09 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Friday, November 9, 2012
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- The International Court of Justice will deliver its judgment in Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. (Hague time).
- The European Court of Human Rights upheld the German judgment that placed a ban on the use of holocaust images in a PETA animal-rights campaign poster.
- Human Rights Watch published a report on migrant women living in Belgium who fear deportation if they report domestic abuse.
- Despite warnings from the US and Israel, the Palestinian Authority has circulated a draft of a UN General Assembly resolution calling for upgraded observer status to be awarded to Palestine.
- According to the Pentagon, Iran fired on US drone aircraft in international airspace last week, though it did not hit the intended target.
- Newly re-elected US President Obama will make history by visiting Myanmar later this month, being the first sitting US president to do so.
- The EU and 10 Latin-American states have concluded a historic agreement ending the two decades long dispute on the EU’s bananas regime.
- Australia has indicated that it will sign up to the next phase of commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, whereas its neighbor New Zealand has decided not to.
- China has proposed a four point plan for a political solution to the Syrian conflict, overcoming its traditional apprehension to interfere in other states’ affairs. The plan is however vague on details, and is seen as motivated by a desire to improve China’s reputation in the Middle East.
- An Argentinian judge has frozen some of Chevron’s Argentinian assets to enforce the Ecuadorian judgment awarding $19 billion in damages for environmental pollution in the Amazon.
- US regulators are making progress towards a deal with their Chinese counterparts on the regulation of auditors working for US corporations overseas.
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