JAPAN: Upper House Passes Censure Motion Against PM Noda as Budget Standoff Escalates

INDIA: Gov't Pressure Results in Monetary Body to Cut Interest Rates

CHINA: Puppet Political Party Calls for "Ethnic Unity", Stability 

JAPAN: PM Claims Gov't Will "Stall" Without New Debt Bond Bill

MEXICO: Some Upset by Late Azerbaijan Leader's Statue

SOUTH AFRICA: Opposition Party Calls for Impeachment of President Zuma

CHINA: New Laws Crack Down on "Illegal" Geographical Surveys, Citing National Security

SOUTH AFRICA: Elected Officials Can View Corruption Probe Only After "Secrecy Oath"

RUSSIA: Opposition Elects New Leader in Online Vote

SCOTLAND: Ministers Abandon Plans for Minimum Alcohol Pricing

IRELAND: Labor Party Leader, Minister of Trade Gilmore: We Can't Afford to Hand Over Our Economic Destiny To EU

EUROPE: EU Wins Peace Prize Amid Violent Anti-Austerity Protests, Uncertain Future

ISRAEL: Netanyahu Announces New Elections for Early 2013; To Seek "Renewed Mandate"

SPAIN: Parliament Nixes Catalonia Independence Referendum

UK: Clegg Says Liberal Dems Won't Accept New Cuts Without Tax Hikes on the Rich 

JAPAN: New Justice Minister Accepted Contributions from Chinese Firms

TURKEY: "Worst Case Scenarios" Being Played Out With Turkey-Syria Border Clashes

VENEZUELA: Chavez Re-election Signals Accelerated Socialist Revolution

GEORGIA: Western-Leaning Pres. Saakashvili Admits Defeat in Parliamentary Elections