Påve Franciskus säger att det är fel att likställa islam med våld och uppmanar muslimska ledare att utfärda ett globalt fördömande av terrorism.

Det proryska socialistpartiet ser ut att gå mot en seger i det moldaviska parlamentsvalet, enligt preliminära resultat. Valet har kommit att handla om landet ska fortsätta mot EU eller vända mot Ryssland.

An anonymous reader writes Black Friday news kicked off this weekend quite early when Best Buy was hit with a massive outage, but it turns out that was only half the story. The top 50 e-commerce websites were slower overall this year compared to last, suggesting customers were frustrated even if they could get to their favorite shopping site. Web performance monitoring company Catchpoint Systems looked at aggregate performance this weekend and compared it to the same timeframe in 2013. The results are notable: desktop web pages were 19.85 percent slower, while mobile web pages were a whopping 57.21 percent slower.

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Antalet människor som tvingats fly undan våldet i Irak har vuxit till 2,1 miljoner, uppgav biståndsorganisationer på söndagen. Samtidigt har snö börjat falla i delar av den kurdiska norra delen av Irak där nära hälften av dem befinner sig.

Nicolas Sarkozy må ha återvalts till partiledare för sitt gamla högerparti UMP, men hans planerade segertåg in i Elyséepalatset är långt ifrån säkrat. Rivaler finns både inom det egna partiet men allra främst i extremhögern i Front National.

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Det blev ett tydligt nej till begränsad invandring för att skydda miljön, när Schweiz folkomröstade på söndagen. Regeringen drar därmed en suck av lättnad, medan förespråkarna betonar att oron för ökad invandring finns kvar i landet.

HughPickens.com writes Michael Tarm reports that a former high school quarterback has filed a lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association saying it didn't do enough to protect him from concussions when he played and still doesn't do enough to protect current players. This is the first instance in which legal action has been taken for former high school players as a whole against a group responsible for prep sports in a state. Such litigation could snowball, as similar suits targeting associations in other states are planned. "In Illinois high school football, responsibility — and, ultimately, fault — for the historically poor management of concussions begins with the IHSA," the lawsuit states. It calls high school concussions "an epidemic" and says the "most important battle being waged on high school football fields ... is the battle for the health and lives of" young players. The lawsuit calls on the Bloomington-based IHSA to tighten its head-injury protocols. It doesn't seek damages. "This is not a threat or attack on football," says attorney Joseph Siprut, who reached a $75 million settlement in a similar lawsuit against the NCAA in 2011. "Football is in danger in Illinois and other states — especially at the high school level — because of how dangerous it is. If football does not change internally, it will die. The talent well will dry up as parents keep kids out of the sport— and that's how a sport dies."

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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan calls for unity after mosque attack but can civilians rise up against armed group?

Påve Franciskus uppmanar muslimska ledare att utfärda ett globalt fördömande av terrorism. Påven gjorde uppmaningen på hans plan på väg hem från ett officiellt besök i Turkiet på söndagen och sade att fördömandet skulle hjälpa till att skingra föreställningen som sätter likhetstecken mellan islam och terrorism, skriver Reuters.

Eric Erlandsson från Göteborg heter den nye svenske mästaren i flipper. När SM avgjordes i Borås i helgen slog han Henrik Lagercrantz från Uppsala i bäst av fem matcher.

The Associated Press, as carried by Salon, reports that the World Health Organization's intended timeline for limiting the spread of Ebola in the several West African countries where it has claimed thousands of lives has proved to be too optimistic. According to the article, Two months ago, the World Health Organization launched an ambitious plan to stop the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, aiming to isolate 70 percent of the sick and safely Ebola 70 percent of the victims in the three hardest-hit countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — by December 1. Only Guinea is on track to meet the December 1 goal, according to an update from WHO. In Liberia, only 23 percent of cases are isolated and 26 percent of the needed burial teams are in place. In Sierra Leone, about 40 percent of cases are isolated while 27 percent of burial teams are operational.

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Prime minister reveals existence of 50,000 fictitious names crowding the payroll in the military.

Prime minister reveals existence of 50,000 fictitious names crowding the payroll in the military.