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  • Fishermen struggle to survive on heavily polluted Nicaraguan lake

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    A fisherman rests on his boat on Xolotlan Lake in Tipitapa, some 12 miles from Nicaragua's capital, on Nov. 16.

    Xolotlan Lake, also known as Lake Managua, is one of the largest and most polluted in Nicaragua. Although President Daniel Ortega's administration obtained international funding three years ago to restore the lake back to health, it is still heavily polluted. Hunger and poverty force many Nicaraguans to fish in the contaminated lake, according to Agence France-Presse (article in Spanish).

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    Nicaraguan Mauro Castillo puts his fishing net away after returning from Xolotlan Lake in Tipitapa, some 12 miles from the capital, on Nov. 24.

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    A man puts puts the fish he bought from fishermen on Xolotlan Lake on ice, to later sell it in Tipitapa, some 12 miles from the capital, on Nov. 16.

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    Fish caught in Xolotlan Lake, also known as Lake Managua is sold at a market in Tipitapa, some 12 miles from the capital, on Nov. 16.

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    Thirty-five-year-old fisherman Adonis Mena, throws his fishing net into the waters of Xolotlan Lake in Tipitapa, some 12 miles from the capital, on Nov. 20.

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  • Dairy farmers spill milk in a cry against low prices

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    Police officers are sprayed with milk by European milk farmers during a demonstration outside the European Parliament in Brussels on Nov. 26.

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    A dairy farmers holds a hose spraying milk at a protest against EU agricultural policies at the Place du Luxembourg, near the European Parliament, in Brussels, on Nov. 26.

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    A riot police is seen covered in milk as farmers dump milk on the European Parliament during a demonstration in Brussels on Nov. 26.

    Reuters -- Dairy farmers sprayed thousands of gallons of fresh milk at the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday in protest at what they say are excessive milk quotas and prices below the cost of production.

    Hundreds of farmers and tractors from across Europe took up position in a park near the European Commission and a square in front of the parliament in the early afternoon, after blocking traffic along several of Brussels' busiest streets.

    They then turned their hoses on parliament, a collection of vast marble, glass and steel buildings on a Brussels square, and unleashed torrents of milk, some of it raining down on police and passers-by.

    Afterwards they set alight barrels of hay and a pile of tires, sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. They plan to stay put outside parliament until Tuesday afternoon.

    The European Milk Board, which coordinated the two-day protest, said prices with current quotas were putting small farmers out of business. In Belgium, for example, the board said the wholesale price for a quarter gallon of milk was around 34 cents, but the cost of producing it is more than 50 cents. Continue reading.

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    Farmers spray milk at riot police during a demonstration on the 'Place du Luxembourg' near the European parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 26.

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    European milk producers demonstrate outside the European Parliament in Brussels on Nov. 26.

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    Farmers stand among hundreds of tractors during a demonstration in central Brussels on Nov. 26.

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  • Protesters in Tahrir Square hold funeral for activist killed in clashes

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    Egyptian activists carry the coffin of Gaber Salah, an activist who died overnight after he was critically injured in clashes with police last week, during his funeral in Tahrir Square on Nov. 26.

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    Egyptians carry the body of Gaber Salah during his funeral procession in Cairo on Nov. 26.

    Thousands of Egyptians on Monday gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square to attend the funeral of youth activist Gaber Salah, who was severely injured during clashes with security forces last Monday and died Sunday night. Activists have been gathering in the square to protest the seizure of new powers by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The demonstrations have been reminiscent of an uprising last year that led to the rise of Morsi's Islamist movement.

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    A mourner wearing chains attends the funeral of youth activist Gaber Salah.

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    Egyptian protesters react during the funeral of Gaber Salah.

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    A masked protester during clashes with police in Tahrir Square on Nov. 26.

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    Mourners attend the funeral of activist Gaber Salah in Cairo.

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    The tents of activists in Tahrir Square on Nov. 26.

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  • Chaotic scene as civilians work to put out another garment-factory fire in Bangladesh

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    A worker calls for help as he is trapped in a garment factory after a fire broke out in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 26. The trapped worker was eventually rescued.

