Last Generation Network News
DECEMBER 3, 2013 –TUESDAY- Kislev 30, 5774
Vol I. No.4
WORLD EDITION
"News is the propaganda of the truth" -MJS
HEADLINERS SECTION
BIEJING - How to reassure Japan and South Korea that the United States will stand behind them, without inflaming the Chinese? That is the mission that stands before Vice President Joe Biden as he arrives in the region with a potential crisis developing ... |
Transparency International report || Israel lags behind OECD peers on global corruption index. Survey measuring perceptions of international corruption in the public sector ranks Israel 36th out of 177 countries. |
A South Korean man watches TV news about the alleged dismissal of Jang Song-Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's uncle, at a railway station in Seoul on Dec. 3, 2013. |
"It's mind boggling," says the OECD's Andreas Schleicher, describing the ambitions of Shanghai's education system. |
MOSCOW - A Bolshoi star dancer and two other men on Tuesday were convicted for their parts in an acid attack on the ballet's director which exposed vicious backstage bickering and intrigue at the renowned theater. |
Thousands of Ukrainian protesters remain outside parliament in Kiev, as the opposition prepares to hold a vote of no confidence in the government. |
BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is joining diplomats from around the world in hopes of persuading Afghan leaders to let international troops remain in the war-torn country beyond 2014. |
By Jonathan Allen and Nicolas Medina Mora Perez, Reuters. In early 1953, Merrill Newman and Allen Hedges were among a small group of U.S. |
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay says evidence collected during Syria's civil war implicates president Bashar al-Assad in war crimes. |
Thai opposition protesters swarmed government and police headquarters in Bangkok on Tuesday, after security forces pulled back, saying they did not want a confrontation. |
If a silver lining can be found in the disaster visited upon the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan, it's that the economy was less vulnerable than the nation's storm defenses. |
BAGHDAD -- Insurgents assaulted a mayor's office in a Sunni town just north of Baghdad Tuesday, one of several attacks across Iraq that killed 19 people, said officials. |
David Cameron on Monday trumpeted a series of UK/Chinese healthcare deals - the fruits of a concerted government drive to market Britain's health expertise to the world's most populous country. |
A gunman has become the first person to be killed by a police officer in Iceland's history. Immediately after shooting the man dead in an apartment in Reykjavik, officers apologised to the man's family saying they had tried to subdue him peacefully. |
KATHMANDU, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Rastriya Prajatantra Party- Nepal (RPP-N), a rightist party whose main advocacy is the revival of the monarchy and in the restoration of Nepal as a Hindu state, is posing a serious threat to the mainstream parties in the ... |
One is the head of a church preaching inclusion, peace and kindness. The other is a stone-faced person who tells people they are 'not coming in'. |
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As Delhi, where the Congress has been in power for three successive term goes to vote on 4 December, here's a look at the mood on the streets of the nation's capital. |
... Print. * Vessel part of Maritime Administration's ready reserve force. * Outfitted with new machines to neutralize chemical weapon. |
Nick Clegg has visited the scene of a helicopter crash which claimed nine lives when it came down on the roof of a busy pub. The Deputy Prime Minister met emergency services workers and was shown inside the safety cordon at the Clutha bar in Glasgow ... |
![Handout photo of a P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane over the Atlantic Ocean]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/3c/1519d78d26b9dda7f14a7387e0b819/_h309_w628_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters Photo")
![Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko looks out from the defendant's holding cell]({"default":{"load":"defer","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/76/903c7fa822aed933cc0ad986308f/_h309_w628_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "Reuters")
![Islamist militants attack Nigerian air force base in Maiduguri, home of Boko Haram]({"default":{"load":"defer","src":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/9a/7aa9357b94e79247666b378dc27e6/_h309_w628_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "AP Photo: Abdulkareem Haruna")
Israeli PM under fire for alleged pricey expenses
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is often accused by Israelis of leading a lavish lifestyle while failing to address the economic ills of the middle class.
Thai protests ease as police lift key barricades
Thai police stood by on Tuesday as protesters removed the barriers to the prime minister's office and walked through.
Ukraine's protests look different to Russian eyes
The protest movement in Ukraine is being cast as a tool of the West by Russian state broadcasters and politicians.
Ex-Egypt President Morsi's links to jihadists probed
Investigators are looking at putting former Egypt President Morsi on trial for links to jihadis, accusing him of being behind a wave of violence by militants.
