TORONTO – Whether it’s a security crisis in the Middle East or a two-hour delay at a Canada-U.S. border crossing, a government website promises to change the way Canadian travellers hear about it.
South Sudan: Sudan aerial bombardment kills 7
A South Sudanese official says Sudan carried out aerial bombardments of the northern part of South Sudan in the last three days killing seven people and wounding more than a dozen others.
NDP asks Elections Canada to look at alleged donor fraud involving Tories
OTTAWA – The NDP is asking Elections Canada to investigate alleged fraud involving donations to the Conservatives in Montreal.
Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriots
Iran lashed out Friday at Turkey for requesting NATO to supply it with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to deploy along the border with Syria, denouncing the step by Ankara as counterproductive. Mexico arrests suspected murderer on FBI most wanted list
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican federal police have captured suspected murderer, rapist and drug gang member Joe Luis Saenz, one of the 10 most wanted fugitives on the FBI’s list, the government said on Friday. Saenz, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in the city of Guadalajara in western Mexico on Thursday following an investigation carried out by the federal police in conjunction with the FBI, the government said in a statement. According to the FBI, Saenz is suspected of shooting and killing two rival gang members in Los Angeles in July 1998. For the FBI’s most wanted list, see: www.fbi. …
Singer Marc Anthony in Dominican Republic to launch expansion of orphanage
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Singer Marc Anthony is coming to the aid of an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.
Congo rebels advance as regional leaders seek cease-fire
As regional leaders talked peace in plush hotel rooms a country away, fighting between rebels and government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east rumbled on.
Smithsonian gathers best art of Civil War era for major exhibit showing its impact in US
WASHINGTON – Paintings and photographs depicting the raw reality of the Civil War marked a major change in American art that tossed out romantic notions of war.
Sierra Leone president Koroma wins second term
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone's president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has won re-election with 58.7 percent of the vote, ahead of his top rival Julius Maada Bio on 37.4 percent, the West African state's electoral body announced on Friday. Koroma has overseen an investment boom that could turn the country, still scarred by a civil war that ended a decade ago, into one of the world's fastest growing economies this year. … UK government reaches compromise on renewable subsidies
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will triple subsidies for low-carbon power generation by 2020 after its coalition government this week forged a compromise over how to fund wind farms without harming the future of gas-fired power. The compromise became possible after the government agreed to postpone until 2016 setting a target for decarbonization, which was opposed by many members of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party. The target is the extent to which carbon emissions are to be reduced by 2030. …
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