A bomb explosion kills Ali Abadi, governor of Shwak district in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia. (Press TV)
The death toll from clashes at a camp in Western Sahara between Sahrawi protesters and Moroccan police rises to eleven. (AFP via Google News)
Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni cleric affiliated with al-Queda, tells Muslims in a new video posting that they are free to kill American at will, in retaliation for the killing of civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. (The Australian)
In Dublin, dozens of complaints are made about the "heavy-handed" tactics of "excessive force" deployed by gardaí following last week's nationwide student demonstration against a government-proposed fee increase, the largest such demonstration in a generation. (The Irish Times) (RTÉ)
A United Nations report suggests North Korea has supplied Burma, Iran and Syria with nuclear technology, in violation of United Nations sanctions. China had previously blocked the report from reaching the UN Security Council. (Reuters)
Secret documents are released showing churches and civilians upon the enemies list of Indonesian special forces Kopassus. The U.S. government had just removed a twelve-year funding ban on the group this summer.(Democracy Now!)
Law and crime
In the first public sign that the sentence of death by stoning passed on Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is causing divisions within the regime, Alef, a conservative newspaper in Iran, challenges the handling of the case. (The Australian)
A man surrendered to police and confessed to killing five and wounding one in two separate attacks in South China's Hainan province. (China Daily)
A second Russian journalist is attacked in Moscow. Motivation is unclear but both had written about trees being felled to make way for motorways. (Al Jazeera)
A riot in the Pedrinhasprison in north-eastern Brazil results in eighteen prisoner deaths and a guard being wounded. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
A new law in Taiwan allows women to breastfeed in public and imposes fines on those trying to stop them. (Straits Times) (AFP via Google News)
One person is killed and several others injured as fighting between rival groups breaks out during the vote in Imrea, near Kerak. (Al Jazeera)
Hamas bans Fatah supporters from holding a rally in the Gaza Strip as representatives of the two parties prepare to meet in Syria to discuss ways of resolving the conflict between them. (The Jerusalem Post)