Iran protesters break into UK embassy in Tehran
Protesters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, have broken into the UK embassy compound during an anti-British demonstration, reports say.
Militant students are said to have removed the British flag, burnt it and replaced it with the Iranian flag.
They were also shown live on Iranian state TV throwing stones at embassy windows and breaking them.
The move comes after Iran agreed to reduce ties following the UK's decision to impose further sanctions on Iran.
China bans adverts during TV dramas
Move intended to attract viewers, boost programme quality and follows directive last month to limit reality shows
China has banned television stations from placing advertisements in the middle of TV dramas in an move to attract viewers and boost programme quality.
The ban, which takes effect from 1 January, means no commercials may appear during any drama series, whose episodes typically run for 45 minutes.
The order is the latest in a series since the ruling Communist party last month endorsed a programme to raise the entertainment and ideological value of cultural offerings to better hold the attention of Chinese people increasingly turning to the internet for alternate viewpoints.
Robert Fisk: A glimpse of real democracy – but it may prove too good to be true
The cops and soldiers were on the streets again ... ignored by the queues outside polling stations
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive? It had rained overnight, but with Egypt's pale and wintry sun came the crowds, lining up outside the polling stations with a patience and an enthusiasm that would put any European nation to shame.
I walked and walked, and some queues were half a mile – perhaps three quarters of a mile – in length, and gone was the old and corrupted voting culture of the past half-century. There were no cops to leer and to intimidate the men and women who arrived to choose their candidates, no one to tip voting papers into the Nile, no fraudulent figures to produce another rubber-stamp parliament. But my question mark on Wordsworth's all too brief enthusiasm for the French Revolution is necessary.
 | Trust issues stalk COP17 as UN climate talks open
FARANAAZ PARKER AND SAPA - Nov 29 2011
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In a speech to the 194-nation forum of the Conference of the Parties 17 (COP17) on Monday morning, President Jacob Zuma pointed to a series of disasters in the country as a sign of the impact of climate change.
"We have experienced unusual and severe flooding in coastal areas in recent times, impacting on people directly as they lose their homes, jobs and livelihoods," he said.
"Given the urgency, governments need to strive to find solutions here in Durban. Change and solutions are always possible, and Durban must take us many steps forward towards a solution that saves tomorrow today."
"Given the urgency, governments need to strive to find solutions here in Durban. Change and solutions are always possible, and Durban must take us many steps forward towards a solution that saves tomorrow today."
No more ‘business as usual’ with US
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
* PM says incidents such as NATO attack have alienated Pakistan
* Islamabad re-evaluating ties with US
* Alliance can only continue with mutual respect and mutual interest
* Islamabad re-evaluating ties with US
* Alliance can only continue with mutual respect and mutual interest
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan vowed no more “business as usual” with the United States after NATO strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, but stopped short on Monday of threatening to break the troubled alliance altogether.
In response Pakistan has dug in its heels, reacting furiously to what it called an “unprovoked” strike.
In an interview with CNN, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said incidents such as the NATO cross-border attack further alienated the Pakistani masses, leaving his government isolated in its unpopular alliance with the US.
In response Pakistan has dug in its heels, reacting furiously to what it called an “unprovoked” strike.
In an interview with CNN, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said incidents such as the NATO cross-border attack further alienated the Pakistani masses, leaving his government isolated in its unpopular alliance with the US.
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By Mahan Abedin
As Western nations impose yet more sanctions on Iran in the wake of the latest International Atomic Energy Agency report, the psychological warfare between the two sides continues to escalate.
This psychological warfare has two dimensions; one visible and rhetorical and conducted through official and unofficial media and the other secret and centered on sabotage. In so far as the former is concerned Iran has risen to the challenge by superseding tough American and Israeli rhetoric with even tougher rhetoric.
However, it is on the sabotage front - where Iran appears to be under attack from several directions - that the Islamic Republic is raising eyebrows even amongst its hardcore supporters by
This psychological warfare has two dimensions; one visible and rhetorical and conducted through official and unofficial media and the other secret and centered on sabotage. In so far as the former is concerned Iran has risen to the challenge by superseding tough American and Israeli rhetoric with even tougher rhetoric.
However, it is on the sabotage front - where Iran appears to be under attack from several directions - that the Islamic Republic is raising eyebrows even amongst its hardcore supporters by
displaying remarkable tolerance in the face of intolerable provocations.
Sirhan lawyers: Bullet was switched and he was hypnotized before Robert Kennedy assassination
By Associated Press,
LOS ANGELES — Lawyers representing convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan argue in newly filed court documents that a bullet was switched in evidence at his trial and new forensic details show he is innocent of the 1968 killing of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
In the latest of many appeals filed on behalf of Sirhan, the attorneys are seeking to overturn his conviction. They repeated a previous assertion and presented reports from experts who said Sirhan was programmed through hypnosis to fire shots as a diversion for the real killer.
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