The Arab League has sanctioned Syria in order to pressure it to stop its suppression of demonstrators.

Iraq — Eleven people were killed in a suicide bombing.

Afghanistan says they were attacked from Pakistan, which provoked the retaliation by NATO that killed 26 soldiers.

Newtmentum — Gingrich gets the endorsement of a major right-wing paper in New Hampshire.

Black Friday led to a very busy shopping weekend.

Two earthquakes rattle Puerto Rico and the eastern Caribbean.