Friday,  November 30, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 135 • 34 of 43 •  Other Editions

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• 2. WHY U.N. VOTE RECOGNIZING PALESTINE MAY ULTIMATELY DISAPPOINT
• Real independence remains an elusive dream until the Palestinians negotiate a peace deal with the Israelis.

• 3. ISLAMISTS APRROVE EGYPT'S CONSTITUTION
• A draft constitution is passed without the participation of liberal and Christian members, a move that further inflames the clash between the opposition and President Mohammed Morsi.

• 4. WHO MIGHT'VE HIT THE POWERBALL JACKPOT
• The Missouri Lottery confirms one winning ticket and is expected to reveal the winner at noon. The second ticket holder, in Arizona, remains a mystery.

• 5. SENATE REVIVES DEBATE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES
• By voting that American citizens suspected of terrorism and seized on U.S. soil may not be held indefinitely, it sets up a fight with the House, which rejected efforts to bar indefinite detention earlier this year.

• 6. RIGHTS GROUP URGES MORE COMPASSIONATE PRISON RELEASES
• For humanitarian and economic reasons, the federal Bureau of Prisons should grant more early releases to incapacitated and terminally ill prisoners, advocacy groups say in a report.

• 7. MYANMAR TACKLES CITIZENSHIP QUANDARY
• In an exclusive report by AP's Todd Pitman, authorities in western Myanmar are tasked with determining who is a citizen. Rohingya Muslims seem to have the most to lose.

• 8. SOURCE TELLS AP: STRAUSS-KAHN AGREES TO SETTLE WITH ACCUSER
• Hotel maid's lawsuit alleged that the former IMF chief tried to rape her in a New York hotel.

• 9. RESEARCHERS NAIL DOWN SEA MYSTERY
• Scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster -- by the number of rings in its eyestalk or in the teeth-like structures found in its stomach.

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