## [2012-10-11](/feed/2012/10/11/index.md)

##### Egypt
### [Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi fires general prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud. ](/feed/2012/10/11/egypt-s-president-mohammed-morsi-fires-general-prosecutor-abdel-maguid-mahmoud.md)
##### Mo Yan
### [Chinese author Mo Yan, famous for working in the style of writing known as hallucinatory realism, wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. ](/feed/2012/10/11/chinese-author-mo-yan-famous-for-working-in-the-style-of-writing-known-as-hallucinatory-realism-wins-the-nobel-prize-i.md)
##### England
### [Englishman Barry Thew is sentenced to four months in jail after a t-shirt he wore is deemed to offend public morality. ](/feed/2012/10/11/englishman-barry-thew-is-sentenced-to-four-months-in-jail-after-a-t-shirt-he-wore-is-deemed-to-offend-public-morality.md)
##### Samsung
### [A U.S. appeals court has overturned a district court order that had banned the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus in the US, delivering a winning round for Google's Android against Apple Inc.. ](/feed/2012/10/11/a-us-appeals-court-has-overturned-a-district-court-order-that-had-banned-the-sale-of-samsung-s-galaxy-nexus-in-the-us.md)
##### Amasya
### [Seven prisoners from Amasya Prison in Turkey say that they began "indefinite and irreversible" hunger strikes on October 5, and their health is at serious risk. ](/feed/2012/10/11/seven-prisoners-from-amasya-prison-in-turkey-say-that-they-began-indefinite-and-irreversible-hunger-strikes-on-october.md)
##### Marie Stopes
### [The Marie Stopes organisation is to open the first private clinic to offer abortions to women in Northern Ireland from 18 October. ](/feed/2012/10/11/the-marie-stopes-organisation-is-to-open-the-first-private-clinic-to-offer-abortions-to-women-in-northern-ireland-from-1.md)
##### Clovelly
### [Heavy rain in the United Kingdom causes flash flooding in the coastal village of Clovelly, Devon, damaging homes and pulling up cobbles in the street. ](/feed/2012/10/11/heavy-rain-in-the-united-kingdom-causes-flash-flooding-in-the-coastal-village-of-clovelly-devon-damaging-homes-and-pul.md)
##### Shell
### [Oil giant Shell is sued by Niger Delta farmers in a civil court in The Hague, claiming oil spills ruined their livelihoods. Shell says it is difficult to carry out repairs because of local insecurity. ](/feed/2012/10/11/oil-giant-shell-is-sued-by-niger-delta-farmers-in-a-civil-court-in-the-hague-claiming-oil-spills-ruined-their-livelihoo.md)
##### Hezbollah
### [Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah confirms that the drone aircraft shot down over Israel's Negev Desert on 6 October belonged to the organization and was supplied by Iran. ](/feed/2012/10/11/hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah-confirms-that-the-drone-aircraft-shot-down-over-israel-s-negev-desert-on-6-october-bel.md)
##### Civil war
### [Syrian civil war: the Local Coordination Committees say that by evening 83 civilians were killed throughout Syria by the Syrian army. ](/feed/2012/10/11/syrian-civil-war-the-local-coordination-committees-say-that-by-evening-83-civilians-were-killed-throughout-syria-by-the.md)
##### Yemen
### [A gunman kills Qassem M. Aqlan, the Yemeni chief of security employed at the U.S. embassy in the capital, Sana'a. ](/feed/2012/10/11/a-gunman-kills-qassem-m-aqlan-the-yemeni-chief-of-security-employed-at-the-us-embassy-in-the-capital-sana-a.md)
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