MINEOLA, N.Y. – Authorities are investigating how shredded police documents got tossed as confetti to spectators at last week’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Tourists trickle into violence-hit western Myanmar
It was dusk in a corner of Myanmar recently shaken by some of the bloodiest sectarian violence in a generation, and a dozen Canadian tourists climbed to the top of a grassy hill, cameras ready to capture the sweeping view. Rebels backed by Rwanda and Uganda hold positions in Goma, as deadline passes
GOMA, Congo – Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda and Uganda held their positions in this key eastern Congolese city that they seized last week, letting a midnight deadline for their withdrawal expire in the early hours of Tuesday.
Euro zone, IMF reach deal on cutting long-term Greek debt
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement on a new debt target for Greece on Monday in a breakthrough towards releasing an urgently needed tranche of loans to the near-bankrupt economy, officials said. After nearly 10 hours of talks at their third meeting on the issue in as many weeks, Greece's international lenders agreed to reduce Greek debt by 40 billion euros, cutting it to 124 percent of gross domestic product by 2020, via a package of steps. … Convicted killer committed suicide before bear fed on his body: coroner
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A coroner says a convicted killer whose body became food for a bear outside of Kamloops, B.C., last May had committed suicide.
Euro officials reach deal to reduce Greek debt
A European Union official tells The Associated Press that a deal has been reached under which Greece's debt would be reduced to 124 percent of GDP by 2020. Ex Deutsche Bank CEO criticizes successor for skipping hearing
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The former head of Germa ny's Deutsche Bank Josef Ackermann criticized his successor Anshu Jain on Monday for not agreeing to appear at a German parliamentary hearing this week on Libor manipulation. Politicians have already accused Indian-born Jain, who became co-head of Germany's largest bank in June, of "chickening out" by sending his chief compliance officer in his place. "I always took these tasks upon myself," Ackermann said at a conference organized by business daily Handelsblatt in Frankfurt. … Rebels patrol in Congo city as deadline passes
Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda and Uganda held their positions in this key eastern Congolese city that they seized last week, letting a midnight deadline for their withdrawal expire in the early hours of Tuesday. Pro-settler Israeli hardliners sweep Netanyahu party vote
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Pro-settler hardliners swept a vote on Monday held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, effectively tossing four of his closest allies and backers of Middle East diplomacy off a list of candidates running with him in a January 22 election. Party members ranked candidates on a list for the national poll to determine which of dozens already nominated could actually be elected to parliament. …
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