OTTAWA – Disabled veterans and soldiers’ widows have unleashed a broadside of frustration against the Harper government just before Remembrance Day, saying many of them have been abandoned and left to fend for themselves.
Guatemala quake deaths now 52, expected to rise
The death toll in the worst Guatemala earthquake since 1976 rose Thursday to 52 people, with many of the 22 still missing expected to be among the dead, according to President Otto Perez Molina. 6-time champion Federer reaches semifinals at ATP finals after another straight-set victory
LONDON – Roger Federer advanced to the semifinals at the ATP finals with a match to spare.
Turkish generals angered by Kurd militant testimony
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Retired Turkish military commanders have expressed fury that a former top Kurdish rebel has been allowed to testify against them in a coup trial, citing it as proof the proceedings were meant only to intimidate and undermine the armed forces. Semdin Sakik, known as “Fingerless Zeki” when number two in the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), this week waived his anonymity at the ‘Ergenekon’ conspiracy trial at which hundreds, including military men, academics, businessmen and journalists, are accused of plotting to oust the Islamist-rooted government. …
Nearly half of Britons want EU exit: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly half of Britons would vote in a referendum to leave the European Union and less than a third to stay in, according to a poll highlighting divisions facing Prime Minister David Cameron. Polling company YouGov said on Thursday 49 percent favored leaving the EU, 28 percent would vote to stay in the 27-nation bloc, 17 percent were undecided and the rest would not vote. The British leader is under growing pressure from rebels within his party to take a tougher stance with Brussels when he attends EU budget talks later this month. …
Nearly half of Britons want EU exit - poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly half of Britons would vote in a referendum to leave the European Union and less than a third to stay in, according to a poll highlighting divisions facing Prime Minister David Cameron. Polling company YouGov said on Thursday 49 percent favoured leaving the EU, 28 percent would vote to stay in the 27-nation bloc, 17 percent were undecided and the rest would not vote. The British leader is under growing pressure from rebels within his party to take a tougher stance with Brussels when he attends EU budget talks later this month. …
Canadian Natural advances upgrader, profit falls
(Reuters) – Canadian Natural Resources Ltd and its partner, North West Upgrading Inc, said on Thursday they are proceeding with a C$5.7 billion ($5.7 billion) oil sands upgrading plant in Alberta at a time when some of their rivals are slowing down spending over fears of high costs. Canadian Natural also reported a sharper-than-expected 57 percent drop in third-quarter profit and cut its output forecast. Shares of the country’s larges independent oil explorer and producer slid 4 percent. …
Rights groups: 5 Tibetans self-immolate in 2 days
Tibetan protests against Chinese rule intensified around the opening of a pivotal Communist Party congress as three teenage monks and two other Tibetans set themselves on fire over two days, activists reported Thursday.
South Africa opposition push for Zuma no-confidence vote
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African opposition parties pushed on Thursday for a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma fo r alleged corruption and economic bungling, a symbolic move that could nevertheless embarrass him as he seeks re-election as head of the ruling ANC. The request has to get the green light from speaker Max Sisulu, an African National Congress stalwart (ANC), although the Democratic Alliance (DA) said there was no precedent for parliament not to hear a proposed no-confidence debate. … Et tu Fluffy? Rome weighs evicting cat shelter.
It is located next to the exact spot where, according to legend, Julius Caesar uttered the immortal words “et tu, Brute?” But now, 2,000 years later, the ruined temples and fallen pillars of Rome's Largo Argentina are caught up in a fresh, albeit rather less bloody, confrontation:
Military action in Mali will have humanitarian cost: ICRC
GENEVA (Reuters) – A military intervention in northern Mali against Islamist militants will have a high humanitarian cost, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday. Access for aid workers is already precarious in the north, where 500,000 people – half the remaining population – depend on foreign aid, ICRC President Peter Maurer said. Military experts from Africa, the United Nations and Europe have drafted plans to recapture northern Mali, which fell to rebels in March after a coup in the capital Bamako led to a power vacuum. …
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