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• Violence in cities; Mubarak deja vu?
• Analysis: Israel wins U.S. support on Gaza but differences remain
• Analysis: With eye on Iran, Gaza conflict reassures Netanyahu
• Congo rebels push on after repelling counter-attack
• Mexico arrests suspected murderer on FBI most wanted list
• Sierra Leone's Koroma promises growth in new term
• Four new cases of SARS-like virus found in Saudi, Qatar
• Sarkozy judge mistook hostage for billionaire: lawyer
• Syria says Turkey's bid for NATO missiles "provocative"
• Clashes in Egypt after president expands powers
• Abbas determined to seek UN nod for Palestine
• Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence, 1 dead
• EU summit ends without budget deal
• Norway mass killer criticizes prison conditions
• South Sudan: Sudan aerial bombardment kills 7
• Mark Thompson testifies at London probe into BBC
• Congo fires army chief after rebel seizure of Goma
• A look at powers decreed by Egypt's president
• French tennis coach convicted of raping players
• New protests in Tahrir Square as Egypt's Morsi grants himself broad powers
• Congo rebels advance as regional leaders seek cease-fire
• Gaza truce holding even after Palestinian death
• Black Friday: Think it's crazy in the US? You should see China's version.
• Russian beauty queen puts spotlight on Russia's official corruption
• China's challenge with corruption
• Restaurant mogul George Schenk melds the needs of people, planet, and profits

Violence in cities; Mubarak deja vu? Posted: 23 Nov 2012 03:01 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Angry youths hurled rocks at security forces and burned a police truck as thousands gathered in central Cairo to protest at Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decision to grab sweeping new powers. Police fired tear gas near Tahrir Square, heart of the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak at the height of the Arab Spring. Thousands demanded that Mursi should quit and accused him of launching a "coup". There were also violent protests in Alexandria, Port Said and Suez. ...

Analysis: Israel wins U.S. support on Gaza but differences remain Posted: 23 Nov 2012 02:52 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As conflict erupted in Gaza last week, Israel's officials and supporters embarked on what proved a successful diplomatic and media campaign to ensure the United States remained right behind them. Israel's ambassador to Washington Michael Oren became a regular fixture on cable news channels and talk shows. Pro-Israel lobby groups such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Israel Project bombarded journalists with e-mails offering footage of Hamas rocket strikes and interviews with ordinary Israelis in the line of fire. ...

Analysis: With eye on Iran, Gaza conflict reassures Netanyahu Posted: 23 Nov 2012 09:37 AM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Both on the diplomatic and military front, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will draw some comfort from his offensive against Gaza as he switches his gaze once more to his main strategic challenge -- Iran. Israel views Iran's nuclear program as an existential threat in a totally different league to the problems posed by the Islamist group Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu fears a nuclear-armed Iran could one day eradicate Israel and has promised that Tehran will not get the bomb should he win a third term in office in elections on January 22. ...

Congo rebels push on after repelling counter-attack Posted: 23 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PST SAKE/GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels advanced in eastern Congo on Friday, seeking to strengthen their grip before a regional summit intended to damp down the insurgency in an area long plagued by ethnic and political conflict. Fighters from the M23 group, who are widely thought to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, pushed south along Lake Kivu near the new rebel stronghold of Goma on the Rwandan border. In the capital Kinshasa, protesters accused the rebels of abuses including the rape of pregnant women while the United Nations reported killings of civilians and ...

Mexico arrests suspected murderer on FBI most wanted list Posted: 23 Nov 2012 03:49 PM PST MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican federal police have captured suspected murderer, rapist and drug gang member Joe Luis Saenz, one of the 10 most wanted fugitives on the FBI's list, the government said on Friday. Saenz, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in the city of Guadalajara in western Mexico on Thursday following an investigation carried out by the federal police in conjunction with the FBI, the government said in a statement. According to the FBI, Saenz is suspected of shooting and killing two rival gang members in Los Angeles in July 1998. For the FBI's most wanted list, see: www.fbi. ...

Sierra Leone's Koroma promises growth in new term Posted: 23 Nov 2012 02:08 PM PST FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma was sworn in for a second term on Friday after winning elections, promising to boost foreign investment and crack down on corruption in the war-scarred nation. Koroma took 58.7 percent of the ballots in a November 17 poll, just above the 55 percent he needed to avoid a run-off, election officials announced. His main rival, Julius Maada Bio, a 48-year-old retired army brigadier, took 37.4 percent. ...

Four new cases of SARS-like virus found in Saudi, Qatar Posted: 23 Nov 2012 11:17 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A new virus from the same family as SARS which sparked a global alert in September has now killed two people in Saudi Arabia, and total cases there and in Qatar have reached six, the World Health Organisation said. The U.N. health agency issued an international alert in late September saying a virus previously unknown in humans had infected a Qatari man who had recently been in Saudi Arabia, where another man with the same virus had died. On Friday it said in an outbreak update that it had registered four more cases and one of the new patients had died. ...

Sarkozy judge mistook hostage for billionaire: lawyer Posted: 23 Nov 2012 11:50 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - A judge investigating Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign funding mistook a Colombian hostage for a billionaire backer of France's right-wing party when he queried a meeting in the ex-president's diary, a lawyer for Sarkozy said. Sarkozy, who lost power in May, was questioned for 12 hours on Thursday by a judge who is trying to establish whether his election win in 2007 was aided by illegal funding from France's richest woman, 90-year-old Liliane Bettencourt. ...

