[World] Ramallah: Few thousand celebrate UN vote; chant 'Allahu Akbar'

Ramallah: Few thousand celebrate UN vote; chant 'Allahu Akbar'
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4313731,00.html
Only about 2,000 Palestinians watch UNGA vote on PA's request for non-member observer state status on large screens at Arafat Square.

Leveson calls for tougher self-regulation of UK media
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/Leveson-calls-for-tougher-self-regulation-of-UK-media/articleshow/17425393.cms
LONDON: Britain's Leveson inquiry has delivered its long-awaited report into the culture, practices and ethics of the press, which proposes a new regulatory body underpinned by law.

Internet is cut, largest airport shut in Syria
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/internet-service-goes-down-across-syria-299298
BEIRUT - Two major links with the outside world were shut down in Syria on Thursday when Internet access disappeared across the country - raising fears of an impending escalation of the government's crackdown on the uprising there - and the largest ...

Violent Raid Breaks Up Myanmar Mine Protest
http://www.smh.com.au/world/burma-cracks-down-on-mine-protest-20121130-2alsl.html
BANGKOK - Security forces in Myanmar mounted a violent raid on Thursday against Buddhist monks and villagers who have been protesting the expansion of a copper mine.

Us weighing arming Syrian rebels, recognizing opposition
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=821861
The United States is closely watching how rebel forces operate inside Syria, and what their end objectives might be as the Obama administration weighs whether or not to provide arms to the Syrian opposition.

New Chinese law allowing search of foreign ships draws concern
http://www.theage.com.au/world/china-pledges-to-board-ships-in-disputed-seas-20121129-2ai25.html
Beijing, Nov. 30 (CNA) The Philippines has voiced concern about a new Chinese law that allows China's border police to board and search foreign ships "illegally" entering what Beijing claims as its territorial waters in the disputed South China Sea.

Russian Court Ruling Seeks to Ban Pussy Riot's Videos
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/11/29/pussy-riot-video-ordered-removed.html
A Moscow court on Thursday ruled that videos of performances by the punk group Pussy Riot were extremist, falling under a law intended to rein in hate speech.

Kagame's Trojan Horse in Kinshasa
http://congoplanet.com/2012/11/28/news/2015/un-security-council-extends-sanctions-on-dr-congo-rebels-condemns-latest-attacks-by-m23-rebels.jsp
Yaa-Lengi Ngemi is the president of the Congo Coalition, which is based in New York. November 29, 2012. The outside world must come to grips with the fact that Rwandan President Paul Kagame controls an important region of Congo.