Main News of November 23

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

The White House insisted that Washington would not alter its plans for a European missile defense project, despite increasingly tough rhetoric from Moscow

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) under which he would hand over power to his vice president within 30 days in exchange for immunity from prosecution for him and his family

At least 35 people have died in clashes between protesters and security forces in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the country's health ministry said

RUSSIA

Russia may deploy "advanced offensive weapon systems" on its borders with Europe in response to a planned U.S.-backed European missile shield, President Dmitry Medvedev said

Some 50,000-60,000 people queued outside downtown Moscow’s Christ the Savior cathedral to see a belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary