Palestinians win de facto UN recognition

1 December The China Post

The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate.

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Ex-Indian PM Gujral dies at 92

1 December The China Post

Former Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who engineered a thaw in the icy relationship with arch rival Pakistan during his time in government, died Friday aged 92, the government announced.

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Too soon to declare 'life' on Mars, says NASA

1 December FOX News

If there are little green men on Mars, they haven’t shown up yet.NASA has quelled rumors that a “major discovery” from the latest robotic probe on the Red planet was some form of indication of life. If there’s anything out there, we haven’t seen it yet, the agency said.

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