Daikon

Chinese artist says he's under house arrest
Beijing, China (CNN) November 6, 2010
A chinese artist and activist said Saturday that he has been placed under house arrest for planning a demolition party to "observe" a government order to raze his studio.

Mizuna

French rockers are singing in English
BBC 05 November 2010
Tere are growing numbers of rock bands in France singing in English rather than French. Musicians are familiar with American and English rock culture and believe English is the most natural language to use when they perform.

Rakkyo

Greece suspend foreign airmail
BBC November 2010
Greece has suspended all foreign airmail for two days after a number of parcel bombs were sent to people across Europe. A plane made an emergency landing when a bomb addressed to the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was discovered.

Waremoko

For Obama: OK, wat now?
Washington (CNN) November 3, 2010
When Republican Trent Lott sat down for lunch with Democrat Tom Caschie on Monday afternoon, mere hours before voters shellacked President Obama and his party in the midterm elections, it was more than just two former Senate gladiators getting together to reminisce about old times.

Horenso

Democrats privately admit House loss looks likely
Washington (CNN) November 2, 2010
Democrats in Washington may be upbeat in public as millions of voters go to the polls Tuesday, but privately, multiple senior Democratic sources say reality is setting in that only four years after capturing the House majority , they are likely hours away from losing it again.

Kaki

Brazil elects its first female president
BBC Monday, 01 November 2010
Voters in Brazil have chosen the governing Worker's Party candidate, Dilma Rousseff, to be their new president. Ms Rousselff won 56% of the vote in the run-off, beating her rival, the Social Democrat Jose Serra.

Pizza

Divided families from North, South Korea meet after six decades
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) October 31, 2010
Relatives divided since 1953 reunited for the first time Saturday at a South Korean-built tourism resort in North Korea amid tensions between the two sides.