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Friday, November 30, 2012

Morning Digest: Palestinians win de facto U.N. recognition of sovereign state

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11/30/2012
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Palestinians win de facto U.N. recognition of sovereign state
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate.".
Fighting cuts access to Damascus airport, flights suspended
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels battled forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad just outside Damascus on Thursday, cutting access to its international airport, and Dubai-based Emirates airline and EgyptAir stopped flights to the Syrian capital..
Stock futures signal flat start
LONDON (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a flat opening on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 trading unchanged to 0.1 percent higher at 4.33 a.m. EST..
Berry, Aubry, Martinez call truce after holiday custody brawl
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Halle Berry, her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and her current lover Olivier Martinez have called a truce after their angry Thanksgiving Day brawl outside the Oscar-winning actress's Los Angeles home..
Serena Williams named Women's Tennis Association Player of the Year
LONDON (Reuters) - American Serena Williams has been named WTA Player of the Year after one of the most successful seasons in her career..
U.S. daily deals website Living Social to cut 400 jobs: WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. daily deals online firm Living Social Inc is expected to announce on Thursday it is cutting 400 jobs, representing 9 percent of its workforce, as demand for daily deals and emailed daily discounts dries up, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a source familiar with the plans..
NASA probe reveals organics, ice on Mercury
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Despite searing daytime temperatures, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, has ice and frozen organic materials inside permanently shadowed craters in its north pole, NASA scientists said on Thursday..
Read all about it: Pope has not canceled Christmas
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - And so it came to pass that in the eighth year of Pope Benedict's reign, some tabloid and social media decreed that he had cancelled Christmas..
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