Syria accepts the Arab League's proposal to end the crisis
BBC Arabic, UK

Presenter, Female # 1
Arab foreign ministers are currently holding a meeting at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo to discuss the situation in Syria. Yesterday, Damascus said it reached an agreement with the Arab ministerial delegation over the final paper concerning the situation in Syria, saying the official announcement and details are to be announced at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo today. However, sources at the League denied the claim. Meanwhile, Syrian opposition sources reported the deaths of nearly 17 people, most in al-Houla region of Homs, by the gunfire of Syrian security forces that carried out an arrest campaign in the provinces of Daraa, Homs, and Idlib. One officer and a soldier were killed in an ambush set up by gunmen believed to be army defectors in the area of Sarmin in Idlib Province.

Reporter, Male # 1
All eyes are on Cairo today. The Syrian government announced having reached an agreement with the Arab ministerial delegation over the final paper, set to be officially announced today in the Egyptian capital. But despite the Syrian announcement, doubts still loom over the true position of the regime. The deputy secretary-general of the Arab League confirmed the League has still not received a response from Syria. Leaks to the media point to disagreements, notably over the site of the proposed dialogue between the opposition and the regime, after the Arab paper suggested Cairo. Internationally, the consensus is one of approval of the Arab initiative. The United States, which renewed its call on Assad to resign, announced via the White House spokesman its welcome of all initiatives that end the violence in Syria. And from Dubai, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed his support for the initiative. At the same time, he confirmed his country's rejection of repeating the Libyan scenario in Syria.

Guest, Male # 2 (Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister)
Not the Libyan resolutions, the Yemeni resolutions. And this is the model for responsible behavior by members of the international community who are not thinking about a public relations campaign but about the future of the countries in the region.

Reporter, Male # 1
However, the opposition in Syria, represented by the National Council, doubted the regime is serious about the Arab initiative. The National Council demanded Arab ministers freeze the regime's membership at the League and provide international protection to civilians under an Arab umbrella. The council also asked for recognition as the representative of the Syrian revolution and the Syrian people. Dissenters anticipated Cairo's meeting by increasing their protests. They held night demonstrations hours before the meeting of the Arab ministers. Participants repeated chants demanding the Arab League and the international community interfere. The regime responded to these demonstrations by gathering thousands of its supporters in the city of Deir az-Zour. While its soldiers opened fire at an opposition protest in the same city. A number of people were killed and injured across different areas by the gunfire of security forces. Meanwhile, reports indicate soldiers were killed in Idlib Province in clashes with army defectors. Dissenters said Syrian security forces carried out an arrest campaign that reached dozens of people in the provinces of Daraa and Homs. In addition, a number of students were arrested in Kafrinbil in Idlib Province. Wael el-Hajjar, BBC.

Independent human rights probe finds torture in Bahrain was systematic
Press TV, Iran

The head of the Bahraini government's fact-finding mission says Manama has used torture as a systematic but limited policy against anti-government protestors. Cherif Bassiouni said he has found 300 cases of torture during his investigation. He had earlier ruled out any systematic maltreatment of protestors while in custody. The commission is due to present its final report to King Hamad on Nov. 23, 2011. Rights groups have accused Manama of using widespread torture to intimidate protestors.

Occupy Oakland protestors shut down port
Press TV, Iran

Lets cross on over to Oakland. Our correspondent Colin Campbell is there, and joins us on the line to give an update from there. Colin why don't you tell us what is going on. Today is a day where Occupy Oakland says it will shut down the city is that what you're seeing? Campbell: Well there are hundreds of people here right now and they are all gathered around to listen to various speakers throughout the day. There are going to be a number of events throughout the day. Starting at nine o'clock in the morning there was the first rally that congregated most of the demonstrators here, right at Frank Ogawa plaza. There is going to be another one in a couple of hours and then another one in the evening.

Thousands of Pakistani villagers displaced by operations against the Taliban
Al Jazeera, Qatar

Presenter, Male #1
The Pakistani region of Khyber near Peshawar is witnessing a wide-scale displacement due to military operations launched by the Pakistani army against armed Taliban fighters.

Presenter, Female #1
It is estimated that 27,000 displaced residents are currently living in the Jalozai Camp near Peshawar.

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Our colleague Ahmad Zaydan visited the camp and reported on the conditions of the displaced residents.

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The Jalozai Camp near Peshawar played a significant part in the Afghan Jihad's history by hosting many refugees and Jihadist leaders. As we return today to the camp, we found that the residents who hosted displaced Afghanis not long ago have become displaced themselves due to raging battles between the Pakistani army and armed Taliban fighters in the tribal regions. Sayyed Baz told al-Jazeera the story of his displacement.

