[World] Israel pulls back from threat to topple Palestinian leadership over UN vote

Israel pulls back from threat to topple Palestinian leadership over UN vote
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/28/israel-palestinian-statehood-un-vote
After weeks of shrill warnings over Thursday's United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood, Israel has backed away from threats to cancel the Oslo peace accords and topple the Palestinian leadership.

Iran does not expect bilateral talks with US: diplomat
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/it-pro/security-it/un-nuclear-agency-reports-being-hacked-20121128-2acuz.html
c_330_235_16777215_0___images_stories_edim_IMAGE634617928350981009.jpg TEHRAN - The Iranian ambassador to France, Ali Ahani, has said that Iran does not expect direct talks with the United States but sees the end of U.S.

Chinese newspaper hails Onion's 'sexiest man' as real news
http://www.smh.com.au/world/sexiest-man-alive-chinese-newspaper-falls-for-kim-jongun-joke-20121128-2aces.html
The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Eun as the "Sexiest Man Alive"--apparently unaware it is satire.

Bangladesh Factory Inferno Witness: Managers Ignored Fire
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/bangladesh-factory-inferno-witness-managers-fire/story?id=17826499
An eyewitness to this week's deadly garment factory fire in Bangladesh, which killed 112 workers, claimed that managers lowered gates to prevent employees from leaving because they thought it was a false alarm.

Uncertainty Takes Toll on Civilians in Eastern DRC
http://www.voanews.com/content/uncertainty-takes-toll-on-civilians-in-eastern-drc/1554582.html
GOMA, DRC - The rebellion in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced tens of thousands of people, many of whom had been uprooted before, sometimes more than once.

Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Nov-28/196416-egyptian-christians-sentenced-to-death-for-anti-islam-film.ashx
CAIRO: An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world.

Source: Saudi diplomat and aide killed in Yemen
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/9708664/Saudi-diplomat-killed-in-Yemen.html
Editor's note: Are you there? Share your photos and videos, but stay safe. Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A Saudi diplomat and his Yemeni aide were killed Wednesday in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, according to a senior official at the Saudi Embassy there.

Hungarian Official's Call to List Jews Draws Condemnation and Protests
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/hungary-far-right-leader-demands-list-of-jews-posing-security-risk-1.480942
A legislator's call in Parliament for Jews to be registered on lists as national security threats set off international condemnation and a protest outside the legislature in Budapest on Tuesday.

Richard O'Dwyer Cuts Deal To Avoid Extradition To The US
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2228027/richard-o-dwyer-will-pay-damages-to-avoid-extradition
It appears that the ridiculous saga of the US's baseless criminal case against Richard O'Dwyer is now ending, as O'Dwyer has effectively cut a deal to pay a small sum in exchange for avoiding extradition and trial in the US.

Second post mortem ordered on body of Russian supergrass
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9709209/Second-post-mortem-ordered-on-body-of-Russian-supergrass.html
Alexander Perepelichny had turned over evidence to Swiss prosecutors looking at a multi-million pound money laundering scheme allegedly run by corrupt Russian officials.