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Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore resigns following violent protests, with army chief Honore Traore taking over as head of state.
BBC News – Africa

LOS ANGELES – Every game in the NBA is a challenge, but the Thunder kicked the 2014-15 season off with quite a tough tes
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The UK housing market is showing signs of slowing down, the Nationwide says, with the annual rate of price growth slowing to 9% in October.
BBC News – Business

The Palestinian leader’s spokesman calls the closure of a disputed Jerusalem holy site after the shooting of a Jewish activist a “declaration of war”.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto meets the families of 43 students who went missing more than a month ago, sparking nationwide protests.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

An investigation begins after France’s state-owned EDF power company says unidentified drones have flown over seven of its nuclear plants.
BBC News – Europe

A Libyan man can sue the UK government over claims he was illegally sent back to Libya and tortured, the Court of Appeal rules.
BBC News – UK

A US nurse who returned from treating patients in Sierra Leone defies a voluntary quarantine order, leaving her house in Maine for a bike ride.
BBC News – US & Canada

Protesters angry at plans to allow Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year-rule set fire to parliament in the capital.
BBC News – Africa

PORTLAND – Opening night is finally here, and the Thunder knows Game One of the 2014-15 regular season is set up i
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Deutsche Bank swings to a loss in the third quarter because of higher legal costs to settle investigations.
BBC News – Business

A group of 150 Iraqi Kurdish fighters arrive in Turkey from where they plan to cross into Syria to battle militants besieging the town of Kobane.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican authorities looking for 43 students who disappeared after clashing with police last month investigate another suspected mass grave.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

US Secretary of State John Kerry warns Russia that it will violate international agreements if it recognises an election planned by rebels in eastern Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

The Disasters Emergency Committee is to launch an appeal in response to a disease outbreak for the first time, in aid of the Ebola crisis.
BBC News – UK

Canadian PM Harper tells mourners the nation is deeply grateful to Cpl Nathan Cirillo, the young soldier killed by a gunman in Ottawa last week.
BBC News – US & Canada

Zambia’s President Michael Sata, 77, dies in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, the government says.
BBC News – Africa

U.S.
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There’s something different in the air when the first week of the regular season arrives.
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More could be done to punish traders who try to manipulate financial markets, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has said.
BBC News – Business