News Headlines (82) 2 December 2012

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The Fight Over Medical Marijuana - Op-Docs.  Published on Nov 8, 2012 by TheNewYorkTimes - An Op-Doc profiles Chris Williams, a medical marijuana grower in Montana who now faces life in prison.

► Analysis: Myanmar's Suu Kyi shows pragmatism - By By TODD PITMAN 

► Mitt Romney's Loss Creates GOP Leadership Vacuum - ABC OTUS News

► Obama Should Take On the 47 Percent - By Rick Newman | U.S.News & World Report LP – Fri, Nov 30, 2012

► Mexico's Pena Nieto takes power vowing to end violence - By Dave Graham and Michael O'Boyle

► America's best places for holiday lights

► 10 out-of-this-world places



► 5 Things You Didn't Know About Buying Eggs

► 2 December 2012 - Morsi supporters hail Egypt vote

Supporters of Egypt's president welcome his call for a referendum on a draft constitution but opponents vow to fight on, saying it undermines basic rights.
* In pictures: Cairo rallies 
* Islamists rally for President - VIDEO
* Anger in Tahrir Square - VIDEO
* Egypt divisions likely to deepen
* Old and draft charters compared
* Egyptians share their views

► 2 December 2012  - DR Congo rebels pull out of Goma

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo complete their withdrawal from the key city of Goma under a regionally-brokered deal.
* Rebels begin Goma withdrawal -VIDEO
* UK stops Rwanda payment
* Fighters reveal Rwanda's meddling 
* Harding: Congo's cycle of chaos

► N Korea date for rocket launch

North Korea's official news agency announces the country is to launch a long-range rocket between 10 and 22 December.
* North Korea's missile programme 
* North Korea country profile

► Irish 'want new abortion law'. By Mark Simpson BBC Ireland Correspondent

A majority of Irish people want new laws on abortion, according to one of the first polls since the death of an Indian dentist after a miscarriage.
* Watchdog examines pregnancy death
* Husband won't meet inquiry head

► 1 December 2012 - Hillary Clinton warns Israel on settler homes  || 28 November 2012 - Raising Israel's Altalena ship 'a lesson for the future' By Matthew Bell PRI's The World 

► 29 November 2012 - Convertible Beetle back in battle for VW in the US | By Jorn Madslien Business reporter, BBC News, Los Angeles motor show
  ► 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible First Drive Review. Published on Nov 28, 2012 by romanmicagearguy; - The brand new 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible debuted today at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show but we got to drive it before it broke cover along the ocean in California. The new Beetle Convertible carries on a decades long tradition of topless motoring and this newest Beetle plays on the VW Beetles reputation with three special addition cars that include a 50's 60's and 70's theme. Check out this first drive video review as we bring you the new car in all of its editions from the sunny beaches of Southern California.


■ The Fast Lane Car
► 2 December 2012 - Tea-plucking machines in India threaten Assam livelihoods By Mark Tully Former BBC India correspondent

► 1 December 2012 - Italy tracks down copy of Da Vinci's lost masterpiece By David Willey BBC News, Rome 
► 2 December 2012  - Greece bailout: How the crisis fuels the arts in Athens By Mark Lowen BBC News, Athens 
► Rapper Dr. Dre tops Forbes highest-paid musicians list
► 29 November 2012 - Highest-ever HIV diagnoses in gay men By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News
► He to She - The Hollywood starlet who started out life as a man . 30 November 2012 - Christine Jorgensen: 60 years of sex change ops By Chloe Hadjimatheou BBC World Service
► 30 November 2012 - Finland's native Sámi adventures

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Witness - Last of the Reindeer Herders - Pt 1. Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Oct 29, 2009 - Chronicling the struggle for survival faced by the Sami people of Lapland. Many of the traditional winter grazing grounds are now privately owned, and while the owners argue that reindeer cause damage to land they legitimately purchased decades ago, the Sami argue they have been herding reindeer in these forests for thousands of years.


