World News Briefs -- October 29, 2010

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Obama: Suspicious Packages Are A 'Credible Terrorist Threat' -- Washington Post

President Obama said Friday that packages mailed from Yemen and intercepted in the last 24 hours contained explosive material and represented a "credible terrorist threat."

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MIDDLE EAST

Egypt's FM: No breakthrough in Mideast talks.

Many killed in Iraq cafe suicide blast.

Iran ready for nuclear talks after November 10. Iran proposes to resume nuclear talks with Europe.

Don’t aid Hariri tribunal, Hezbollah warns.

Syria flouts Lebanon sovereignty, arms militants says U.S.

Bahrain opens coup plot trial against Shia activists.

ASIA

Japan and China island row flares at Asean summit.

South Korea: North Korea opens fire at border.

Real test of Kandahar progress may be in June.

Indonesia disaster aid begins to arrive to survivors as death toll climbs.

AFRICA

Obama urges 'peaceful and transparent' I.Coast vote.

Angola urged to investigate Congo expulsion rapes.

Concerns of violence as Uganda election season kicks off.

Somali militants grow more brazen in attack.

Nigeria rapped for mass evictions.

Southern Sudanese head south ahead of key vote.

EUROPE

EU leaders clinch pact to defend euro.

Putin and Medvedev closest ever in popularity: poll.

EU agrees landmark reforms to defend single currency.

German parliament passes law to extend use of nuclear power.

French oil strikers back to work as protest tide ebbs.

AMERICAS

9 policemen killed in ambush in western Mexico.

Security heightened for Marine Corps Marathon.

Obama to stay at Taj hotel in Mumbai, scene of 2008 terror attacks.

Kirchner’s death leaves Argentina in political disarray.

Calls mount for Haiti to postpone election amid cholera outbreak.

Mexico's Calderon: US not doing enough in drugs war.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Pat down or full body scan? Security gets more personal at airports.

Suspicious packages 'contain explosive material,' Obama says.

Suspect in D.C. Metro bomb plot sought to fight U.S. troops overseas, records say.

Intel sharing reviewed on Mumbai terrorist.

France tightens security after Bin Laden threat.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Despite claims, bailouts not over yet.

Could faulty mortgage paperwork lead to a new financial crisis?

BP oil disaster: Pre-spill tests 'showed cement flaw'.

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