News Headlines - 05 December 2011

▽Thousands Protest Against Putin After Russian Parliamentary Vote - Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/05/western-monitors-say-violations-marred-russian-vote/?test=latestnews
Several thousand protesters took to the streets and accused Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party of rigging this weekend's parliamentary election in which it won the largest share of the seats.

▽Egypt runoff vote exposes tensions between Islamists - CTV.ca
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111205/egypt-run-off-elections-voting-111205/20111205/?hub=CalgaryHome
The runoff Monday for Egypt's first-round parliamentary elections heated up tensions between competing Islamist groups that have so far dominated the vote, with scuffles breaking out and allegations of death threats.

▽Hillary Clinton: US committed to Afghanistan - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16030218
A major international conference on Afghanistan's future has opened in Bonn, Germany, but key player Pakistan is boycotting the talks in protest at a Nato attack on a border checkpoint last month.

▽Julian Assange extradition fight to continue in supreme court - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/05/julian-assange-extradition-fight-supreme-court?newsfeed=true
Julian Assange has been handed a lifeline in his effort to avoid extradition, after two judges ruled he could approach the supreme court for permission to appeal against his removal to Sweden to face accusations of rape and sexual assault.

▽Nasa’s Kepler space telescope finds 'new Earth' - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8937173/Nasas-Kepler-space-telescope-finds-new-Earth.html
Kepler 22b contains both land and water and has temperatures which average around 72 degrees (22 Celsius).
It also contains the right atmosphere to potentially support life.
It is, however, 600 light years from Earth.
The planet, where a year lasts 290 days, was first spotted two years ago.