1. Bangladesh fire kills over 100 Rescue workers in Bangladesh recovered 117 bodies on November 25 after a fire tore through a garment* factory, forcing many workers to jump from high windows to escape the smoke and flames. Firefighters battled for several hours to control the blaze*, which broke out on the ground floor of the nine-story Tazreen Fashion plant, 30 kilometers north of the capital Dhaka in the evening of November 24. Survivors said that panicked staff, mostly women, desperately tried to escape the factory, which the owner said made clothes for international brands including Dutch chain C&A and the Hong Kong-based Li & Fung company. 2. Anti-govt. protesters rally in Bangkok Anti-government protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down launched a rally* in Bangkok* on November 24 that authorities feared would grow into the biggest demonstration the country has seen since she took office last year. 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. 3. Egypt president faces judicial revolt Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on November 24 faced a rebellion* from judges who accused him of expanding his powers at their expense, deepening a crisis that has triggered violence in the street and exposed the country's deep divisions. The Judges' Club, a body representing judges across Egypt, called for a strike during a meeting interrupted with chants demanding the "downfall of the regime" - the rallying cry in the uprising that toppled* Hosni Mubarak last year. 4. E-mails offer details on bin Laden burial Internal e-mails between U.S. military officers indicate that very few people watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson but say traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony. The e-mails, obtained by The Associated Press through America's Freedom of Information Act, are heavily blacked out but are the first public disclosure of government information about the al-Qaida leader's death. The e-mails were released on November 21 by the U.S. Defense Department. 5. Japan appoints new China envoy THE Japanese Government officially approved the appointment of a new ambassador to China, months after the last nominee died before he could take up his post and as tensions simmer between Beijing and Tokyo over disputed islands. The appointment of Masato Kitera, 59, will be effective Monday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. He will begin his service in Beijing in late December, replacing the current ambassador Uichiro Niwa. Niwa was originally to be replaced several months ago, however, his chosen successor, Shinichi Nishimiya, abruptly died of heart failure after collapsing on the street only days after being appointed. 6. Surviving gunman from Mumbai attack executed India executed the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai on November 21, the country's home ministry said. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was one of 10 gunmen who rampaged* through the streets of India's financial capital for three days in November 2008, killing 166 people. Kasab was hanged in secrecy on Novermber 21 at a jail in Pune, a city near Mumbai, after Indian President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his plea for mercy. 7. Former Croat PM jailed for corruption Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery* on November 20, after a trial that was closely monitored by the country's future partners in the European Union. Sanader, 59, who served as prime minister from 2004 to 2009, is the highest ranking former government official to be tried for corruption* in Croatia, which has pledged to root out corruption ahead of its joining of the EU in July 2013. garment服装 blaze火焰 rally 集会 Bangkok 曼谷 disperse 驱散 barricade路障 rebellion反抗 topple推翻 rampage为非作歹 bribery受贿 corruption贪污 | 