HALIFAX – Police in Nova Scotia are investigating the unusual theft of a puppy.
Internet down nationwide in Syria
The Syrian government shut down the Internet across the country and cut cellphone services in select areas Thursday as rebels and government troops waged fierce battles near the capital's airport, wounding two Austrian peacekeepers and forcing international airlines to suspend flights, activists said. Buehrle says he's looking forward to moving on with his career as a Blue Jay
TORONTO – Newly acquired left-hander Mark Buehrle says he’s looking forward to moving on with his career as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Judge calls Ala. man a bully, sentences him to 2 years in prison for viral BCS video
NEW ORLEANS – An Alabama football fan got a dressing-down and two years in prison for obscenity in a viral video with an unconscious LSU fan after last year’s championship game.
Letters detailing carnage of the War of 1812 going up for auction
TORONTO – Draft letters detailing the carnage of the War of 1812 are going up for auction next month.
African Union asks UN for immediate action on Mali
The president of the African Union has written a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, asking for an immediate military intervention in Mali.
HRW commends Brazilian bid to curb police killings
Human Rights Watch has praised a resolution by Brazil’s Human Rights Defense Council outlining steps to reduce extrajudicial killings by police.
Lawmakers threaten cutoff of Palestinian aid
A bipartisan group of senators is warning the Palestinians that they could lose U.S. financial aid and face the shutdown of the Washington office if they use upgraded U.N. status against Israel.
Analysis: Mexico's new president to reset drug war, push reforms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico's new president takes office on Saturday seeking to shift the focu s away from a grisly drug war and onto economic reforms aimed at sparking fast growth and pulling the country out of the shadow of regional powerhouse Brazil. Enrique Pena Nieto inherits a $1.2 trillion economy that lagged other emerging markets for most of the past decade but has gained ground over the past two years, drawing in record investment despite continuing criminal violence. … Business leader denounces "scandalous" French plan for ArcelorMittal site
PARIS (Reuters) – The head of France’s employers union branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal’s Florange steelworks as “scandalous” on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company’s practices. The government is locked in talks with ArcelorMittal on the fate of two blast furnaces at the site that the company plans to shut down unless it can find a buyer by Saturday. The case has been seen as a test of Socialist President Francois Hollande’s vow to stem a glut of layoffs and reverse years of industrial decline in France. …
Former Kosovo prime minister returns to Kosovo
A former prime minister of Kosovo has pledged he will return to political life after a U.N. war crimes tribunal acquitted him for the second time of murdering and torturing Serbs and their supporters in Kosovo's war for independence. Canadian stock investors seek growth in U.S. consumer comeback
TORONTO (Reuters) – While fear of the U.S. fiscal cliff promises to hold financial markets hostage at least to year-end, a surge in Black Friday shopping and a recovery in the U.S. housing market has Canadian investors looking to a few consumer-fed stocks for potential growth. The retreat of the U.S. consumer during the Great Recession left shares of retailers, luxury goods producers, auto and appliance makers, home builders and others reeling on both sides of the border. …
Photo of NYPD officer giving boots to homeless man in Times Square sparks online sensation
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A tourist’s snapshot of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation.
Tunisia says opposition inciting protests
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia's Islamist prime minister said on Thursday he would not resign over violent protests over economic hardship this week that left over 200 injured, accusing opposition parties of sowing disorder. "In democratic systems we don't force down gov ernments. I'm not going to resign or dissolve the government, it's parliament that has authority to do that," Hamadi Jebali told a news conference. "We know who is behind these events, the opposition parties. … Cuban dissidents denounce threats
A leading Cuban opposition figure said Thursday that he and another dissident were threatened, and in one case attacked, by people they took to be intelligence agents in separate incidents on the same day.
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