Gunman killed in Iceland's 1st police shooting
Iceland, with a tiny population of around 320,000, has a low crime rate and gun violence is extremely rare. Its regular police force does not carry firearms.
Bird steals camera in Australia, records journey
A sea eagle turned into a "see eagle" after snatching a video camera, recording its 70-mile trip across northwest Australia and taking a "selfie."
Hong Kong confirms 1st human case of bird flu
A 36-year-old Indonesian domestic helper with a history of contact with poultry and travel mainland China has been confirmed infected by H7N9.
Wife of China's Nobel winner suspected of being severely depressed
Liu Xiaobo, a veteran dissident involved in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, was jailed in 2009 for 11 years on subversion charges.
Bob Dylan investigated in France for 'racist' comments
A Croatian community organization alleged that the comments in the French version of Rolling Stones magazine violated French racial hatred laws.
Thai protest leader vows to escalate offensive
Riot police fired tear gas at anti-government mobs trying to force their way into the prime minister's office complex and Bangkok's police headquarters on Sunday.
Dutch killer of anti-Nazi resistance fighters dies in jail at 92
Heinrich Boere was captured by U.S. forces in the Netherlands after the war and confessed to killing the three civilians.
France looks to ease Sunday shop opening curbs
With unemployment at nearly 10.9 percent, when stores can open has become a hot political question for President Francois Hollande's unpopular government.
Australia, NZ thalidomide victims win $81M settlement
Thalidomide, a popular drug for morning sickness about 50 years ago, damaged unborn children when taken in early pregnancy.
Greek death raises worry of winter impact on poor
The death of a girl after inhaling fumes from a wood-burning stove used to heat the home has raised concerns about poor families' ability to cope with winter.
Biden on delicate mission to defuse Asian tensions
Smoothing antagonism among China, Japan and the Koreas while assuring U.S. support for some is Vice President Joe Biden's lot in this week's visit to Asia.
Syria war crimes evidence implicates Assad: UN chief
Navi Pillay said evidence from an investigation into Syrian war crimes "indicates responsibility at the highest level of government, including the head of state."
Work resumes at damaged Sao Paulo World Cup Stadium
Construction workers return to work at the site of the Sao Paulo World Cup stadium were two were killed in a deadly crane collapse last week.
75 years later, survivors recall flight from Nazis
A program called Kindertransport saved 10,000 children from life or death under the Nazis, transporting them to England where some still live.
Japan's Fukushima operator wins rare praise
Huge hurdles remain in shutting down the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, especially with irradiated water, but monitors are pleased with the work so far.
Balkan animal cruelty in focus after boy mauled
After stray dogs in Romania mauled a 4-year-old boy to death last year, more savage attacks on animals are occurring.
US readies ship to destroy Syria's chemical weapons
The US has started to equip a ship with equipment to enable it to destroy some of Syria's chemical weapons at sea in the event it is asked to do so.
7 killed in Chinese-run factory in Italy
The deadly blaze broke out in an illegal, makeshift dormitory where 11 people were sleeping, fire officials said. The cause is still under investigation.
Family: Man detained in NK in good health
North Korea claim 85-year-old US veteran Merrill E. Newman was a mastermind of clandestine operations during the Korean War and had confessed.
Karzai accuses US of cutting Afghan military supplies
The U.S. has said it plans to withdraw all troops after 2014 if Afghan President Hamid Karzai doesn't sign a security deal promptly.
Death toll in Scotland pub crash rises to 9
The wreckage of a police helicopter was removed from the roof of a Glasgow pub on Monday as the death toll from its crash rose to nine.
Ukraine: Protesters besiege government building
Protests in Ukraine continued Monday over President Viktor Yanukovych's refusal to sign a political and economic agreement with the European Union.
Myanmar still enlists boy soldiers despite reforms
The United Nations and local rights activists say recruiting of underage soldiers in Myanmar has gone down, but many boys remain in the army.
Clowns help Syrian camp children smile for moment
"It was good to bring laughter to Syrian refugee children and make them forget the patting of the war for a little time," said one performer.
Courage costs: Rosa Parks sat down, others stood up
Fifty-eight years ago on Dec. 1, Rosa Parks challenged a racist rule by refusing to give up her front-of-the-bus seat to a white person. Here are her and others' stories of courageously standing up for their beliefs, no matter the cost.
Croatia votes on move to ban gay marriage
Croatians voted in a referendum on Sunday to determine if marriage as a "union of man and woman" should be enshrined in the constitution.
3 injured in Antarctic chopper emergency-landing
The helicopter made an emergency landing while returning to Australia's Davis Research Station on Sunday after surveying a penguin colony.