    Just two days after a garment-factory fire that killed at least 112 people, another fire broke out at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday. This time, there were no reports that anyone had died in the blaze, but the chaos at the scene, where workers and civilians struggled to put the fire out themselves, highlighted unsafe conditions in an industry rushing to produce for major retailers around the world. Read story

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    Civilians try to put out a fire at Sir Denim Limited garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 26.

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    Civilians try to put out a fire at Sir Denim Limited garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 26.

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    Bangladeshi firefighters and workers try to douse the fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 26.

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    Hundreds of people watch the rescue effort after a fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 26.

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    Bangladeshi firefighters carry an injured man from a garment factory fire on the outskirts of Dhaka on Nov. 26.

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    Workers shout slogans as they protest on Nov. 26 against the death of their colleagues in Saturday's devastating fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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    Bangladeshi garment workers walk on the burned stairs of the nine-story Tazreen Fashion plant in Savar, about 30 kilometers north of Dhaka on Nov. 26. The factory was the scene of a fire on Saturday that killed at least 112 people.

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  • Daring bike ride to school in Indonesia

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    A boy on his way to school rides a bicycle across planks on an aqueduct that separates Plempungan Village and Suro Village in Karanganyar, central Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 26. As rickety as it looks, residents prefer to use the old aqueduct as a shortcut. The alternative route requires walking 3.5 miles.

     

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  • Gazans work to reopen tunnels bombed by Israel

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    A Palestinian worker shovels sand as he repairs a damaged smuggling tunnel dug beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 26, 2012.

    By NBC News staff and wire reports:

    Palestinians wielded shovels and planks Monday to reopen tunnels used to smuggle in goods from Egypt to the Gaza Strip after Israel's eight-day offensive against Hamas. Israeli airstrikes have heavily targeted the network of tunnels, which smugglers use to bring in various items -- including food, fuel, construction materials and weapons -- to Gaza's 1.6 million residents.

    While many Gazans depend on the tunnels for basic food and supplies, the underground facilities have also been crucial to arming Hamas and other militant groups. Full Story

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    An excavator operates at the site of a destroyed smuggling tunnel dug beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 26.

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    A Palestinian smuggler waits for a cart containing gravel inside a smuggling tunnel dug beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah.

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    Palestinians take a cigarette break as they work inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah.

    Slideshow: Israel and Gaza: 8 days of violence

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    Israel's military said it had accomplished its objectives while Hamas claimed victory after the two sides exchanged deadly airstrikes and rocket attacks for over a week.

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  • Freed scientist faces cold reality of an unchanged Russia

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    Valentin Danilov, a Russian physicist convicted of spying for China, tries to warm his ear as he arrives in Novosibirsk, the home of his wife of 41 years, on Nov. 26, 2012, two days after he was released on parole.

    Reuters reports — Gray, pale and thin, Valentin Danilov has changed more than the country that jailed him in 2004 for selling state secrets to China.

    The 66-year-old Russian physicist, whose face is now criss-crossed with deep wrinkles, could not be blamed for suffering from "deja vu" when he was released on Saturday from a Siberian penal colony on spying charges he says were politically motivated.

    Russian punk protester moved to solo cell

    President Vladimir Putin, now 60, is back in the Kremlin for a third term, corruption is rife, the unreformed economy is creaking under the weight of its dependence on energy exports, and opponents are still being imprisoned.

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    Danilov looks out of a window as he sits in a compartment inside a train carriage before leaving Krasnoyarsk for Novosibirsk on Nov. 25, 2012.

    Putting a positive spin on his years in jail, Danilov said: "They say that to get to know a country well, one must visit its cemeteries and prison. I used to visit cemeteries often and now I've been to prison too.

    "So you can really believe me when I say I know perfectly fine now what Russia is," he said. Read the full story.

    Police in Russia detained dozens of people supporting a protest by prisoners over conditions inside the facility. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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  • Gandhi of the subway carriage

     

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    Mahesh Chaturvedi, 63, reads a copy of the Bhagavad-Gita, one of Hinduism's most holy books, on a metro train in New Delhi on October 2, 2012.

    63-year-old Mahesh Chaturvedi says that the soul of Mahatma Gandhi resides in him and he has been sent to continue the work of the man known by many Indians as the Father of the Nation, Reuters reports.

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    Since his self-proclaimed transformation into Gandhi in 2002, Chaturvedi has traveled extensively, playing up to his resemblance to Gandhi at protests and demonstrations.