► Quote of the Day ::  "I apologise if my remarks reflect me showing indifference to and disrespect of my colleagues and a lack of appreciation of the extraordinary opportunity of which I have been blessed" - Two and a Half Men star Angus T Jones says sorry after urging viewers not to watch the show.

► Putin: Russia will stimulate economic growth during G20 presidency

► Lavrov: "West's policy of iron and blood doesn't work"

► 'Israeli settlements roadblock to solid peace solution'. Published on Dec 1, 2012  - Washington has hit out at Israel for authorizing 3-thousand new settler homes, in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israel's move came a day after the UN General Assembly upgraded Palestine to being a 'non-member' observer. The US called the construction decision counter-productive to peace negotiations on a two-state solution. Human rights activist Steve Hynd thinks both sides are further apart from a two-state solution than ever. (VIDEO)

► 'Palestine can now sue Israel for illegal occupation'. Published on Dec 1, 2012  - The U.S. has criticized Israel for approving settlement expansion directly after the UN recognised Palestine as a non-member observer state. Washington says its a step back for peace talks.
3-thousand new settler homes have been given the go ahead in the West Bank and East Jerusalem less than 24 hours after the UN vote. Israel has accused the Palestinians of seeking unilateral recognition and not a solution through talks. The Palestinians in turn demand that all settlement building is stopped before negotiations resume. 138 states voted to upgrade Palestine's status, with 9, including the U.S. voting against and 41 abstaining. Political analyst Phyllis Bennis says the Palestinians could now take action against Israel through global institutions. (VIDEO)

► Video: 'Molotov protest' in Mexico over new presidents inauguration. Published on Dec 1, 2012 - Protesters have clashed with police outside the Mexican Congress in Mexico city on Saturday, as the country's new president, Enrique Pena Nieto, prepared to take the oath of office. Hundreds of demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails, firecrackers and rocks at security forces, who responded by firing tear gas to disperse the crowd.  (VIDEO)

► President Morsi sets new date for constitutional referendum amid mass protests
► New faces in Kuwait parliament as opposition boycotts 'unconstitutional' poll
► New Mexican president sworn in amid violent protests (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

► Flying into trouble? Drones to use US airspace as safety record questioned

► San Onofre nuclear plant may have been sabotaged

► Diary updated: Anne Frank's Holocaust story remade for big screen, new info added -  Published: 01 December, 2012

► Survival kits and trips to hell, doomsday hysteria grips Russia

► Listening Post - Leveson and the politcs of press regulation. Published on Dec 1, 2012  - The Leveson Report: Where does British journalism go from here, and where does this leave the Cameron government? What does the Leveson report really mean for the British press, politics and the public? And, watching old news anew - what has changed in journalism over the last 70 years? (VIDEO) 

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The Frost Interview - Jose Ramos-Horta: Lessons in patience. Published on Dec 1, 2012 - In 1975, Jose Ramos-Horta, the then foreign minister of the newly-liberated nation of East Timor, was sent by his country's prime minister to New York. By the time his plane landed in the US, his country had been invaded and annexed by Indonesia. In a revealing interview, Sir David Frost travels to East Timor to meet the Nobel laureate and hear his remarkable story. "I got involved in politics by [an] accident of history," Ramos-Horta says.


► Talk to Al Jazeera - Amr Darrag: A 'perfect system' for Egypt.  Published on Dec 1, 2012 - Egypt is in crisis - again. President Mohamed Morsi's decree giving himself unlimited powers has brought thousands of Egyptians on to the streets. Morsi says his decree is temporary, aimed at preventing judges of the former dictatorship from disbanding the assembly writing the new constitution. At the heart of the controversy lies the draft constitution.

Some groups feel the assembly that has written the current draft is dominated by Muslim groups. Already secularists, leftists, Christians and even the farmer and journalist syndicates have pulled out of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly. Some of them were hoping the courts would order a new assembly be formed, before the draft is issued.

