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• Soccer-Barca's Alves out for three weeks with thigh strain
• Turkey fires artillery into Syria after shelling
• Stewart, O'Reilly debate light on laughs
• Iran rulers eye currency mess from protected perch
• Can a dying language revive Lebanon's Christian population?
• Jon Stewart vs. Bill O'Reilly: Cable TV Heavyweights Spar in 'Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium'
• Qatar Tel ups stake in Kuwait Wataniya in $1.8 billion deal
• Today in History
• U.S., Peru to update 60-year-old defense cooperation accord

Soccer-Barca's Alves out for three weeks with thigh strain Posted: 07 Oct 2012 02:24 PM PDT MADRID, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Barcelona's defensive problems took a turn for the worse when the La Liga leaders' Brazil full back Daniel Alves was ruled out for three weeks with a thigh injury. Alves, who will miss Brazil's friendly internationals against Iraq and Japan on Oct. 11 and Oct. 16, was forced off after half an hour of Barca's 2-2 La Liga draw at home to Real Madrid on Sunday. Tests showed he had damaged his left thigh muscle, Barca said in a statement on their website (www.fcbarcelona.com). (Reporting by Iain Rogers, editing by Alison Wildey)

Turkey fires artillery into Syria after shelling Posted: 07 Oct 2012 01:50 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish forces fired across the frontier into Syria on Sunday after a shell launched from Syria landed in Turkey's border town of Akcakale, underlining Ankara's warning that it will respond with force to any violence spilling over into its territory. It was the fifth consecutive day of Turkish retaliation against incoming bombardment from northern Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad's forces have been battling rebels who control swathes of land close to the Turkish frontier. ...

Stewart, O'Reilly debate light on laughs Posted: 07 Oct 2012 11:05 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - In one corner, Bill O'Reilly, the ornery talking head behind "The O'Reilly Factor" and best-selling chronicler of presidential killings. In the other, Jon Stewart, the merry prankster host of "The Daily Show." The occasion was a debate Saturday night between the celebrity odd couple, live-streamed from our nation's capital. But aside from a few choice jabs courtesy of Stewart and a neat gag that found the Comedy Central staple using a forklift to appear taller than his bloviating sparring partner, most of the jokes, particularly those of O'Reilly, didn't land. ...

Iran rulers eye currency mess from protected perch Posted: 07 Oct 2012 09:35 AM PDT Just as Iran's currency was rattling near bottom after a stunning free fall, officials in Tehran opened a trade exhibition that included advanced engineering tools, heavy machinery and robotics. Nearly every Iranian booth had some connection to the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard and the ruling system it safeguards.

Can a dying language revive Lebanon's Christian population? Posted: 07 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT Lebanon's most prominent Christian group, the Maronites, used to be so influential that the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat quipped that "The road to Jerusalem passes through Jounieh," referring to a town north of Beirut that was a stronghold for Lebanese Christian militias.

Jon Stewart vs. Bill O'Reilly: Cable TV Heavyweights Spar in 'Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium' Posted: 07 Oct 2012 05:20 AM PDT There Was Some Yelling, but Mostly an Honest Exchange of Ideas and Laughter

Qatar Tel ups stake in Kuwait Wataniya in $1.8 billion deal Posted: 07 Oct 2012 02:15 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has nearly doubled its stake in Kuwait's No.2 operator Wataniya to 92.1 percent, giving an instant boost to its bottom line and more control of subsidiaries in the high growth markets of Algeria and Tunisia. Qtel, which operates in 16 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, will pay 519.1 million Kuwaiti dinars ($1.8 billion) at 2.6 dinars per share to raise its stake in Wataniya from 52.5 percent, it said in a statement on Sunday. ...

Today in History Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:00 PM PDT Today is Sunday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 2012. There are 85 days left in the year.

U.S., Peru to update 60-year-old defense cooperation accord Posted: 06 Oct 2012 05:14 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - The United States and Peru decided on Saturday to renegotiate a 60-year-old defense cooperation agreement between the two countries as Washington seeks to deepen security ties with Latin America after a decade focused on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said updating the 1952 bilateral defense agreement with Peru would help the two countries work more closely on issues of mutual concern, from terrorism and drug trafficking to response to natural disasters. ...

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