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U.N. poised to offer Palestinians 'non-member observer' status Nov 28th 2012, 00:39 NEW YORK — The U.N. General Assembly is poised to recognize Palestine as a "non-member observer state" on Thursday, a move that will strengthen the Palestinians legal basis for pursuing possible war-crimes prosecutions against Israeli troops and set up a showdown with the United States and Israel. Read full article >> In Gaza, attempted warning failed to protect civilians Nov 27th 2012, 22:45 GAZA CITY — A few minutes before 3 a.m. on Nov. 19, Khalid Azzam's mobile phone rang. It was late for a call. But it was the number that flashed on his phone's screen — an Israeli number — that raised concern. As a member of the Islamic Jihad, Azzam was a target in Israel's widening air campaign six days into its latest confrontation with the armed groups of Gaza. Read full article >> Tzipi Livni to run in Israeli elections, joining other centrist challengers to Netanyahu Nov 27th 2012, 22:02 JERUSALEM — Tzipi Livni, a former foreign minister who advocates territorial compromise with the Palestinians, announced her candidacy Tuesday in Israel's approaching elections, adding her name to an already fractured array of centrist challengers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read full article >> Syrian rebels take two military bases in heavy fighting Nov 27th 2012, 21:35 BEIRUT— Rebel fighters took over two military bases in Syria after heavy fighting Tuesday, an additional sign that the ragtag force may finally be breaking a weeks-long stalemate and making progress in its battle against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Read full article >> Egyptians stage mass protests against Morsi edict Nov 27th 2012, 20:38 CAIRO — Egyptian opposition forces rallied across the country Tuesday in the biggest show of dissent against the country's first democratically elected leader since he precipitated a political crisis last week with an apparent bid to assume near-absolute power. Read full article >> Mapping the recent events in Syria Nov 27th 2012, 19:49 As the conflict in Syria rages on, it can be hard to keep up with day-to-day developments. On this map, we've aggregated some of the major events, videos and stories coming out of the country over the past week. Read full article >> Video: One of Cairo's thousands of protesters explains why he's demonstrating Nov 27th 2012, 19:40 Crowds in excess of 100,000 people, according to the Associated Press, are gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's recent decree vastly expanding his powers. The country's activists and sympathetic citizens have regarded Morsi, who is closely allied with the Muslim Brotherhood, with deep suspicion. Read full article >> Hotbed of Slander': Tajikistan's bizarre explanation for blocking Facebook Nov 27th 2012, 19:11 Tajikistan's government has ordered all Internet Service Providers and mobile carriers in the country to block access to Facebook, cutting off the country's 41,000 users off from the world's largest social network. Read full article >> Time's Person of the Year is a popularity contest for Morsi and other controversial leaders Nov 27th 2012, 17:37 After Egyptian President President Mohamed Morsifirst announced, then backpeddled, then re-doubled his attempt to expand his own powers,Egyptians marched on Tahrir square in protest. But in addition to taking to the streets, some have also taken to Time magazine's Web site, where an ongoing poll of the "peoples' choice" for Time's Person of the Year contest currently shows Morsi in the top spot of both best and worst candidates. Read full article >> Videos appear to show Syrian rebels shooting down military helicopter Nov 27th 2012, 16:46 Three amateur videos have emerged that purport to show rebels shooting down a Syrian military helicopter outside Aleppo. The videos appear roughly consistent with a claim, posted to Facebook by the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a rebel umbrella group, that "The Free Syrian Army has downed an attack helicopter using anti-aircraft weapons in the Sheikh Salman area in the western countryside." Read full article >> India's Congress party unveils cash transfers to poor people as big election idea Nov 27th 2012, 15:32 NEW DELHI — India's ruling Congress Party presented an idea Tuesday that it hopes will win it the next elections: cash handouts sent directly into the bank accounts of poor people, replacing a corrupt and inefficient web of subsidies and rations that often fail to reach the intended beneficiaries. Read full article >> The crazy algae that turned Australia's beaches bright red [photos] Nov 27th 2012, 15:23 It may have looked like an attack by sharks, but the bright red waters of some of Australia's beaches Tuesday actually resulted from a much less menacing threat: algae. A thick algae bloom known as noctiluca scintillans otherwise known as "red tide" or "fire in the sea" -- began washing up early Tuesday morning on beaches near Sydney. Read full article >> Here's the Onion article on Kim Jong Eun that fooled China's state newspaper Nov 27th 2012, 14:34 The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, appears to have been fooled by the Onion, a satirical U.S. newspaper and Web site. The People's Daily, a very non-satirical paper with a self-reported circulation of 2.4 million readers, is trumpeting the Onion's announcement that it has selected North Korean dictator Kim Jong Eunas the "sexiest man alive" in 2012. Read full article >>

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