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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. border police have found a sophisticated smuggler's tunnel the length of six football fields linking Southern California with Mexico and believed to have been used by drug traffickers, authorities said on Wednesday. Full Story »

SANAA (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Yemen has warned kinsmen of a U.S. born radical preacher against collaborating with the government, according to a statement from the group that appeared to predate last week's parcel bomb plot. Full Story »

A U.S. president in trouble at home may be tempted to look to boost his standing through foreign policy achievements. But opportunities will be few for President Obama Full Story »

MADRID - A Romanian Gypsy woman whose 10-year-old daughter just gave birth in Spain says she's delighted to have a new granddaughter and doesn't understand why the birth has shocked anyone — let alone become an international sensation. Full Story »

BAGHDAD - Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq has threatened more attacks on Christians after a siege on a Baghdad church that left 58 people dead, linking the warning to claims that Egypt's Coptic Church is holding women captive for converting to Islam. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Iraq

HAVANA - Cuban President Raul Castro joined an American archbishop and other Roman Catholic leaders Wednesday to open a national seminary on the outskirts Havana, the first religious construction on the communist-run island in more than a half century. Full Story »

NAIROBI, Kenya - A former Cabinet minister says he will meet the International Criminal Court's prosecutor to give his version of what happened during Kenya's postelection violence nearly three years ago. Full Story »

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia - Searing gas and molten lava poured from Indonesia's deadly volcano Wednesday in an explosion three times as powerful as last week's devastating blast, chasing people from villages and emergency shelters along its slopes. Full Story »

• Video: Indonesia's Merapi erupts again Reuters
• Slideshow: Mount Merapi volcano erupts

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan vowed to crack down on "arrogant" banks in an extraordinary attack Wednesday as major lenders face mounting anger over rising interest rates and fees. Full Story »

Mumbai - The election last night of Nikki Haley as the second US governor of Indian ancestry received brief treatment on Indian cable news. Mention her victory to young Indians in the buzzing financial capital here and they smile self-assuredly. Full Story »

With nuclear talks set to resume, neither side appears ready to compromise. And with a more hawkish legislature, Obama could face uncomfortable choices Full Story »

Haiti is bracing for heavy rain and wind to hit Friday, even as tropical storm Tomas lost speed over the past 24 hours and was downgraded to a tropical depression. Full Story »

BANGKOK, Nov 3 (IRIN) - Scientists fighting mosquito-borne diseases are racing to obtain approval to release genetically modified insects designed to stop the spread of dengue, a potentially fatal virus. Full Story »

SAN'A, Yemen - Only four years after he and a band of militants made a daring escape from a San'a prison, Qassim al-Raimi has become the dominant figure in al-Qaida's most active franchise — the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Full Story »

ATHENS, Greece - Greece stopped all outgoing airmail packages and screened thousands of boxes Wednesday in an attempt to stop a spate of bombings blamed on domestic militants targeting diplomatic missions and European leaders. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Parcel bombs explode in Athens