This is our new Friday Digest! Every Friday, this weekly news round-up gives us the occasion to share with you news from various topics: politics to arts, entertainment, media, science, sports, fun and less fun news… This digest is a list of news published this week on the Internet (Friday to Friday), selected by the Sama Team, and it is by no means exhaustive.

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China and Japan Meet Amid Dispute
The premiers of China and Japan met on the sidelines of an Asian regional summit in a bid to defuse a territorial dispute on Saturday, while the United States urged Asia’s two big economies to cool the standoff. On Friday, initial expectations of a bilateral talk between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan were dashed at the last minute…
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/10/30/world/asia/international-uk-asia-summit.html

Europe’s Plagues Came From China, Study Finds
The great waves of plague that twice devastated Europe and changed the course of history had their origins in China, a team of medical geneticists reported Sunday, as did a third plague outbreak that struck less harmfully in the 19th century. And in separate research, a team of biologists reported conclusively this month that the causative agent of the most deadly plague…
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/health/01plague.html

Russia Angers Japan With Visit to Disputed Islands
President Dmitri A. Medvedev flew on Monday into the south Kuril Islands, which the Soviet Union seized from Japan at the end of World War II, making it clear that Russia has no plans to cede the mineral-rich territory despite Japanese protests. Mr. Medvedev is the first Russian president to visit one of the disputed Kuril islands. The four islands lie between…
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/world/asia/02kurils.html

Yemen: Al-Qaida turncoat alerted Saudis to plot
A leading al-Qaida militant in Yemen who surrendered to Saudi Arabia last month provided the tip that led to the thwarting of the mail bomb plot, Yemeni security officials said Monday. The officials said Jabir al-Fayfi, a Saudi militant who had joined al-Qaida in Yemen, told Saudi officials about the plan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they…
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDefault/8ef5320729ce4298abefc1903704c7d5/Article_2010-11-01-ML-Yemen-Saudi-Intelligence/id-0cb836d9b6cd40dda428fe19c579fd11

Sakineh Ashtiani at imminent danger of execution- Authorities confirm arrest of her lawyer
According to unconfirmed reports Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the 43 years old woman sentenced to death by stoning, could be at imminent danger of execution. Iranian authorities have repeated their murder allegations against Sakineh Ashtiani during the past weeks. According to the daily newspaper Quds, Hassan Ghashghavi and Iranian foreign ministry official…
http://www.iranhr.net/spip.php?article1871

Berlusconi Scandal Could Threaten Government
It is not the first time that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy has gotten into trouble for dallying with under-age girls, but the most recent scandal involving the septuagenarian’s private life could open the door to a full-fledged government crisis. At the heart of it all is a Moroccan girl nicknamed Ruby, who turned 18 on Monday, but was still a minor…
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/world/europe/02italy.html

UK and France agree to joint nuclear testing treaty
The UK and France are to sign treaties agreeing to military co-operation including testing of nuclear warheads. One centre will be set up in the UK to develop nuclear testing technology and another in France to carry it out. Prime Minister David Cameron and President Nicolas Sarkozy will also outline plans, at a London summit, for a joint army expeditionary force.;;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11670247

Officials suspect Sept. dry run for bomb plot
The three packages contained papers, books and other materials headed for Chicago. But officials now believe the September shipments were a dry run for the Yemen-to-Chicago mail bomb plot uncovered last week. Before the packages reached their destinations, U.S. authorities seized and searched the boxes. They now appear to have been sent by the Yemeni militant…
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDefault/8ef5320729ce4298abefc1903704c7d5/Article_2010-11-02-Mail-Bombs/id-d4422a5bc2cf41328fd57021eca1dfab

10-year-old gives birth in southern Spain
A 10-year-old girl has given birth in southern Spain and authorities are evaluating whether to let her and her family retain custody of the baby, an official said Tuesday. The baby was born last week in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, said Micaela Navarro, the Andalusia region’s social affairs minister. Navarro told reporters the father of the baby is also a minor…
http://hosted2.ap.org/apdefault/nationandworld/Article_2010-11-02-EU-Spain-Child-Mother/id-c681545e0c8e4ba585c78189d832af10

Google Sues The Feds For Reportedly Not Considering Its Office Alternative
Google is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior over a request for bids for a new e-mail and messaging solution it says favors rival Microsoft. The search giant filed the suit with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Friday. Google Inc. alleges that in August, the government put out a request for bids that limits respondents to use Microsoft Corp.’s business…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/01/google-sues-the-feds-for-_n_777227.html

From darkness to victory: Being the world’s best blind golfer
Jeremy Poincenot can no longer read, drive a car or even recognize faces. But the 20-year-old, who lost his central vision two years ago, can successfully hit a small white ball into a slightly larger hole from considerable distance. Chipping from off the green at a tournament in August, the American won a nerve-wracking playoff to officially become the world’s best…
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/golf/09/30/Blind.golf.jeremy.poincenot/index.html

Tanzanians elect first albino to parliament
An albino has been elected as an MP in Tanzania for the first time. “This win is a victory not only for me but also for all the albinos in this country,” Salum Khalfani Bar’wani, from the opposition Cuf party, told the BBC. Albinos have suffered widespread persecution in Tanzania, where witch doctors say magic potions made with albino body parts can bring good luck…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11675479

South-Korea to Invest $8.2B In Massive Offshore Wind Farms
If there’s one thing that South-Korea has a lot of, it’s coastlines. Offshore wind power is a great fit for the country, which is probably why the government and private companies have decided to invest 9.2 trillion won ($8.2 billion) in offshore wind farms. A 100 MW pilot wind farm is scheduled to come online by 2013, to be followed by a 900 MW one by 2016…
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3caPfX/www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/south-korea-to-invest-8-billion-massive-offshore-wind-farms.php/

Bomb in Pakistan Mosque Kills at Least 40
A suicide bomber demolished a mosque in northwest Pakistan as Friday prayers were ending, killing at least 50 people after a relative lull in militant violence, provincial government officials said. The attack, Pakistan’s biggest since September, occurred in Darra Adam Khel, a suburb of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province capital Peshawar. “The death toll has risen to…
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/11/05/world/asia/international-uk-pakistan-violence.html