15 Nov Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, November 15, 2012
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- Israel has hammered the Gaza Strip in a series of airstrikes, one of which has killed Hamas’ military commander Ahmad Jabari.
- The United Nations Population Fund has declared contraception and family planning to be a human right having a positive effect on economic development.
- Unlike France, the United States has stopped short of recognizing Syria’s opposition coalition.
- Nigerian lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing same-sex marriage.
- The International Monetary Fund is prepared to offer funds to assist in recovery in Tunisia, a country reeling from last year’s political turmoil during the Arab Spring.
- The UN Joint Human Rights office completed an investigation into allegations in the Masisi Territory and North Kivu region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and found evidence of the arbitrary execution of at least 264 civilians.
- As expected, Xi Jinping has been appointed as China’s new President.
- A Palestinian aide has downplayed Israeli threats to impose financial sanctions if the Palestinian push for the status of non-member observer state at the UN is successful.
- News has come out that a suspected shipment of North Korean missile parts was intercepted in South Korea earlier this year while on its way to Syria on board a Chinese vessel.
- EU and Canadian negotiators are meeting in Ottawa to iron out the final differences in their bilateral trade talks before the political leaders meet on the issue next week.
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