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In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 photo, Saudi security forces watch Ethiopians gather as they wait to be repatriated in Manfouha, southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, garbage has piled up on streets around the mosque housing the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad. Groceries stores have shut their doors and almost half of the kingdom’s small construction firms have stopped working on projects. The economic chaos comes as part of Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on migrant workers, which began Nov. 4, targets the country’s more than 9 million foreign laborers. Decades of lax immigration enforcement allowed migrants to take low-wage manual, clerical and service jobs that the kingdom’s own citizens shunned for better paying, more comfortable work. (AP Photo)
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National Edition News Cover for November 14, 2013 - Ivory Terror: A Kenya Wildlife Service warden stands in a strong room holding elephant ivory impounded since 1989. The tusks are on display to show the increase in poaching since the ivory trade ban was temporarily lifted two years ago. Kenya wants the trade of ivory permanently banned. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
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China is reportedly testing a precision guided manuevering torpedo. A report concludes that "China's growing diplomatic, economic, and military clout is changing the regional security architecture."