Guest, Male #3
The situation in combat areas is very bad. We walked for ten miles, and it cost us 3,000 rupees to get here. However, we don't have anything here; there's no food or tents.

Reporter, Male #2
The camp has become a transit hub for all displaced residents fleeing the clashes that have erupted between the army and armed groups over the past years. Everything here reminds us of the Afghan migration's ordeal. It's the same sad faces and the same looks of displaced children. The lines for registering displaced residents are endless. The conservative tribal women were forced to break some of their traditions and violate what is normally forbidden.

Guest, Female #2
We want separate places for men and women, as of now we sit in the same place. This is a shameful act.

Reporter, Male #2
The Pakistani government pledges to provide aid.

Guest, Male #4
The number of displaced is estimated at 27,000, or more than 5,000 families who fled form the three tribal areas of Khyber, Bajur, and Hemaynd Agency. We provide them with food and tents.

Reporter, Male #2
Fear is mounting among the thousands of displaced who fled the fighting between the Pakistani army and armed Taliban fighters. However, the biggest challenge facing the displaced residents is the approaching winter as well as the duration of these military operations. The Pakistani army, which demanded residents evacuate their homes for safety, continues to carry out its operations using heavy weaponry against armed Taliban fighters. The same scene was repeated in other territories, with the residents being left to pay the price just like the residents of Khyber. Ahmad Zaydan, al-Jazeera, the Jalozai Camp near Peshawar.

Yemen city of Saada is calm despite unrest sweeping the country
Al-Alam, Iran

Presenter, Male #1
Yemeni medical sources confirmed that at least 12 people were martyred and 40 others were wounded in the city of Taiz in fierce shelling by forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Witnesses said that pro-Saleh forces have been shelling Jamal Street since the early morning hours, inflicting causalities among civilians. The witnesses added that fire engulfed several residential buildings in the area. The regime forces also shelled a neighborhood adjacent to Freedom Square, where thousands have been staging sit-ins for months demanding an end to President Saleh's rule.

Presenter, Male #1
The northern Yemeni province of Saada is living in the midst of stability and security that is unseen in other provinces, especially those witnessing unrest and armed confrontations between the regime's elements and the protestors. Provincial officials attributed the stability to the ideal civil administration running the province, especially after the expulsion of regime's elements from the area.

Reporter, Male #2
On the road to Saada, a dark and tragic picture painted by the regime's media comes to mind. But once in Saada, visitors see a different picture that is unseen in other provinces, especially those witnessing daily shelling. In Saada, life is normal and going well.

Guest, Male #3 (Abu Malik al-Fanoushi, Member of Houthi Political Office)
Saada has become a model for security, stability, and public service. Electricity is always on, and the streets are safe. We also launched many projects.

Reporter, Male #2
Despite the toppling of the regime in their province, the revolutionaries of Saada continue to stage protests in Sumoud, or Steadfast Square and other Yemeni squares in solidarity with their brothers who are enduring the regime's shelling and collective punishment. Saada is becoming a dignified model of what the country would look like after the departure of the regime.

Guest, Male #4 (Sheikh Faris Mana'a, Saada Governor)
When the revolution erupted in the province of Saada, we mobilized with good intentions and strong determination to achieve our objective and change the situation from miserable to promising. With God's help, we worked day and night to achieve that. We used every available means to make the desired change.

Reporter, Male #2
As life goes on in the province of Saada, many residents are putting six years of suffering behind them, endured over the span of six wars waged against them by the regime. The revolution of change has come, and with it are residents from various provinces to Saada in pursuit of security, stability, as well as availability of public services such as electricity. Abdel Rahman al-Abed, Alalam, the province of Saada in northern Yemen.

Israel takes punitive measures against PA after UNESCO vote
Dubai TV, UAE

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Israel is responding to the Palestinian Authority's international action with punitive measures. Israel has decided to accelerate the construction of Jewish settlements in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank. In addition, it will stop the transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority. The Authority described the Israeli step as accelerating the destruction of the peace process. It qualified freezing the funds as theft of the Palestinian people's money. Shourouk Assad reports from Ramallah.

Reporter, Female # 2
Israel will add 1,000 new settlement units to its settlements in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The pretext is UNESCO's decision, while in truth, the occupation authorities are constantly searching for excuses to justify the settlements policy. The clear and angry reaction to Palestine's admission into the international organization came in the form of a threat to stop the transfer of Palestinian tax funds. Those funds are supposed to be transferred today and distributed as salaries before the blessed Eid al-Adha.

Guest, Male # 1 (Ghassan Khatib, Palestinian Government Spokesman)
If Israel carries out its threat of stopping the transfer of Palestinian tax funds that it collects because of its occupation and control of the border, it will cause great harm to the Palestinian economy and to the Palestinian citizens.

