News Headlines - 01 December 2013

▽Ukraine pro-EU protests: ‘It’s not a rally, it’s a revolution’ - The Independent

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Kiev on Sunday, calling for the resignation of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his government in the biggest demonstrations in the capital since the “Orange Revolution” of nine years ago.

▽Train derails in New York, killing 4 - CNN.com

Rail cars flipped over when a passenger train derailed in New York Sunday morning, killing at least four people and injuring dozens more.

▽Glasgow crash helicopter model faced safety fears last year - FT.com

European air safety authorities issued a directive last year requiring preflight inspections of the type of helicopter that crashed into a Glasgow pub on Friday night, after cracks were detected in part of the main rotor hub shaft of one aircraft.

▽Japan’s drugs companies open up to western treatment - FT.com

The decision by one of Japan’s largest pharmaceutical groups to name a European as its chief executive designate reflects growing international openness in the world’s second-largest medicines market at a time of intensifying competition.

▽Martin Jol sacked by Fulham as Rene Meulensteen appointed as manager | Mail Online

Martin Jol was finally sacked by Fulham on Sunday after the club’s dismal start to the season. The Dutchman was summoned to a crisis meeting by chief executive Alistair Mackintosh at the club’s Motspur Park training HQ, when Jol’s two-and-a-half-year spell at Craven Cottage was brought to an end. The final straw was Fulham’s limp 3-0 surrender to West Ham on Saturday.