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Need to Know News: Obama promotes his fiscal cliff solution; Yasser Arafat's ...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/11/27/yasser-arafat-exhumed.html
Each day, we here at "Piers Morgan Tonight" put together the news you need to know - from what happened last night to what will happen today.

Congo's M23 rebels refuse to leave Goma
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/1127/Congo-s-M23-rebels-refuse-to-leave-Goma
Congo's M23 rebels defied a deadline imposed by neighboring nations, saying Tuesday the insurgents will stay in the crucial, eastern city of Goma and will fight the Congolese army if it tries to retake it.

Protests and burials in Bangladesh for garment factory workers
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/LUKRXhFijcHXS37iC5SbjP/Bangladesh-blames-sabotage-for-factory-fire.html
Bangladesh held a day of mourning Tuesday for at least 111 people killed over the weekend in a garment factory fire. Labor groups demonstrated against dangerous factory conditions to demand better worker safety in an industry notorious for operating in ...

China's passport propaganda baffles experts
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/1127/China-s-passport-propaganda-baffles-experts
China's neighbors are seething with anger over new Beijing-issued passports that they see as the latest, underhand, Chinese jab in an ongoing regional row about maritime territory.

Syria rebels build momentum with tactical successes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20493687
Over the past month, rebel forces in Syria have enjoyed tactical successes which analysts say demonstrate their growing ability to challenge the government's military dominance.

OECD slashes global growth forecasts
http://www.euronews.com/2012/11/27/oecd-slashes-global-growth-forecasts/
The debt crisis in the recession hit euro zone is the biggest threat to the global economy, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

China's Party Paper Falls for Onion Joke...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jHtFWUlWp7_4LLmKXEyxZeul7z2g?docId=CNG.32d8e7ed197c1f653828d3dc27551b3e.21
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.

14 killed in fire at German workshop
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/9703421/14-killed-in-fire-at-German-workshop.html
The blaze broke out on Monday afternoon in the workshop run by the Catholic charity Caritas in the town of Titisee-Neustadt. Up to 100 fire fighters from across the region rushed to the scene and had to rescue as many as 50 people who had become trapped ...

Canadian Welcomed as 'Team England' Boss
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/canadian-welcomed-as-team-england-bank-boss/
LONDON - Britain's press reached for the soccer analogy to explain why a foreigner had been picked to head the Bank of England, the country's central bank.

France to back Palestinian bid for UN status
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20514194
France has confirmed it intends to vote for Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations later this week. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France had long backed Palestinian ambitions for statehood and would vote yes "out of a concern for ...

Ex-Foreign Minister Forms New Party to Oppose Netanyahu
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-elections-2013/israel-election-insider/livni-s-return-to-politics-ahead-of-israel-elections-is-an-act-of-anti-leadership.premium-1.480892
JERUSALEM - Calling herself “an answer to the contention that there is no one to vote for,” Tzipi Livni, Israel's centrist former foreign minister, returned to politics on Tuesday after a six-month hiatus, heading a new party that she described as “an alternative, ...