Main news of November 29

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Switzerland voted on Sunday to ban the construction of new minarets, disappointing the country's Muslims but making those who proposed the nationwide referendum rejoice at its results

* Iran plans to build ten new uranium enrichment facilities, the Islamic Republic's state television reported

* The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights was not allowed to cross the border of the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia, Georgian television reported

* Iranian lawmakers urged the government on Sunday to submit a plan on cutting ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency, after the UN nuclear watchdog criticized Tehran for building a new nuclear plant

* Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has handed control over the country's nuclear arsenal to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Dawn newspaper has said in its online edition

* Voters are to cast their ballots during Sunday's elections in Hoduras almost six months after President Manuel Zelaya was ousted and flown out of the country

* The number of people, who were killed when a ship sank on a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has risen to 90, the UN-backed Radio Okapi said on Sunday

RUSSIA

* A draft treaty on European security prepared by Russia allows signatory states to provide military assistance to each other, the Kremlin said

* Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led a memorial service for the Nevsky Express train blast victims on Sunday and called on the nation to unite in the face of terrorist threats

* A top Russian football official said Sunday the Russian Premier League will probe an incident when Spartak Moscow fans were reportedly beaten and detained before a soccer match with their rival team Zenit in St. Petersburg

* A train crash caused by a bomb attack in northwest Russia left 25 people dead and 26 are listed as missing, Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday, citing the latest data