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    Mahesh Chaturvedi poses for a photo in front of a statue of Gandhi in the old quarters of New Delhi on October 25, 2012.

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    Mahesh Chaturvedi (front center) talks on the phone on September 28, 2012.

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    A man takes a photo as Mahesh Chaturvedi (back to camera), walks on the streets of New Delhi on September 28, 2012.

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  • Voluminous Dance features plus-size dancers in Cuba

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    Dancers Maylin Daza, right, Barbara Paula, center and Rubi Amaro get dressed and apply make up before dancing with their group Danza Voluminosa, or Voluminous Dance, in Havana, Cuba, Nov. 24. Voluminous Dance is a theater company with overweight dancers founded by dancer, choreographer and director Juan Miguel Mas.

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    Members of Voluminous Dance perform the show 'Crisalidas' or 'Chrysalis' in Havana, Cuba.

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    Xiomara Gonzalez, left and Maylin Daza, of the Cuban group Danza Voluminosa or Voluminous Dance, smoke cigarettes before a show.

     

  • Rains cause flooding in parts of England

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    Flood water can be seen in fields surrounding the Glastonbury Tor on the Somerset Levels, Nov. 25, near Glastonbury, England.

    Severe flood warnings were issued as already sodden parts of southwest England were soaked by rain and battered by strong winds. Emergency services warned lives were at risk.

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    Anne Bartlett and her dog Henry look out from their flooded property in the center of the village of Ruishton, near Taunton, on Nov. 25, in Somerset, England.

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    People leave a house affected by floods in Malmesbury, England, on Nov. 25.

     

     

  • Marc Serota

    The sprinklers go off as the Miami Dolphins play against the Seattle Seahawks at Sun Life Stadium on November 25, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Miami defeated Seattle 24-21.

    Seahawks get soaked by Dolphins -- and sprinklers -- in Miami

    On a cloudless afternoon, the sprinklers came on between plays and covered most of the field Sunday, drawing a cheer from the crowd and causing a brief delay. The sprinklers were quickly turned off, and players toweled off before the action resumed.

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  • More than 100 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Members of the police inspect the garment factory after a devastating fire in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 25. A fire swept through Tazreen Fashion factory killing more than 100 people in the country's worst-ever factory blaze.

    Witnesses said the workers, mostly women, ran for safety as the fire engulfed the plant, but were unable to come out through narrow exits.

    "Many jumped out from the windows and were injured, or died on the spot," said Milon, a resident. "We are appalled to see the charred bodies coming out of the factory since last night. It was an endless stream."

    -- Reported by NBC News wire services

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    A Bangladeshi woman cries as she claims the body of her relative killed in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 25.

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    Village women cover their noses to avoid smell of the burnt bodies as they gather near the ground where the bodies are kept for identification.

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    Bangladeshi people identify the bodies of their relatives.

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    Bangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday, Nov. 24.

    A fire blew through an eight-story clothing factory in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh on Saturday night. The factory made products for Walmart and other U.S. companies. NBC's Kate Snow has more.

     

  • Susana Vera

    Construction materials serve as playground in gypsy settlement

    A boy plays on a slide made out of discarded construction material at the Romanian gypsy settlement of "El Gallinero", on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Nov. 24. More than 400 Romanian gypsies live in precarious conditions, without running water or sewage services, in "El Gallinero", just 9 miles away from Madrid's centre. The inhabitants live in ramshackle huts made out of cardboard and zinc in an area prone to flooding. They have no running water or sewer services. Their children play amidst garbage, copper cables and rats.

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    Stuffed toy company wishing for a beary merry Christmas

    A Christmas teddy bear is wheeled along on a trolley at the Steiff stuffed toy factory, Nov. 23, in Giengen an der Brenz, Germany. Founded by seamstress Margarethe Steiff in 1880, Steiff has been making stuffed teddy bears since the early 20th century after her nephew Richard Steiff exhibited the first commercially produced teddy bear in Europe in 1903. Teddy bears are among the most popular children's toys and the company is hoping for a strong Christmas season.

  • Indonesia's child jockeys brave danger for cash and glory

     

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    Child jockeys race their horses at a racetrack outside Bima, Indonesia, Nov. 17.

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    A gambler collects his money after a win on a horse race.