Thai protest leader says he met PM, will fight on
About 30,000 protesters launched a "people's coup" on Thailand's government on Sunday, swarming state agencies in violent clashes.
Suicide bomber attacks funeral in Iraq
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral of a tribal sheik seen as a supporter of the Iraqi government.
Teargas flies in Cairo as constitution is agreed
Clashes took place as a panel tasked with amending an Islamist-tilted constitution adopted under Mohammed Morsi voted on the final draft.
Iran, powers to meet next week on carrying out nuclear deal
The "complex and difficult" deal is designed to halt any further advances in Iran's nuclear campaign.
25th anniversary of World AIDS Day
The following images, gathered from around the globe, provide a bird's-eye view that brings home the vastness and complexity of the AIDS epidemic.
Funeral bombing, other attacks kill 14 in Iraq
The victims of Sunday's bombing were attending a funeral in Muqdadya, 50 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Iran says seeks better cooperation with Saudi Arabia
Iran's new government has promised to build closer ties with nearby Arab countries. The Islamic Republic has a tense relationship particularly with Saudi Arabia.
US airlines give China flight plans in dispute
Two U.S. airlines, American and Delta, say they've started notifying Chinese authorities of flights that will travel through a new disputed air defense zone.
Maoist sect scrutinized in wake of UK slavery case
Three women were rescued from a London house last week, in what police described as the largest ever case of modern-day slavery in Britain.
Before Olympics, Russia mixes message on gays
The Kremlin tries to create an LGBT-friendly image abroad while pushing anti-gay propaganda at home amid protests in the lead-up to the Sochi Olympics.
French parliament backs reform of prostitution law
Despite protests, the French parliament backed a reform of the country's prostitution law that will impose a 1,500-euro fine on anyone paying for sex.
Indian editor arrested in sexual assault case
Police took Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal into custody within an hour of Judge Anuja Prabhudesai rejecting his bail petition.
![Israeli prime minister spending: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Nov. 17.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/5e/5733e85e3768ec116f6aff728c519/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters: Dan Balilty, Pool")
![Anti-government protesters get ready for a protest outside government offices which are barricaded by police forces, in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 3.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/ce/e2ac94a1f9cd193d156721f0c9e326/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Manish Swarup")
![Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday besieged government buildings in Kiev.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/7e/de42b86f09554ac7bb36d4e102c88/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Efrem Lukatsky")
![Morsi speaks to Minister of defence at a military base in Egypt.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/df/77d1c6c646c51295eb8e4f9bd6b13/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Egyptian Presidency, File")
![Iceland shooting]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/53/75c2ec8c45207db15daf20668abc11/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters")
![Bird steals camera in Australia, records journey]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/97/3875a3d37a4eb578c2febe860fab5/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Kimberley Land Council via AP Video")
![Human bird flu case in Hong Kong: A worker cleans empty cages used for transporting chickens to prevent an outbreak of H7N9 infections]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/15/44e9ec969528a0ba2824c5ead5313f/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Kin Cheung, File")
![China jailed Nobel Laureate: Workers prepare the Nobel Peace Prize laureate exhibition 'I Have No Enemies' for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/68/2ae510f620f2b8601e4834da714bfc/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters Photo")
![Bob Sylan racist comment: American singer Bob Dylan is being investigated in France for racist comment]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/85/124fe8639aed6915cbf62b37921ed5/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters Photo: File")
![Thai protests: Anti-government protesters wave Thai national flag during a protest rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Dec. 2.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/99/14153c33734fc7b321684c7ed190b6/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Vincent Thian")
![Boere death: In this March 23, 2010 file photo former member of a Nazi SS hit squad Heinrich Boere sits in the courtroom in Aachen, Germany.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/60/f4d7dbea5da3b65537b0ba7f9c52c8/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Hermann J. Knippertz, DAPD")
![France shopping: A woman walks past a department store window, in Nice, southeastern France, Wednesday Jan. 9.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/ef/2e69da3e30942aafaaea1929159877/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Lionel Cironneau")
![Thalidomide lawsuit: A Thalidomide victim speaks with her mother outside the court after the first day of a trial involving the German pharmaceutical company Gruenenthal, which produced the drug Thalidomide, on Oct. 14 in Madrid, Spain]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/a2/f18ed4b9fed9b2f848c8dd16ad0ee/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Getty Images: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno")
![Greek death: Aihan, 38 years old, father of six children, carries wood to heat his house, in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, Dec. 2.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/97/fa907f1faa2d7e95823a3219bd299d/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Nikolas Giakoumidis")
