Insight: Cash crisis, Arab ferment threaten Jordan's stability

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• Insight: Cash crisis, Arab ferment threaten Jordan's stability
• Hague tribunal acquits former Kosovo leader Haradinaj in retrial
• Chinese police plan to board ships in disputed seas
• Two bombs kill 28 people in Iraq Shi'ite cities
• South Korean civil rocket launch called off, again
• U.N. set for implicit recognition of Palestinian state, despite U.S., Israel threats
• Bangladesh fire protests rage, supervisors arrested
• Indian government bows to pressure, agrees to vote on supermarket reform
• Pakistan doctor in bin Laden case starts hunger strike
• Palestinians certain to win recognition as a state
• Egypt crisis raises fears of 'second revolution'
• UN court acquits former Kosovo prime minister
• Israeli official downplays Palestinian UN bid
• Ruling in Concorde crash appeal expected Thursday
• Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt
• A look at scandals involving UK media
• Key players, positions on Palestinian statehood
• Factory owner says unaware of need for fire exits
• Wave of bombings south of Baghdad kills 16
• Who backs Palestine UN bid? Ehud Olmert, among others
• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood sets constitution showdown for tomorrow
• Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media
• Red algae bloom closes Sydney's beaches, but probably not for long
• 'Death evictions'? Guatemala's violence takes an unusual toll
• Egypt's political turmoil dimming chances of democratic transition
• In Egypt and Tunisia, Salafis move from prisons to parliaments
• Is China coming to a city near you?
• Why one of China's richest men is squaring off against Obama in court
• Syria's stalemated conflict picks up speed again

Insight: Cash crisis, Arab ferment threaten Jordan's stability Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:03 AM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Violent protests that shocked Jordan this month have mostly subsided, but unprecedented chants for the "fall of the regime" suggested a deeper malaise in a kingdom so far spared the revolts reshaping the Arab world. Anger over fuel subsidy cuts undoubtedly drove the unrest, in which police shot dead one man during a confrontation at a police station. The government's planned electricity price rises starting next year may well ignite more popular fury. ...

Hague tribunal acquits former Kosovo leader Haradinaj in retrial Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:56 AM PST THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj was acquitted of charges of crimes against humanity at the conclusion of his retrial on Thursday. Prosecutors had said Haradinaj had participated as a commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army in a criminal plan to drive Serbs out of the province, which at the time was ruled from Belgrade. Judges in the retrial ruled on Thursday that there was no evidence that Haradinaj and two accomplices had taken part in such a plan. (Reporting By Thomas Escritt and Radosa Milutinovic; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Chinese police plan to board ships in disputed seas Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:57 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what China considers its territorial waters in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Thursday, a move which could raise tensions further. The South China Sea is Asia's biggest potential military trouble spot with several Asian countries claiming sovereignty. ...

Two bombs kill 28 people in Iraq Shi'ite cities Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:10 AM PST HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs in two majority Shi'ite Muslim cities in southern Iraq killed 28 people on Thursday, police and hospital sources said. Scores were wounded in the blasts, which struck during a month Ashura, a holy month for Shi'ites who are often targeted by al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate and other Sunni Muslim insurgents. Two explosions near a restaurant in the city of Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, killed 26 people. ...

South Korean civil rocket launch called off, again Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:07 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea canceled the launch of its first space rocket on Thursday after a glitch in the propulsion system halted the countdown just minutes before the scheduled lift-off. It was South Korea's third attempt to put a rocket into orbit and the second time this particular mission has failed. October's scheduled launch was also called off due to a glitch in the Russian-built booster. "We are currently analyzing the cause and expect it will take additional time to identify the exact cause," Lee Joo-ho, Minister of Education, Science and Technology told reporters. ...

U.N. set for implicit recognition of Palestinian state, despite U.S., Israel threats Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:07 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly is set to implicitly recognize a sovereign state of Palestine on Thursday despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinian Authority by withholding much-needed funds for the West Bank government. A Palestinian resolution that would change the Palestinian Authority's U.N. observer status from "entity" to "non-member state," like the Vatican, is expected to pass easily in the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly. ...

Bangladesh fire protests rage, supervisors arrested Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:24 PM PST DHAKA/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three supervisors of a Bangladeshi garment factory were arrested on Wednesday as protests over a suspected arson fire that killed more than 100 people raged on into a third day, with textile workers and police clashing in the streets of a Dhaka suburb. The government has blamed last weekend's disaster, the country's worst-ever industrial blaze, on saboteurs and police said they had arrested two people, who were seen on CCTV footage trying to set fire to stockpiles of material in another factory. ...

Indian government bows to pressure, agrees to vote on supermarket reform Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:50 AM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government bowed to intense opposition pressure and agreed on Thursday to a vote on its decision to let foreign supermarkets set up shop in India, taking a major step towards ending a deadlock that has paralyzed parliament for days. In finally conceding to a symbolic vote on its flagship economic reform, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's fragile coalition appears to have calculated that it has the numbers to overcome opposition demands for the measure to be rolled back. ...

