietnam's coast guard in the South China Sea. (Voice of America)
(http://www.voanews.com/content/japan-donates-patrol-boats-to-vietnam-south-chinasea-tensions/3035300.html)
Politics and elections
U.S. elections:
Gubernatorial
In Kentucky, Republican Matt Bevin defeats Democrat Jack Conway and independent
Drew Curtis with 52 percent of the vote to succeed term-limited Democrat Steve
Beshear. (Fox News) (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/03/republicanmatt-bevin-elected-governor-kentucky-2nd-republican-governor-in-4/) (AP)
(http://bigstory.ap.org/article/41cc5dfd7f7d4e7ea0cb7f3a3dc9cd18/republicanmatt-bevin-elected-governor-kentucky-0)
In Mississippi, incumbent Republican Phil Bryant easily wins re-election over
Recent deaths
November
3: Ahmed Chalabi
3: Peter Donaldson
3: Tom Graveney
3: Colin Welland
2: Mike Davies
2: Hashim Abdul Halim
2: Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao
1: Brijmohan Lall Munjal
1: Gnter Schabowski
1: Fred Thompson
October
31: Ants Antson
31: Gus Savage
30: Mel Daniels
30: Zehra Deovi
30: Al Molinaro
29: Luther Burden
29: Ernesto Herrera
28: Diane Charlemagne
27: Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
27: Philip French
27: Tshepo Ngwane
27: Gulam Noon
27: Rajendra Singh Rana
26: Ed Walker
25: Cao Ying
25: David Cesarani
25: Pijush Ganguly
25: Lisa Jardine
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China's government-owned Comac launches the Comac C919 as part of its efforts to challenge
Boeing and Airbus. (CNN) (http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/02/asia/china-new-c919-passengerjet/index.html?eref=edition)
American financial services company Visa Inc. buys European franchisee Visa Europe for $US23
billion. (AP via AL.com) (http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2015/11
/visa_buying_visa_europe_in_23.html)
Volkswagen emissions scandal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California's CARB are widening the
Volkswagen investigation into several more expensive VW, Porsche, and Audi automobiles
with 3.0-liter diesel engines in model years 2014 through 2016. Volkswagen says it installed
no defeat device software on its 3.0 litre V6 diesel cars and is cooperating with the agency to
fully investigate the matter. (Reuters) (http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/11/02/volkswagenusa-epa-idINKCN0SR28620151102) (Consumer Affairs) (http://www.consumeraffairs.com
/news/epa-more-vw-diesels-have-defeat-device-software-110215.html)
TransCanada Corp asks the United States Department of State to suspend its review of the
Keystone XL pipeline while it negotiates with the US state of Nebraska about the route. If granted,
the delay (according to Reuters) would almost certainly mean the decision on the project will be
made by a future president. (
) (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/reporton-business/transcanada-requests-suspension-of-keystone-xl-permit-wsj/article27073904/)
(Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/03/us-transcanada-keystoneidUSKCN0SR2J320151103)
9: Geoffrey Howe
9: Ravindra Jain
9: Dave Meyers
9: Koopsta Knicca
9: Jerry Parr
9: Larry Rosen
9: Robbin Thompson
8: Richard Davies
8: Jim Diamond
8: Hossein Hamadani
8: Lindy Infante
8: Paul Prudhomme
8: Elizabeth Ramsey
8: Hugh Scully
7: Elena Lucena
7: Gail Zappa
6: Kevin Corcoran
6: rpd Gncz
6: Billy Joe Royal
5: Chantal Akerman
5: Joker Arroyo
5: Grace Lee Boggs
5: Infante Carlos, Duke of
Calabria
5: Anna Pump
4: Job de Ruiter
4: Henning Mankell
4: Edida Nageswara Rao
4: Neal Walk
Ongoing conflicts
Africa
Algeria, Tunisia and Niger
Maghreb insurgency
Central African Republic
Civil war
Democratic Republic of the
Congo
Kivu conflict
ADF insurgency
Katanga insurgency
Ituri conflict
Lord's Resistance Army
insurgency
Libya
Civil war
Mali
Northern Mali conflict
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and
Niger
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A day after Sunday's trilateral summit between China, Japan, and South Korea, South Korean
