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• Saudi diplomat killed in Yemeni capital - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

  "A Saudi diplomat and his bodyguard have been killed when their car came under fire in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, officials say. The Saudi military official was travelling to the embassy on Wednesday morning when he was shot by unidentified assailants in another car in the 50th Street."

  tags: saudiarabia yemen terrorism protest middleeast gulf gcc

• Kim Jong Un-Onion-China People's Daily: Chinese Communist Party papers falls for Onion spoof.

  "Just when you're afraid the news day will be again dominated by partisan maneuvering ahead of the "fiscal cliff," the Internet gives you this to keep you going (via the Associated Press): The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man Alive"—not realizing it is satire."

  tags: northkorea satire amazing media

• Oil Royalties Bill Ignites Protest and Divides Parts of Brazil - NYTimes.com

  "Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled this city’s streets on Monday to protest a bill aimed at shifting big portions of oil royalties from petroleum-rich states along Brazil’s coast to regions across the country. If enacted, the legislation would deal a blow to Rio de Janeiro, the nerve center of Brazil’s expanding oil industry and the host of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics."

  tags: brazil oil gas presalt taxes politics regions

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