[World] China's Party Paper Falls for Onion Joke About Kim

China's Party Paper Falls for Onion Joke About Kim
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9705909/China-falls-for-Kim-Jong-un-Sexiest-Man-Alive-Onion-spoof.html
The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man Alive" - not realizing it is satire.

Congo rebels refuse to quit captured city of Goma
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/congo-m23-rebels-to-pull-out-of-goma-uganda-military-chief-298089
(CNN) -- Defiant rebel forces remained in control of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday, hours after a deadline set by regional leaders and the African Union for them to leave had passed.

Seoul warns of N Korean rocket launch plan
http://www.brecorder.com/world/southeast-asia/92397-japan-north-korea-officials-to-meet-again-in-beijing.html
Seoul believes North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile, posing a possible new threat to stability on the peninsula ahead of South Korea's presidential election in December.

Russia Prints Cash for Syrian Regime
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9703835/Syrian-cluster-bomb-attack-kills-several-children.html
Russia, which provides diplomatic support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, also has helped Syria with money. Quite literally - Russia's state-owned printing firm, which produces ruble bills and Russian passports, has printed Syrian pound banknotes.

Mark Carney's successor may need to hike rates, OECD says in forecast Add to ...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/26/pol-finance-minister-flaherty-ppp.html
Follow Michael Babad and the Globe's top business stories on Twitter. Growth to stagnate. The OECD has a warning today for the next Bank of Canada governor: Higher interest rates may be needed at just about the time Mark Carney's successor takes over.

France's conservative party splits into two
http://www.smh.com.au/world/sarkozy-moves-to-save-party-from-implosion-20121127-2a5p3.html
PARIS - Former prime minister Francois Fillon, outraged at losing a chaotic internal leadership vote marred by irregularities, announced Tuesday that he and his followers are splitting off from France's main conservative party and forming their own ...

Facebook post arrests: Maharashtra suspends two police officials
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cremation-site-of-bal-thackeray-similar-to-ayodhya-shiv-sena/307665-37-64.html
A week after two girls from Maharashtra's Thane district were arrested by the Mumbai police over a Facebook post questioning the shutdown of the city during Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's funeral, the State government on Tuesday suspended two ...

Far-right Hungarian politician calls for a “list of Jews”
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/hungary-far-right-leader-demands-lists-of-jews-posing-security-risk-1.480942
A member of Hungary's far-right party recently incited outrage in calling for the government to create a “list of Jews” in the country who could pose a “national security risk.

France to Recognize Palestinian State at UN
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/11/20121127143118775180.html
France announced Tuesday that it plans to vote in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly this week.