WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – Headstones are pockmarked, their inscriptions faded. Stone slabs that have covered tombs for centuries are crumbling. White marble has turned grey, likely from the acrid smoke that spews from a nearby oil refinery.
Passengers invited to join Santa and his reindeer on Chicago Transit Authority's Holiday Train
CHICAGO – Santa Claus and his reindeer are riding the rails around Chicago again this year, and passengers are invited to join them.
Bersani leads in Italy centre-left primary: exit poll
ROME (Reuters) – The head of Italy's Democratic Party, Pier Luigi Bersani, was in the lead after the primary to choose the main center- left candidate in next year's national election, ahead of his main rival, Matteo Renzi, according to an exit poll on Sunday. The exit survey by the Piepoli polling institute for RAI News 24, showed Bersani with 44 percent support, Renzi with 36 percent, and Nichi Vendola, governor of the southern region of Puglia on 16 percent. … Former SNC-Lavalin executive charged in Switzerland: report
TORONTO (Reuters) – A former executive of SNC-Lavalin has been indicted in Switzerland on allegations he laundered money in connection with $139 million in payments by the company, according to CBC News and RTS, the Swiss public broadcaster. Riadh Ben Aissa, a former vice president, has been charged with fraud, corruption and money laundering involving transactions executed in North Africa, according to the report. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are working with Swiss police on the investigation, according to the CBC, citing unidentified police sources. …
Military ombudsman argues for investigative access to secret cabinet records
OTTAWA – Canada’s military ombudsman is reviewing whether he has the right to look at secret cabinet documents in light of stonewalling from the Harper government during a recent investigation into the care of reservists.
Colts' Reggie Wayne breaks NFL record for most consecutive games with multiple receptions
INDIANAPOLIS – Reggie Wayne has broken the NFL record for most consecutive games with multiple receptions.
Three federal byelections expected to stir, not rattle, Canada's political mix
OTTAWA – By the time the dust settles late Monday night, a great deal more heat and noise will have been generated by a trio of federal byelections than the outcomes will likely merit.
Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11
Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria’s top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack showing the continued insecurity that haunts Africa’s most populous nation.
Serbia Democrats elect Belgrade mayor as new party leader
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s pro-Western Democratic Party elected mayor of Belgrade Dragan Djilas as its new leader on Sunday who pledged to reform the party following an election defeat in May. Addressing a party congress, 45-year-old Djilas said the Democrats had to take their share of responsibility for unemployment, now over 25 percent, double-digit inflation and a public debt seen at 60 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of this year. “The fact is that we are responsible … …
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