ramming through legislation despite opposition from the NDP and many aboriginal leaders.
Prosecutors won't charge Justin Bieber after scuffle with photographer
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Prosecutors say they won’t file charges against Justin Bieber over a May confrontation with a photographer because of a lack of corroborating evidence.
German Greens on rise with Merkel coalition talk: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for Germany's oppositio n Greens is at its highest level this year after their new leaders made a pitch for conservative voters ahead of next year's federal elections, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. The Forsa poll, which coincides with increased media speculation about a possible future coalition between the Greens and Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, put the Greens at 16 percent, up three percentage points from the previous survey. More than one in three Germans would welcome such a coalition, said the poll, published in weekly Stern magazine. … Instant View - Public finances worse than forecast in October
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s public sector net borrowing rose much more strongly than economists had forecast in October, official data showed on Wednesday, casting doubt on whether the country will meet its short-run deficit reduction goals. ANALYST COMMENT VICTORIA CLARKE, INVESTEC Public finances data is pretty disappointing, coming with a significant overshoot of expectations. This will be concerning for the Chancellor and give him a bit more work to do for the Autumn statement in terms of bringing the UK finances back on track. The BoE vote isn't hugely surprising. …
Egypt: Gaza cease-fire reached
Egypt has announced a cease-fire agreement to end a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Israel presses internet PR campaign over Gaza
The Israeli government is trying to pre-empt a publicity pounding over its Gaza offensive by aggressively pushing out its version of events, furiously tweeting and Facebook posting updates from a “media bunker.”
Bank of Canada keeps 'over time' condition on rate hike
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Tim Lane repeated on Wednesday the central bank’s message that interest rate increases will likely be needed, but only over time. The “over time” phrase was introduced in the bank’s key guidance in its rate statement on October 23 as a way of signaling that while the next rate move is likely to be up, such a move was less imminent than it had been. …
Goma's fall: Could UN troops in Congo have done more to prevent it?
Rebels who overran one of Democratic Republic of Congo's largest cities marched to take control of outlying areas Wednesday, leaving in their wake questions over the apparent ineffectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping in the country.
South Sudan, Sudan trade accusations in setback to peace deal
JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan accused one another of incursions in disputed border areas on Wednesday, jeopardizing plans to secure the boundary and resume cross-border oil flows. The two former civil war foes agreed in September to end hostilities and restart vital southern oil exports through Sudan after coming close to war again in April, the worst violence since the south became independent in July 2011. …
APNewsBreak: Palestinian: Gaza truce deal imminent
A Palestinian official says a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will be announced within hours in Cairo. Irish arrest 113 in raids focused on triad gangs
Ireland’s police force says its officers have arrested 113 suspected drug dealers and seized five marijuana growing facilities in the nation’s biggest-ever crackdown on triad drug-trafficking gangs.
UN report: Rwanda commanding Congo rebel force
A United Nations report released Wednesday says the Rwandan military is commanding and supporting the rebel force that overtook a major city in eastern Congo this week. Rebels question continued protests in 'Free Syria'
Months after Syrian opposition forces brought several areas of Aleppo Province under their control, Syrian activists still demonstrate regularly, much as they have since the beginning of the uprising.
As Canada debates China oil bid, U.S. review kept under wraps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While the debate has been fierce in Canada over whether a $15.1 billion takeover bid by China’s CNOOC for Canadian oil company Nexen Inc is in the national interest, a much quieter U.S. review of the deal could soon come to a head. A panel chaired by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been looking at the national security implications of a Chinese state-owned oil company taking over Nexen’s U.S. assets, which include oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. …
Hamas, Israel agree truce: Palestinian source
GAZA (Reuters) – Israel and the Islamist militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a Gaza ceasefire deal, said a Palestinian official with knowledge of Egyptian mediation between the two sides. The official declined to be named or to give further information. There was no immediate official confirmation of the news, which came on the eighth day of intensive Israeli fire on the Gaza Strip and militant rocket attacks out of the Palestinian territory. (Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; Writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Alistair Lyon) With Kasab execution, Indian gears of justice unusually swift
India executed the sole surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The execution of Ajmal Kasab was carried out in secret and surprised a nation accustomed to a much slower criminal justice system.
Mali Islamists threaten interests outside Africa: UK
ABUJA (Reuters) – An Islamist rebellion in northern Mali could become a springboard for jihadists to threaten interests beyond West Africa, Britain’s new envoy to the Sahel region said on Wednesday. Military experts from Africa, the United Nations and Europe have drafted plans to retake control of northern Mali, which fell to rebels in March after a coup in the capital Bamako created a power vacuum. “This deep insecurity … …
Spanish government struggles to respond to home eviction suicides
Vilma Margarita Mejía cannot stop crying. She is weak and only whispers complete sentences after taking a deep breath. Any day now, today perhaps, police will come to her door and forcefully evict her, her two sons, and one brother from the home she's lived in for 20 years.
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