    Dozens of child jockeys, some as young as eight-years-old take part in the races. Involving nearly 600 horses they take place around a dusty, oval track of 1,400 meters (nearly one mile). The reward for the winner is a handful of cash for his family and glory for the jockey. The grand prize is one million rupiah ($100). Those who win their groups get two cows. The chairman of the races' organizing team, Hajji Sukri, denies that there is any danger to the children saying they are all skilful riders and none have been killed or seriously hurt.

    Read the full story from Reuters: Indonesia's child jockeys brave danger for cash and glory

     

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    Child jockey Herman Sarifudin is lifted up by his father in the starting gates before a horse race.

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    Child jockeys sit inside a starting gate before a race.

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    The foot of child jockey is seen as he sits on his horse at Panda racetrack.

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    Horses race at Panda racetrack.

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    Spectators cheer during a race at Panda racetrack.

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    A child jockey hugs his horse after finishing a race at Panda racetrack.

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    Endiansyah Mohammad, center, warms up his horse on Kalaki beach.

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    A boy washes a horse after a race at Kalaki beach outside Bima.

     

     

  • Driver rescued from truck as it dangles from overpass

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    A driver crashed into a railing on the Southwest Denny Road overpass in Beaverton, Ore., and was stuck dangling over Highway 217 on Nov. 24.

    Traffic was stopped in both directions as crews worked to get the driver out of the truck. He did not appear to be hurt. The crash happened around 3:40 p.m.

    For more details, read the full story from KGW.com.

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  • Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA

    Remembering the Great Famine in Ukraine

    Ukrainians light candles next to a monument to victims of the Great Famine in Kiev on Nov. 24, 2012. The dreadful famine that engulfed Ukraine, the northern Caucasus, and the lower Volga River area in 1932-1933 was the result of Joseph Stalin's policy of forced collectivization. More than five million Ukrainians were killed in the famine.

  • Bloody displays as Shiites flagellate themselves for Ashoura

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    Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during an Ashoura procession in Kabul on Nov. 24.

    Each year during Ashoura, Shiite Muslim men & boys whip their backs with chains and cut their heads with knives, drenching themselves in blood to mourn the loss of one of the faith's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the 7th century battle of Kerbala.

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    Shiite Muslim worshippers, covered in their own blood from self-inflicted wounds, hold knives during a procession to mark the Muslim festival of Ashoura in Baghdad's Sadr City on Nov. 24.

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    An Iraqi Shiite Muslim child gashes his forehead with a sword during a ceremony marking Ashoura in Baghdad's Sadr City on Nov. 24.

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    Turkish Shiite women during an Ashoura procession in Istanbul on Nov. 24.

     

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    Blood runs down the face of a Kashmiri Shiite Muslim as he participates in a procession in Srinagar, India, on Nov. 24.

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  • With truce holding, children in Gaza return to school for the first time since fierce fighting began

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    Palestinian schoolchildren walk through debris past a damaged school in Gaza City on Nov. 24, 2012. The school was damaged in an Israeli strike that targeted a nearby building.

    Reuters reports: Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children headed back to school for the first time Saturday in 10 days, in another indication normal life was returning after cross-border violence in which 166 Palestinians and six Israelis were killed. Full Story

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    Palestinian school girls inspect their school, which witnesses said was damaged in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City on Nov. 24.

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    Palestinian schoolboys look through a hole at their damaged school, run by the United Nations, in Gaza City, on Nov. 24.

    Slideshow: Israel and Gaza: 8 days of violence

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    Israel's military said it had accomplished its objectives while Hamas claimed victory after the two sides exchanged deadly airstrikes and rocket attacks for over a week.

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  • Thai anti-government protesters, police clash on Bangkok streets

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    Police scuffle with anti-government protesters near the government house in Bangkok on Nov. 24.

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    Tear gas is thrown as police scuffle with anti-government protesters near the government house in Bangkok on Nov. 24.

    Thousands of protesters gathered near parliament in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, on Saturday, demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. 

    AP reported: The rally was mostly peaceful in its early stages. Police, however, fired tear gas to disperse between 50 to 100 people who tried to break through a line of concrete barricades erected on a street near the protest site.

    The demonstration underscores the still-simmering political divisions that have split the country since the army toppled Yingluck's brother Thaksin Shinawatra in a 2006 military coup.