![Biden on tightrope amid East Asian tensions during visit this week]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/c3/ee4c7c19483646b31ed2ef627ac/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Getty Images: yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP")
![Syrian war crimes: Navi Pillay]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/58/c9b37fe383bee38b8d2d72516c940/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi")
![Work resumes at damaged Sao Paulo World Cup Stadium]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/28/9899382646b7e5a081ff469cd2d028/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters")
![Kindertransport: Oscar Findling]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/9f/5c9088e039d344bbc7971e3ea077d/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth")
![Fukushima operator Tepco earns rare praise for decommissioning work so far though hurdles remain.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/b9/bf2f685575e4cda84c1639f552f13a/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters Photo")
![After boy's mauling, animal cruelty in Balkans, Aurica Anghel, right, grandmother of Ionut Anghel, a 4-year old boy who was fatally mauled by stray dogs]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/86/5b72bbe6859b85ce4a609b4aec301e/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Vadim Ghirda, File")
![Syria chemical weapons: United Nations vehicles are parked in front of the Four Seasons hotel, where a team of experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons stayed, in downtown Damascus on Oct. 22.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/d5/86ec961260a3a837d07c15f0acb84/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters: Khaled al-Hariri")
![Italy factory fire: Firefighters inspect the area where a fire broke out in a Chinese-run garment factory in Prato, Italy]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/dd/81283365466d997886588cfffef3/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Stringer")
![Merrill Newman: Merrill Edward Newman, second from left, poses for group photo with former Kuwol Guerrilla Unit members at a port in Incheon, west of Seoul, in this undated photo provided on Nov. 29, 2013.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/a3/fd7a906c1573e9584d6786cb9a479c/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Kim Chang-sun, Handout via Reuters")
![Karzai United States: Karzai attends during the last day of the Loya Jirga, in Kabul.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/4b/747956fb451bfb7c3bc583fbc9d17/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters")
![Police raise death toll in Scotland crash to 9: The wreck of a helicopter is lifted from the scene]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/dc/87e3e9767657c0e5af7f327985275/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo")
![Ukraine protests: Protesters stand on the barricade and expect an attack police in in Independent Square in Kiev, Ukraine Monday, Dec. 2.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/6c/65f1b950fca77c58c3871b909ae3ca/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Efrem Lukatsky")
![Myanmar boy soldiers: Min Thu, 17, a run-away boy soldier of Myanmar army, walks in a swamp that he used to spend days hiding.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/cb/fcce94425b58d16a4560caf7ed59/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe")
![Moises Queralt, a clown from Mabsutins, a group of clowns from Spain, acts weak as a Syrian refugee child in a karate uniform pulls his arm during their show at Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/e6/1be2cc3f26e17497cc4c27e11c84/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Mohammad Hannon")
![Standing up for beliefs: Rosa Parks rides the bus in Montgomery Alabama on Dec. 1, 1955, refusing to give up her seat.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/42/771cd827fe52e0db32336f8a621aa8/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Daily Advertiser, File")
![Croatia gay marriage vote: A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in Pula, western Croatia, Sunday Dec. 1, 2013.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/49/a4b3925ec12821988fc2cbee3181/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Darko Bandic")
![Thailand protest: A Thai Buddhist monk raises his hands to policemen to stop firing tear gas to anti-government protesters in Bangkok, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/35/324836ec9cc930fca062ccc5f3b3e/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Wason Wanichakorn")
![Iraq bombing: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral of a tribal sheik seen as a supporter of the Iraqi government.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/7e/7f60145c3f364d84b132cd70d06bad/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters Photo")
![Cairo government: A soldier rides on an armoured personnel carrier.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/12/494b920c448ebc28b9933fbe898b/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters")
![The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA flies in front of its headquarters during a board of governors meeting in Vienna.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/7f/f92eafe62dc9ad5c9b717c4e38199/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters")
![World AIDS Day: AIDS around the globe]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/68/bbf864c5cf8fda6a3e3358a5ab90f5/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters: Antony Njuguna, Files")
![A victim of a suicide bomb attack lies on a bed at a hospital in the city of Baquba, about 31 miles northeast of Baghdad, December 1, 2013. A suicide bomber in northern Iraq blew himself up at a funeral procession on Sunday.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/ff/1569abf17d640a084edc0b5e95184/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters: Mohammed Adnan")