Reporter, Female # 2
Palestinian tax revenues are estimated at 50 million US dollars per month, representing 30 percent of the Palestinian Authority's budget; most is spent on the salaries of 170,000 employees of the Authority, who will be denied of their monthly income.

Guest, Male # 1 (Ghassan Khatib, Palestinian Government Spokesman)
The tax revenues constitute nearly two-thirds of the local revenues. This step must be met with a serious response by the international community, and especially the Quartet.

Reporter, Female # 2
The Palestinian Authority is waiting for international interference as others are warning of the consequences of the lack of a serious political solution and the Palestinian Authority's continued financial crises.

Guest, Male # 2 (Hani al-Masri, Bada'el Center Director)
I think Israel's continued freeze of the funds will strengthen internal dialogue, which is rising among the Palestinian leadership and among all Palestinians. Either they dissolve the Authority or review its function, form, role, and commitments.

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Israel's sanctions are also a punishment to itself, as Israel will be the one that is most affected by the choice to dissolve the Authority. Shourouk Assad, Dubai TV, Ramallah.

Presenter, Female # 1
After over eight years of war in Iraq, American forces have almost begun to withdraw from the country. The operation is to be completed by the end of the year. Nearly 50,000 American soldiers will be pulled from the country. American soldiers gathered in al-Assad air base. This comes after the negotiations over the past few months between Washington and Baghdad failed; the proposal was to leave a US training force in the country. During the war in Iraq, American forces lost over 4,400 soldiers. The organization of security in Iraq is still not complete as Iraqis face death on a daily basis. In the month of October, 258 Iraqis were killed, most of whom were civilians, and nearly 440 were injured in the violence across different areas of the country. Violent acts included booby-trapped vehicles and explosive belts.

Tehran warns of 'harsh consequences' amid rumors of Israeli strike
IBA, Israel

We open with the widespread speculation in the Israeli media indicating that the Security Cabinet is considering a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The media hype concerning the possible IDF attack on Iran's nuclear facilities reached fever pitch in recent days. The farce has obviously attracted attention in Tehran, prompting the army chief of staff to warn Israel of harsh consequences should Israel carry out these alleged plans.

Leader of "Islamic State of Iraq" killed in Mosul
Al-Iraqiya TV, Iraq

Presenter, Male #1
Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Mosul Federal Police, Major General Mahdi al-Gharawi announced the arrest of four terrorists. Al-Gharawi said the suspects are Arab nationals who would be suicide bombers. He further said that the terrorists entered Ninawa Province illegally, and that they are still looking for 31 others.

Presenter, Female #1
During a press conference, al-Gharawi announced the death of terror suspect Wahid al-Tunisi, one of the most notorious fugitives being sought by Iraqi security forces.

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During a press conference, Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the National Police, Major General Mahdi al-Gharawi confirmed the death of terror suspect Wahid al-Tunisi, one of the most dangerous fugitives being sought by security agencies. Al-Tunisi was pursued and killed following fierce cashes with federal police forces in the old industrial district in the city of Mosul.

Guest, Male #3 (Major General Mahdi al-Gharawi, Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Federal Police)
Wahid al-Tunisi had the same rank as al-Zarqawi, as he served as the Deputy Emir or Chief of the Believers in the so-called Islamic State of Iraq, led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. This is a picture of him posted by the Americans. He moves around, mainly between Mosul, Salah al-Din, and Kirkuk. He also serves as the security official of the northern command center. He is also in charge of appointing emirs in Iraq.

Reporter, Male #2
Al-Gharawi confirmed that military operations will continue in order to eliminate terror networks. Operation Iron Harvest was one of the military operations that led to the arrest of 29 wanted felons, including several Arab nationals who are seeking to shake the security situation in Iraq.

Guest, Male #3 (Major General Mahdi al-Gharawi, Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Federal Police, back)
Today, the security tasks are being carried out by the Iraqi army and federal police, which are affiliated with the Ministry of Interior. The operations are usually effective and thorough. The objective of the operations is to protect the country's internal and external fronts.

Reporter, Male #2
The success of this operation was based on intelligence information and in cooperation with the residents of al-Jazeera. The operation led to the arrests of scores of wanted fugitives, who will be prosecuted in accordance with human rights laws in Iraq. For Iraqiya, Tayseer Naji, Mosul.

Presenter, Female #1
Acting on an intelligence tip, a task force affiliated with the 11th Army Division's 44th Brigade was able to dismantle a booby trapped car hidden in a parking garage on Maghreb Street.

Presenter, Male #1
A statement issued by the Baghdad Command Center said they found poisonous chemicals inside the car along with a large amount of explosives in a bid to inflict a high causality toll among civilians. The source added that the target was the Passport Department on Maghreb Street.

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