Sunday’s Games
Three killed in Sunni-Shi'ite clash in south Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Three people were killed on Sunday when fighting broke out in the Lebanese coastal city of Sidon between followers of a Sunni Salafist preacher and supporters of the Lebanese Shi’ite guerrilla movement Hezbollah, a security official said. The killings underlined the deepening Shi’ite-Sunni divide in the small but regionally important country, mirroring divisions in neighboring Syria where a Sunni-led revolt against President Bashar al-Assad broke out 20 months ago. …
Middle East nuclear talks said doubtful despite Iran
VIENNA (Reuters) – Plans for an international conference in December to discuss banning weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East look in doubt even though Iran has said it would attend, Western diplomats say. Any decision to postpone or cancel next month’s proposed talks in Helsinki would probably anger Arab states which have pushed for them to be held. But it may be a relief for Israel, which is assumed to be the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed state and has yet to say whether it will go to the Finnish capital. …
Publicis posts October organic growth above 7 percent: CEO
PARIS (Reuters) – Publicis saw demand for advertising rebound in October to achieve more than 7 percent organic growth in group sales, reversing a September slump with strength in the U.S., emerging markets and digital ads. “While October numbers are extremely good, we should remain cautious: the fourth quarter is always uncertain particularly December,” said Chief Executive Maurice Levy in an emailed statement. “At this point in time, we cannot yet confirm that growth and confidence are back.” September’s contraction depressed Publicis’ monthly revenue by 1. …
Iran to probe death of jailed blogger
Iran’s parliament announced Sunday it would probe reports that a jailed blogger died suspiciously in custody earlier this week, according to the official IRNA news agency.
North Carolina prep QB throws for 837 yards, 10 TDs in 100-84 state playoff game
DAVIDSON, N.C. – Will Grier is still trying to get his head around throwing for U.S. record 837 yards passing and 10 touchdowns in his team’s 104-80 win in a North Carolina high school state playoff game last Friday night.
New Brunswick reactor set to return to service after lengthy refurbishment
FREDERICTON – Atlantic Canada’s only nuclear power plant is expected to complete its refurbishment this fall, marking the end of a risky project that saw spills, cost overruns and federal-provincial squabbling.
Egypt plans new deficit-reduction steps: media
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s government has proposed tax changes and reducing energy subsidies to cut a budget deficit running at about 11 percent of gross domestic product, Egyptian newspapers reported. The austerity steps, certain to be unpopular, are part of an economic program drawn up in part to help convince the International Monetary Fund that Egypt is serious about economic reform. An IMF team is in Cairo to negotiate a $4.8 billion finance package for Egypt. Talks are scheduled to end on November 14. …
Kenya: 12 police killed in ambush in remote region
A Kenyan official says 12 police officers were killed when they were ambushed while pursuing men who had stolen cattle.
Russia to help probe Arafat's death, Palestinian president says
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Russia will join an international investigation to determine whether the first Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, was murdered, the current Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Sunday. French and Swiss experts are due to exhume Arafat’s body in Ramallah later this month in an attempt to discover how he died after an Al Jazeera documentary in July suggested he was killed by a rare radioactive poison. …
Shooting between Lebanese Shiites, Sunnis kills 3
Shooting between Sunni and Shiite Muslim gunmen in southern Lebanon killed three people and wounded at least five Sunday, officials said, in the latest sign Syria's civil war may be spilling over to Lebanon. Third person dies following explosion at plant in Sherbrooke, Que.
SHERBROOKE, Que. – A third person has died from injuries related to a powerful explosion earlier this week at a plant in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.
Israel fires guided missile to warn Syria over shelling
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel fired a guided missile into Syria on Sunday in a potent “warning shot” after mortar fire from fighting between Syrian troops and rebels hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for the second time in four days. Israel Radio said it was the first direct engagement of the Syrian military on the Golan since the countries’ 1973 war. It highlighted international fears that Syria’s civil war could ignite wider regional conflict. …
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