November 29 - News

Tuesday 29 November, 2011.

TOP STORY Egypt elections enter second day after turnout beats predictions Egyptians came out to vote in record numbers, defying widespread predictions of violence and chaos and fears that the country was yet to break free from three stagnant decades of dictatorship. HEADLINES Malaysia Parliament passes street protest bill amid opposition  Malaysian Parliament on Tuesday passed a new bill that bans street protests and lays out rules for public assemblies, amid a walkout by the entire opposition and demonstration by rights activists outside. Gilani to call joint session of parl to discuss NATO raid  Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said he will call a joint session of both houses of parliament to discuss the cross-border NATO air strike and the issue of a secret memorandum sent to the US military seeking help to prevent a possible military takeover in Pakistan. 17 killed, MP wounded in Iraq attacks  At least 17 people were killed and more than 50 wounded, among them an Iraqi member of parliament, in a wave of bloody attacks mainly in and around Baghdad, security officials and an MP said. Thousands in Syria rally against Arab sanctions  Tens of thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the capital on Monday against the Arab League decision to impose crippling sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a report said. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

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