SAKE, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Congo pushed south along Lake Kivu on Friday after repelling a counter-attack by government forces near the new rebel stronghold in the city of Goma on the Rwandan border. Others moved north from the strategic road junction at Sake. A Reuters correspondent there said rebels were in control of Sake after a battle on Thursday which had been the first sign of a government fightback after the army abandoned Goma on Tuesday to the M23 movement, widely thought to be backed by Rwanda. … Pakistan to cut phone service to prevent attacks
Pakistan’s interior minister says the government will suspend cell phone service in most parts of the country over the next two days to prevent attacks against Shiite Muslims over a key religious holiday.
London sale features Elvis Presley's Rolex
A watch which was one of Elvis Presley’s last Christmas presents and a corset worn by Madonna on her 1990 “Blond Ambition” tour will be featured at a London auction.
Bomb in Palestinian camp in Damascus kills 4
A bomb blast in a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus killed four people and seriously wounded a member of a faction that has backed Syrian President Bashar Assad in the country's bitter civil war, activists said Friday. Swedish anti-immigrant sniper jailed for life
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A gunman who shot dead two people during a string of attacks on foreign-looking people in Sweden was jailed for life on Friday in a region still traumatized by the 2011 massacres by Norwegian A nders Breivik. The attacks by Peter Mangs, 40, spread fear in the southern city of Malmo, where about 30 percent of people come from immigrant backgrounds. "The crimes which Peter Mangs committed are characterized by extreme ruthlessness and a complete lack of empathy for other people," the judges said in a statement released by the court. … More than 40,000 killed since start of Syria conflict: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and those fighting for his overthrow, a violence monitoring group said on Friday. Rami Abdelrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said about half the fatalities were civilians and the other half split about evenly between rebels and government soldiers. "The figure is likely much higher as the rebels and the government lie about how many of their forces have died to make it look like they are winning," Abdelrahman told Reuters. … U.N. very concerned about human rights in Egypt after Mursi decree
GENEVA (Reuters) – A wide-ranging decree issued by Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi raises very serious human rights concerns, U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay's spokesman said on Friday. "We are very concerned about the possible huge ramifications of this declaration on human rights and the rule of law in Egypt," Rupert Colville told a news briefing at the United Nations in Geneva. "We also fear this could lead to a very volatile situation over the next few days, starting today in fact." (Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Angus MacSwan) Tibetan man sets self on fire in protest in China
Chinese state media say a Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire in northwest China’s Qinghai province, as the wave of the fiery protests against Chinese rule show no sign of abating.
Palestine envoy says Beijing backs U.N. entry
BEIJING (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' envoy to China said on Friday that Beijing backs their United Nations membership bid, a day after France indicated it would support a diplomatic upgrade for Palestine. Bassam al-Salhi, in China on a three-day trip to discuss tensions in Gaza, echoed earlier calls from China's Foreign Ministry that Beijing would support Palestinian statehood and its entry into the United Nations. "They (China) support the Palestinian right for ending occupation and building a Palestinian state .. … Lone home still stands amid new pavement as duck farmer in China goes up against city planners
BEIJING, China – In the middle of an eastern Chinese city’s new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home of the duck farmer who said “no.”
Russia, NATO to discuss Turkey missile request: Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and NATO will on Friday discuss Moscow's opposition to the possible deployment of Patriot missiles near Turkey's border with Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Lavrov reiterate d Russia's concerns about Turkey's request for NATO to deploy the surface-to-air missiles because of Ankara's fears of spillover from the civil war in Syria. He said he would discuss the issue by telephone with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who said on Thursday the alliance would "do what it takes to defend our ally Turkey". … 
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