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Another look at stories you might have missed this week.
Romney and Obama duked it out in Denver, China and Taiwan have become frenemies, and the Arctic melt has created a new geopolitical battleground.
No matter how you cut it, it's been a big week for the world. Here's a sampling of the most important stories from GlobalPost and a look at some of the news you may have missed.

The Arctic Melt: Oil rush at the top of the world
The Arctic is melting, setting off a scramble among countries and corporations to tap into the vast natural resources believed to lie beneath the ocean floor.

No knockout for Romney, but maybe a turnaround
Republicans are jubilant, Democrats subdued following Wednesday's debate in Denver.

On Location: Caracas murder rate looms as Venezuelans vote
Video: Under President Chavez, Caracas murder rate rivals that in Baghdad.

How Britain's real James Bond got spooked
007 is back, but his real-life M16 counterparts may be too shaken and stirred to care.

America the Gutted: Who stole the American Dream?
A new "detective story" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith digs into the collapse of the American middle class.

China and Taiwan: from enemies to frenemies
Analysis: Taiwan's increasing willingness to indirectly work with Beijing in the East China Sea is starting to ruffle American feathers.

US far behind in race for Arctic assets
Trillions of dollars are on the line - and not just in corporate profits. America risks losing huge government revenues too.

From Turkey, more strong words for Syria
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan issued another warning to Syria Friday, saying the two countries were "not far" from war.

US Christian right links with Zimbabwe's Mugabe to suppress gay rights
Commentary: Human rights defenders should denounce harassment of LGBT.

#BigBird: Mitt Romney provokes Twitter backlash by threatening to cut PBS funding
Mitt Romney learns that some things are sacred, and Sesame Street is one of them.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/offbeat/121005/great-weekend-reads
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Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man" at Art Basel, the world’s premier trade fair for leading galleries and collectors focused on modern and contemporary art.
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The front of the Art Basel building. This year’s show attracted 303 of the world’s top galleries from 36 countries, showing the works of more than 2,500 artists. It drew more than 62,000 visitors, a new record.
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Platform Gallery's Chen Wei and one of his "Recovery Room" series at Liste Young Artist's show. By the time the week was over he had sold more than 10 works, with prices ranging from $1,800 to nearly $3,000.
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A performance spectator admires some of the pieces at Basel Art.
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A performance piece at Basel Scope, done by an unidentified nearly naked man who moved in slow motion up and down the aisles dressed like a Greek version of Mars, the god of war.
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A performance piece at Scope. The man clutched a staff, on which a plastic container for motor oil with the BP logo was impaled.
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An installation piece at Basel Art.
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An installation piece with paper tubes at Basel Art.
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A gallery scene at the Scope Basel show.
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A sculpture of Sperone Westwater Gallery's employee, Michael Short, by Evan Penny.
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Evan Penny's sculpture of Michael Short.
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A woman views Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man," (Study) 2010, Galerie Lelong, Paris.
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"Medusa marinara," 1997 — a photographic representation of the Medusa in spaghetti and tomato sauce by New York-based Brazilian artist, Vic Muniz.
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Children play around Ai Weiwei's piece, "Field," 2010.
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Heimo Sobernig's "Black Cube" sits on display outside outside.
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A piece by Yayoi Kusama titled "Pumkin."
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