[World] South Africa: Mandela released from the hospital

South Africa: Mandela released from the hospital
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/nelson-mandela-discharged-from-hospital-says-government/312537-2.html
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released Wednesday from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said.

Morsi Admits 'Mistakes' in Drafting Egypt's Constitution
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/world/middleeast/morsi-admits-mistakes-in-drafting-egypts-constitution.html
CAIRO - President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt took responsibility on Wednesday for “mistakes” during the run-up to ratification of the new Constitution and urged Egyptians to appreciate the fierce disagreements about it as a “healthy phenomenon” of their new ...

Russia 2012: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/russian-parliament-endorses-antius-adoption-bill/312455-2.html
From hope of meaningful political reform to a new cold war against the U.S. -- this is the road Russia has traveled in the past year.

Israel's Dilemma in Dealing With the Palestinians
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfBPD5Pcx3as6E2-2yoblaT8qiNQ?docId=CNG.d5fe4faf34391046ead8ee4c3523a099.1011
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Explosion at Nigerian fireworks warehouse kills one, wounds 15
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/explosion-at-nigerian-fireworks-warehouse-kills-one-wounds-15/article6734433/
A massive explosion ripped through a warehouse full of fireworks in Nigeria's largest city on Wednesday, sparking a fire that threatened surrounding city blocks and sending a plume of thick smoke high into the sky.

Giant shark tank breaks open, flooding mall and injuring shoppers
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/12/giant-shark-tan.php
Whenever I see one of those massive public aquariums, I wonder just how thick that glass has to be. Apparently, someone at a shopping mall in China didn't work out the answer to that question accurately enough, because the giant front window of a huge ...

Video released of Aussie Richard Rodwell kidnapped in Philippines
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=830252
Video of Aussie kidnapped in Philippines. An Australian man kidnapped in the Philipines a year ago has appeared in a video proving he's alive.

British kickboxer indicted in Thailand for murder
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/british-kickboxer-charged-murder-death-ex-u-s-marine-article-1.1227411
BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai prosecutors have indicted a British kickboxer on murder charges in connection with the 2010 stabbing of a former U.S.