Top story: Iran is holding what it describes as its largest ever air-defense drill to prepare for an attack on the country's nuclear sites. Both Iran's conventional forces and the revolutionary guards participated.
The drill comes after Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said last week that Iran was not interested in a Western proposal that it ship its uranium abroad for enrichment. U.S. President Barack Obama responded to Mottaki's statement with a new threat of sanctions and Israel warned that it would take military action to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
"If the enemy tries its luck and fires a missile into Iran, our ballistic missiles would zero in on Tel Aviv before the dust settles on the attack," said one Revolutionary Guard official in response.
Business: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is in talks with Microsoft over a Web partnership that could potentially allow the company to remove its news content from Google.
Asia
- 21 people were killed in the Philippines over an election dispute.
- Pakistani authorities released a list showing high-ranking government officials who had been granted amnesty for corruption charges by Pervez Musharraf.
- Four U.S. military personnel were killed in Afghanistan on Sunday and Monday.
Middle East
- Iraq's parliament passed a new law to streamline foreign investment.
- Israeli jets fired on what were said to be militant targets in Gaza.
- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarrak criticized Israeli settlement construction at a meeting with Shimon Peres.
- Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making his first visit to Brazil.
President Hugo Chavez urged Venezuelans to join government-organized militias to prepare for foreign invasion.
Ousted president Manuel Zelaya and his supporters are nowhere to be seen as Honduras prepares for a new presidential election next week.
Europe
- Romania's presidential election is headed for a runoff of Dec. 6.
- Armenia and Azerbaijan reported making good progress in talks over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
- Dissident Northern Ireland separatists unsuccessfully attempted a car bomb attack on a police headquarters in Belfast.
Africa
- South Africa has created special courts to deal with crime during the 2010 World Cup.
- Algerian courts acquitted two men who were held in Guantanamo for seven years.
- More than 50,000 people have fled ethnic fighting over fishing rights in northwestern Congo.
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