[World] UN vote recognizes state of Palestine; US objects

UN vote recognizes state of Palestine; US objects
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/with-un-vote-palestinians-emerge-triumphant/article5831738/
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians still face enormous limitations: They don't control their borders, airspace or trade, they have separate and competing governments in ...

Egypt constitution finalized as opposition cries foul
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/egypt-approves-new-constitution/article4149929.ece
By Marwa Awad and Yasmine Saleh. CAIRO | Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:41am EST. CAIRO (Reuters) - An Islamist-led assembly finalized a new constitution early on Friday aimed at transforming Egypt and paving the way for an end to a crisis that erupted when ...

Hacking Report Says New Regulatory System Needed for British Newspapers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9713061/Leveson-Report-the-verdict-on-individual-newspapers.html
LONDON - After months of hearings, a long-awaited report on the behavior of British newspapers embroiled in the phone hacking scandal recommended on Thursday a new system of press regulation that would be backed by parliamentary statute, setting ...

Syria's Internet shutdown leaves information void, may signal escalating war
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/30/252595.html
Syria's civil war went offline Thursday as millions of people tracking the conflict over YouTube, Facebook and other high-tech services found themselves struggling against an unnerving national shutdown of the Internet.

International tribunal acquits former Kosovo PM in war crimes retrial
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/BNLS3ZCJYq1XRv6pDThBNL/UN-tribunal-acquits-Kosovo-exPM-of-war-crimes.html
(CNN) -- For the second time, an international tribunal has acquitted a former Kosovo prime minister and two others of abusing and killing Serbs, raising fears that the Thursday ruling could further strain tense relations between the two countries.

Prominent Taliban Commander Said to Have Been Wounded in Pakistan Bombing
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/30-Nov-2012/bomber-wounds-mullah-nazir-kills-7
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani militant commander who directs attacks against American and allied forces in Afghanistan was wounded in a suicide attack that killed six other people on Thursday, Pakistani officials said.

Colombia: Farc peace talks in Cuba adjourned for a week
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20550334
The Colombian government and rebels from the Farc have concluded the first stage of peace talks aimed at ending five decades of conflict.

Home Affairs Respects Court Ruling On Dalai Lama
http://allafrica.com/stories/201211291438.html
Premier Gordon Campbell greets Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Pretoria - Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor has noted the decision handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal stating that ...

Afghanistan wants Pakistan to release more Taliban detainees to jumpstart the ...
http://tribune.com.pk/story/472585/foreign-policy-matters-pak-us-relations-fully-repaired-insists-khar/
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan wants Pakistan to free more Taliban detainees to help coax the group into negotiations to end the 11-year-old war.

Canadian 'eco-terrorist' surrenders in US
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20551571
A Canadian woman accused of involvement in the "largest eco-terrorism case" in the US history has surrendered after a decade on the run.

Outgoing Mexican president defends legacy in wake of drug war
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/28/3116947/mexican-president-to-become-harvard.html
(CNN) -- Protesters carried a Mexican flag stained with fake blood in the country's capital -- a symbol, they said, of President Felipe Calderon's six-year term.