G20 protestors to march against corporate greed [Press TV, Iran]

Hundreds of anti-capitalist protestors have spilled onto the southern French city of Nice from nearby countries ahead of a G20 summit in Cannes. Protestors from Germany, Spain, and Italy have been arriving in Nice to attend the March against corporate greed. Police have arrested at least three people ahead of the rally on suspicions of being part of what they call the Black Block Movement. Some extra 2,500 extra police officers have been employed to Nice to deal with the protest. Cannes will be locked down to keep away protestors during the G20 summit.

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Occupy Oakland to begin general strike [Press TV, Iran]

Occupy protestors in the US city of Oakland are getting ready for a city-wide strike on Wednesday to protest social injustices and police brutality. The organizers say they plan to shut down the system that only benefits the society's wealthiest one percent. The protestors have warned that they will march on big banks and corporations unless they too close for the day. The strike comes in the wake of the police's brutal crackdown on protestors last week. Two-time Iraq war veteran Scott Olson was injured in the head after police fired a gas canister at him. Olson remains in the hospital unable to speak due to damage to his brain.

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Libya's interim council picks a new prime minister [BBC Arabic, UK]

Presenter, Female #1
The UN Security Council has called on Libya and its neighbors to pursue and prevent the proliferation of arms looted from Libya stockpiles, warning that the weapons may get into the hands of al-Qaeda or its affiliates. UN Resolution 2017 mentioned man-portable air defense systems by name.

Reporter, Male #1
The war has ended in Libya, leaving behind thousands of dead, and many fighters with tons of arms and munitions still in their possession.

Guest, Female #1 (Joy Ogwu, Current President of UN Security Council)
This will accelerate the process of building peace in the region. When people give up their arms, peace follows.

Reporter, Male #1
NATO airstrikes have destroyed much of the weapons but no one knows precisely how much of it is still in use. Although NATO's operations officially ended yesterday, the alliance expressed a willingness to continue its cooperation with the interim government.

Guest, Male #2 (Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary-General)
I offered the NTC our assistance when possible. We must work toward changing Libya from a dictatorship to a democracy, for example in the area of reforming the armed forces and the security sector. The alliance will help the Libyan authorities upon request.

Reporter, Male #1
The collection of arms is one of the most notable challenges facing the interim government Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib. El-Keib began his reign by stressing the importance of building a state that respects human rights, saying that it will take time. Life is gradually returning to normal in Libya. However, the list of challenges is not short, as the country is coping with unemployment, weak infrastructure, and the spread of arms. The war may have ended but the mission of working hard to rebuild Libya is about to start.

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Sanaa's Taghyeer Square offers safe space for vendors [Al Jazeera, Qatar]

Presenter, Male # 1
The Yemeni capital Sanaa witnessed massive demonstrations today with thousands of participants. The demonstrators demanded an escalation of the protest across the country until the downfall of the regime. They also called on the UN Security Council to refer President Ali Abdullah Saleh and those they referred to as the figureheads of the regime to the International Criminal Court for their involvement in the killing of peaceful protestors. In addition, in many cities and provinces including Shabwa, the city of Dhamar, and Taiz, the youths of change organized protests demanding the prosecution of President Ali Abdullah Saleh for what they consider crimes against civilians. Demonstrators in Taiz repeated chants calling on the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Protestors also held a funeral procession for three people killed in last week's artillery shelling by pro-President Saleh forces of the residential neighborhood of al-Rawda. On the sidelines of the Yemeni revolution, a group of people that might not be directly involved in the revolution is benefiting from its reality and environment. Taghyeer or Change Square in the Yemeni capital Sanaa has created a safe space for young vendors who were not presented with work opportunities. They used to be a daily target for the municipality's soldiers, who used to chase them and seize their rights. More details in this report.

Reporter, Male # 2
It is the other face of the Yemeni revolution: the freedom of mobile vendors to sell and buy. In Sanaa's Taghyeer Square, they have found a safe space for their limited commercial activity. The protest site is filled with various kinds of mobile vendors. Here, they found a place removed from the local authorities' harassment. The square has provided them a safe haven and a larger income. Here, they feel genuine belonging to the revolution. Mobile vendors are an easy target for blackmail and constant harassment by the municipality's soldiers. Every month, the lives of many vendors are lost and many others are injured by the workers of the municipality that has caused their unabated bloodshed. The word "municipality" in Yemen is like a nightmare that disrupts the dreams of these modest vendors roaming the streets, cutting off their livelihoods outside the perimeters of the revolution's squares. These vendors say their possessions have been confiscated many times and have faced harsh punishment without any justification. These vendors are only guilty of trying to make an honest living. But now the situation in Taghyeer Square has changed in their favor.

