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Deals of the Hour / October 22, 2010, 5:39 pm

Singapore, Malaysia urge Indonesia to crack down on illegal fires that spread smoke haze

SINGAPORE - Singapore and Malaysia urged Indonesia on Friday to stop illegal fires whose smoke has drifted across the southern Malay peninsula and worsened air pollution in the region in recent days. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo told his ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-22T05:35:56Z)

Clinton, Cannon speak as Khadr hearing to resume

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA—After two days of denials and no comments, confirmation came Friday that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked with Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon about Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr. U.S. State Department ... (Source: Toronto Star 2010-10-22T22:03:46Z)

Judge postpones Khadr trial a week

A military judge Thursday postponed the Guantánamo war crimes trial of Omar Khadr, the Canadian captured in Afghanistan at age 15, buying time for his lawyers to negotiate a plea deal and avert the so-called ``child-soldier'' terror trial. Toronto-born ... (Source: Miami Herald 2010-10-15T09:47:37Z)

Humbler Lesnar defends UFC title against Velasquez

ANAHEIM, Calif.—In just his seventh mixed martial arts fight, Brock Lesnar is carrying an awful lot of pressure on his shoulders. Fortunately for the UFC, its hulking heavyweight champion is certainly built for the task. The former pro wrestler who has ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-10-22T22:25:15Z)

Diplomat says quiet negotiations helped free Calif man jailed more than 2 years in Iran

LOS ANGELES - A California man who spent more than two years in an Iranian prison on allegations of passing money to a rebel group has returned to his California home. Reza Taghavi, 71, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport late Thursday where he ... (Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-10-22T09:32:09Z)

Wikileaks posts thousands of classified U.S. documents on Iraq war

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of U.S. military documents about the Iraq war were made public by the WikiLeaks web site Friday in one of the largest leaks of classified material in American history. The most explosive documents are reports suggesting ... (Source: WGNtv.com 2010-10-23T00:19:47Z)

VIVA PALESTINA: THE LARGEST AID CONVOY HAS ENTERED GAZA - Video

The Viva Palestina convoy of almost 150 vehicles, 370 people from 30 different countries and $5 million of aid has entered Gaza. Amidst scenes of jubilation from thousands of Palestinians there to greet the convoy, Kevin Ovenden, the convoy director ... (Source: The People's Voice 2010-10-22T11:48:10Z)

G20 finance chiefs face tough task on currencies

Global finance mandarins get another chance this week to defuse international currency tensions as a festering dispute over exchange rates overshadows debate about reforming the world economy. Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-21T10:16:17Z)

Singapore Government Urges Indonesia to Deal With Haze From Forest Fires

Singapore's environment minister reminded Indonesia to deal with the recurring problem of forest fires on the island of Sumatra after a bout of smoke haze covered Singapore and western Malaysia. "This is not the first time that we have informed that ... (Source: Bloomberg 2010-10-21T01:19:25Z)

Mexico arrests man accused of detonating car bomb

MEXICO CITY — Federal police announced Thursday that they arrested a gang member who detonated the first successful car bomb by Mexican drug cartels, an attack that killed three people in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. Fernando Contreras used a cell ... (Source: Houston Chronicle 2010-10-22T18:00:24Z)

AIG's AIA Group Said to Raise $17.8 Billion in AIA Hong Kong IPO

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. raised about HK$138.3 billion ($17.8 billion) selling shares in its main Asian unit, AIA Group Ltd., in the largest initial public offering in Hong Kong, a person with knowledge of the IPO said. AIG ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-21T23:59:30Z)

G20 finance chiefs confront currency tensions

GYEONGJU, South Korea — Global finance figures get another chance this week to defuse international currency tensions as a festering dispute over exchange rates overshadows debate about reforming the world economy. Finance ministers and central-bank ... (Source: Denver Post 2010-10-22T07:01:50Z)

Californian jailed in Iran for 29 months back at home

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A California man who spent more than two years in an Iranian prison on allegations of passing money to a rebel group has returned to his California home. Reza Taghavi, 71, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport late Thursday ... (Source: News-Gazette 2010-10-22T15:15:45Z)

Drug-war town in Mexico turns to 20-year-old for help

PRAXEDIS G. GUERRERO, Mexico – There's a new police chief in this violent borderland where drug gangs have killed public officials and terrified many citizens into fleeing: a 20-year-old woman who hasn't yet finished her criminology degree. Marisol ... (Source: Dallas Morning News 2010-10-21T12:53:46Z)

Singapore Urges Indonesia to Tackle Haze From Forest Fires

Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore's environment minister reminded Indonesia to deal with the recurring problem of forest fires on the island of Sumatra after a bout of smoke haze covered Singapore and western Malaysia. "This is not the first time that ... (Source: BusinessWeek 2010-10-21T01:19:25Z)

