SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Goldcorp Inc hopes its embattled $3.9 billion El Morro copper-gold mine in Chile will receive a new permit within the next year, Chief Executive Chuck Jeannes told Reuters on Wednesday. Chile’s Supreme Court in April upheld the suspension of an environmental permit for the Canadian company’s El Morro project, in one of the biggest legal blows to a mine in the country. An appeals court had struck down El Morro’s environmental permit in February at the request of an indigenous agricultural community. …
Norman puts university studies on hold, joins Lions' offensive line
VANCOUVER – Matt Norman has put his studies on hold to help plug the B.C. Lions’ hurting offensive line.
New E. coli case linked to XL Foods beef plant in Alberta; total cases now 18
EDMONTON – A new case of E. coli has been linked to the XL Foods beef plant at the centre of an extensive product recall.
Venezuela turns over wanted drug lord to Colombia
Venezuelan authorities deported a prominent drug trafficking suspect to Colombia on Wednesday, nearly two months after his capture in an operation aided by Colombian and U.S. authorities.
Jilted Suu Kyi asks India to stand by democracy in Myanmar
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged India on Wednesday to stand by Myanmar on its journey to democracy, on her first trip to Myanmar’s neighbor since it dropped its support for her democracy movement two decades ago in favor of the ruling junta. Suu Kyi spent part of her youth in Delhi and was close to independence leader Jawaharlal Nehru but, after first backing her democracy movement, India began courting the junta as part of a “Look East” policy partly aimed at competing with China. …
23 arrested in Quebec drug raids; cocaine, cash, guns, other drugs seized
SHERBROOKE, Que. – Police have arrested 23 people while breaking up an alleged drug-trafficking ring in Quebec.
Zimbabwe: Diamond conference ends with questions
The Zimbabwe Diamond Conference, which wound up here Wednesday, was sponsored by President Robert Mugabe’s government to highlight its emergence as a major player in the world diamond trade.
German Greens seek path to power, possibly with Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Once a fringe left-wing movement born in the heat of 1970s radicalism, Germany's Greens party may be heading for the unthinkable – a partnership with the conservatives that would keep Angela Merkel in power. Greens leaders deny any interest in forming a coalition with the Christian Democrats, but voting patterns and shared views on a surprising number of key policies may push both sides to break a taboo and form a ruling coalition after elections next year. … Excellon posts bigger loss, cuts production outlook
(Reuters) – Canadian silver miner Excellon Resources Inc posted a bigger quarterly loss and slashed its longstanding output forecast for the current quarter after it lost about three months of production at its only mine due to a blockade. Protests at the La Platosa mine, in the northern Mexican state of Durango, began on July 8 when landowners and union members blocked the entrance to the mine, which produced 1.3 million ounces of silver in 2011. Excellon resumed mining in mid-October, about a month after the landowners lifted the blockade. …
Bank of Canada's Cote says monetary remains very stimulative
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Agathe Cote said on Wednesday that monetary policy remains very stimulative in Canada and highlighted that soaring household debt is the biggest domestic risk to the economy. Cote said Europe is stagnating and the United States is undergoing its slowest recovery since the Great Depression, according to a slide presentation published on the central bank’s website. Cote was appearing at an event in Rimouski, Quebec. (Reporting by Louise Egan; Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson)
Austerity protests stall several European nations
Hundreds of thousands of Europe's beleaguered citizens went on strike or snarled the streets of several capitals Wednesday, at times clashing with riot police, as they demanded that governments stop cutting benefits and create more jobs. Libya swears in new government despite security challenges
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s first elected government was sworn in under tight security on Wednesday, inheriting the daunting task of establishing democracy in a country plagued by rival militias who helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi last year. In a national congress hall built by Gaddafi shortly before his fall, new cabinet ministers swore an oath to protect the North African state, a major oil producer. …
Swedish anti-immigration party suffers image blow
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – An increasingly popular Swedish anti-immigration party suffered a blow on Wednesday when a senior official resigned after a film showed him using offensive language about immigrants. The Sweden Democrats party, which has carefully moved away from association with hardline skinhead movements, won 6 percent of votes in an election in 2010 and this week reached a record 11 percent support in an opinion poll. …
Ivory Coast's Ouattara dissolves government
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara dissolved his government in a surprise move on Wednesday, citing a lack of solidarity within his coalition cabinet. Ouattara became president in the West African state after beating incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in a 2010 run-off election with the backing of other parties. Gbagbo rejected the results, triggering a brief civil war last year. "The president of the republic … … 
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