LONDON (Reuters) – Inflation jumped to a five-month high in October, driven by higher univer sity fees and food prices, official data showed on Tuesday, just a day before the Bank of England publishes fresh economic forecasts. Annual consumer price inflation surged to 2.7 percent from 2.2 percent in September, the Office for National Statistics said, raising the chance the BoE will have to increase its short-term inflation forecast on Wednesday. October's figure was the highest since May, and well above economists' average forecast of an increase to 2.3 percent. … New trial of Ukraine's Tymoshenko put back
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – A second trial of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was again adjourned on Tuesday until November 23 because the fo rmer prime minister, who is on hunger strike, could not attend. Tymoshenko, the main political opponent of President Viktor Yanukovich, is already serving a seven-year term following her conviction for abuse of office in October last year. Her second trial is for alleged tax evasion and embezzlement. … G4S Olympics boss leaves over contract blunder
LONDON (Reuters) – G4S said the managing director of its botched Olympics contract had left the company, becoming the third director to leave over its London 2012 blunder. The world’s biggest security firm on Tuesday said Mark Hamilton, a former bodyguard to rock star Paul McCartney, had left the company “by mutual consent” but declined to give any further details. …
Russia paroles physicist jailed for espionage
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday paroled a physicist convicted of spying for China in 2004 in a case that was criticized by human rights campaigners during President Vladimir Putin& #039;s first term. Valentin Danilov, now in his 60s, is expected to be freed in 10 days. Rights activists said the satellite technology data he passed to China was declassified and the case was politically motivated, highlighting the shortcomings of Russia's judiciary. … Three die in Italy floods as heavy rain continues
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – Three people died after their car fell off a collapsed bridge during heavy rain near the town of Grosseto in central Italy, authorities said on Tuesday, as severe flooding continued in the Tuscany region. The identity of the victims was still being verified but the car they were in bore the logo of Enel, Italy’s biggest electricity company, Civil Protection authority officials said. It was not immediately clear if their vehicle drove off the bridge or was caught on it when it collapsed. …
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to issue fall economic update today
OTTAWA – Canadians can expect more clarity on the country’s economic affairs today as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty issues a mid-term fiscal report card.
Ex-Alberta premier Ralph Klein to be made an Officer of the Order of Canada
OTTAWA – Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein will be made an Officer of the Order of Canada today at Calgary city hall.
EU finance ministers discuss banking union
Shoring up Europe's banking sector and strengthening oversight of economic policies will likely top the agenda of a meeting Tuesday of the European Union's 27 finance ministers. Anti-bullying conference in Vancouver a month after Amanda Todd's suicide
VANCOUVER – An anti-bullying conference on how to cope with bullying and reduce its impact is planned for today in Vancouver just over a month after 15-year-old Amanda Todd’s suicide.
Court martial begins today for Calgary major charged in Afghanistan accident
CALGARY – A Canadian soldier who was charged after a mine explosion killed a colleague on a training range in Afghanistan will appear before a military court today as his court martial begins.
Motions continue at Ashley Smith inquest; corrections officials told to co-operate
TORONTO – Motions are to continue today in Toronto at a coroner’s inquest into the death five years ago of a troubled teenager in a Kitchener, Ont., prison.
Loblaw recalls some chocolate covered raisins due to almond
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling its 908 gram pack size of PC Chocolate Covered Raisins because they may also contain some chocolate covered almonds.
Syrian fighter jet attacks near Turkish border
A Syrian jet bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding three others, an official said. Secrecy cloaks South Korea's civil nuclear program
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s government should resume publishing polls on nuclear safety after a loss of public confidence in the sector in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster, an opposition South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday. The call came as South Korea, whose public is traditionally seen as pro-nuclear, investigated fake safety documents for parts used in nuclear plants led to two of the country’s 23 reactors being shut down last week and has raised the prospect of power shortages in the harsh Korean winter. …
Dalai Lama presses China to investigate Tibetan self-immolations
TOKYO (Reuters) R 11; Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged Japanese parliamentarians to visit Tibet, and for China to investigate the dozens of self-immolations by Tibetans. "I always ask the Chinese government: Please, now, thoroughly investigate. What is the cause of these sort of sad things?" the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Dalai Lama told a group of Japanese lawmakers. … 
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