President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are meeting in Seoul. The two
countries haven't met in over three years. Expected topics include trade ties, North Korea's pursuit
of nuclear bombs, and long-running disputes over Japanese wartime aggression and behavior. (AP)
(http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2cb6dda7896749a9a122551ed5b0f9b8/leaders-s-korea-japanand-china-meet-rare-summit) (Nikkei Asian Review) (http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy
/International-Relations/Japanese-South-Korean-top-diplomats-meet-ahead-of-leaders-1st-talks)
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea, ChinaUnited States relations
Chinese military aircraft conduct training in the South China Sea following the cruise of a
U.S. Navy ship in the vicinity of the disputed Spratly Islands. (International Business Times)
(http://www.ibtimes.com/south-china-sea-dispute-2015-armed-chinese-fighter-jets-trainover-controversial-2164263)
A U.S. defense official says the U.S. Navy plans to conduct patrols within 12 nautical miles
of artificial islands in the South China Sea about twice a quarter to remind China and other
countries of U.S. rights under international law. "That's the right amount to make it regular
but not a constant poke in the eye," the official said. (Reuters) (http://in.reuters.com/article
/2015/11/03/transcanada-keystone-idINL1N12X2K220151103) (Sydney Morning Herald)
(http://www.smh.com.au/world/south-china-sea-us-to-increase-freedom-of-navigationpatrols-as-china-responds-20151103-gkpi6m.html)
Law and crime
The Vatican police arrest Msgr. Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda and Francesca Chaouqui, members of a
former papal commission charged with studying financial operations of the Holy See, for allegedly
leaking confidential documents to the media, a crime since 2013. (New York Times)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/world/europe/vatican-arrests-leaked-documents.html)
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Ukraine
War in Donbass
Russian military
intervention in
Ukraine
Middle East
ArabIsraeli conflict
GazaIsrael conflict
IsraeliLebanese conflict
IsraeliPalestinian conflict
Egypt
Sinai insurgency
Iran
IranPJAK conflict
Iraqi civil war
American-led intervention
in Iraq
Iranian intervention in Iraq
Syrian Civil War
American-led intervention
in Syria
Syrian Civil War spillover
in Lebanon
Turkey
TurkeyPKK conflict
TurkeyISIL conflict
Yemeni crisis
Houthi rebellion
Al-Qaeda insurgency
South Yemen insurgency
Elections
Recent
October
4: Kyrgyzstan, Supreme
Council
4: Portugal, Assembly of
the Republic
11: Belarus, President
11: Guinea, President
1719: Egypt, Parliament
(1st phase)
18: Switzerland, Federal
Assembly
19: Canada, House of
Commons
25: Argentina, President,
National Congress
25: Republic of the
Congo, Referendum
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November
1: Azerbaijan, National
Assembly
1: Turkey, Grand National
Assembly
Upcoming
4: Belize, House of
Representatives
8: Croatia, Parliament
8: Myanmar, Legislature
16: Marshall Islands,
Legislature
2123: Egypt, Parliament
(2nd phase)
Trials
Recently concluded
Australia: Brett Peter Cowan,
Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
Brazil: Mensalo scandal
Canada: Luka Magnotta
China: Ji Jianye, Li Chuncheng,
Jiang Jiemin, Liao Shaohua, Ni
Fake, Chen Baihuai, Zhou
Yongkang, Gu Junshan
Croatia: Ivo Sanader
Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter
Greste, Mohamed Morsi
Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli
Hoeness, Christian Wulff
Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh
Jordan: Abu Qatada
Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan
Diaconescu
Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Eston
Kohver, Vladimir Kvachkov
South Africa: Shrien Dewani,
Oscar Pistorius
Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin
ahinkaya
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and under have software parents can use to monitor their kids' social media activity. (AP via U.S.