Pentagon Ready for WikiLeaks Release of Iraq War Documents

ABC News' Luis Martinez reports: The Pentagon is preparing for what it believes to be the imminent release by WikiLeaks of as many as 400,000 classified documents relating to the war in Iraq. Via Twitter WikiLeaks has indicated that it will hold a press ... (Source: ABC News Blogs 2010-10-22T17:24:36Z)

Aid convoy enters Gaza

An international aid convoy entered Gaza from Egypt. The Viva Palestina convoy of nearly 140 vehicles, $5 million in aid and 370 passengers from 30 countries, entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing on Thursday afternoon. The convoy reportedly was carrying ... (Source: Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles 2010-10-22T00:13:49Z)

Details Begin Surfacing From Massive New Wikileaks' Release of Document From Iraq War

The WikiLeaks website has released about 400,000 secret Iraq War documents to selected media organizations and is preparing to unveil the massive trove of classified information at a news conference Saturday, in what the Pentagon warns could endanger Iraqi ... (Source: FOX News 2010-10-22T22:18:05Z)

Currencies center stage as G20 gets under way

The U.S. pressed emerging nations to set targets to reduce their vast trade surpluses with the West, a plan that could see their currencies rise, as a global finance summit fumbled for ways to reduce tensions that threaten to escalate into a trade war. U.S ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-10-22T15:01:26Z)

Iraq war leaks suggest U.S. failed to probe abuse allegations

LONDON — U.S. forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed their captives as they battled a violent insurgency, according to accounts contained in what was purportedly the largest leak of secret ... (Source: NorthJersey.com 2010-10-23T00:19:47Z)

AIA Prices IPO, May Top $20 Billion

HONG KONG–American International Group Inc. priced the initial public offering of its pan-Asian life-insurance business AIA Group Ltd. at 19.68 Hong Kong dollars ($2.53) a share and boosted the deal size by 20%, keeping AIG on track to raise as much as $ ... (Source: Wall Street Journal 2010-10-22T16:20:11Z)

Mexico's Drug War On Both Sides Of The Border

More than 28,000 people have been killed in the violence since 2006, as drug cartels fight the government and each other. Some public officials in border regions are relocating to the U.S., and worries of spillover violence are growing. NPR Mexico City ... (Source: NPR News 2010-10-19T23:26:04Z)

Randy Couture calls Lesnar-Velasquez an even matchup at UFC 121

Picking a winner for Saturday's UFC 121 heavyweight title bout between champion Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez has split experts firmly down the middle. Six-time UFC champion Randy Couture is also on the fence. Couture, known for his astute observations ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-22T23:08:12Z)

WikiLeaks plans 'major' announcement within hours as Pentagon braces for massive Iraq war leak

LONDON (AP) — The WikiLeaks website is poised to release what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports that could amount to a classified history of the war in Iraq . U.S ... (Source: Baltimore Sun 2010-10-22T23:29:40Z)

Congress Notified of Saudi Arms Deal

The U.S. Defense Department has notified Congress that it is planning to sell $60 billion in advanced military equipment to Saudi Arabia. Israel does not object to the sale, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, Alexander ... (Source: Baltimore Jewish Times 2010-10-22T14:39:58Z)

Clinton, Cannon speak as Khadr prepares to tell court if he accepts plea deal

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Canadian counterpart, Lawrence Cannon, spoke on Friday about the fate of Canada's Omar Khadr, the only western detainee remaining at Guantanamo Bay. "All I'll confirm is that today Secretary ... (Source: Winnipeg Free Press 2010-10-22T21:13:40Z)

The War Logs: Newly Disclosed Iraq War Reports

The At War blog is following reaction to the release of classified American field reports from the Iraq War, which contain information about many episodes never made public in such detail . The New York Times had access to the documents and published a ... (Source: New York Times Blogs 2010-10-23T00:05:28Z)

AIG Raises $17.9 Billion and Prices AIA IPO at Top: Sources

HONG KONG (Reuters) - AIA, the Asian life insurance arm of American International Group Inc , raised $17.9 billion by pricing its Hong Kong IPO at the top of an indicated range, sources said, due to heavy demand for one of Asia's best known industry brands ... (Source: ABC News 2010-10-22T05:57:24Z)

UFC 121 Brock Lesnar: Weigh-In Results For Lesnar and Cain Velasquez

The Weigh-In results for Saturday's bout between UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez have just come in from the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Velasquez weighed in before the champ, and he tipped the scales at 244 pounds. That's a four ... (Source: Bleacherreport.com 2010-10-22T22:03:46Z)

Calif. man home after 29 months in Iranian prison

LOS ANGELES - A California businessman who spent more than two years in an Iranian prison after being accused of passing money to a rebel group returned home Thursday. Reza Taghavi, 71, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport at about 7 p.m. with his ... (Source: Tampa Bay Online 2010-10-22T11:48:10Z)

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