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    A tear gas canister is thrown to anti-government protesters, who call for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down in a rally, in Bangkok on Nov. 24.

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    Anti-government protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, protect their eyes as police fired tear gas to disperse them in Bangkok, Nov. 24.

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    Police detain anti-government protesters after a scuffle near the government house in Bangkok on Nov. 24.

  • Destroying tons of drugs in Panama City

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    A member of the National Police stand guards during the incineration of illegal drugs in Panama City on Nov. 23.

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    Anti-narcotics police officers destroy confiscated drugs before incinerating the them in Panama City on Nov. 23.

    Arnulfo Franco / AP

    An anti-narcotics agent slashes open seized packages of narcotics with a machete during a drug destruction operation before the media in Panama City on Nov. 23.

    Panama's anti-narcotics police destroyed thousands of pounds of cocaine, marijuana and heroin today seized as part of various police operations around the country. AP reports that Panama police say more than 10 tons of illegal drugs have been burned within the last four months.

  • Look inside La Esperanza - El Salvador's largest prison

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    Inmates stand by a door at La Esperaza Jail in San Salvador.

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    Inmates walk out of their cells after the morning counting at La Esperaza.

    La Esperanza, the largest jail in El Salvador, was designed to hold 800 inmates but currently holds 4700 prisoners.  AFP-Getty Images photographer, Jose Cabezas, shot these images in the prison on Nov. 23.

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    Inmates walk in line at La Esperaza Jail in San Salvador.

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    Inmates participate in a religious service at La Esperaza Jail.

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    An inmate carries tortillas for breakfast at La Esperaza Jail.

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    Inmates wash themselves at La Esperaza Jail in San Salvador.

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    Handcuffs hang from a wire netting at La Esperaza Jail in San Salvador.

     

  • 'Get out!' Egypt protesters demand downfall of Morsi regime

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    Protesters run from riot police during clashes at Tahrir Square in Cairo on November 23, 2012.

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    Protesters shout slogans against President Morsi in Tahrir Square on November 23, 2012.

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    President Mohamed Morsi, center, speaks to supporters in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on November 23, 2012.

    Reuters

    A protester cheers as items ransacked from an office of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party burn in Alexandria on November 23, 2012.

    NBC News staff and wire reports — Opposition protesters clashed with police in several Egyptian cities Friday after new Islamist President Mohammed Morsi awarded himself sweeping new powers.

    Police fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the center of anti-regime protests that ousted longtime U.S.-backed leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

    "The people want to bring down the regime," shouted protesters, echoing a chant used in the anti-Mubarak uprising. "Get out, Morsi," they chanted. Read the full story.

    Demonstrations erupt in major Egyptian cities after President Mohammed Morsi granted himself sweeping new judicial and legislative powers. NBC's Jim Maceda reports from Cairo.

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  • Stephane Mahe / Reuters

    A French riot gendarme reacts after being covered with lime during clashes with demonstrators during an evacuation operation on land that will become the new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France, on November 23, 2012.

    French police, protesters clash at airport site

    The Associated Press reports from NOTRE-DAME-DES-LANDES, France — More than 500 riot police, some firing tear gas, are clashing with protesters squatting in a wooded area of western France to oppose the building of a new airport there.

    In a muddy, rainy standoff starting early Friday, protesters responded to police attempts to remove them by hurling sticks, stones and gasoline bombs. For two weeks, protesters have illegally occupied the site of the planned Notre-Dame-Des-Landes airport set to start operating in 2017.

    Environmentalists and the far-left Green Party complain the airport will mean pollution; supporters insist on its economic benefits. Read the full story.

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  • Francois Lenoir / Reuters

    Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the European Union (EU) council headquarters for a summit discussing the EU's long-term budget in Brussels on November 23, 2012.

    Germany's Merkel plays down failure to clinch EU budget deal

    Reuters reports — European Union leaders failed to reach agreement on Friday on a new seven-year budget for their troubled bloc, calling off talks in less than two days after most countries balked at far deeper spending cuts demanded by Britain and its allies.

    Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, the biggest contributor to EU coffers, said she had not expected a deal at the first attempt and played down the consequences of failure, saying there was a real potential for agreement at the start of 2013. Read the full story.

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