[World] Clinton: Israel Settlement Expansion 'Sets Back' Peace Bid

Clinton: Israel Settlement Expansion 'Sets Back' Peace Bid
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/9712382/Analysis-Palestinian-status-all-very-well-but-this-wont-resolve-core-issues.html
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Israeli plans for new settlements near East Jerusalem do not help efforts to bring about a two-state solution to the Palestinian crisis.

Syria internet access restored after two-day blackout
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/01/syria-internet-access-restored-blackout
Internet and telephone services have been restored in most parts of Syria following a two-day, nationwide communications blackout.

Egypt's Islamists rally in support of President Morsi
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/lp6RmQtiAGlgZPeaCkWlZO/Mursi-to-review-charter-amid-rival-rallies-in-Cairo.html
CAIRO - Islamists rallied Saturday to support President Mohamed Morsi in battling what they see as a conspiracy by loyalists from the deposed regime of Hosni Mubarak to instigate anti-government protests and disrupt Egypt's political transition.

N. Korea to re-try long-range rocket launch
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57556614/n-korea-to-re-try-long-range-rocket-launch-soon/
SEOUL, South Korea North Korea announced Saturday that it would attempt to launch a long-range rocket in mid-December, a defiant move just eight months after a failed April bid was widely condemned as a violation of a U.N.

Tunisian Leader Fears That Clashes Could Spread
http://www.news.com.au/world/violent-protests-flare-again-in-tunisia/story-fndir2ev-1226527862673
The army moved into a southwestern Tunisian town, an official and witnesses said Friday, the fourth day of protests that have injured more than 300 people.

Japan's Abe: specific monetary steps for BOJ to decide
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/japan-approves-10-7-billion-stimulus-package-reports/articleshow/17424625.cms
TOKYO | Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:12am EST. TOKYO Nov 30 (Reuters) - Japan opposition leader Shinzo Abe said on Friday he would leave it to the central bank to decide on specific ways to achieve its policy objectives.

The misdeeds of the press were criminal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9713527/Gerry-McCann-Leveson-report-does-not-go-far-enough.html
At London's Queen Elizabeth conference centre on Thursday, more than 100 journalists and lawyers, representing “core participants” in the Leveson inquiry on the British press, chatted uneasily.