VIENNA – Thieves with a huge sweet-tooth have driven off with 18 tons of chocolate in Austria.
Clashes erupt across Egypt over Morsi's new powers
Thousands of opponents of Egypt's Islamist president clashed with his supporters in cities across the country Friday, burning several offices of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the most violent and widespread protests since Mohammed Morsi c ame to power, sparked by his move to grant himself sweeping powers. CP Railway plans Calgary HQ move to cut costs say unions, source
(Reuters) – Canadian Pacific Railway is planning to relocate much of its head office from downtown Calgary, union officials and a source close to the company said, under a restructuring plan that its new chief executive will detail to investors in early December. Chief Executive Hunter Harrison told U.S. union leaders and a Canadian union president that Canada's second-biggest railroad will move employees out of its glass-towered headquarters as part of an ambitious cost-cutting plan. … Four new cases of SARS-like virus found in Saudi, Qatar
LONDON (Reuters) – A new virus from the same family as SARS which sparked a global alert in September has now killed two people in Saudi Arabia, and total cases there and in Qatar have reached six, the World Health Organisation said. The U.N. health agency issued an international alert in late September saying a virus previously unknown in humans had infected a Qatari man who had recently been in Saudi Arabia, where another man with the same virus had died. On Friday it said in an outbreak update that it had registered four more cases and one of the new patients had died. …
Russian lawmakers introduce law on "foreign agent" media
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers introduced a bill to the state Duma, or lower house of parliament, on Friday which would force foreign-funded media to register as ‘foreign agents’, adding to a raft of bills that critics say is aimed at cracking down on dissent. The law would complement another piece of legislation that forces non-government organizations that engage in “political activities” and receive money from abroad to register themselves using the same term, which is steeped in Cold-War era hostility. …
Postcard mailed by soldier's parents to his sisters during WWII arrives at upstate NY home
ELMIRA, N.Y. – A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it.
Trudeau says 'sorry' for Alberta comments, insists he was only attacking Harper
VANCOUVER – Liberal leadership front-runner Justin Trudeau says he’s sorry about comments he made in a two-year-old television interview that have fuelled accusations that he’s anti-Alberta.
Miami woman, 59, dies after spending 42 years in a coma
MIAMI – A Miami woman who spent 42 years in a coma has died.
Insurers face $1.6 billion flood bill - PwC
LONDON (Reuters) – British insurers look set to absorb 1 billion pounds of flood-related claims this year, their biggest flood damage bill since 2007, accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Friday. Heavy flooding during the summer inflicted a loss of about 500 million pounds on the industry, and further inundations this week across England and Wales are likely to boost the total for the year to 1 billion pounds, PwC said. …
French tennis coach convicted of raping players
A former tennis coach in France has been convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison for raping young players attending the academy he used to run in Saint-Tropez.
Circus owner found guilty of elephant cruelty
LONDON (Reuters) – A British circus owner was given a conditional discharge on Friday for causing unnecessary suffering to an Asian elephant by keeping her chained up and allowing a handler to beat her. Bobby Roberts, 69, was convicted of three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. Northampton Crown Court heard that Anne, an arthritic, 58-year-old elephant was kept tethered to the ground by one front leg and one back leg at all times. Roberts failed to give Anne her arthritis medicine and to prevent a handler from repeatedly beating the animal. …
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