1. Gunmen kill 10 at bar in Nigeria

    Gunmen opened fire on an outdoor bar in a village in Nigeria’s volatile* Plateau state, killing 10 people and wounding several others, the military and witnesses said on November 27.

    The attack happened in the remote village of Heipang on November 26, a military spokesman for Plateau state Captain Salisu Ibrahim Mustapha said.

    Plateau state is in central Nigeria, where its largely Muslim north and Christian south meet, and it often sees intercommunal violence between the two sects.

    2. Thai PM rides out protests

    Thailand’s government has survived a no-confidence vote, just days after clashes between protesters and riot police* in the largest demonstration against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s 16-month-old administration.

    Yingluck has enjoyed a period of stability after years of upheaval* and her government’s better-than-expected performance in the debate, coupled with the low turnout for protest on Saturday that quickly failed, strengthen her leadership while offering a reminder* of Thailand’s stubborn political divisions.

    3. S. Korea suspends rocket launch

    South Korea’s third attempt to put a satellite into orbit using a rocket suffered another setback on November 29, due to an abnormality detected in the rocket’s second stage.

    Vice Science Minister Cho Yul-rae told a televised briefing that the launch of Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), also known as Naro-1, was scheduled to take off at 4 p.m. local time from Naro Space Center, 480 kilometers south of Seoul, but the problem in the rocket’s second stage halted the countdown about 17 minutes before the planned launch.

    4. Pena Nieto sworn in amid protests

    Enrique Pena Nieto took the oath of office as Mexico’s new president on Saturday vowing to restore peace and security and take on the vested interests that have hindered* economic prosperity.

    As several hundred protesters threw fire bombs at police and smashed plate glass windows, Pena Nieto marked the return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, with a 13-point plan heavy on old-party populist handouts but with reforms designed to boost* the economy and modernize the education and justice systems.

    5. USS Enterprise carrier retired

    The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was retired from active service on Saturday, temporarily reducing the number of carriers in the U.S. fleet to 10 until 2015.

    The USS Enterprise ended its notable 51-year career during a ceremony at its home port at Naval Station Norfolk, where thousands of former crew members, ship builders and their families lined a pier to bid farewell to one of the most decorated ships in the U.S. Navy.

    6. N. Korea plans new rocket launch

    North Korea said it would carry out its second rocket launch of 2012 as its youthful leader Kim Jong-un flexes his muscles a year after his father’s death, in a move that South Korea and the United States swiftly condemned as a provocation.

    North Korea has notified its neighbors of the proposed flight path, an unnamed South Korean official said on Sunday, saying that it would take a similar path to a failed rocket launch in April.

    7. Safety probe after tunnel collapse

    Japan ordered inspections of aging highway tunnels on Monday after a fiery* collapse that killed nine people, as suspicion over the cause of the accident centerd on decaying* ceiling supports.

    The government pledged a thorough review and said “significant investment” would likely be required in the motorway network, parts of which including the accident site were built during the economic boom of the 1960s and 70s.(SD-Agencies)