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Friday, November 25, 2011

USA - Black Friday Shopping Kicks Off Thursday Night Americans are expected to spend nearly $500 billion over the next month

From: AssociatedPress | Nov 25, 2011

Shoppers line up in New York's Times Square and around the nation to begin the holiday shopping season. Americans are expected to spend nearly $500 billion over the next month. (Nov. 25)
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Published on Nov 25, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Many Americans have been trying to shake off the economic gloom, flocking to major stores overnight for the traditional 'Black Friday' sales.

Some stores opened at midnight, earlier than usual in a bid to attract post-Thanksgiving bargain hunters for what is seen as the traditional beginning of the US Christmas shopping season.

A third of all consumers are predicted to shop today; more than 150 million Americans are expected to hit the stores this weekend.

Egypt - 'Friday of the Last Chance' in Tahrir Square / مصر -- 'الجمعة الفرصة الاخيرة" في ميدان التحرير

Published on Nov 25, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ They are calling it 'Friday of the Last Chance' in Egypt.

Cairo's Tahrir Square will again be the focal point as demonstrators gather to urge a new constitution and an immediate transition from military to civilian rule.

They want to provoke a turning point in eight day of rallies amid clashes with security forces that have left more than 40 people dead.

People will only leave the square when they retrieve their dignity, said protester Saber Saad. "We are suffering. People are struggling for food."
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يدعون انها 'الجمعة الفرصة الاخيرة" في مصر.

وميدان التحرير في القاهرة مرة أخرى أن النقطة المحورية والمتظاهرين يتجمعون للحث على دستور جديد والانتقال الفوري من الحكم العسكري الى الحكم المدني.

انهم يريدون إثارة نقطة تحول في ثمانية ايام من المسيرات وسط اشتباكات مع قوات الامن التي ادت الى مقتل اكثر من 40 قتيلا.

وقال المتظاهر سعد صابر الناس سوف تترك الساحة فقط عندما استرداد كرامتهم. "نحن نعاني، والناس يكافحون من أجل الغذاء".

Published on Nov 25, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ There were violent scenes in provincial Egypt overnight as calls for an end to military rule multiply.

Protesters clashed with police in the second city of Alexandria.

And, inspired by the thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square, demonstrators also took to the streets of the northeastern city of Ismailia, on the Suez Canal.

There, dozens of people were arrested as military police moved in to disperse the crowds.

كانت هناك مشاهد عنيفة في مصر بين عشية وضحاها كما المقاطعة يدعو إلى وضع حد لضرب القاعدة العسكرية.

واشتبك المتظاهرون مع الشرطة في المدينة الثانية في الاسكندرية.

وبوحي من المتظاهرين الآلاف في ميدان التحرير بالقاهرة، كما خرج إلى شوارع مدينة الاسماعيلية شمال شرق، على قناة السويس.

هناك، ألقي القبض على عشرات الاشخاص كما تحركت في الشرطة العسكرية لتفريق الحشود.

Chile - Student protesters clash with police / Estudiantes que protestaban enfrentamiento con la policía en Santiago

Published on Nov 25, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Keeping up their fight for more education funding, thousands of students have taken to the streets of Chile's capital, Santiago.

But their protests, launched more than six months ago, have often ended in violence and the latest demonstrations were no different.

Security forces used water cannon and tear gas as clashes broke out with a number of youths who hurled rocks and other objects at police. Dozens of arrests were reported.

Mantener su lucha por la financiación de la educación más, miles de estudiantes han salido a las calles de la capital de Chile, Santiago.

Pero sus protestas, lanzó más de seis meses, a menudo terminan en la violencia y las últimas manifestaciones no fueron diferentes.

Fuerzas de seguridad utilizaron cañones de agua y gases lacrimógenos, como se produjeron enfrentamientos con un número de jóvenes que lanzaron piedras y otros objetos contra la policía. Decenas de detenciones se registraron.