News & World Report) (http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/11/01/apnewsbreaksouth-korea-pulls-plug-on-child-monitoring-app)
Sport
In athletics, Stanley Biwott and Mary Jepkosgei Keitany of Kenya win the 2015 New York City
Marathon. (Runners World) (http://www.runnersworld.com/new-york-city-marathon/mary-keitanywins-2015-new-york-city-marathon) (ABC7 New York) (http://abc7ny.com/sports/kenyansstanley-biwott-mary-keitany-win-2015-tcs-new-york-city-marathon/1062328/)
2015 World Series
In Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals defeat the New York Mets in the 2015
World Series 4 games to 1. (Fox Sports) (http://www.foxsports.com/) (
)
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/royals-win-2015-worldseries_5636dae8e4b063179912c9a0?utm_source=Alert-sports&adsSiteOverride=au&
section=australia&utm_content=FullStory&utm_campaign=110215&
ncid=newsltushpmg00000003&ir=Sports&utm_medium=email)
Royals catcher Salvador Perez wins the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. (ESPN)
(http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2015/story/_/id/14034579/salvador-perez-kansascity-royals-named-world-series-mvp)
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experiencing technical problems and he intended to try and land at the nearest airport. (AP
via New Jersey Herald) (http://www.njherald.com/story/30399604/the-latest-co-pilotswife-he-complained-about-plane)
A second round of storms and strong winds moves east across Texas in the American Southwest,
with three radar-confirmed tornadoes damaging homes and causing injuries in the Houston area
that got up to eight inches of rain since Friday night. Six people have been killed. (AP via USA
Today) (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/31/storms-possible-tornadoeslash-texas/74937852/) (AP update) (http://bigstory.ap.org/article
/84324a168fb348abb4a3d2699fe66878/search-2-missing-central-texas-floods-continue)
Colectiv nightclub fire
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta declares three days of national mourning. (Reuters)
(http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/31/us-romania-blast-idUSKCN0SP0KM20151031)
(CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/romania-nightclub-fire-1.3298237)
International relations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retracts controversial comments he made about Nazi
policies during World War 2, saying he never meant to claim that an Islamic leader Amin
al-Husseini persuaded Adolf Hitler to adopt a policy to kill European Jews. (CNN)
(http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/world/netanyahu-hitler-grand-mufti-holocaust/index.html)
Syrian Civil War
Syria peace talks in Vienna
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says new talks aimed to help end Syria's war
shouldn't be held up by wrangling over whether President Bashar Assad stays or goes.
(AP) (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c7ecd30e37a5445da99b76bffa159dc5/ban-talkssyria-shouldnt-be-held-over-assads-future)
American-led intervention in Syria
At the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue security
conference in Bahrain, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces the
United States will contribute $100 million (64.7 million) in fresh aid to support the
Syrian opposition. (AP) (http://bigstory.ap.org/article
/5d0c063fb347430a9a7ddc64002bb617/saudi-fm-assads-future-among-stickingpoints-syria-deal)
International
ICTY: Radovan Karadi,
Ratko Mladi
PCA: China
Upcoming
China: Wu Changshun, Ling Jihua
Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Spain: Lionel Messi
United States: Paul Anthony
Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton,
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan
Quick, Aaron Hernandez, Graham
Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary
Schultz, Justin Bieber, Chris
Brown, Rick Perry
International
ICC: Laurent Gbagbo
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islands. The death toll in the Aegean Sea over the past three days is at least 50. The Greek
coast guard says they rescued 600 people in the past 24 hours, while thousands more made it
safely from Turkey to Greece's southeastern islands. (AP via Huffington Post)
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/greece-capsized-boat-kills-22-migrants-in-aegeansea_56336464e4b063179911ea8e) (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/useurope-migrants-greece-tsipras-idUSKCN0SO11A20151030)
Storms hit the American state of Texas causing at least two deaths with one person reported
missing. Rivers overflowed as more than a foot of rain fell in some areas while tornadoes ripped
through buildings outside San Antonio. (NBC News) (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather
/possible-tornadoes-damage-buildings-across-south-texas-officials-n454441) (Reuters)
(http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/us-texas-tornado-idUSKCN0SO1O220151030)
A building collapse in Henan province in central China leaves 17 workers dead and 23 injured.
(Xinhua via iCrossChina) (http://www.icrosschina.com/news/2015/1031/20539.shtml)
A Virginia (U.S.) school bus overturns after being struck by a van, sending 28 students to local
hospitals with five seriously injured. (Inside Edition) (http://www.insideedition.com/headlines
/12699-28-students-injured-five-of-them-seriously-hurt-when-virginia-school-bus-overturns)
International relations
Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, is released.
