Thursday, November 29, 2012

[World] With Germany and Belgium now behind Palestinian bid, Israeli offical: 'We lost ...

With Germany and Belgium now behind Palestinian bid, Israeli offical: 'We lost ...
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/with-germany-and-belgium-now-behind-palestinian-bid-israeli-offical-we-lost-europe.premium-1.481392
Palestinians attend a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah supporting the resolution that would change the Palestinian Authority's U.N.

US officials watching as Rupert Murdoch, UK press brace for phone-hacking report
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/29/15534850-us-officials-watching-as-rupert-murdoch-uk-press-brace-for-phone-hacking-report?lite
By Keir Simmons and Ian Johnston, NBC News. Updated at 5:45 a.m. ET: LONDON -- The chairman of the Senate commerce committee signaled he will be paying close attention to the findings of a U.K.

Kosovo ex-PM Ramush Haradinaj cleared of war crimes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20536318
A UN tribunal has cleared Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj of war crimes from the 1998-99 conflict, after a retrial in The Hague.

Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 30 people
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Two_bombs_kill_28_people_in_Iraq_Shiite_cities.html?cid=34065100
BAGHDAD (AP) - Officials say a wave of bombings in two Shiite Iraqi cities south of Baghdad has killed at least 30 people and wounded up to 110 others.

Factory owner: I didn't know fire exits needed
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/factory-owner-fire-exits-needed-17825206
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - 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 ...

Suicide bomber wounds prominent Pakistani militant
http://tribune.com.pk/story/472696/taliban-commander-maulvi-nazir-injured-in-wana-blast/
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber on Thursday attacked a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country's northwest who is believed to have a nonaggression pact with the army, wounding him and killing seven people, officials ...

Julian Assange 'has lung infection'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20537157
Julian Assange, who is living at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, has a chronic lung infection "which could get worse at any moment", the country's ambassador to the UK has warned.

Court in Russia bans video clips of Pussy Riot online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20539819
A Moscow court has ruled that websites must remove video clips of the Pussy Riot female punk band, two of whose members are in jail.

China Seeks to Calm Anger Over Passports
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578146700465245848.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
China appeared to seek to assuage angry neighbors over a passport design they consider provocative, one day after the U.S. said it would raise the issue with Beijing.

Inside Congo's City of Terror
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/29/inside-goma-congo-s-city-of-terror.html
Congo's M23 rebels have seized Goma from the state army and intend to march on Kigali. William Lloyd George reports from the country's second-largest city, where residents are forced to choose between the lesser of two military evils.. Like · Tweet ...

Parody Article Taken Seriously?
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/parody-article-taken-seriously/
Online, People's Daily quoted a satirical article calling Kim Jong-un of North Korea AFP Online, People's Daily quoted a satirical article calling Kim Jong-un of North Korea the “sexiest man alive.

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