Syria says Turkey's bid for NATO missiles "provocative" Posted: 23 Nov 2012 11:06 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Friday condemned Turkey's request for NATO to deploy Patriot defense missiles near their common border, calling it "provocative", after a spate of clashes there that has raised fear of the Syrian civil war embroiling the wider region. The 20-month-old uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has turned increasingly bloody and heavy fighting has often erupted right along Syria's northern border with Turkey. Ankara has repeatedly scrambled fighter jets and responded in kind to stray shells and mortars flying into its territory. ...

Clashes in Egypt after president expands powers Posted: 23 Nov 2012 02:23 PM PST Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give himself near-absolute power to root out what he called "weevils eating away at the nation of Egypt."

Abbas determined to seek UN nod for Palestine Posted: 23 Nov 2012 12:52 PM PST After bitter rival Hamas held its own in a fierce battle with Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has no choice but to override U.S. objections and seek U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine next week, his aides said Friday.

Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence, 1 dead Posted: 23 Nov 2012 03:42 PM PST Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fragile two-day-old cease-fire between Hamas and the Jewish state.

EU summit ends without budget deal Posted: 23 Nov 2012 09:47 AM PST A summit of the European Union's 27 national leaders, charged with agreeing on a long-term budget for the bloc, broke up Friday afternoon without being able to reach a deal.

Norway mass killer criticizes prison conditions Posted: 23 Nov 2012 09:41 AM PST Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik accused prison officers of trying to drive him to suicide in conditions he describes as "a mini Abu Ghraib."

South Sudan: Sudan aerial bombardment kills 7 Posted: 23 Nov 2012 01:57 PM PST Sudan carried out aerial bombardments on the northern part of South Sudan in the last three days, killing seven people and wounding others, a South Sudanese official said Friday, accusing their northern neighbor of breaking an agreement between the two countries to end hostilities.

Mark Thompson testifies at London probe into BBC Posted: 23 Nov 2012 02:59 PM PST New York Times Co. CEO Mark Thompson has testified before a committee in London investigating a scandal at his former employer, the BBC, a Times spokesman said Friday.

Congo fires army chief after rebel seizure of Goma Posted: 23 Nov 2012 07:41 AM PST Congo's president has suspended the army's chief of staff, following the publication of a United Nations report which reveals that Gen. Gabriel Amisi oversaw a criminal network selling arms to rebels in the country's troubled east.

A look at powers decreed by Egypt's president Posted: 23 Nov 2012 10:10 AM PST Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi issued decrees giving himself broad powers and effectively neutering the judiciary. Morsi, an Islamist hailing from the Muslim Brotherhood, defends the step as necessary to clear obstacles holding up Egypt's transition, particularly from judges who could have disbanded a controversial assembly writing the constitution or overturned his decisions. Critics say Morsi, who already holds both executive and legislative powers, is setting himself up as a new dictator.

French tennis coach convicted of raping players Posted: 23 Nov 2012 01:36 PM PST A former tennis coach in France was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison Friday for raping young students at his academy, ending a seven-year legal case that began when a former ranked player published a book describing years of abuse at his hands.

New protests in Tahrir Square as Egypt's Morsi grants himself broad powers Posted: 23 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PST Thousands of opponents of Egypt's Islamist president clashed with his supporters in cities across the country Friday, burning several offices of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the most violent and widespread protests since Mohammed Morsi came to power, sparked by his move to grant himself sweeping powers.

Congo rebels advance as regional leaders seek cease-fire Posted: 23 Nov 2012 11:10 AM PST As regional leaders talked peace in plush hotel rooms a country away, fighting between rebels and government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east rumbled on.

Gaza truce holding even after Palestinian death Posted: 23 Nov 2012 09:03 AM PST Israeli troops fired Friday to push back Gaza crowds surging toward Israel's border fence with the Hamas-ruled territory, killing one Palestinian and wounding 19 in the first violence since a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold a day earlier.

Black Friday: Think it's crazy in the US? You should see China's version. Posted: 23 Nov 2012 08:53 AM PST If you think America goes shopping mad on the day after Thanksgiving, you should look at China.

Russian beauty queen puts spotlight on Russia's official corruption Posted: 23 Nov 2012 08:49 AM PST A Russian beauty queen garnered global headlines this week by standing by her impassioned denunciation of the endemic corruption that demoralizes society and saps the economic life of her homeland, made in an essay she'd written that was supposed to be about why she's proud to be a Russian.

China's challenge with corruption Posted: 23 Nov 2012 06:13 AM PST Just two years after he founded Communist China, in December 1951, Mao Zedong issued one of his characteristically forthright directives. "We must probably execute 10,000 to tens of thousands of these embezzlers before we solve the problem," he wrote.

Restaurant mogul George Schenk melds the needs of people, planet, and profits Posted: 23 Nov 2012 05:00 AM PST In the fall of 1979, George Schenk stuffed all his worldly possessions into his pickup truck and moved from upstate New York to central Vermont. After settling in the sleepy ski town of Waitsfield, he began working as a dishwasher, freelance photographer, and live-in baby sitter.

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