Forensic testing has proven that two more victims of the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were misidentified and buried in the wrong graves, Polish prosecutors said Wednesday.
TSX may open lower on Greece bailout uncertainty
(Reuters) – Canada's main stock index looked set to open lower on Wednesday, after Greece's lenders failed to agree on emergency aid and concern over the U.S. fiscal crisis dented ' sentiment. Trade is likely to be muted ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. ($1= $0.99 Canadian) (Reporting by Chandrashekhar Modi) Amid Gaza diplomacy, bomb blasts Tel Aviv bus
A bomb blast ripped through an Israeli bus near the nation's military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding 10 people and complicating a major diplomatic push to forge a truce between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers. Al Jazeera studio in Cairo set ablaze after angry protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – A studio used by the Al Jazeera TV network in Cairo was set on fire on Wednesday in an attack that an employee said was carried out by a mob that had been chanting slogans against the Qatari-owned station. The studio overlooks Tahrir Square and is located near the scene of violent clashes between youths and the security forces this week in which dozens of people have been injured. Those confrontations grew out of protests to mark the first anniversary of lethal street battles in the same area. …
Ahmadinejad off the hook as Iran's parliament withdraws summons
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran's parliam ent called off plans to grill President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said they must not act in the interests of Iran's enemies. Ahmadinejad's opponents in the 290-seat assembly dominated by conservatives wanted to question him about an economic crisis that they blame as much on his mismanagement as on Western sanctions over Iran's nuclear program. Economic woes have forced up prices of goods, diminished the value of the Iranian currency and exacerbated divisions within Iran's factionalized political system. … 
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