| Video: Israeli forces fire shots to disperse Palestinians Nov 23rd 2012, 20:22 A video posted online Friday by Russia Today shows a few dozen Palestinians who are gathered at the border fence while the Israeli forces warn them to move away from the fence. Warning shots are fired, multiple times, while the crowd disperses a few meters away and chants, "Allah-u-Akbar." Read full article >>   |  | Israeli troops kill Palestinian on Gaza border Nov 23rd 2012, 19:33 KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops fatally shot a Palestinian man and wounded at least 13 others Friday morning on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, and each side accused the other of violating a cease-fire that took effect Wednesday night. Read full article >>   | | Morsi's decree sparks rival rallies in Egypt Nov 23rd 2012, 19:30 CAIRO — A decree by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi granting himself extensive new powers triggered dueling demonstrations Friday by supporters and opponents. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Tahrir Square to denounce the move, chanting "Leave! Leave!" and comparing Morsi to ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, whose 30-year rule was ended by Egypt's Arab Spring uprising last year. Several miles away, members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, with which Morsi is affiliated, rallied in front of the presidential palace to show support for the country's first democratically elected president. Read full article >>   | | European Union budget talks collapse Nov 23rd 2012, 18:10 LONDON — After two days of divisive talks, leaders from 27 European Union nations Friday failed to reach an agreement on their trillion-dollar budget. The leaders met in Brussels to try to hammer out a strategic seven-year budget that aims, among other things, to spur economic activity in Europe's poorer regions. Read full article >>   | | Kabul streets get overdue facelift Nov 23rd 2012, 14:59 KABUL — On an ordinary weekday, the streets of Kabul are choked with traffic, fetid with clogged drains and crammed with carts displaying potatoes or used sweaters. Shoppers, school children and commuters on bicycles dodge and dart through the hazardous maze, often taking their lives in their hands. Read full article >>   | | Time-lapse video: How Japan handles long shopping lines Nov 23rd 2012, 12:54 As you slog through the annual American shopping chaos that is Black Friday, you might find yourself asking if there's another way to organize such enormous numbers of consumers. Here's how they do it at Japan's Comiket, a semi-annual Tokyo comic book fair, where attendance typically exceeds half a million.This time-lapse video shows how organizers managed long lines at the December 2011 Comiket. Read full article >>   | |
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