Opus Dei, the elite and powerful organization within the Roman Catholic Church, is suing a Danish publisher for alleged trademark violations involving a card game titled "Opus Dei. Existence After Religion." UN report: Rwanda supporting Congo rebels
A United Nations report says the Rwandan military is supporting the rebel force that overtook a major city in eastern Congo this week. Turkish coup generals tell landmark trial army did its duty
ANKARA (Reuters) – A former Turkish general on trial over a 1980 coup that resulted in mass arrests and executions told a court by video li nk from hospital he would do the same again today if as an officer he saw Turkey facing the same violence and disorder. The trial of Kenan Evren, 95, whose eight years in power put an indelible stamp on Turkey, highlights the waning influence of an army that carried out three coups in twenty years and was long widely supported as a final check against the encroachment of militant islam and leftist and right-wing militancy. … Iran's leader stops lawmakers grilling president
Iran’s supreme leader has stopped the country’s parliament from grilling the president over the nation’s plummeting currency and economic crisis, the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday.
NATO: Turkey wants use of Patriot missiles
Turkey’s government requested the deployment of NATO’s Patriot surface-to-air missiles Wednesday to bolster its defenses along its border with Syria and prevent a spillover of the civil war in that nation, officials said.
International students win class-action lawsuit against Toronto college
TORONTO – A group of international business students who came from as far away as China to complete a program at a Toronto college has won a lawsuit over a misleading course description.
In HP-Autonomy debacle, many advisers but little good advice
(Reuters) – When Hewlett Packard acquired Autonomy last year for $11.1 billion, some 15 different financial, legal and accounting f irms were involved in the transaction — and none raised a flag about what HP said Tuesday was a major accounting fraud. HP stunned Wall Street with the allegations about its British software unit and took an $8.8 billion writedown, the latest in a string of reversals for the storied company. … Archbishop: Church of England is blind, losing credibility
LONDON (Reuters) – The Archbishop of Cant erbury accused his Church of England of being wilfully blind to the attitudes of modern British society on Wednesday after it voted 'no' to women bishops, a triumph for its traditionalist minority. After more than 10 years of divisive debate, the General Synod, the Church legislature, failed to pass the measure on Tuesday evening by just six votes despite the fact that 42 of the Church's 44 dioceses had earlier approved it. … Archbishop: Church of England is blind, losing credibility
LONDON (Reuters) – The Archbishop of Canterbury accused his C hurch of England of being willfully blind to the attitudes of modern British society on Wednesday after it voted 'no' to women bishops, a triumph for its traditionalist minority. After more than 10 years of divisive debate, the General Synod, the Church legislature, failed to pass the measure on Tuesday evening by just six votes despite the fact that 42 of the Church's 44 dioceses had earlier approved it. … 3 bomb blasts kill 6 in 2 main Pakistani cities
A bomb blast targeting an army vehicle killed three soldiers and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, police said.
Kasab execution unlikely to impact India-Pakistan peace process
India's execution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor amongst the 10 terrorists who held Mumbai hostage for three days in November 2008, killing 166 people, is unlikely to have much impact on warming relations between India and Pakistan, analysts say. The Indian External Affairs minister, Salman Khurshid, said in a press conference that India hoped that Pakistan would expedite action against the plotters of the attack, known here as 26/11. “Frankly speaking, we have allowed rule of law to prevail [in the case of Ajmal Kasab]. Similarly, we hope rule of law will be followed in Pakistan. …
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