What's on around the world in the last 24 hours

Palestinians take part in a rally as another climbs on Israel's controversial barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Nov 29, 2012. The 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Thursday to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United Nations from "entity" to "non-member state," implicitly recognizing a Palestinian state. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

Priest Nicolae Ganga (centre), a member of Romania's Roma ethnic minority, baptizes a child during a very rare mass Orthodox baptism ceremony at a church in the Bora neighbourhood in Slobozia, 130km east of Bucharest on Nov 29, 2012. About 40 Roma ethnic people, aged between one and 57 years, were baptized into the Orthodox Christian faith with Romanians serving as godparents during a very rare mass ceremony in an attempt to strengthen their community ties with the Romanian majority. The Roma people make up the biggest ethnic minority in the European Union, most of them from countries like Romania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. There are an estimated 10 million across Europe and one in five lives in Romania. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

Dock workers protest with smoke flares in front of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon on Nov 29, 2012. Hundreds of dockworkers from several European countries joined in a protest in Lisbon on Thursday against plans by the Portuguese government to change labour rules in the sector. Dockworkers from Spain, France, Denmark, Sweden and Belgium were among those from Portugal who marched from a town hall square to the parliament building, where lawmakers were expected to vote in favour of the bill. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

Buddhist monks, injured in a protest, rest in a hospital near the Monywa mine in the Sagaing region in Myanmar's northwest on Nov 29, 2012. Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on Thursday to break up a three-month protest against a vast copper mining project run by the powerful Myanmar military and its partner, a subsidiary of a Chinese arms manufacturer. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

A Palestinian man shouts slogans during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov 29, 2012. The 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Thursday to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United Nations from "entity" to "non-member state," implicitly recognizing a Palestinian state. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

Employees are seen working in their offices in the building housing Greece's finance and development ministries in Athens on Nov 29, 2012. Greece has yet to decide what price to offer bondholders under a debt buyback plan that is central to a bailout deal with international lenders, but the price is likely to vary depending on the bond, a Greek finance official said on Thursday. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

Surfers brave the winter elements as they surf on a river at the English Garden in downtown Munich on Nov 29, 2012. The English Garden covers 3.73 sq km, which makes it the largest city park in Europe and even larger than New York's Central Park, which covers 3.4 sq km. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

A view seen though a sniper's scope held for the photographer by a Free Syrian Army fighter shows a Syrian flag fluttering in an area controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, near Aleppo's historical citadel, on Nov 28, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

A masked demonstrator takes part in a protest outside Madrid's Barajas airport on Nov 29, 2012. Spanish airline Iberia's ground and cabin crews will stage a series of strikes in December, disrupting the holiday travel season to protest against massive job cuts. The around-the-clock strikes will be held on Dec 14 and the five days from Dec 17 to Dec 21, union leaders said on Thursday. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter with an amputated hand takes cover from a sniper loyal to Syria's President Bashar al -Assad, near Aleppo's historical citadel, on Nov 28, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks leaves Westminster Magistrates Court after appearing to face charges linked to alleged corrupt payments to public officials in London on Nov 29, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS

An activist lies on the floor during a protest against the government of Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, in power for six years, at the Estela de Luz monument in Mexico City on Nov 28, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS