World News Briefs -- October 27, 2010

MORTAR MEN - U.S. Marines fires a mortar round during combat operations on Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2010. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James B. Novle

As Russian Troops Prepare To Return To Afghanistan In Landmark Agreement, Gorbachev Warns Nato Victory Is Impossible -- The Daily Mail

* Moscow agrees to help train Afghan army
* Russia to supply Nato with helicopters
* Watershed agreement to be announced at next month's Nato summit
* Gorbachev warns America of Afghanistan turning into another Vietnam

Russia is set to return to the war in Afghanistan 21 years after its forces were driven out of the country.

Moscow has agreed to help train the Afghan army and anti-narcotics troops - at the request of the same Western countries who helped remove Russia from the country in the late 1980s.

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MIDDLE EAST

U.S. tries restart of talks with Iran.

Clashes as Israeli extremists protest in Arab town.

Gunmen kill 10 in Iraq gold market attack.

In mideast house of cards, U.S. views Lebanon as shaky.

Saddam Hussein's foreign minister Tariq Aziz sentenced to death for persecution of Shiites.

ASIA

NKorea demands SKorea resume large-scale food aid.

Indonesia struggles as tsunami, volcano tolls rise.

Pakistan touts success in a corner of tribal belt.

China holds first live-fire joint drills in Tibet.

AFRICA

Court wants arrest of Sudanese president.

Nigeria curfew after deadly village clashes.

Somalia most corrupt, report finds.

Million-dollar beds fuel Madagascar timber crisis.

EUROPE

Arab jihadists emerge in Caucasus war.

Report: Russia seeks to limit new NATO members.

In Russia, corruption has taken on a life of its own.

Greek bond yields surge above 10% on election fears.

French strikes slowing down, bill to be adopted Thursday.

AMERICAS

Cholera ravaging rural Haiti: Will outbreak spread to capital? Haiti cholera deaths 'near 300'.

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner dies.

Equipment failure knocks one-ninth of U.S. nukes offline.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr is 'highly dangerous,' psychiatrist says.

Bin Laden blames French "injustice" for abductions-TV.

Candid talks by detainee were caught on U.S. tapes.

Russia plans color-coded anti-terror alerts.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Dollar printing feeding China inflation: minister.

Fed gears up for stimulus.

Rare earth minerals shortage feared by US and EU.