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    Rioting Spreads From Paris Across France (AP)

AP - Marauding youths torched nearly 900 vehicles, stoned paramedics and
 burned a nursery school in a ninth night of violence that spread from
 Paris suburbs to towns around France, police said Saturday. Authorities
 arrested more than 250 people overnight -- a sweep unprecedented since
 the unrest began.

    Summit Leaders Deadlocked on Free Trade (AP)

AP - Leaders from across the Americas, wrapping up a two-day summit
 overshadowed by rampaging protesters, faced a deadlock Saturday over
 the future of a U.S.-backed free trade zone spanning the Western
 Hemisphere.

    U.S., Iraqi Forces Launch Major Offensive (AP)

AP - American and Iraqi forces launched a major offensive Saturday near
 the porous Syrian border aimed at destroying al-Qaida in Iraq's ability
 to smuggle foreign fighters, money and equipment through the region.

    Snow May Further Hinder Pakistan Quake Aid (AP)

AP - Forecasters predicted Saturday that snow was likely in Pakistani
 towns where hundreds of thousands of survivors of South Asia's massive
 earthquake still don't have shelter, while India said it was delaying
 opening four aid camps for Pakistani victims along the disputed Kashmir
 border.

    Philippines Jails Suspected Terror Chief (AP)

AP - Security forces on Saturday captured a Philippine Muslim extremist
 group's leader, who also was wanted by the United States for attacks
 against Americans, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced.

    More executives quit HypoVereinsbank after takeover (AFP)

AFP - Several more executives of Germany's second-biggest bank
 HypoVereinsbank have decided to quit following its takeover by Italian
 rival UniCredit.

    Three Guantanamo Detainees Return Home (AP)

AP - Three Bahraini men returned home Saturday after being released from
 the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, and Bahraini
 authorities vowed to keep pressing Washington to free three remaining
 detainees.

    Mexican Drug Lords Increasingly Powerful (AP)

AP - Hit men, pistols tucked in their pants and walkie-talkies strapped
 to their belts, move freely in this city of sorghum farmers and cattle
 ranchers, dropping off their ostrich-skin boots with shoeshine boys in
 the city's plaza and stopping at local bars for a beer.

    Two dead in fresh Ethiopia unrest: residents (Reuters)

Reuters - Two people were reported killed in northern Ethiopia on
 Saturday after a fifth day of political unrest that has shaken
 confidence in the vast African nation's stability.

    Sources: U.S., China Reach Textile Deal (AP)

AP - The United States and China have reached a tentative agreement to
 limit imports of Chinese clothing and textile products into the United
 States, U.S. industry officials said Saturday.

    Martin up against stiff resistance on free trade area (Canadian
     Press)

Canadian Press - MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (CP) - The Summit of the
 Americas wraps up in Argentina today as 34 heads of state try to reach
 consensus on trade and social issues.

    Australia Warns Indonesia May Face Attack (AP)

AP - Australia has warned its citizens against traveling to Indonesia,
 saying it has credible evidence that terrorists are in the "advanced
 stages" of plotting a terror attack before the end of the year.

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