Here are your top five news stories & reports for November 5th:
Venezuela: Accelerating the Bolivarian Revolution by International Crisis Group
End of Communism Cheered But Now With More Reservations by Pew Research Center
The EU’s next step after the Lisbon treaty: Choose a president by the Christian Science Monitor
Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach from the New York Times
India on brink of Maoist offensive from the Asia Times