Too late. The assembly beat the judges Friday morning. But it is not game over. It is not clear whether the protests will end even if Morsi's unlimited powers are rescinded. And will people approve a document boycotted by so many factions when it goes to a referendum? And there are questions about the content of the new constitution. Where is it taking the country? What does it say about human rights, the rights of women and minorities and the role of the military and Sharia law?

On Talk to Al Jazeera we speak to the secretary general of the Constituent Assembly, a man who left his engineering background to help draft a new constitution for Egypt: Amr Darrag.


► Inside Story - AIDS: Fighting discrimination. Published on Dec 1, 2012  - As the UN marks World AIDS Day we ask if prejudice and ignorance is still rife regarding those living with HIV and AIDS. Inside Story, with presenter James Bays, discusses with guests: Bernhard Schwartländer, director for evidence, strategy and results at UNAIDS; Lynette Mabote, the regional advocacy team leader for the Rights Alliance for Southern Africa; and Ju Wei Chen, the founding director of the AIDS Institute at the University of Hong Kong. (VIDEO)

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South 2 North - 'Music is life'.  Published on Dec 1, 2012  - No subject is off limits in the first ever global talk show hosted from Africa in which Redi Tlhabi talks frankly to inspiring and intriguing personalities from across the world. Examining the current situation for musicians in Northern Mali and why Mandela and Gandhi should not be made icons. || ► Redi Tlhabi interviews President Jacob Zuma. Streamed live on Jul 22, 2012 by TalkRadio702



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S Africa president plans $250m tax-funded town. Published on Nov 3, 2012 - South African President Jacob Zuma is being criticised over plans to build a new town only three kilometres from his family home. The ambitious project would be the first town built since the end of apartheid. But, with half of the $250m cost coming from taxpayers coffers, many say the president is putting his personal interests before those of the country.  Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province.


► Inside Story Americas - Will Mexico's new president bring change and progress? Published on Dec 1, 2012  - As Enrique Pena Nieto prepares to assume the presidency of Mexico we assess the condition of the Mexico he inherits. Inside Story Americas with Shihab Rattansi analyses with guests: Rodrigo Serrano, one of the founders of the Yo Soy 132 or the I Am 132 movement; Laura Carlsen, the director of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy; and George Grayson, professor of Latin American Politics at the College of William and Mary. (VIDEO)

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DR Congo rebels hand back control of Goma. Published on Dec 1, 2012 - M23 rebels have begun withdrawing from the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their pull-out took place two weeks after they seized control of the regional capital. It signals some progress towards ending the fighting in the region. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma.



► Taliban target US-Afghan base: Live update from Kabul. Published on Dec 1, 2012  - There has been an attack on a joint US-Afghan military base in Afghanistan. The Taliban says it sent suicide bombers to the facility in Jalalabad. This sparked a battle between foreign troops and the attackers. NATO aircraft and foreign soldiers are trying to repel the suicide bombers who have reportedly entered the base. Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith has more on this from Kabul. (VIDEO) 

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■ 7 Missing After Tunnel Collapse Outside Tokyo 
■ USS Enterprise Carrier Retires From Active Service 
■ Syrian Internet Largely Restored After Blackout
■ Egypt's Morsi: Dec. 15 Referendum on Constitution 
■ Mexico Swears In President Amid Violent Protests 
■ 2 Dead After Bus Crash at Fla. Airport; 3 Critical
■ Kuwait's Rifts Highlighted by Election Boycott 
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■ NKorea to Launch Long-Range Rocket 
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► A Newly Democratic Tunisia Takes to the Streets Again
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* Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers

► JEROME DELAY / AP - Congo's Crisis: Rebels Launch Offensive in Country's East | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, rebels belonging to an armed group known as the M23 have launched a devastating offensive against the government of President Joseph Kabila, capturing the main provincial capital of Goma.
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