Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is poised to dissolve Japan's parliament, setting the stage for elections next month that will likely end the ruling Democrats' three years in power. Egypt PM to visit Gaza in support of Hamas against Israel
GAZA (Reuters) – Egypt 's prime minister prepared to visit the Gaza Strip on Friday in an unprecedented display of solidarity with Hamas militants embroiled in a new escalation of conflict with Israel that risks spiraling into all-out war. Two rockets from Gaza crashed near Tel Aviv in the first such attack on Israel's commercial capital for 20 years. One fell into the Mediterranean Sea and the other in an uninhabited part of one of the Tel Aviv suburbs south of the city. … Olympic champ Simon Whitfield switching gears in triathlon, eyes up Ironman
Olympic champion triathlete Simon Whitfield is entering a new stage in his life, but says he’s not done racing.
Obama to press Myanmar leaders on ethnic violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will press Myanmar leaders during an upcoming trip to restore calm to the western part of their country and bring instigators of ethnic violen ce there to justice, White House officials said on Thursday. Obama leaves on Saturday for a trip to Asia that will include a historic stop in Myanmar, a former pariah state. Some human rights workers object to the trip, saying the president is rewarding the country too soon for its still fragile democratic reforms. … Jamaica to abolish slavery-era flogging law
Jamaica is preparing to abolish a slavery-era law allowing flogging and whipping as means of punishing prisoners, the Caribbean country’s justice ministry said Thursday.
Vancouver is using blue-box plastic with asphalt to pave city streets
VANCOUVER – It may still look like tar-black road asphalt, but the ingredients in a mixture used by Vancouver paving crews is actually green.
Japan to set course for December 16 election and seventh PM in six years
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is set to dissolve parliament’s lower house on Friday for a December 16 election that is likely to return the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power with a conservative former prime minister at the helm. However few expect the poll, three years after a historic victory swept the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to power for the first time, will fix a policy stalemate that has plagued the economy as it struggles with an ageing population and security challenges due to China’s rapid rise. …
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