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A Chinese comedian's scathing critique of corrupt officials Dec 3rd 2012, 13:00 Chinese comedian Zhou Libo, best known as one of the judges on the ultra-popular TV show China's Got Talent, had some harsh words for his country's "public servants," according to a bit circulating on Weibo, China's Twitter-like service. The comment was actually sent out by another account that attributed it to Zhou. According to the excellent ChinaSmack blog, which made this translation, the quote "is similar to routines he has performed during his stand-up comedy shows." Read full article >> In Saudi Arabia, unemployment and booming population drive growing poverty Dec 3rd 2012, 11:29 In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia A few miles from the blinged-out shopping malls of Saudi Arabia's capital, Souad al-Shamir lives in a concrete house on a trash-strewn alley, with no job, no money, five children under 14 and an unemployed husband who is laid up with chronic heart problems. Read full article >> Clinton: U.S. will act if Syria uses chemical weapons Dec 3rd 2012, 11:28 PRAGUE — The United States will not tolerate any use of chemical weapons in Syria and will act quickly if that threat appears imminent, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday. "This is a red line for the United States," Clinton said. "I'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that the Assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people. But suffice to say we are certainly planning to take action." Read full article >> In foiled Jordanian terror plot, officials see hand of resurgent al-Qaeda in Iraq Dec 3rd 2012, 02:24 AMMAN, Jordan — The plan was to unleash mayhem across an entire city and "bring Amman to its knees," in the words of one security official. It would start with suicide bombings at two shopping malls, then build momentum as teams of terrorists blew up cars and raked cafes with machine-gun fire. Read full article >>

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