News Headlines - 02 November 2013

▽allAfrica.com: Mali: Two RFI Journalists Kidnapped and Killed in Kidal

France's Foreign Ministry has confirmed the death of RFI’s correspondents in northern Mali, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, who were kidnapped in Kidal by a group of men on Saturday afternoon. Dupont and Claude were taken by four men in front of the home of Ambéry Ag Rissa, a top MNLA representative in Kidal whom they had just interviewed.

▽GCHQ and European spy agencies worked together on mass surveillance | The Guardian

Edward Snowden papers unmask close technical cooperation and loose alliance between British, German, French, Spanish and Swedish spy agencies

▽Golden Dawn killings 'could be act of revenge by far left group' - Telegraph

The Greek counter-terrorism squad has taken over the investigation into Friday night’s attack, when two assassins on a motorbike opened fire on men outside Golden Dawn’s offices in Athens. Police said they were looking at whether the murders may have been carried out in retaliation for the fatal stabbing of an anti-fascist musician by a supporter of the neo-Nazi party in September, a killing which prompted angry protests across Greece.

▽Pakistan Criticizes US Killing of Pakistani Taliban Leader

Pakistan has summoned the U.S. ambassador to register a strong protest against the killing of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike.

▽Watch Sunday's rare, hybrid solar eclipse live, right here - latimes.com

There's a solar eclipse coming Sunday morning, and you can watch it live, right here. Beginning at 3:45 a.m. PST, the online observatory Slooh.com will stream the solar eclipse live from a remote part of the Kenyan countryside.