HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia's FARC rebels announced on Monday a two-month unilateral ceasefire, the first truce in more than a decade , as peace negotiators met in Cuba in the latest attempt to end the five-decade war. President Juan Manuel Santos' government, however, has said it would not cease military operations until a final peace deal was signed with the Andean country's largest rebel group and even vowed to step up the offensive. … Calgary mayor wagers weight in food in Grey Cup face-off with Toronto
CALGARY – The Argonauts and the Stampeders may not be the only ones with bragging rights on the line in the upcoming Grey Cup championship.
Home resales climb, housing recovery gains traction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Home resales rose in October and a gauge of homebuilder sentiment climbed to a six-year high in November, a sign slow improvements in the labor market are helping the housin g sector recovery gain traction. The National Association of Realtors said on Monday that existing home sales climbed 2.1 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.79 million units, beating forecasts by Wall Street economists. … Lighten our regulatory burden in new digital universe, CBC urges CRTC
GATINEAU, Que. – CBC president Hubert Lacroix is asking the federal broadcast regulator for more flexibility as it grapples with the new digital universe.
Lebanese army dismantles rockets aimed at Israel
A senior Lebanese security official says military experts have dismantled two Katyusha rockets aimed at Israel. They were found in south Lebanon.
U.N. chief pushes for political dialogue in divided Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged on Monday to help rescue stumb ling efforts to implement a power transfer deal in Yemen that pulled the Arabian Peninsula country back from the brink of civil war last year. Restoring stability in Yemen, a U.S. ally grappling with al Qaeda militants and southern separatists, is an international priority due to fears of disorder ripping apart a state that flanks top oil producer Saudi Arabia and major shipping lanes. … Fishing nations maintain tuna quotas
The international organization of fishing countries has decided to follow the scientific recommendations and maintain strict quotas on the fishing of endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Colombian rebels announce unilateral cease-fire ahead of peace talks in Cuba
HAVANA – A top Colombian rebel negotiator has announced a unilateral cease-fire at the start of peace talks in Havana.
Hamas sticks to truce demand, Gaza toll 96
Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 96, as Israel broadened its targets in the 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel. Russian rights activists to boycott law on NGOs
Leading Russian activists pledged on Monday to boycott a new draconian law that they warn will help the Kremlin stifle critics with a mixture of repression, fines and inspections of non-governmental organizations. Colombian rebels announce cease-fire
A top Colombian rebel negotiator has announced a unilateral cease-fire at the start of peace talks in Havana.
Dutch Prince shows signs of "minimal consciousness"
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prince Johan Friso, who has been in a coma ever since he was buried in an avalanche while skiing earlier this year, has shown occasional signs of minimal consciousness, the Dutch government said on Monday. Queen Beatrix’s 44-year-old middle son, who gave up his right to the throne a decade ago, was skiing off-piste near Lech in the Austrian Alps in February, when he was caught in an avalanche. The accident attracted considerable media attention at the time. Prince Friso was trapped under the snow for 25 minutes before he was pulled out unconscious. …
U.N. court says Colombia has sovereignty over Caribbean islets
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice said on Monday that a cluster of disputed islets in the western Caribbean belonged to Colombia and not to Nicaragua. In 2007, the court ruled in a long-running dispute between the two countries that three larger islands also belonged to Colombia. (Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Alison Williams)
Gaza militant group says top fighter killed
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad says an Israeli strike on a Gaza media center has kill ed one of its top militant leaders. World court: Disputed islands belong to Colombia
The International Court of Justice says a group of tiny islands in the western Caribbean belong to Colombia, rejecting Nicaragua's claim in a long-running territorial dispute between the two Latin American nations. Big banks give $22 billion in mortgage relief under deal
(Reuters) – Five U.S. banks have provided about $22 billion in mortgage relief to customers under a deal to settle borrowers’ accusations over foreclosures, a report by the settlement’s monitor said on Monday. The report said that Bank of America Corp , which owes the most, improved in providing first-lien mortgage modifications to customers, trailing only JPMorgan Chase & Co through September. Bank of America provided $889.2 million in first-lien modifications that reduced loan balances for consumers, a turnaround from August when the bank had completed none. …
6 arrested in extortion plot on Berlusconi
Italian police have arrested six people accused of trying to extort ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi for EUR35 million ($45 million) in exchange for documents they claimed could help him in a legal case.
Mali: Fighting resumes in north between rebels
Rebel spokesmen confirm that fighting has resumed in northern Mali between Islamist extremists and Tuareg secular rebels.
Obama presses Cambodia's Hun Sen to improve rights record
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Monday to hold fair elections and release political prisoners as he took a firm line on human rights abuses th at activists say have increased in recent years in the Southeast Asian country. Fresh from a visit to Myanmar, where many freedoms have blossomed in the country's dramatic return to democracy, Obama told Hun Sen that Cambodia's record on human rights would be an impediment to deeper ties with the United States. … EU may decide to endorse Syrian opposition
The newly formed coalition of some Syrian opposition groups is likely to get significant new international support Monday, as the European Union appears ready to call it a legitimate representative of the aspirations of the Syrian people, an EU official said.
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