[World] Panel prepares to vote on final draft of new Egyptian constitution

Panel prepares to vote on final draft of new Egyptian constitution
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/mohamed-morsi-to-speak-in-attempt-to-solve-crisis-299013
CAIRO - Members of an Islamist-dominated panel tasked to write a new constitution are gathering to vote on the document's final draft in a move likely to stoke a widening political crisis over decrees giving the president near absolute powers.

UN set to implicitly recognize Palestinian state, despite US, Israel threats
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/9711188/Germany-to-abstain-on-Palestinian-UN-vote.html
By Louis Charbonneau. UNITED NATIONS | Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:02am EST. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly is set to implicitly recognize a sovereign state of Palestine on Thursday despite threats by the United States and Israel to ...

British Press Needs New Regulator, Report Says
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/29/leveson-report-new-press-law
LONDON - After interviewing hundreds of witnesses in months of sworn public testimony, a major inquiry into the standards of British newspapers triggered by the phone hacking scandal on Thursday singled out Rupert Murdoch's defunct tabloid The News ...

Chinese officials will board, seize ships in disputed waters
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/1128/Chinese-officials-will-board-seize-ships-in-disputed-waters
Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what China considers its territorial waters in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Thursday, a move which could raise tensions further.

Wave of bomb attacks in Iraq kills 42
http://www.news.com.au/world/bombs-aimed-at-shiite-muslims-kill-40-wound-124/story-fndir2ev-1226527100411
BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- A new wave of bomb attacks targeted Shiite pilgrims and security forces across Iraq killed 42 people and wounded 133 on Thursday, apparently in an attempt by insurgent groups to stir up sectarian strife among Iraqis.

Concerns mount over signs of N. Korea's missile launch
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9710991/Kim-Jong-un-reshuffles-North-Korean-military.html
Tension is escalating over North Korea's suspected preparation for a rocket launch, apparently aimed at raising the stakes in its relations with Seoul's next government and the Obama administration in its second term.

Buddhist monks, villagers defy Myanmar government's orders to end occupation ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57556109/burma-protesters-burned-in-crackdown-at-mine/
MONYWA, Myanmar - Hundreds of Buddhist monks and villagers occupying a copper mine in northwestern Myanmar defied a government order to leave by Wednesday, saying they will stay until the project is halted.

Iran Delay of Reactor to 2014 Gives Talks Time: Diplomats
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5giGLqKsoSZIReDiV8O0cOdAedjJQ?docId=CNG.a0e3b987f8313385cc31e616fed124e4.211
Iran's decision to delay the startup of a plutonium-producing reactor until 2014 creates time for negotiations and may reduce threats of military strikes to disrupt the Persian Gulf nation's nuclear work, said four western diplomats familiar with the talks.

I didn't know I needed fire exits: Bangladeshi factory owner on deadly blaze that ...
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/29/i-didnt-know-i-needed-fire-exits-bangladeshi-factory-owner-on-deadly-blaze-that-killed-112-workers/
DHAKA, Bangladesh - The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign of how far removed the leaders of the nation's garment industry are from ...