Morning Brief: Berlusconi says he's ready for a fight

Asia/Pacific

• A terrorist bombing outside the Indian embassy in Kabul killed 17 people.
• A typhoon has made landfall in Japan, causing widespread damage.  
• Two huge earthquakes in the Pacific have the region on high alert for tsunamis. 

Middle East

• Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says there is no chance for a peace deal with the Palestinians any time soon. 
• Saudi King Abdullah has arrived in Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad. 
• Iran has accused the U.S. of involvement in the disappearance of a prominent nuclear scientist. 

Europe

• The Romanian-German author Herta Mueller won the Nobel Prize for literature. 
• Police in Berlin conducted a citywide raid aimed at "violent Islamic extremists."
• Three senior Polish officials resigned over corruption charges.

Africa

• Nigeria's MEND rebels say they will resume their attacks after a ceasefire with the government ends next week.  
• Guinea's government has created a commission to investigate the mass killing of protesters last week. 
• Burundian troops fought with a group of Congolese refugees who were attempting to return home. 

Americas

• Interim Honduran leader Robert Micheletti rejected proposals from international mediators that he allow Manuel Zelaya to return to power. 
• Canada has asked the World Trade Organization to settle a dispute with the United States over labeling laws for agricultural products. 
• Colombia's ELN rebels broke one of their commanders out of prison.