Fox News World Headlines: 30 November 2008
November 30th, 2008 • Fox News, World
- India Hunts Terror Group Behind Mumbai Massacre
The terrorists’ final siege ended Saturday morning — two and a half days after the attacks began — but the efforts to determine who carried out the attacks have only begun - Protests Strangle Thai Economy, Strand Tourists
Anti-government protesters who have closed down Bangkok’s airports broke through a police cordon meant to shut them off from supplies, raising fears Saturday of widening confrontations in the standoff that has strangled the country’s economy. - 12 Mexican Gunmen Shoot Up Restaurant , Killing 8
Police say at least 12 masked gunmen opened fire inside a restaurant in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing eight. - OPEC Ends Cairo Meeting With Oil Output Levels Intact
OPEC ended a hastily convened meeting in Cairo Saturday without announcing new output cuts, despite the steep drop in crude prices and the threat it poses to member governments’ national budgets. - Congo Government Considers Meeting Rebel Leaders
Congo’s main rebel leader asked a U.N. envoy Saturday to arrange a face-to-face meeting with government officials during a second round of talks aimed at bringing peace to eastern Congo. - ‘Father of the Poor’ On Road to Sainthood in Cuba
Thousands of Roman Catholic faithful and even President Raul Castro gathered Saturday for the beatification of a monk known as the “father of the poor” the first ceremony of its kind on Cuban soil. - Iraqi Women, Children Among 33 Bodies in Mass Grave
Iraqi officials say a mass grave containing the bodies of 33 men, women and children has been found in a former Sunni insurgent stronghold north of Baghdad. - Tattooed Trucker Crosses Gaza Blockade to Volunteer
He was among some 80 foreign volunteers who have sailed across the Mediterranean to Gaza in three trips since August, defying a closure of the Hamas-ruled territory imposed by Israel and Egypt. - Hundreds Dead in Postelection Riots in Nigeria
Mobs behind Nigeria’s worst sectarian fighting in years burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots, raising the death toll to 35 in postelection violence. - Hungary Workers Protest Wage, Pension Rollbacks
Thousands of firefighters, teachers and other public employees are rallying outside Hungary’s parliament to protest the government’s austerity measures. - Lashings Upheld for Attack on Saudi Religious Police
A Saudi daily says the country’s appeals court upheld sentences ranging between one to five years in prison and 500 lashes on four Saudis, for attacking religious police last year. - Chinese Police Kill Man Slashing Shoppers in Market
Police killed a knife-wielding assailant who injured three people and took another hostage in an attack Saturday on a Carrefour hypermarket in southern China, state media said. - Al-Maliki’s Gamble on U.S. Pact Pays Off Politically
Coming on top of a string of military and political successes this year, the agreement has given al-Maliki the aura of a national leader who rises above Iraq’s chronic sectarian and ethnic divisions to pursue the greater interest. - Iran Sentences ‘Corrupt on Earth’ Mosque Bombers
Iran’s Revolutionary Court says it has convicted three men for involvement in an explosion in a mosque that killed 14 people in April and sentenced them to death. - U.S. Missile Strike on Pakistan Kills 2
Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least two people in northwestern Pakistan. - Rocket Attack Against U.N. Baghdad Compound Kills 2
A United Nations official says a rocket attack against a U.N. compound in Baghdad has killed three foreigners and wounded 14. - U.S. Troops Kill Taliban Leader Clad in Woman’s Clothing
Soldiers killed four Taliban fighters in Friday’s operation, including the Taliban commander named Haji Yakub who was dressed as a woman to evade capture, the U.S. military said in a statement. - Ethiopia to Withdraw Troops From Somalia By End of Year
Ethiopia announced Friday that is pulling its forces from Somalia by year’s end, leaving the ravaged capital vulnerable to the Islamic militants who have seized nearly all of the country. - Court Says Sarkozy Voodoo Doll Should Not Be Stabbed
A French appeals court says Voodoo dolls of President Nicolas Sarkozy may remain on sale, but must carry a notice saying that pricking them harms the president’s dignity. - Homicide Bomber Strikes Shiite Mosque, Kills 12
The attacker detonated his explosives belt around noon as he waited in a line to be searched at the entrance of the mosque in Musayyib, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of security concerns. - Britain to Supply Flip-Flops to Drunks Hobbling Home
Volunteers will hand out free flip-flops to intoxicated partygoers hobbling home on high heels, British police in the resort area of Torbay said Friday. - France Searches For Black Boxes in Airbus Crash
A minesweeper searched choppy seas Friday for the flight recorders of an Airbus A320 passenger plane that crashed off France’s southern coast, killing two people and leaving five missing and feared dead, officials said.
