JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip will not provide any long-term solution to the problem posed by the Islamist group Hamas, and thi s will make the government think long and hard before sending in the troops. After six days of intensive military strikes against the Palestinian enclave, which Israel says are needed to halt regular militant rocket fire, thousands of Israeli soldiers are massing on the border awaiting orders to attack. … Polish premier accepts resignation of his deputy
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accepted the resignation of his deputy, Waldemar Pawlak, on Monday after Pawlak lost an internal election for leader of PSL, the junior coalition party, the government's information bureau said. Pawlak, who was also the economy minister, unexpectedly lost the battle for the PSL leadership to Janusz Piechocinski on Saturday. He announced he would step down from the government on Monday. (Reporting by Maciej Onoszko; Editing by Kevin Liffey) Analysis: New Mideast balance constrains Israel Gaza action
PARIS (Reuters) – A new balance of power in the Middle East will limit Israel's ability to impose its ceasefire terms on Hamas in Gaza, but technology is compen sating by curbing the Islamist militants' capacity to cause casualties in the Jewish state. The strategic environment has changed radically since the last major armed conflict between Israel and Hamas in the winter of 2008-09, which involved an Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip and ended with 1,400 Palestinian and 13 Israeli dead. … Mexico focus on police commanders in CIA shooting
A Mexican official says the attorney general’s office is focusing on five federal police commanders to determine the motive for an Aug. 24 ambush on a U.S. embassy vehicle that wounded two CIA officers.
U.N. court ruling expands Nicaragua's offshore rights
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice ruled on Monday a cluster of disputed small islands in the western Caribbean belonged to Colombia and not to Nicaragua, but drew a demarcation line in favor of Nicaragua in the nearby waters. The court said the territorial waters extending out from the seven islets, which are nearer Nicaragua’s coast than Colombia’s, should not cut into Nicaragua’s continental shelf. The ruling reduced the expanse of sea belonging to Colombia. …
Rwanda accuses Congo of shelling border town
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Rwanda accused U.N.-backed Congolese forces of shelling its territory during a battle with rebels near t he border on Monday but said it had no plans to respond militarily to what it called Kinshasa's "provocation". Tension between the central African neighbors has stretched to the breaking point over an insurgency in Congo's eastern hills that Kinshasa's government says is orchestrated by Rwanda with designs on the region's mineral riches. … Obama to host Mexico's president-elect Pena Nieto
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will host Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto next week, the White House said on Monday. Obama plans to discuss a broad range of issues during an Oval Office mee ting on November 27, it said in a statement. "The president welcomes the opportunity to underscore the shared values and strong bonds of friendship between the United States and Mexico," the White House said. Pena Nieto will bring Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party back to power after 12 years on the sidelines when he takes office December 1. … EU endorses Syrian opposition
The newly formed Syrian opposition coalition received backing from the European Union on Monday in a significant vote of confidence for a movement struggling to prove its credibility and gain the trust of the country's factions. Fourteen killed in stampede at Indian Hindu festival
PATNA, India (Reuters) – At least 14 people were killed on Monday and many more were injured in a stampede during a Hindu festival in the Indian city of Patna, police said. Among the casualties were many children and women, who had come to the banks of the River Ganges in the eastern Indian state of Bihar to enjoy Chhath, the biggest Hindu festival in the state. Several people were still missing, the police said. “We have identified 14 bodies so far and we fear the casualty figures may go up,” a senior police official told journalists. …
Syrian Islamists reject Western-backed opposition
Syria's increasingly powerful Islamist rebel factions rejected the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declared an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo, a sign of the seemingly intractable splits among those fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. Seven survivors of Manitoba plane crash in stable condition in hospitals
SNOW LAKE, Man. – Seven survivors of a plane crash in northwestern Manitoba are listed as being in stable condition in hospital.
Police arrest six over Berlusconi accountant kidnapping
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police on Monday disclosed an attempt to extort former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi by bandits who held his accountant hostage and offered to sell sensitive documents for 35 million euros ($44.47 million). Police told a news conference in Milan they had arrested three Italians and three Albanians on suspicion of kidnapping and extortion but many questions remained unanswered in what the Italian media said remained a mysterious episode. …
Brazil's Niemeyer getting worse, doctors say
The hospital that’s treating famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer says the 104-year-old has gotten worse.
Treasury sanctions Hezbollah suspect over attacks on U.S. troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury said on Monday it was sanctioning suspected Hezbollah operative Ali Mussa Daqduq for orchestrating several attacks on U.S. and allied troops in Iraq. The sanctions will freeze any U.S. assets he has and prohibit U.S. entities and Americans from working with him. Daqduq was freed by Iraqi authorities and flew to Lebanon on Friday after an Iraqi court acquitted him of involvement in the killing of five U.S. soldiers, his lawyer said. …
Egyptian police, protesters clash in central Cairo
Hundreds of Egyptian protesters and security forces hurl stones at each other in Cairo, on the one-year anniversary of fierce street clashes that left 42 dead.
Religious violence feared after bus bombing in Kenya
Fears of religious violence in Kenya are on the rise today following a weekend bus bombing in Nairobi's predominately Somali neighborhood, the third explosion there this month.
Woman hits 'like' on Facebook, gets arrested in India
The police in Mumbai arrested Monday a 21-year-old college student Shaheen Dhada for a Facebook status update and her friend Renu Srinivasan for clicking “Like” on the update. The case is the latest in a string of recent crackdowns on Internet speech in India.
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