[World] New President of Mexico Vows to Focus on Economy

New President of Mexico Vows to Focus on Economy
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/world/americas/enrique-pena-nieto-takes-office-as-mexicos-president.html
MEXICO CITY - Enrique Peña Nieto became president of Mexico early Saturday, beginning a six-year term in which he has promised to accelerate economic growth, reduce the violence related to the drug war and forge closer, broader ties with the United ...

US slams Israel's decision to expand settlements
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/30/15573067-us-slams-israels-decision-to-expand-settlements?lite
Israel approves plans to build more than 3,000 homes in East Jerusalem. ITN's John Ray reports from Tel Aviv. By NBC News wire services.

Syria crisis: Damascus internet back after blackout
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20566387
While Syria's capital seemed to be back online, it was not clear how much internet access there was elsewhere. Activists report continued bombardment of eastern suburbs of the capital which have been the focus of a fierce government offensive in recent ...

US calls North Korea plans for new long-range rocket launch 'highly provocative'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9716215/North-Korea-preparing-a-second-2012-long-range-rocket-launch-in-defiance-of-missile-and-nuclear-ban.html
PYONGYANG, North 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 United Nations ban against ...

Egypt's Powers Dueling Over Who's a Threat to Democracy
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/rally-in-cairo-in-support-of-morsy/article4153944.ece
CAIRO - President Mohamed Morsi speaks darkly of imminent threats from a conspiracy of unnamed foreign enemies and corrupt businessmen.

Rebels Pull Out of Strategic City in Congo
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/world/africa/congo-rebels-withdraw-from-goma.html
NAIROBI, Kenya - The rebel group that recently captured Goma, a strategic city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, pulled out hundreds of troops on Saturday, but Goma was still waiting to exhale.

Ban Ki-moon warns Syria has reached 'appalling heights of brutality'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9716088/Ban-Ki-moon-warns-Syria-has-reached-appalling-heights-of-brutality.html
At least 40,000 people have been killed during the 20-month-old uprising, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. UN chief Ban predicted that Syrian refugee numbers would surge to more than 700,000 by next month as more civilians fled the ...

Thousands vote in Kuwait polls
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/thousands-vote-in-kuwait-polls-despite-boycott-call-1.1113080
Kuwait City: In defiance of a mass elections boycott staged by the opposition, thousands of Kuwaitis went to the polls in the country's five districts, with minorities and previously under-represented groups taking advantage of the opportunity to participate.

Congo Plane Crash Kills 30 Near Brazzaville
http://www.voanews.com/content/congo-plane-crash/1556685.html
Emergency workers in the Republic of Congo say at least 30 people were killed when a cargo plane slammed into homes near Brazzaville's airport on Friday.

Suu Kyi to lead Myanmar copper mine probe
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hP0GwYwn1RfYG54MdVPEsNAzhWXA?docId=CNG.0aa0fa5f64f9275cd7425e38b7275970.501
MONYWA, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will lead a probe into a crackdown on a protest against a Chinese-backed copper mine which will also assess the future of the contested project, the president's office said on Saturday.