The U.S. and Britain on Sunday warned about the risks of Israel expanding its air assault on the Gaza Strip into a ground war, while vigorously defending the Jewish state's right to protect against rocket attacks. Syrian rebels eye Assad's economic lifeline in east
AMMAN (Reuters) – A Syrian rebel offensive that captured border crossings with Turkey and Iraq aims to cut off supplies from the country’s main grain and oil-producing region and speed President Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, a tribal leader said. Speaking from the rebel-held town of Ras al-Ain on the border with Turkey, Sheikh Nawaf al-Bashir said rebels are planning to advance into two lightly defended frontier towns further east in the resource-rich province of Hasaka, 600 km (375 miles) from Damascus. …
Iran defends "normal procedures" at Bushehr nuclear plant
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Iranian diplomat said on Sunday Iran had unloaded fuel from its first atomic power plant as part of a normal technical procedure linked to transferring responsibility for the plant from Russian engineers. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report two days ago on Iran’s nuclear program that fuel was unloaded from the Bushehr plant in October and transferred to a spent fuel pond. It came some two months after Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said the long-postponed plant was operating at full capacity. …
Southern Israel residents scared but determined
After days of incessant rocket fire, the largest city in southern Israel has been turned into a ghost town. Schools are closed, stores are shuttered and normally bustling streets are empty. Analysis: Hamas finds cause to smile under Israeli assault
GAZA (Reute rs) – As Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip for a fifth day, Ali Al-Ahmed took to the streets of Gaza city in his pyjamas on Sunday to buy eggs and chocolate for his three children. "Terrifying, that's how it feels," he said. "But they are also terrorized on the other side of the border," he added approvingly. "To be honest, I thought Hamas had forgotten about fighting Israel. I was wrong." That will be music to the ears of the Islamist movement that rules the blockaded sliver of land where 1. … Sudan's army clashes with rebels outside Darfur city: state media
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s armed forces and a rebel group clashed outside a major city in the troubled western Darfur region, scene of an almost decade-long insurgency, state news agency SUNA said on Sunday. Conflict has raged in the remote territory since mainly non-Arab tribes took up arms against government forces there in 2003, complaining Khartoum had neglected the vast, arid region. Despite the presence of the world’s largest peacekeeping mission, fighting between Sudan’s army and rebels has continued, alongside banditry and tribal clashes. …
Jordan protesters face charges over anti-monarch chants
AMMAN (Reuters) – Security agents in Jordan were interrogating 130 demonstrators who could face charges for calling for the downfall of U.S. ally King Abdullah in protests triggered by a sharp rise in fuel prices. Judicial officials told Reuters on Sunday the young men, many of them in their teens, had been detained for 15 days and could be charged with threatening the state. The men were among dozens arrested during protests that began on Wednesday in impoverished towns across the kingdom and in many places turned violent. …
Bal Thackeray: godfather of nativists in India's most cosmopolitan city
The funeral of Bal Thackeray, a nativist leader who dominated the politics of Mumbai, has brought the city of nearly 20 million to a standstill. Shops widows are shuttered, movie theaters closed, and people across the metropolis are staying in their homes. But not everything is closing down out of respect: Many in Mumbai feel they have been forced into mourning.
Pro- and anti-gay protesters clash in Paris
The controversial Ukrainian group Femen, whose topless members stage pranks to support gay rights, have taunted a march in Paris by Catholics who oppose France's draft law to legalize gay marriage. Looking hard for reasons to give thanks
LONDON (Reuters) – With every year that passes, fewer and fewer people lead a life that is poor, nasty, brutish and short. So it is only right to step back, as America does this Thursday, to appreciate the bounties bestowed by economic progress. Yet this Thanksgiving, with the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis refusing to fade, will not feel like a time to celebrate. In Europe, another week brings another meeting of finance ministers to try to 'save’ Greece as well as another set of surveys likely to show the euro zone heading for another quarter of recession. …
Let the holiday shopping begin! Black Friday is on its way to Canadian stores
TORONTO – The Canadian holiday shopping season is looking decidedly more American this year as retailers schedule a rush of Black Friday events in hopes that consumers will shop at home, rather than head south of the border.
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