Did you know that, while we concentrate on elections news..

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- Tokyo confirmed a headless corpse found Saturday was that of a young Japanese adventurer insurgent took hostage;

- Ukraine braces for unrest as official presidential returns gave a decision lead to Kuchma protege Yanukovych. Exit pools by various groups had opposition leader Yushchenko in front but shy of a first-ballot victory;

- A Taliban faction released a video of three U.N. election workers, Irish, Kosovar and Filipino, held hostage in Afghanistan under a threat of death;

- Venezuela deployed thousands of police and troops as political tensions ran high in local voting, the first after the failed anti-Chavez referendum;

- Nigerian unions set a nationwide strike against oil exports for Nov. 16, calling Shell an enemy of the people and demanding a fuel-price rollback;

- Liberia peacekeepers arrested dozens in a disarmament drives' bloody finish. An outburst of Christian-Muslim fighting killed at least five Friday;

- Thailand freed hundreds of Muslim protesters after Thaksin promised to probe death of 78. Malaysia's Mahathir urged greater Muslim autonomy;

- Iranian lawmakers approved legislation requiring uranium enrichment resume, raising the stakes in a tense game of sanctions poker with the EU;

- Iran sanctions blocked U.S. publication of the memoirs of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and she is suing in federal court.

All the above from the first page of the WSJ