Egypt's New Constitution: How it Differs from Old Version
http://dawn.com/2012/12/22/egyptians-vote-on-disputed-constitution/
Egypt's new constitution, approved by voters in a two-stage referendum this month, replaces a 1971 charter that was suspended last year after a popular uprising deposed longtime president Hosni Mubarak.
Jet with tourists crash-lands on road
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/zUQHMaSAmwhXRfUp2KpqEO/Two-killed-as-plane-lands-in-Myanmar-rice-field.html
YANGON: A Myanmar passenger jet packed with foreign tourists crash-landed and burst into flames on Tuesday in a field in eastern Shan state, killing at least two people and injuring 11 others, officials said.
Afghans seek policewoman's motive for killing US contractor
http://bostonglobe.com/news/world/2012/12/25/woman-who-killed-american-iranian-afghan-official-says/5AIRsMNGoJZy6JqJpIqQII/story.html
By Hamid Shalizi. KABUL | Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:33am EST. KABUL (Reuters) - An Iranian-Afghan policewoman who killed a U.S. contractor at the police headquarters in Kabul may have been motivated by a personal grudge, said security officials, who were ...
China on Alert After Japan Scrambles Jets over E. China Sea
http://www.voanews.com/content/cihna-on-alert-after-japan-scrambles-jets-over-east-china-sea/1571985.html
China says it is on alert after Japan dispatched fighter jets over the East China Sea. Japanese media report Japan sent F15 fighter aircraft after detecting a Chinese marine surveillance plane in disputed airspace near contested islands in the East China Sea.
5 Christians killed in northern Nigeria
http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/12/25/five-killed-in-yobe-church-attack/
YOBE, Nigeria, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian police in northeastern state of Yobe on Tuesday said five Christian worshipers were killed after midnight near the city of Potiskum by gunmen suspected to be the Boko Haram militant sect.
City in North Is Captured, Syrian Rebels Announce
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/12/24/syria-un-envoy.html
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Rebel fighters in Syria said they had taken control of a strategic town on the Turkish border on Tuesday, and the international envoy to Syria said in Damascus that he had yet to receive any response from President Bashar al-Assad to ...
Cops mourn constable's death as family
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhi-gang-rape-constable-subhash-tomar-killed-during-protest-at-india-gate-cremated/articleshow/17756691.cms
NEW DELHI: Constable Subhash Tomar, who was seriously injured and suffered cardiac arrest during the rioting at India Gate on Sunday, died on Tuesday morning at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
Queen's Christmas speech: Diamond Jubilee crowds were 'humbling'
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4713061/Queen-humbled-by-Britain-she-says-in-Christmas-message.html
The Queen used her Christmas broadcast to thank people around the world for the outpouring of affection and enthusiasm shown during her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Venezuelan President Chavez 'improves' after cancer surgery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20840451
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has improved after a cancer operation and has started walking and exercising, the country's vice-president has said.
Record-low temps can't freeze Christmas spirit
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/25/content_16049137.htm
Temperatures hit record-lows in northern China on Monday, but that didn't make Christmas Eve any less festive for those celebrating in faith, through charity work or with a trip to the mall.
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