Aamer faces no charges in Britain; Scotland Yard detectives questioned him for three days during
his detention. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34675324#) (AP via Seattle Times)
(http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/guantnamo-detainee-shaker-aamer-freed-after13-years/)
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
The European Union sides with the United States over Tuesday's U.S.-Chinese patrolling
incident in the South China Sea. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/ussouthchinasea-usa-eu-idUSKCN0SO22G20151030)
Syria peace talks in Vienna, Syrian Civil War
Representatives from about 20 countries meet in Vienna, Austria, seeking a political solution
to Syria's four-year civil war that has killed more than 250,000 people, including dozens
more today. For the first time Iran is at the table, where diplomats seek peace through a
ceasefire plan followed by a transitional government. (USA Today)
(http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/30/fresh-bloodshed-syria-envoysseek-peace-vienna/74865354/) (Payvand.com) (http://www.payvand.com/news/15
/oct/1160.html)
Law and crime
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague rules it has jurisdiction to hear the
Philippines' case against China over maritime disputes in the South China Sea. (
) (http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/philippines-v-china-court-rules-favorablyon-jurisdiction-case-will-proceed/) (BBC News) (http://www.bbc.com/news/worldasia-34671504)
U.S. Army judge Col. James Pohl denies Guantanamo detainee Walid bin Attashs request to drop
his legal counsel clearing the way for the trials continuation. (Military Times)
(http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/10/29/judge-wont-let-sept-11-suspectfire-lawyer-case-advances/74819100/)
Polish Judge Dariusz Mazur rules the law forbids film director Roman Polanski's extradition to the
U.S. where he pleaded guilty nearly four decades ago to having sex with a minor. The prosecutors
can appeal the ruling. (Sky News) (http://news.sky.com/story/1579002/polanski-us-extraditionrequest-rejected) (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34675672)
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Art and culture
Adele's "Hello" beats Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" as the fastest video on Vevo to reach 100
million views and is also certified as the official Vevo Record holder. (
)
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3294769/Adele-s-Hello-smashes-Miley-CyrusVevo-record-Wrecking-Ball-new-music-video-viewed-100m-times-FIVE-days.html)
Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail
for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, wins the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize for
Freedom of Thought. The Sakharov award ceremony will be held in Strasbourg, France on
December 16, 2015 while the laureate remains imprisoned. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com
/article/2015/10/29/us-eu-rights-badawi-idUSKCN0SN1FT20151029) (Al Jazeera)
(http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/29/jailed-saudi-blogger-raif-badawi-awarded-rightsprize.html) (EU) (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20151023STO99024
/html/European-Parliament-awards-Sakharov-Prize-to-Raif-Badawi)
Business and economics
The largest lender in Europes most robust economy, Deutsche Bank AG, will cut 35k jobs in an
effort to counter falling profits. (WSJ) (http://www.wsj.com/articles/deutsche-bank-posts6-6-billion-loss-1446104427)
Sony announces $278.2 million in net profits for the quarter ending Sept. 30, beating market
expectations. (WSJ) (http://www.wsj.com/articles/sony-bullish-on-playstation-as-it-swingsto-profit-1446100105)
Google announces that Project Loon to provide wireless access to four billion unconnected
people around the globe in rural and remote areas via Internet-beaming helium balloons in the
stratosphere will be tested in Indonesia in 2016. Currently, one in three Indonesians are
connected to the web, mostly via slow connections, in this 17,508-island archipelago of over 250
million people (and about 319 million mobile phones). The company, which also tested
Loon-delivered internet in Chile, New Mexico (U.S.), and Sri Lanka, hopes to deliver LTE-speed
to more than 100 million unconnected Indonesians in five years. (ZDNET) (http://www.zdnet.com
/article/google-balloon-fleet-to-broadcast-internet-to-17000-indonesian-islands/) (AFP via Khmer
Times) (http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17285/google----loon----internet-balloons-set-forindonesian-skies/) (AP via Chicago Tribune) (http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology
/sns-bc-us--alphabet-internet-balloons-20151028-story.html) (Google)
(https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/indonesia-loon-internet.html)
Disasters and accidents
European migrant crisis
An extensive search is underway in the northeastern Aegean Sea off the Greek island of
Lesbos for at least 34 people missing from a boat that sank yesterday. Some 242 people were
rescued but eight died, five children, two men and a woman. (Reuters)
(http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/us-europe-greece-migrantsidUSKCN0SN1BA20151029) (AP via Kathimerini) (http://www.ekathimerini.com/202947
/article/ekathimerini/news/greece-raises-death-toll-to-8-from-capsized-boat)
Britain's Ministry of Defence says the Royal Navy has rescued 541 people this week as they
scoured the Mediterranean Sea in operations to counter refugee smugglers. The HMS
Enterprise, a survey vessel, rescued 439 migrants, and HMS Richmond, a Type 23 frigate,
rescued 102 migrants. The asylum-seekers were transferred to the Norwegian support ship
Fiem Pilote. (AP via Houston Chronicle) (http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article
/The-Latest-Dozens-missing-after-migrant-boat-6597515.php)
