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UPCOMING

Venezuela Election

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected to hold a news conference at 5:30 p.m. ET ahead of Sunday's elections.

Syria-Civil-War (Will update)

Residents of a Turkish border town hid inside their homes Saturday after three Syrian shells landed inside Turkey in separate incidents amid fierce fighting inside Syria over a nearby border town.

US-Abu-Hamza-Extradition (Will update)

After losing a lengthy legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States, Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri confronted a host of terror charges on Saturday when he was presented before a federal judge in Manhattan.

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INTERNATIONAL

Syria-Civil-War

Residents of a Turkish border town hid inside their homes Saturday after three Syrian shells landed inside Turkey in separate incidents amid fierce fighting inside Syria over a nearby border town.

Syria-Normal-Life

Wearing a sheer leopard top, Rauda Alaita buzzed around her beauty salon in Damascus. She decided six months ago to open this little shop, paint its walls seafoam green and call it Aloe Vera. "Everybody told me you are crazy! Starting a business now?" Alaita said. Isn't it strange, running a salon in the middle of a war? "I think life goes on," she replied. "People are tired."

Vatican-Leaks-Trial

The pope's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, was convicted Saturday of aggravated theft for leaking confidential papal documents and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

France-Terror-Operation

French police traded gunfire Saturday in an apartment building hallway with the main suspect in a September supermarket bombing, leaving the suspect dead and one police officer wounded, a prosecutor said.

Israel-Drone-Downed

The Israeli air force shot down an unmanned drone Saturday over the northern Negev desert, the nation's military said.

Drone-protest-march

A convoy of more than 100 vehicles left Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday on a march toward South Waziristan to protest U.S. drone attacks.

Libya-Iranian-Hostages-Freed

Seven members of the Iranian Red Crescent were freed in Libya Saturday after 65 days in captivity, the Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.

UK-TV-Presenter-Abuse

Britain's public service broadcaster, the BBC, was caught up in a growing furor Saturday over claims that a late children's TV presenter sexually abused young women and girls, sometimes on its premises, in the 1960s and 1970s.

Wales-Missing-Girl

A man was charged Saturday in Wales with the murder and abduction of a 5-year-old girl, April Jones, who has been missing since Monday.

North-Korea-Defector

A North Korean soldier on guard duty at the border dividing the two Koreas defected Saturday, telling authorities who received him in the South that he killed his superiors before fleeing across the Military Demarcation Line.

MED-Uganda-Ebola-Free

Ugandan health officials are declaring the country free of an Ebola outbreak blamed for 17 deaths since late July.

Afghanistan-Karzai-Panetta

The U.S. defense chief called on President Hamid Karzai to thank Americans for the sacrifices of those who fought and died in Afghanistan rather than level criticism at the United States.

Venezuela-Chavez-Profile

Hugo Chavez's personal history is as colorful as his larger-than-life persona. He is seeking another six-year term as president of Venezuela. It was just in 1998 when he became the youngest person elected president of the country.

Venezuela-Capriles-Profile

Henrique Capriles Radonski is the fast-rising conservative challenging President Hugo Chavez in Sunday's elections. At age 40, he has been a mayor, a parliament leader, a governor of a major state and now the candidate of an opposition coalition determined to knock Chavez out of the presidency.

U.S.A.

US-Abu-Hamza-Extradition

Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri arrived early Saturday in New York after losing a years-long legal battle in Britain to avoid extradition to the United States to face a myriad of terror charges, officials said.

TRAVEL-Planes-Lasers

An increase in the number of brazen laser attacks on planes in the U.S. has reached an "epidemic level." According to a FBI blog post, the number of incidents is projected to reach 3,700 by the end of this year, compared to just 283 in 2005, a rise of more than 1,100 percent. Last year, there were 3,592 reported laser incidents, said the FAA.

POLITICS

POL-Weekly-Addresses

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney sparred in their weekly addresses Saturday over whose vision and policies are best for the country

POL-Obama-September-Fundraising

President Barack Obama's campaign raised $181 million in September, out-raising by far its previous monthly record, the campaign said in online posts Saturday.

POL-Obama-TV-Ad

President Barack Obama's campaign on Saturday released their second television ad which argues Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was dishonest at Wednesday's debate and in one of his own television ads.

POL-Romney-TV-Ad

A new television ad from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney features the owner of a small business Romney visited the day after he announced Rep. Paul Ryan would join his ticket.

FEATURES

FEA-Fighting-Street-Harassment

Head down, look straight ahead. Ear buds in, volume off. Don't make eye contact unless you need to. You're not in a known drug zone, or the sketchy part of town. This is simply how many women steel themselves when walking down a city street in broad daylight. Why? Because many women, regardless of age, weight, or appearance, say they've heard something along the lines of, "Hey baby, you want some of this?" or, "I like what I see." While some men might consider those statements to be compliments, to others, they are a threat.

COMMENTARY-jones-romney-green-jobs

Romney distorts truth on green jobs, says Van Jones, President Obama's former green jobs advisor.