A gunman holds a parent hostage at a school in
Vitry-sur-Seine, France, on the outskirts of Paris.
(BBC)
Arts and culture
The
Episcopal Church is poised to become the first major religious denomination in the United States to approve a rite for blessing
gay marriages this December, just after its bishops approved such a liturgy.
(The Guardian)
A New Zealand court delays hearings on the extradition of
Megaupload founder
Kim Dotcom to the United States until 2013 due to concerns about the
search and seizure of documents.
(Reuters)
Israel releases hunger-striking Palestinian footballer and
Islamic Jihad member,
Mahmoud Sarsak, who was detained without formal charges since 2009 for alleged involvement in a bomb attack.
(Bloomberg)(CBC)
The Russian
Wikipedia goes blank for 24 hours in a protest over legislation before the
State Duma that would allow the creation of a unified digital blacklist of all websites containing banned content.
(RIA Novosti)(Russian Wikipedia)