December 4, 2013 - 8:56AM Ukraine's government has survived a no-confidence vote after the prime minister apologised for a police crackdown on protests, while demonstrators massed outside parliament protesting the ex-Soviet state's rejection of a historic EU pact. LONDON - The editor of Britain's Guardian newspaper has defended the publication of leaks by Edward Snowden, insisting during fierce questioning from MPs that it had not put any lives at risk. PARIS - French experts have ruled out a theory that Yasser Arafat was killed by poisoning, a source close to the investigation into the Palestinian leader's 2004 death says. CHICAGO AFP - The city of Detroit has won approval to move forward with its bankruptcy filing from a federal judge despite objections from city workers fearful of losing their pensions and other creditors, local media reports. NEW YORK - US media pointed toward human error as the cause of a deadly commuter train crash in New York, reporting that the driver either fell asleep or "zoned out." HONG KONG - Hong Kong will quarantine 17 people after the city confirmed its first human case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu. LONDON - A single spray of the "cuddle" hormone oxytocin can temporarily help children with autism overcome their disability, research has shown.