An engine burst into flames on a Dynamic International Airways Boeing 767 passenger jet bound
for Caracas, Venezuela, while taxiing for takeoff at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport (Florida, U.S.). A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman said 15 people were taken to
the hospital after the fire. There were 110 people, including crew, on board. (Reuters)
(http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/us-florida-dynamic-idUSKCN0SN2CJ20151029) (AP
via Lompoc Record) (http://lompocrecord.com/news/national/the-latest-injured-in-florida-planefire-burned/article_baf86de2-1c00-5e00-b253-ee5557fae25b.html)
International Relations
Amnesty International accuses Australian border protection officials of illegally paying people
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smugglers and endangering lives in a bid to prevent boats of asylum seekers from reaching the
country via Operation Sovereign Borders. Australia's government rejects Amnesty's report and
denies any wrongdoing.(Sky News via Fox News) (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10
/29/human-rights-group-accuses-australia-paying-smugglers-to-turn-refugee-boats-around/)
(International Business Times) (http://www.ibtimes.com/australia-paid-people-smugglersturn-back-refugee-boats-committed-transnational-crime-2161546)(AI) (https://www.amnesty.org
/en/press-releases/2015/10/australia-damning-evidence-of-officials-involvement-in-transnationalcrime-uncovered/)
Saudi ArabiaUnited Kingdom relations
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says 74-year old Karl Andree, who was facing
350 lashes in Saudi Arabia after being caught with homemade wine in his car, will be
released within a week. (Sky News) (http://news.sky.com/story/1577750/karl-andree-saudito-release-man-facing-lashes) (
) (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews
/11960683/British-grandfather-Karl-Andree-to-be-released-from-Saudi-Arabia-prison.html)
South Sudanese Civil War
A long-awaited report released by an African Union investigative team led by former
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo describes atrocities and the discovery of mass graves
in South Sudan, citing government forces and their allies as responsible parties. (Al Jazeera
America) (http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/28/report-mass-gravesrape-cannibalism-in-south-sudan.html)
The European Union narrowly votes (285281) to recommend that its 28 member nations drop
criminal charges against Edward Snowden and protect him from U.S. extradition and to recognize
him as a defender of human rights because of his revelations regarding U.S. and British spying.
(UPI) (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/10/29/EU-to-member-statesDrop-charges-protect-human-rights-defender-Snowden-from-US/2301446163234/) (Foreign
Policy) (http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/29/eu-parliament-calls-for-snowden-to-get-asylum/)
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea, ChinaUnited States relations
As a result of talks between U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson and
Chinese Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Admiral Wu Shengli about a
U.S. warship's transit with 12 nautical miles of China's man-made islands in the South China
Sea, the United States and China agree to maintain dialogue and follow Code for Unplanned
Encounters at Sea protocols, according to a U.S. official. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com
/article/2015/10/30/us-southchinasea-usa-china-idUSKCN0SM2ER20151030) (The
International News) (http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-1-348445-Top-US-Chinesenaval-officers-hold-video-talks)
Lockheed Martin vice president of air and missile defense Mike Trotsky tells the National Press
Club in Washington, D.C., that the United States and South Korea are holding both formal and
informal discussions on THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System deployment.
South Korea's Defense Ministry and the U.S. Department of Defense deny the report. (UPI)
(http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/10/29/South-Korea-says-it-has-no-plansto-discuss-THAAD-deployment/8791446169312/?spt=hs&or=tn_int) (Yonhap News)
(http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2015/10/30/0301000000AEN20151030000253315.html)
The carrier USS
, during a military exercise with South Korea in the Sea of Japan's
international waters, scrambled four fighter jets to intercept approaching Russian warplanes,
according to the U.S. Navy. IHS Jane's Defence Weekly said encounters such as these were
common during the Cold War, subsided with its end but picked up again under current Russian
President Vladimir Putin. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/us-usa-russiadefense-idUSKCN0SN20E20151029) (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/politics/us-aircraftcarrier-russian-plane-encounter/)
Law and crime
One-child policy
China has decided to end its controversial one-child policy after 36 years. It is to be replaced
by a new two-child policy. (BBC News) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34665539)
(Al Jazeera English) (http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/china-child-policy151029110647826.html)
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says a drone carrying mobile phones, drugs, and
hacksaw blades crashed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester before inmates could
grab the contraband. This is fourth reported drone-attempt in the United States; the others were at
prisons in Ohio, Maryland, and South Carolina. (Sky News) (http://news.sky.com/story/1578220
/drone-carrying-hacksaw-blades-crashes-at-prison) (UPI) (http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/10
/28/Drone-recovered-at-Oklahoma-prison-carrying-drugs-hacksaw-blades/5131446040903/)
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