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Peace in Syria will have to wait – East Asia’s right-wingers aren’t finding any common ground to pierce their nationalism – Brazil attempts to explain why its spying is nicer than America’s – And how many examples of “too many guns” can America ignore?

The government of South Korea is taking steps to disband an ultra-Leftist political party.  If the Constitutional Court actual does rule in favor of the lawsuit, if would be the first time a political party has been scrapped since the dictatorial days of South Korea’s president Syngman Rhee in 1958.

Some off-year elections are taking place in America on Tuesday, and polls indicate that it’s going to be a good day for candidates from the political center to the Left.  And the far right could pay dearly for extremist positions.

In a rare admission of a military failure, North Korea has revealed that one of its warships sank last month resulting the deaths of several sailors. 

United Nations Humanitarian Affairs chief Valerie Amos says about 40 percent of the Syrian population now need humanitarian assistance, and the crisis “continues to deteriorate rapidly and inexorably.”

Argentineans are bracing for new information about the military junta that ruled from 1976 to 1983, after a cleaning crew came across a trove of documents containing all of the secret orders issued by the government responsible for at least 30,000 deaths.

Russian nationalists and racists effectively hijacked a National Unity Day observation in Moscow.  The holiday was created by Vladimir Putin to bring Russians together and replace the Soviet-era Holiday that celebrated the liberation of Russia from the Czars in the 1917 revolution. 

Anti-Terror cops investigate a bizarre murder in remote Norway – Egypt’s deposed leader tells his trial court he’s still President – Brazil makes an embarrassing admission – And Toronto’s alleged crack-smoking mayor says.. well, you gotta read this.

A plane crash kills more than a dozen people – Violence bubbles back up in the Balkans – And Toronto’s (alleged) crack-smoking mayor speaks.

What could be the most-dangerous part of the clean up effort at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster site is days away.  Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has permission to remove 400 tons of spent fuel rods from the rickety, damaged cooling pool above Unit Four, and it is scheduled to begin on Friday, 9 November.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia, the second stop of his Mideast Tour – America's top diplomat is attempting sooth irritation over the America’s recent outreach to Iran, the Saudi’s archrival in the region.

An overcrowded tourist ferry capsized and sank between Lan Island and the popular Thai seaside town Pattaya, killing six people and leaving about a dozen more hurt – Roughly 200 tourists had to be rescued from the Bay of Bangkok.

Thousands of mourners attended the state funeral of Poland's Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the first freely elected Prime Minister of Poland after the fall of the Soviet Bloc.

German tax collectors executing a search warrant on the reclusive son of an art dealer discovered a collection of some 1,500 precious works of art confiscated by the Nazis prior to World War II, including works by Matisse, Picasso, and Chagall.

Pakistan decries the US drone attack that killed the Taliban chief – A member of Pussy Riot hasn’t been seen nor heard from for more than a week in Putin’s prisons – A landmark court ruling could change things for thousands of victims of fascism – And could a series of gigantic babies usher in the Reign of the Titans?

Another angry man with too easy access to a gun causes death and chaos in America – A drone strike takes out the head of the Pakistan Taliban – And growing anger catches up with two members of a notorious right-wing party.

A Japanese lawmaker broke a long-standing taboo and drew heavy criticism, by handing Emperor Akihito a letter of concern over the effect the Fukushima nuclear disaster will have on childrens’ health.

The Pakistani government says the number of non-combatant civilians killed in US Predator Drone strikes is far fewer than the numbers put out by NGOs and human rights organizations – just three percent of people killed in drone strikes since 2008 are civilians.

Edward Snowden might leave Russia – A nazi war criminal might be buried in an unlikely and disturbing place – And usually when your countrymen returning home from a harrowing ordeal, you’d welcome them back instead of questioning their loyalty and wondering aloud of they’ve been turned into enemy radicals, right?  I mean, it’s the decent, reasonable thing to do, right?

As a member of “The Five Eyes”, it was only a matter of time before Australia was implicated in the Snowden Documents.  Now, after reports that Oz used its embassies to spy on its neighbors, Indonesia is summoning the Australian ambassador to explain.