A French court has pushed back a ruling on whether to drop aggravated pimping charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who has successfully fought accusations linked to his “libertine” lifestyle.
UK press report goes to prime minister today
The judge who spent a year investigating the misdeeds of Britain’s lively newspapers is giving Prime Minister David Cameron an early look at his recommendations for the regulation of the press.
Exclusive: Calpers triggers legal fight with bankrupt San Bernardino over pension debt
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – America's biggest public pension moved a ggressively against the bankrupt city of San Bernardino, California, on Tuesday night over the city's decision to halt payments to the fund. The move laid bare a high-stakes battle shaping up between Wall Street and state pension funds over how they are treated when cities run out of money. … Big winners offer advice as $500 million Powerball drawing approaches
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Visions of lifelong riches are surely dancing in the heads of those rushing to buy lottery tickets for tonight’s $500 million Powerball jackpot.
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Wednesday that can hit targets up to 1,300 km (807 miles) away, the military said. Pakistan’s Hatf-V is a medium-range ballistic missile, capable of reaching targets in India. “The test consolidates and strengthens Pakistan’s deterrence capability and national security,” the military said in a release. Pakistan and India have been developing missiles of varying ranges since they conducted nuclear tests in May 1998. U.S. …
China decries attempts to "read too much into" passport map row
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday that people should not read too much into the placement of a new map in its passports that depicts claims to disputed maritime territory, after the United States said it would raise concerns with Beijing o ver the issue. The Philippines and Vietnam have condemned the new microchip-equipped passports, saying the map they incorporate violates their national sovereignty by marking disputed waters as Chinese territory. … Twin car bombs kill 20 in Syria, hospitals say
Syrian hospital officials say twin car bombs have killed at least 20 people in a Damascus suburb that is mostly loyal to President Bashar Assad. Car bombs kill 23 Shi'ite Muslims in Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Three car bombings killed 23 Shi'ite Muslims during mourning processions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said. Dozens more were injured in the explosions . They struck during the holy month of Ashura, of special significance to Shi'ites who are prime targets of al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate and other Sunni Muslim insurgents. Attacks on Iraqi Shi'ites tend to increase during Ashura, but Tuesday's was the first major one so far this year. … Myanmar activists held over latest copper mine protest
YANGON (Reuters) – Police in Myanmar have arrested six leaders of the latest protest against the planned expansion of a Chinese-run copper mine, with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi planning to visit the area to hear grievances. In September, thousands of villagers near the Monywa mine in northwest Myanmar protested against the $1 billion expansion project, taking advantage of new, if fragile, freedoms granted since the end of military rule last year. The villagers say that under the project in the Sagaing region more than 7,800 acres of land have been unlawfully confiscated. …
Syrian hospital officials say twin car bombs near Damascus have killed at least 20 people
Syrian hospital officials say twin car bombs near Damascus have killed at least 20 people. Protests rage over Bangladesh factory fire, supervisors arrested
DHAKA (Reuters) – Three supervisors of a Bangladeshi garments factory were arrested on Wednesday as protests over a fire that killed more than 100 people raged on into a third day, with textile workers and police clashing in the streets of a Dhaka suburb. The government has blamed last weekend's disaster, the country's worst-ever industrial blaze, on saboteurs and police said they had arrested two people who were seen on CCTV footage trying to set fire to stockpiles of cotton in another factory. … Rugby-Wales prop Jarvis ruled out for rest of season
LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Wales prop Aaron Jarvis has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury during the defeat by New Zealand in Cardiff last weekend. The 26-year-old Ospreys player, who made his senior Wales debut against Argentina this month, will require surgery. “Aaron suffered a significant ligament injury to his right knee in the Wales versus New Zealand game on Saturday,” Ospreys physio Chris Towers said on the club’s website on Wednesday. “He is going to require surgery and will miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season. …
Ex-astronaut Marc Garneau expected to launch Liberal leadership bid
MONTREAL – Former astronaut Marc Garneau is expected to launch his bid today to become leader of the federal Liberals.
Poll: Two-thirds of Quebecers call Maple Leaf flag source of 'personal or collective pride'
MONTREAL – A new poll on Quebecers’ attitudes toward the Canadian flag is being released as the provincial government attempts today to remove the Maple Leaf from the legislature.
Canada scores high in 2012 World Justice Project
TORONTO – Canada scored well above average in 2012 when it came to the rule of law, according to an annual survey of 97 countries conducted by the World Justice Project.
Banks bracing for U.S. law requiring they inform on dual citizen accounts
and passing along information about Canadians to U.S. tax authorities.
In elf ears and wizard hats, 'Hobbit' fans celebrate NZealand premiere of Jackson's new film
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Wearing elf ears and wizard hats, sitting atop their dad’s shoulders or peering from balconies, tens of thousands of New Zealanders watched their favourite “Hobbit” actors walk the red carpet Wednesday at the film trilogy’s hometown premiere.
Officials: Twin car bombs near Damascus kill 10
Syrian hospital officials say twin car bombings in a Damascus suburb have killed at least 10 people. Spain to recognize Palestinian state at UN
Spain’s foreign minister says Spain will vote in favor of recognition of a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly this week.
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