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Monday, 01 December 2008

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People wait on the platforms of the landmark Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station, one of the several places where the attackers shot at people, in Mumbai, India, Monday Dec. 1, 2008.

Muslim graveyard refuses to bury terrorists in Mumbai

The Times

A Muslim graveyard in central Mumbai has broken with Islamic tradition and refused to bury the bodies of nine terrorists who died during a coordinated and brazen attack on India's financial capital. The influential Muslim Jama Masjid Trust, which runs the 7.5-acre Badakabrastan graveyard, said it will disregard the last rites of the nine...

photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

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Opinion Worldwide

How McDonald's finally got green

The Guardian

I never thought I would find a McDonald's advert a source of optimism, but last week it...

Cutting off aid to Gaza

The Guardian

With an injection of up to £5.5bn of taxpayer funds you'd think Lloyds TSB would be far more...

Better late than never: Beirut officially joins Chemical Weapons Convention

Daily Star Lebanon

By Andrew Wander Daily Star staff Monday, December 01, 2008...

Pakistan Tries To Avoid New Battlefront

Indian policeman stands guard during tight security on the eve of Third phase state elections in Srinagar November30, 2008. indian administrated kashmir.

CBS News

Leaders Try To Craft Response To Mumbai Attack, Diffuse Tension On Border With India ISLAMABAD, Dec. 1, 2008 E-Mail Story Print Story Sphere Share Text Size: A A A Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, is seen in a June 27, 2008 file photo in Ankara,...

photo: WN / Imran Nissar

Record high tides flood Venice

High water covers a cafe's table and chairs in Venice's St. Mark's Square, northern Italy, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

News24

Venice - Sea water encroached on large parts of Venice on Monday amid warnings that the lagoon city could experience the greatest surge in high tide levels in almost 30 years. The municipality's Centro Maree, or Tide Centre, which monitors water...

photo: AP / Luigi Costantini

EU to search out cyber criminals

Ray Campbell, who has been blind since he was born, types on a computer keyboard with a braille display in the foreground Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, at his office in Chica

BBC News

Remote searches of suspect computers will form part of an EU plan to tackle hi-tech crime. The five-year action plan will take steps to combat the growth in cyber theft and the machines used to spread spam and other malicious programs. It will also...

photo: AP / M. Spencer Green

Assad urges EU to help lift Gaza blockade

Middle East Online

DAMASCUS - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held talks with two French envoys on Sunday and urged Paris and the European Union, currently headed by...

photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb

South Korean exports slump

An employee at the Korea Stock Exchange reacts beside a screen showing the falling share price in Seoul Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 6.9 percent, or 125.91, to close at 1,691.98, its worst point drop ever and lowest finish since May 30. Earlier, the Kospi had fallen as low as 1,681.71, or 7.5 percent from Tuesday. Markets were closed Wednesday for a national h

The Star

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's exports fell sharply in November, the government said Monday, while automakers took steps to cut production amid slumping demand for vehicles amid the weak global economy. Exports dropped 18.3 percent in...

photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

Asian stock markets mixed

Pedestrians look at an electric stock board in front of a Tokyo brokerage Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 as Japan's key stock index plunged a stunning 9.6 percent Friday to close out its worst week in history.

CNN

(CNN) -- The major Asian markets were mixed in afternoon trading Monday, with Tokyo moving lower while Hong Kong was on the upswing. Japan's Nikkei 225 was down about 1 percent, as was Australia's All Ordinaries index. But the Hang Seng index in Hong...

photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara