MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has agreed tough measures to respond to U.S. Congress if lawmakers pass legislation intended to punish Russian officials for human rights violations, a senior Foreign Ministry official said on Friday. Congress will vote on a bill named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on Friday – the third anniversary of his death in detention – which is designed to deny visas for Russian officials involved in his imprisonment, abuse or death. …
Cricket-Sri Lanka's Dilshan to miss first test with back problem
GALLE, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka opener Tillakaratne Dilshan has been ruled out of the first test against New Zealand starting on Saturday because of a continuing back injury. He will be replaced by uncapped 24-year-old left-hander Dimuth Karunaratne. “Dilshan has not come good with his back problem,” Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene told a news conference. “We had a scan done. Batting probably he can manage, but on the field, movement is still giving him problems. …
Japan's PM Noda dissolves parliament, paving way for election his party is likely to lose
TOKYO – Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the lower house of parliament Friday, paving the way for elections in which his ruling party will likely give way to a weak coalition government divided over how to solve Japan’s myriad problems.
TNT Express sells airlines operations ahead of UPS takeover
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch delivery group TNT Express , which has agreed to be bought by U.S. rival United Parcel Service (UPS) , has conditionally sold its airlines operations to ASL Aviation Group. The flight operations' sale depends on the completion of the merger of UPS and TNT Express, the Dutch company said in a statement on Friday. TNT Express and UPS had said in their takeover agreement that TNT's airlines would be sold to comply with European Union rules that forbid a non-EU entity from owning or controlling 50 percent or more of an EU airline operator. … UK: European nations to debate Syria arms embargo
Britain's Foreign Secretary says the U.K. government has discussed whether a European Union arms embargo on Syria could be lifted to allow nations to supply weapons to the country's opposition. Sierra Leone: Election key to moving beyond war
It was 9 a.m. on May 25, 1998. Borboh Jeff Kamara, 14, was walking to school with classmates when rebels grabbed him, held him down and cut off his fingers, leaving only his thumbs. Iran says arrests foreign-linked bomb plotters
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has arrested people planning bomb attacks with the support of Western and Israeli spy agencies in the oil-producing province of Khuzestan, state television reported on Friday. Khuzestan, in Iran’s southwest, is home to a large population of ethnic Arab Iranians, also known as Ahwazis, who have long complained of economic deprivation and systematic discrimination by the authorities. The region has occasionally suffered violent action by militants. …
BP agrees to record criminal penalties for U.S. oil spill
NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to crimi nal misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the deal a "critical step forward" but was adamant that it did not end the criminal investigation of the 2010 spill. The settlement announced on Thursday includes a $1.256 billion criminal fine, the largest such levy in U.S. history. … Relentless Afghan conflict leaves traumatized generation
KABUL (Reuters) – On a low bed in a quiet, all-female hospital ward, a depressed Afghan teenager huddles silently under blankets, her mother close by. In a nearby room are men suffering from schizophrenia, delusions of persecution and power, anxiety and panic disorders. Among them are some of the unseen victims of the war in Afghanistan: a generation of people mentally damaged by their exposure to incessant conflict. …
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford set to testify in $6M defamation lawsuit against him
TORONTO – Toronto’s mayor is expected to take the stand in court today in a $6-million defamation lawsuit against him.
Tribunal overturns convictions of Croat generals
Appeals judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have overturned the convictions of two Croat generals for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against Serb civilians in a 1995 military blitz. Remains of Albania's exiled king return home
The body of Albania’s only post-independence monarch, King Ahmet Zog I, has been returned home more than 50 years after he died in exile in France.
Hague tribunal acquits Croatian officers, overturns sentences
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – An appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of the most senior Croatian military officer charged with crimes during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The court ordered the immediate release of Ante Gotovina, who was commander in the Split district of the Croatian army, who had been sentenced to 24 years in prison, and of Mladen Markac, a Croatian police commander, overturning his 18-year sentence. (Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Alison Williams)
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