(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: December 1, 2010) Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has opted out of the World Cup bidding process, calling the competition "unscrupulous" amid accusations of vote rigging. FIFA will announce the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Thursday. More WikiLeaks releases suggest IAEA chief Yukiya Amano, the UN's nuclear watchdog, may not be impartial. In Cote d'Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo is refusing to accept results of Sunday's run-off vote, which show Alassane Ouattara leading the tally. Water spraying helicopters are being deployed to control a bush fire in western Australia that's burned 150 hectars of bushland so far and is moving towards residential areas.