IN: a bout of second-guessing left stocks mixed thursday , as wall street questioned whether its autumn rally came too fast , too soon .
summary: stocks mixed despite strong retail sales positive corporate outlooks

IN: east timor voted wednesday for a new president , choosing between a nobel prize winner and an ex-freedom fighter in polls critical to maintaining peace a year after the nation was pushed to the brink of civil war .
summary: troubled east timor goes to the polls to elect president

IN: three of britain 's most respected religious leaders joined friday in an unusual common effort to urge the defeat of a bill to assist terminally ill people to end their lives .
summary: british religious leaders urge defeat of assisted-suicide bill

IN: fu quanyou , chief of the general staff of the chinese people 's liberation army , said wednesday that the united states bears full responsibility for the recent collision between a u.s. reconnaissance plane and a chinese fighter jet .
summary:
chief of general staff meets turkish guests