Guest, Male # 3
We had carts before the revolution and we couldn't even hold on to them for more than 30 minutes. The municipality would come and break the carts, put us in jail or hit us. Everything.

Reporter, Male # 2
Safety and commercial activity have attracted mobile vendors across Yemen to the squares of the revolution. They sell everything, ranging from juices and light meals to clothes and power tools. They sell everything the revolutionaries need as the situation evolves.

Guest, Male # 4
As far as work, it all depends on the situation and it depends on the needs of the customers who buy our products.

Reporter, Male # 2
Many Yemeni youths have not found the means to sell and buy on the sidewalks because the government ignores their suffering, as the unemployment rate has reached over 50 percent of the workforce in Yemen, estimated at 675,000 people, according to the Planning Ministry.

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Syria, Arab League reach agreement on unrest [Future TV, Lebanon]

Presenter, Male #1
It was announced that an agreement has been reached between Damascus and the Arab League. An official statement will be issued tomorrow in Cairo.

Reporter, Male #2
Hours before the reconvening of the Arab ministerial committee assigned to find a solution to the Syrian crisis at the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo, Syrian television announced that an agreement was reached between Damascus and the Arab delegation over the unrest sweeping the country. An official statement will be issued tomorrow in Cairo. Knowledgeable sources revealed that the Syrian delegation to the Arab ministerial committee meeting in Doha submitted a counter document in response to the Arab document. The Syrian document calls for ending the media war being waged on Damascus, financing arms, and smuggling across borders. The document also calls for lifting the sanctions against Syria. In return, Syria will implement immediate fundamental reforms. The sources added that Damascus agreed to all articles of the Arab document except the article pertaining to holding a meeting between the opposition and the regime at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo as opposed to in Syria. Algerian Foreign Minister Murad Medelsi said they reached an agreement with the Syrians during the Doha meeting. Medelsi said they hope to ratify the Doha agreement in Cairo. In conjunction, the US said that while it welcomes the international community's efforts to end the violence in Syria, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down. Meanwhile, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed confidence that the Syrian people will achieve the objectives of their revolution, adding that Syria is experiencing a very difficult time. Erdogan further said that the Syrian regime is using its armed forces to quell its people on a large scale. He stressed that Ankara will not remain silent. He described the victims of the Syrian revolution as "martyrs," adding that Assad has lost all legitimacy. Without mentioning them by name, Erdogan criticized Russia and China over their position at the UN Security Council. He said that the Syrian regime has worked jointly with its Turkish counterpart for nearly nine years but the Syrian regime didn't appreciate their relationship. Erdogan said that the Syrian president continues to oppress his people in Hama, Homs, and Deir ez-Zur, and that Assad inherited this oppression from his father.

Presenter, Female #1
Internally, the number of people killed by the gunfire of the Assad's brigades has risen to 13. Meanwhile, security forces carried out a series of raids in several regions, most notably Homs, Deraa, the countryside of Hama, and Ma'rat al-Numa'an. Syrian opposition sources said that the number of people killed at the hands of Assad's brigades and shabeha, since the spark of protests until October 29, reached nearly 4,135, including women and children.

Reporter, Male #3
The Syrian situation on the ground is becoming more violent. Syrian activists announced that Monday's death toll has risen to 13. Most were killed by the gunfire of Assad's brigades, which carried out a series of raids across various regions, including Homs, Deraa, the countryside of Hama, and Ma'arat al-Numa'an. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two civilians were killed by the gunfire of security forces on Cairo Street in Homs' Khalidiya neighborhood. In addition, another civilian was killed in the Karm al-Shami neighborhood in the city. Also, a resident was killed in the Wa'ar and Baba Amero neighborhoods by snipers' gunfire. The observatory said that two civilians died of gunfire wounds sustained in the past two days of protests in Homs. A civilian and an army defector were killed by the gunfire of security forces in Hama Province. A French news agency reported that a civilian was killed by gunfire in Harasta in the countryside of Damascus during the security forces' raids in the city and that dozens of people were also detained. Syrian opposition sources said the number of people killed at the hands of Assad's brigades and shabeha, from the spark of protests until October 29, has reached nearly 4,135, including women and children. Syria also witnessed nighttime protests, especially in the city of Homs, Baba Amero, Baba Houd, Deir ez-Zour, demanding the departure of President Bashar Assad.

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Israel and Hamas reach fragile cease-fire in Gaza [Al-Alam, Iran]

Presenter, Female #1
Hamas sources confirmed that Israeli occupation forces arrested one of their leaders, Hassan Yousef, in the West Bank city of Ramallah this morning. The sources added that Israeli troops raided Yousef's home and arrested him along with his son Owais. Hamas condemned the arrest and warned Tel Aviv against escalation. A relative calm has returned to the Gaza Strip following the success of the Egyptian mediation efforts in brokering a new truce, which Israel has repeatedly violated over the past few days. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation leaders continued issuing threats to carry out attacks on the Gaza Strip. The resistance factions vowed to counter any attack.

