Main News of November 26

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The highly-controversial constitutional declaration that Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi issued on Thursday, dramatically extending his powers, has polarized the country and plunged it deeper into political and economic turmoil

RUSSIA

* Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke out against France’s recognition of the Syrian opposition, calling the stance “highly controversial” but conceding that it is “an internal matter”

* Internet giant Google’s IP address was temporarily blacklisted for the second time over the weekend due to a computer glitch, Russian media and communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Monday

* A two-day riot by inmates at a prison in Russia's Chelyabinsk Region ended peacefully, officials reported on Monday, as human rights campaigners sought details of how the troubles ended

* A structural reform of Russia’s space industry will see its numerous enterprises united into five or six large holdings, Federal Space Agency chief Vladimir Popovkin said on Monday

* Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and NASA have chosen two participants of an experimental yearlong endurance mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015, Roscosmos said on Monday

DEFENSE

* Inspectors from the United States will conduct an inspection flight over Russia under the Open Skies Treaty starting on Monday, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said

* Russia's newest attack submarine, the Project 855 Severodvinsk, successfully fired its first cruise missile at a land target during manufacturer's sea trials in the White Sea, a source in the United Shipbuilding Corporation told RIA Novosti on Monday

BUSINESS

* Kiev signed a deal on Monday creating a consortium of investors for a liquid natural gas terminal, including America's Excelerate Energy and Spain's Gas Natural Fenosa, Ukraine's national projects agency said

SPORTS

* Russian football hooligans could be banned from all sports events for life under “extremely tough” punishments aimed at protecting the 2018 World Cup, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday

* A late penalty from on-form midfielder Rasmus Elm gave Russian league leaders CSKA Moscow a 1-0 win over reigning champions Zenit St. Petersburg on Monday in a match played behind closed doors