![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, together with Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheik Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah talks to journalists during the second session of the Iranian-Kuwaiti Commission in Kuwait City, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/9b/bc8ceaa1feee5dbebb67fbc7d971b/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Nasser Waggi")
![Disputed islands: A group of disputed islands in the East China Sea.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/ae/c14c7bb7098f2d169b252d55f730/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Reuters Photo: Kyodo")
![Maoist sect scritinized: Police officers stand outside flats as police conduct house-to-house inquires in the area where three women were rescued in south London, Saturday, Nov. 23.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/8b/99e17ae92fa4c9e6b89b961f34c8/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Dominic Lipinski, PA")
![Nikolai Alexeyev: Russia's leading gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alexeyev runs away from a plainclothes policeman during a protest.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/d0/f3ed569a135ea17293f360ed32a2bf/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo: Ivan Sekretarev, file")
![French prostitutes: A prostitute from Eastern Europe waits for customers along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/32/a4366a96a3274b667674b725816458/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "Photo: Reuters")
![In this Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 photo, activists of the youth wing of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party shout slogans against Tarun Tejpal, editor of Tehelka magazine, ahead of his arrival at the airport in Panaji, India. The editor of the magazine known for exposing abuses of power has appeared in a court Saturday seeking bail to avoid arrest in a sexual assault case that has fueled fresh outrage over the treatment of women in India.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/6c/2ead29af6d9442651959b9476a3c2b/_h105_w218_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"} "AP Photo")
SUMMARY SECTION
Report:
Obama Arranging Tehran Visit for Next Year
Obama in Cairo
The Kuwaiti news outlet Al-Jarida reports that President Obama is seeking to arrange a trip to Tehran, Iran next year.
The headline of the article reads, "Obama would like to visit Tehran, official invitation after details resolved."
"Al-Jarida has learned from a U.S. diplomat that President Barack Obama is seeking to visit Tehran in the middle of next year," the report reads, based on a translation using Google Translate.
"The source said that the desire to visit is shared, and that Tehran and Washington are waiting for the conclusion of the arrangements prior to Iranian President Hassan Rohani issuing an official invitation to his American counterpart to visit Tehran.
"He pointed out that the most important detail that is outstanding regarding the meeting is the question of a meeting with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the possibility of not holding the meeting.
White House:
Obama not eyeing Iran trip
The White House on Monday categorically denied a report that President Obama is planning a trip to Iran next year.
“There is no truth to this report,” National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden told The Hill in an email.
Rouhani:
Iran will not dismantle nuclear sites
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Photo: AFP / Getty Images
In an interview with the Financial Times on Friday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani clarified that his country has no intention of disarming its nuclear facilities.
"One hundred percent (no)," he said when asked whether he would concede to the demands of Israel and US hawks. The Iranian president stressed throughout the entire interview that Iran maintains the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. He also tried to minimize the effect that the sanctions are having on Iran.
Rouhani also noted that the interim nuclear deal that was struck and the future negotiations with the world powers is "the best test" of whether trust could be restored between the US and Iran. "Iran-US problems are very complicated and cannot be resolved over a short period of time. Despite the complications, there has been an opening over the past 100 days, which can widen later," he said.
Report:
Mossad seeks proof of Iran breach of nuclear deal
Israeli intelligence is seeking proof of Iran violating the interim nuclear deal that was struck last week in Geneva with the world powers, the British Sunday Times reported on Sunday. According to the report, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed Israeli intelligence and Mossad chiefs to seek evidence of Iranian sabotage aimed at bypassing international sanctions and bans, prior to the signing of the accord.
An Israeli intelligence source told the British paper that "Everyone has his own view regarding the Geneva agreement, but it is clear that if a smoking gun is produced, it will tumble like a house of cards."
UN's Ban Ki-moon to Israel:
Stop building settlements in West Bank, east Jerusalem
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
File Photo: Reuters, Ki Price
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People called on Israel to stop building in the settlements saying that the surge in Israeli building was a "cause of grave concern."
"Announcements of thousands of new housing units cannot be reconciled with the goal of a two-state solution and risk the collapse of negotiations," AFP quoted him as saying.
Ban called for an end to all new settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem but he also condemned rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel and the building of tunnels from the coastal strip into Israel by militants, according to the report.
Netanyahu denies Israel pushing ahead with
plans for 24,000 new settlement units
Israel is not going ahead with preliminary planning procedures for some 24,000 units beyond the Green Line, including some 1,200 in the E1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem, an official in the Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday.
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