Afghan officials say Pakistan has freed eight Taliban prisoners and has agreed to release many more to help kick start a peace process that could lead to a political resolution of the 11-year-old Afghan war.
Juanes, Natalie Cole help honour Caetano Veloso as Latin Grammys Person of the Year
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra, Nelly Furtado and Natalie Cole are among the artists who celebrated Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso at a ceremony honouring him as the Latin Recording Academy’s Person of the Year.
Baseball Commissioner Selig says he's reviewing pending Marlins-Blue Jays trade
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says he is examining the pending blockbuster trade between the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays and is aware of the fan anger in South Florida.
Britain and Spain trade blows over Gibraltar
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain condemned what it called “provocative incursions” into waters around the British territory of Gibraltar by Spanish navy and customs ships, and summoned Spain’s ambassador on Thursday to express its concern. In response Spain’s Foreign Ministry said it had summoned the British ambassador in Madrid at almost exactly the same time to express concerns over recent events regarding its fishing boats in waters close to Gibraltar. The spat is part of a long-running dispute over Gibraltar, a peninsula in southern Spain ceded to the British in 1713. …
France explores idea of arming Syrian rebels
France raised the possibility Thursday of sending "defensive weapons" to Syria's rebels, but Ru ssia warned that such a move would violate international law. Putin extends Russian defence ministry reshuffle
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin fired two defence ministry deputies on Thursday, broadening a reshuffle after the sacking of the defence minister last week over a fraud investigation. Putin dismissed deputy minister Yelena Kozlova, who oversaw finances, and Dmitry Chushkin, who was in charge of communications technologies, naming two associates of the new Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as their replacements. … U.N. experts ask Iran to explain blogger's death in jail
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights experts called on Iran on Thursday to say how Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti died in police custody. In a case that sparked international outrage, Beheshti who wrote a blog critical of the government, was arrested on October 30 and died some days later after saying he had received death threats and was being tortured in jail. “It is imperative that people who are potentially involved in committing such gruesome crimes are investigated and brought to justice, as failure to do so promotes a culture of impunity,” said Ahmed Shaheed, special U.N. …
Doctors, others demand clearer Irish abortion law
Pressure mounted Thursday for the Irish government to draft a law spelling out when life-saving abortions can be performed -- a demand that came after a pregnant woman who was denied an abortion died. Canada concerned over Russian suspension of Arctic aboriginal group
Canada is expressing concern about Russia’s decision to shut down a group that represents its northern aboriginals at international meetings.
B.C. privacy czar says police must make changes to rooftop car camera program
VICTORIA – B.C.’s privacy commissioner says Victoria Police must make changes to a controversial system that automatically scans licence plates to run them against an alert list compiled by RCMP.
Quebec shows tougher approach toward mining sector with access road deal
QUEBEC – Quebec’s new government is living up to its pledge to take a tougher stance with mining companies.
Diplomats say Iran ready to increase nuclear output at underground plant
VIENNA – Diplomats say Iran is on the threshold of boosting output of material that can be turned into weapons grade uranium used in nuclear warheads.
Two Kosovo Albanian security officers held over war crimes
PRISTINA (Reuters) – The European Union police and justice mission in Kosovo (EULEX) arrested three ethnic Albanians, two of them officers in a NATO-trained security force, on Thursday on suspicion of war crimes. The three men were detained in their hometown area of Skenderaj, a former bastion of the guerrilla Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) which rose up against Serbian government forces in the majority ethnic Albanian province in 1998-99. “The suspects are charged with war crimes against the civilian population,” said Blerim Krasniqi, a EULEX spokesman. …
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