Germany - Suspected neo-Nazi propagandist arrested / Deutschland - Verdacht auf Neonazi-Propaganda verhaftet

Published on Nov 24, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ German police have arrested a man suspected of acting as a propagandist for a group of neo-Nazis that killed nine immgrants and a policewoman. The 32-year old was seized in a house in a village near Berlin.

He is accused of making a video that glorified the murders and mocked the victims. The film was found on a memory stick in a house that had been used by gang members. The killings have shocked the nation and caused intense debate, with some politicians accusing authorities of trying to gloss over the extent of neo-Nazism in the country.
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Deutsch Polizei hat einen Mann handeln als Propagandist für eine Gruppe von Neonazis, dass neun immgrants und eine Polizistin getötet Verdacht verhaftet. Der 32-Jährige wurde in ein Haus in einem Dorf nahe Berlin beschlagnahmt.

Er ist zu machen ein Video, das die Morde verherrlicht und verspottet die Opfer beschuldigt. Der Film wurde auf einem Memory-Stick in einem Haus, das von Gang-Mitgliedern benutzt worden war gefunden. Die Morde haben die Nation schockiert und verursacht eine intensive Debatte mit einiger Politiker beschuldigen Behörden versuchen zu beschönigen das Ausmaß des Neonazismus im Lande.

euronews science: Life in the Dead Sea

Published on Nov 24, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ The deepest point on the surface of Earth is the Dead Sea in Israel. Now a joint Israeli-German team of scientists has found several freshwater spring systems on the floor of the Dead Sea.

Their presence has been suspected for decades as concentric ripples on the surface of the water are visible near the shore, but it is only now been confirmed by divers.

30 metres under the surface, equipped with underwater cameras, the divers collected water samples from cracks in the sea floor and discovered cunknown micro-organisms.

Egypt - Reporters' claims of sexual assault in Cairo / مصر -- مراسلون ادعاءات الاعتداء الجنسي في القاهرة

Published on Nov 24, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Two female journalists have been describing how they were sexually abused while attempting to cover the protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

French TV reporter Caroline Sinz told how she and her cameraman were set upon by a mob:"We were hit, and then separated. Very few women, especially foreign, are in Tahrir Square. I was grabbed by several men and I suffered a sexual assault in front of everyone in full daylight. Other women journalists were physically attacked. It is a way to intimidate the press."
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وقد اثنين من الصحافيات تصف كيف تم الاعتداء الجنسي بينما كانوا يحاولون تغطية الاحتجاجات في ميدان التحرير في القاهرة.

وقال مراسل التلفزيون الفرنسية كارولين Sinz كيف تم تعيين انها ومصورها عليها من قبل الغوغاء : "ضربت ونحن ، وفصلها ثم قلة قليلة من النساء، وخصوصا الأجنبية، في ميدان التحرير وأمسكت عن طريق العديد من الرجال وعانيت جنسية. اعتداء امام الجميع في وضح النهار، وتم الاعتداء على الصحفيات أخرى، وهي وسيلة لترهيب الصحافة ".

Portugal - Strike and dowgrade deepen country's woes / greve e dowgrade aprofundar os problemas do país

Published on Nov 24, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ A general strike and a credit rating downgrade dealt a double blow to Portugal, as the country struggles to overcome its debt problems.

Transportation and other public services ground to a virtual halt. Across the nation workers brought their anger over severe austerity measures onto the streets.

The government is pushing through tough reforms and cutbacks as part of a 78-billion-euro bailout deal.
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A greve geral e um downgrade rating de crédito foi um golpe duplo para Portugal, como o país luta para superar seus problemas de dívida.

Transporte e outros serviços públicos terreno a um impasse virtual. Trabalhadores em todo o país trouxe sua raiva em relação às medidas de austeridade severas para as ruas.

O governo está pressionando por reformas duras e cortes como parte de um acordo de resgate de 78 bilhões de euros.