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At least 36 people killed in string of Pakistan attacks: 36 people have been killed in three separate bomb attacks in Pakistan, in the cities of Karachi, Quetta and Rawalpindi. The attacks in Karachi and Rawalpindi targeted members of the Shia sect, http://is.gd/8gdTZz
30 rebels, 10 govt troops killed in Syria: As many as 30 armed men were killed Wednesday in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour during clashes with government troops, a pro-government media reported, as sources said that a total of 10 government forces were also killed Wednesday in a roadside bomb blast in the northwestern province of Idlib. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-11/22/content_15950567.htm
Syrian Planes Bomb Building Near Hospital, Kill 15: Syrian warplanes flattened a building next to a hospital in Aleppo, killing at least 15 people and damaging one of the last remaining sources of medical help for civilians in the northern city, activists said Thursday. http://is.gd/GpsYT0
Jihadist rebels in standoff with Syria Kurds: NGO: Hundreds of Kurdish militiamen massed in the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain on Thursday in a mounting standoff with mainly jihadist Arab-led rebels who had seized much of the town from government forces, a watchdog said. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/22/251219.html
Syria presents foreign fighter list in bid for UN to acknowledge terror acts:Syria has presented the UN Security Council a list of 143 foreign citizens killed in Syria fighting government troops. Damascus hopes the move will force the UN to declare the presence of foreign nationals in Syria to be international terrorism. http://rt.com/news/syria-un-foreign-mercenaries-310/
Russia warns Turkey on Patriot missiles: Russia has warned Turkey against deploying surface-to-air Patriot missiles to protect its troubled border with Syria, calling its moves a "worrying sign". http://is.gd/LR8cwQ
Gaza truce: Both sides feel the ceasefire won't hold: A poll reported on Channel Two television right after the cease-fire found that 70% of the residents of southern Israel opposed the cease-fire. Almost two-thirds of them thought it would not last long, and a quarter of those surveyed thought it would not hold at all. http://is.gd/KibjqH
The Vatican on Gaza: Israel is a Baby-Killer": Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, commenting on the war between Israel and Hamas, delivered a severe attack on the Jewish people: "I think of the 'massacre of the innocents'. Children are dying in Gaza, their mothers' shouts is a perennial cry, a universal cry". http://is.gd/9KRf37
Obama to Seek More Defense Aid for Israel: This was part of conversations that led Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to decide to give a ceasefire "a chance" to possibly help "stabilize" the situation "before exerting more force." http://is.gd/8jApsQ
Iran transferred Fajr-5 missile technology to Gaza: IRGC chief :The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has said that Iran did not supply Gaza with a Fajr-5 missile but transferred the technology to manufacture it to the Palestinians, http://is.gd/RA9anP
Iran's president calls for new world order: "Former colonial power and slave masters in a new guise and with new slogans are using different methods and tactics to dominate and plunder resources of nations on the basis of the same hegemonic doctrines," he said. http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2091224.html
Shame on us: The U.S. won't admit this dying Iranian sociologist:" His last hope is to come to the U.S., where his wife and children are, and where doctors say he could receive potentially life-saving treatment. But the U.S. won't let him in. And they won't say why. http://is.gd/lcV48t
23 Bahraini health workers sentenced to prison: - On Wednesday, a court in the Persian Gulf kingdom sentenced the medics to three months in jail for treating Bahraini protesters and taking part in demonstrations. http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=366821
Bahrain repressed protesters with West's tacit approval - Amnesty International: A year after an eruption of protests in Bahrain, the ruling monarchy continues to commit serious human rights abuses against activists. Amnesty International has criticized the US and UK for ignoring the repression, and urged action. http://rt.com/news/bahrain-repression-human-rights-abuses-299/
Protesters firebomb Al-Jazeera TV studio in Cairo: Protesters had accused the channel of bias in favour of the country's most powerful political force, the Muslim Brotherhood. http://is.gd/ZoL2Et
U.S. Considers Increasing Military Presence in Mediterranean: Senior U.S. military officials are considering increasing the American military presence in the Mediterranean because of what they see as growing instability in recent months. "This is post-Benghazi," one military official told CNN. "We're looking at instability in Libya, Egypt, Syria and now Israel and Gaza." http://is.gd/pFEiou
DR Congo rebels push forward: M23 rebels march on strategic eastern town of Bukavu after seizing provincial capital of Goma earlier this week. http://is.gd/IU47kQ
Washington's Role in the Renewed Violence in DR Congo: The outbreak of fighting is also the result of a colossal failure by US foreign policy-makers dating back to the mid-1990s, aided and abetted by an ill-led United Nations peacekeeping force that stood by as the M23 seized Goma. http://is.gd/kn7CAy
Mozambique: Thousands Unlawfully Held in Substandard Prisons: Thousands of people are being held in Mozambique's prisons despite not having been found guilty of a crime, Amnesty International said in a report released today, which exposes how many inmates are arrested on spurious grounds and held for years without access to a lawyer. http://is.gd/BPYDCO
An American Moral Crisis: Dennis Kucinich - Op-Ed: It's easy to forget sometimes, but here's the world we're living in: over the past several years, the United States has conducted hundreds of drone strikes under the secret authority of the CIA-which is accountable to no one-resulting in the deaths of several thousand people. http://is.gd/oBFqXd
A Map of Destruction: How Europeans Stole Native Land: A shocking look at the theft of Native American Land. http://is.gd/lK8n0S
Posthumous book claims Ford knew of CIA coverup in Kennedy assassination: Did the CIA orchestrate a cover-up in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? http://is.gd/wZdg3S
Fitch Downgrades Sony, Panasonic to 'Junk' Status: Fitch Ratings downgraded the ratings of Sony Corp. 6758.TO +1.83% and Panasonic Corp. 6752.TO+0.74% to noninvestment, or "junk," status, another blow for the money-losing Japanese electronics giants struggling to turn around their businesses. http://is.gd/RywYvL
Spain facing 'humanitarian' crisis over evictions: As eviction-related suicides continue to rise in Spain, protests are becoming more frequent with the public outraged at the government's lack of action to combat social ills. Evictions are a "humanitarian concern," the national bank chief has said. http://rt.com/news/spain-evictions-debt-crisis-302/
Walmart and Black Friday protests: Protests against Walmart are about a ruthless capitalist system that exploits workers as MNCs post record profits. http://is.gd/DQ6HtJ
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