Reporter, Male #1
The Israeli breaches and violations of the cooling-off period with the Palestinians ended in a cautious truce sponsored by Egyptian mediators. However, the occupation leaders' threats continue. The Israeli army's mobilization along the borders with Gaza indicates that Israel is planning to escalate its aggression or carry out a wide-scale military operation to topple the Gaza government.

Guest, Male #2 (Mushir al-Masri, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council)
The Zionist enemy's threats will not terrorize or frighten us. They will not force us to surrender. The resistance will continue to defend the Palestinian people, by all available means. If the Zionist enemy starts any battle, they will not end it; the resistance will. We will impose a new formula to counter this enemy. These Zionist's threats are a repeat of past failed experiences. The Zionist enemy shouldn't test Hamas's patience or the might of the resistance.

Reporter, Male #1
During the latest confrontations, the Islamic Jihad movement used rocket launchers that reached deep into Israel, prompting the occupation leaders to close all schools within the range of the resistance missiles. The resistance is vowing to launch more rocket attacks, which are legitimate acts of self defense.

Guest, Male #3 (Abu Ahmad, Jerusalem's Brigade Media Spokesman)
Any violation will be met by an exceptional response. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis sought refuge in shelters yesterday. This number will reach one, two million, or even more, as the resistance's capabilities have significantly improved. Though it's not a conventional army, the resistance is capable of countering the Zionist enemy.

Reporter, Male #1
Observers believe that the unfolding developments in the Arab and Muslim world, along with the capability of the resistance, are preventing the Israeli occupation from carrying out its threats, which include the launch of a wide-scale aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Guest, Male #4 (Talal Oukal, Palestinian Political Analyst)
Though it would love to declare not a single war but multiple wars, Israel will not be able to do so. The status quo in the region and the developments will not allow it to. This is why Israel is carrying out a series of limited escalations as opposed to a wide-scale offensive. It is to divert attention from its internal and external crises.

Reporter, Male #1
The Gaza Strip will remain a deadly testing ground for Israeli arms. However, the Palestinians said they will respond to any aggression, with all available means, and demand the Arabs and the international community meet their responsibility of preventing an imminent Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Mustafa Abdel Hadi, Alalam, Gaza, Palestine.

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Netanyahu opens Knesset winter session, says Israel must act with force against enemies [IBA, Israel]

Speaking at the start of the Knesset winter session yesterday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue to act with "force and determination" to deal with the threat of tens of thousands of missiles and rockets aimed at Israel by its enemies. Netanyahu said he was proud to be considered a tough negotiator and that any future peace deal must include clearly delineated security arrangements. But opposition leader Tzipi Libni mocked the prime minister saying that Israel is only getting more isolated under his leadership. She insisted that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is a legitimate partner for peace and accused Netanyahu of trying to get rid of him in order to claim that Israel has no one to talk to on the other side.

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Iraq and Turkey to create buffer zone to restrain PKK [Al-Iraqiya TV, Iraq]

Presenter, Male #1
The prospect of cooperation between Iraq and Turkey to secure the border has taken a different turn following a decision by the government in Ankara to establish a buffer zone between the two countries.

Presenter, Female #1
The new security collaboration will restrain the movement of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, along the Iraqi-Turkish border.

Reporter, Female #2
In light of the intensive security mobilization on the Iraqi-Turkish border, Ankara is giving Bagdad several choices in solving the biggest problem it currently faces. Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party have established a stronghold in the Qandil Mountains and are launching strikes against Turkey, leading to the destabilization of the area.

Guest, Male # 2
Terrorism seeks to stand in the way of Turkey's progress. We are waiting for Iraqi support in fighting terrorism and destroying their strongholds in northern Iraq. We are making all arrangements, even if a buffer zone needs to be established between Turkey and Iraq.

Reporter, Female #2
Ankara gave Baghdad three choices. The first is having Iraqi forces prevent the spread of members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq. The second is joint cooperation between Ankara and Iraq to combat Kurdish separatists. And the third is establishing a buffer zone in the border area; Ankara would make this move to eliminate terrorism in the area.

Guest, Male # 2
I think if a buffer zone is established, it will be with Iraq's participation because Turkey shares many interests with Iraq, in addition to the joint border. So I think securing the area will be completed with the cooperation of both countries.

Reporter, Female #2
Political and economic relations between the two countries have reached an unusual phase in their history. Turkey needs Iraq's support in its war against the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Observers believe Turkish cooperation with the Iraqi government is essential if Turkey intends to win its battle against the members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Ipa Gursurt, al-Iraqiya, Istanbul.