He faces allegations he took advantage of an aging heiress to get envelopes stuffed with illegal cash for his presidential campaign. His party is mired in an internal feud. And still France's conservatives see Nicolas Sarkozy as their best hope to return to power. Santander may sell U.S. car finance arm to raise cash
MADRID (Reuters) – Santander may list its U.S. car financing division to squeeze yet more cash out of overseas businesses to shore up its defenses against weakness in Spain. The Spanish bank said on Thursday it was still too early to discuss timing for a share sale of the business – Santander Consumer USA – something already proposed in a deal signed last year with its other shareholders. …
Supreme Court refers four drunk driving cases back to provincial appeal courts
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered the appeal courts in Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec to reconsider four old drunk driving cases in light of a new precedent-setting ruling it recently issued.
Boston travel agent arraigned for allegedly cheating of Chinese seeking US citizenship
BOSTON – The owner of a travel agency in Boston’s Chinatown neighbourhood has pleaded not guilty to charges that she stole nearly $90,000 from immigrants she had promised to help secure U.S. citizenship even though they did not meet the English language requirement.
States, cities look for ways to prepare transportation systems for new rounds of wild weather
WASHINGTON – Wild weather is taking a toll on roads, airports, railways and transit systems across the country.
Narnia author Lewis to be honoured at Poets' Corner
LONDON (Reuters) – “Chronicles of Narnia” creator C.S. Lewis will be honoured next year with a memorial stone in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey in central London, the abbey said on Thursday. The novelist, poet, essayist and literary critic will join the likes of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy who are either buried or commemorated in the famous location. The memorial will be dedicated at a special service to be held on November 22, 2013, the 50th anniversary of Lewis’s death at the age of 64. He was buried in Oxford. …
Qatar set to host major climate talks
When the tiny desert nation of Qatar was chosen to host the latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations, environmentalists were stunned. Rugby-Italy team to play Australia
Nov 22 (Reuters) – Italy team to play Australia on Saturday at 1400 GMT 15-Andrea Masi, 14-Giovambattista Venditti, 13-Tommaso Benvenuti, 12-Alberto Sgarbi, 11-Mirco Bergamasco, 10-Luciano Orquera, 9-Edoardo Gori; 8-Sergio Parisse (captain), 7-Robert Barbieri, 6-Alessandro Zanni, 5-Francesco Minto, 4-Quintin Geldenhuys, 3-Martin Castrogiovanni, 2-Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1-Andrea Lo Cicero Replacements: 16-Davide Giazzon, 17-Michele Rizzo, 18-Lorenzo Cittadini, 19-Antonio Pavanello, 20-Simone Favaro, 21- Manoa Vosawai, 22-Tobias Botes, 23-Luke McLean (Edited by Tom Pilcher)
Doctors: Puerto Rican boxer 'Macho' Camacho is brain dead
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Doctors say famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho is clinically “brain dead” after being shot in the face.
UN report accuses Uganda leader's brother on Congo
A new U.N. report that accuses the Rwandan military of commanding and supporting rebel forces in eastern Congo also charges that the brother of Uganda’s long-serving president actively backs the movement.
Kenya political campaign puts gay taboo in spotlight
KIAMBU, Kenya (Reuters) – An anti-poverty campaigner has become Kenya’s first openly gay man to run for political office, but David Kuria Mbote faces a challenging path as he tries to dispel taboos in the largely conservative Christian nation in a race for a senate seat. If elected to the Kenyan senate, Mbote, 40, would be Africa’s only openly homosexual black man to hold national office, according to the Kaleidoscope Trust, a non-profit organization focusing on gay rights. …
Judgment day: UK media faces moment of truth
It’s judgment day for Britain’s press.
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