Mexican prosecutors on Friday charged 14 federal police officers with trying to kill two CIA officers and a Mexican navy captain in an August ambush south of the capital.
Algerian cargo plane carrying 6 crashes in France
An Algerian military cargo plane crashed Friday in southern France with six people aboard, the North African country’s defense ministry confirmed. The fate of those on the aircraft was not immediately known.
Nigeria is "at war" with Boko Haram: Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria is "at war" with Islamist sect Boko Haram and should not negotiate with its leaders who are "mass murde rers", Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka said on Friday. President Goodluck Jonathan said earlier this year his government was open to dialogue with the sect, whose insurgency has killed an estimated 2,800 people since 2009. The sect is styled on the Afghan Taliban and while it usually targets security and government officials, it has also struck churches, mosques and universities, becoming the biggest security threat in Africa's top oil producer. … CIS football playoffs this weekend filled with David and Goliath struggles
Canada’s best university football teams meet this Saturday in four conference finals across the country to start determining who will compete for the Vanier Cup.
Swan River, Man., may slap extra tax on alcohol to help pay for police
WINNIPEG – A community in northwestern Manitoba is considering a surtax on alcohol to help pay for policing.
Spanish woman jumps to her death as eviction looms
A woman in Spain jumped to her death as bailiffs approached to evict her Friday from her fourth-floor apartment for failing to pay the mortgage, officials said.
Ghana mall owner apologizes for fatal building collapse
ACCRA (Reuters) – The owner of a shopping mall which collapsed in the Ghanaian capital apologized on Friday for the loss of lives but denied accusation s he had not obtained authorization for the building. At least nine people died when the mall, operated by Indian retailer Melcom Ltd, caved in shortly after opening for business on Wednesday. Some 70 survivors have been rescued and sent to nearby hospitals. … New Pentagon timeline shows US military arrived in Libya more than 14 hours after attack ended
WASHINGTON – New details from the Pentagon show that the first U.S. military unit arrived in Libya more than 14 hours after the attack on the consulate in Benghazi was over. Four Americans, including the ambassador, were dead.
Gunfight at biggest Sri Lanka prison kills 13
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Thirteen people were killed and a senior police officer was seriously wounded in a gunfight in Sr i Lanka's biggest prison that began when police came under fire from inmates, officials and police said on Saturday. The army was called in to help control the violence that continued overnight, and some staff at the Welikada prison in the capital Colombo were being held hostage by inmates, jail officials said. Witnesses said they saw police shooting towards the jail, where armed prisoners were on the roof. Prisons Commissioner P. W. … Estonia opts for online voting; how about the US?
In his victory speech, President Barack Obama acknowledged millions of voters' frustration when he said that it was time to fix the long lines at voting stations that have become an Election Day blight in America. 
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