Pakistan doctor in bin Laden case starts hunger strike Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:09 PM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hunt down Osama bin Laden started a hunger strike in his jail cell this week to protest against his living conditions, prison officials said on Thursday. Shakil Afridi was sentenced in May to 33 years in jail for his links to a banned militant group. The decision was widely seen as punishment for helping the CIA find the al Qaeda leader, and has led to strained ties between Washington and Islamabad. ...

Palestinians certain to win recognition as a state Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:02 PM PST The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state on Thursday but success could exact a high price: delaying an independent state of Palestine because of Israel's vehement opposition.

Egypt crisis raises fears of 'second revolution' Posted: 28 Nov 2012 04:11 PM PST Faced with an unprecedented strike by the courts and massive opposition protests, Egypt's Islamist president is not backing down in the showdown over decrees granting him near-absolute powers.

UN court acquits former Kosovo prime minister Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:09 AM PST A U.N. war crimes tribunal on Thursday acquitted the former prime minister of Kosovo and two of his former Kosovo Liberation Army comrades for the second time of murdering and torturing Serbs and their supporters in Kosovo's war for independence.

Israeli official downplays Palestinian UN bid Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:04 AM PST Israel's deputy foreign minister is downplaying the Palestinians' statehood bid at the United Nations, saying it's a "virtual move without any substance" that could boomerang against them.

Ruling in Concorde crash appeal expected Thursday Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:15 AM PST A French appeals court is set to decide Thursday whether to uphold a manslaughter conviction against Continental Airlines for the July 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people.

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:32 AM PST Security forces used water cannons and other riot gear Thursday to clear protesters from a copper mine in in northwestern Myanmar, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks just hours before opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was to visit the area to hear their grievances.

A look at scandals involving UK media Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:27 AM PST After a yearlong inquiry full of sensational testimony, Britain's Lord Justice Brian Leveson is releasing his report Thursday into the culture and practices of the British press and his recommendations for future regulation to prevent phone hacking, data theft, bribery and other abuses.

Key players, positions on Palestinian statehood Posted: 28 Nov 2012 03:02 PM PST The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key countries in Thursday's U.N. General Assembly resolution to raise the Palestinians' status from a U.N. observer to a nonmember observer state. The measure only requires a majority and is all but certain to pass.

Factory owner says unaware of need for fire exits Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:59 AM PST The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he never realized it was supposed to have a special emergency exit.

Wave of bombings south of Baghdad kills 16 Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:04 AM PST Iraqi police and health officials say bombings in two cities south of Baghdad have killed at least 16 people and wounded over 65.

Who backs Palestine UN bid? Ehud Olmert, among others Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:57 PM PST Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looks set for a rare diplomatic victory tomorrow: An upgrade of Palestine to "observer state" status at the UN.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood sets constitution showdown for tomorrow Posted: 28 Nov 2012 01:56 PM PST At 10 a.m. in Cairo tomorrow (3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time), Egypt's battle between Islamists and a loose coalition of secular politicians and political activists over the country's new constitution looks set to come to a head.

Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media Posted: 28 Nov 2012 01:04 PM PST When the People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, took as straight news The Onion's declaration that stout North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive," it became the biggest foreign media outlet to be fooled by the satirical American newspaper. But it is not the first. Here are several other foreign news sites that took Onion fiction as newsworthy fact.

Red algae bloom closes Sydney's beaches, but probably not for long Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PST Don't worry. It's not blood. It's not even poisonous, just an irritant to skin and eyes and to anyone hoping for a swim now that summer's finally about to hit Sydney.

'Death evictions'? Guatemala's violence takes an unusual toll Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:50 AM PST The epitaph on a simple bronze-colored tombstone in Guatemala City's main national cemetery reads: "Pray for your eternal peace."

Egypt's political turmoil dimming chances of democratic transition Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:39 AM PST Remember when there was a so-called "Egypt transition process?" An orderly series of democratic steps to set the country on a better path than the one it left behind? It went like this: A short period of military rule to be followed by parliamentary and presidential elections, a drafting of a new constitution, and a referendum to ratify it.

In Egypt and Tunisia, Salafis move from prisons to parliaments Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:12 AM PST Mehdi Mezmi rediscovered Islam eight years ago via a website, then illegal to access in his native Tunisia, called Minbar at-Tawheed wal Jihad – "The Forum for God's Oneness and Holy Struggle."

Is China coming to a city near you? Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:49 AM PST For 15 years Hong Kong has fought to maintain its local identity, language, and culture despite formal unification with mainland China. But as more and more wealthy mainland tourists flood the territory looking to shop, the Hong Kongers's way of life is being challenged.

Why one of China's richest men is squaring off against Obama in court Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:17 AM PST One of China's richest men squares off against President Obama in a Washington federal court today, challenging the US leader's refusal, on national security grounds, to let him build a wind farm in the US.

Syria's stalemated conflict picks up speed again Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:01 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

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