REUTERS - Rousseff has upper hand in Brazil's October 31 runoff, Oct 04, 2010

By Brian Winter

SAO PAULO | Mon Oct 4, 2010 2:57pm BST

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff must win over voters concerned about her abortion views and corruption in her inner circle but she remains the clear favourite to win an October 31 runoff election and become Brazil's next president.
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Korans burnt in West Bank mosque attack | Reuters

A partially burnt Koran is laid against the wall of a mosque that was vandalized in the West Bank village of Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem October 4, 2010. Palestinians accused Jewish settlers of setting fire to the West Bank mosque on Monday, an incident that coincided with U.S. efforts to rescue peace talks halted by a dispute over settlement building.
Credit: Reuters/Ammar Awad
By Douglas Hamilton
BEIT FAJJAR, West Bank | Mon Oct 4, 2010 3:52pm BST
BEIT FAJJAR, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settlers opposed to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians were accused of setting fire to a mosque in the West Bank on Monday, burning the Koran and scrawling threats in Hebrew on its walls.

NATO chief apologises, Pakistani Taliban vow revenge | Reuters

By Kamran Haider and David Brunnstrom
ISLAMABAD/BRUSSELS | Mon Oct 4, 2010 4:01pm BST
ISLAMABAD/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's chief expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers last week and said he hoped Pakistan's border would reopen for NATO supplies to Afghanistan as soon as possible.

'Other woman' in Brazil election holds key to deciding Lula successor

Marina Silva Photo: AFP
Ms Silva, a female former environment minister who resigned from the centre-left government of outgoing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to run for office, won 19 per cent of the vote in the poll - far higher than the 14 per cent surveys had predicted for her.

North Korea plans heir apparent Kim Jong-un military parade

Kim Jong-un (left), the youngest son of its leader Kim Jong-il (right), poses with newly elected members of the central leadership body of the Workers' Party of Korea Photo: REUTERS
Kim Jong-un: North Korea plans heir apparent Kim Jong-un military parade
Kim Jong-un Photo: AFP
In the first comments from Seoul about the transfer of power under way in North Korea, Kim Tae-young, the defence ...

Anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders on trial for inciting racial hatred

Wilders, 47, is charged with five counts of giving religious offence to Muslims and inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims and people of non-Western immigrant origin, particularly Moroccans. Photo: EPA

Highlining in the Swiss mountains

Stephen Siegrist Photo: CATERS
Stephen Siegrist, a 38-year-old father-of-one, who started highlining eight years ago, was photographed carefully inching across the tightrope that is no more than one inch wide.

Boom time about to take off with Airbus in Bangalore

 

Airbus has opened its own engineering centre in Bangalore
Airbus look to India to bridge skills gap. The company's technical expertise is tied up with getting the A380 superjumbo ready for full production and developing the new A350.The company's technical expertise is tied up with getting the A380 superjumbo ready for full production and ..

Wen Jiabao promises political reform for China

Wen Jiabao
In a rare interview, aired on CNN on Sunday, Mr Wen said: "I believe I and all the Chinese people have such conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes and need for democracy and freedom are irresistible. I hope you will be able to gradually see the continuous progress of China."

Actor shot during performance of Passion

David Birrell, seen here in Spamalot, was shot in the eye during a performance of 'Passion' at the Donmar Photo: GERAINT LEWIS
Stephen Sondheim’s Passion was immediately cancelled after the incident which occurred during a matinee performance on Saturday.