British officials are investigating the unexplained death of a Russian businessman, a key witness against Russian officials who allegedly stole $230 million from a London hedge fund in a money laundering scheme.
Kosovo ex-premier Haradinaj cleared of war crimes again
AMSTERDAM/PRISTINA (Reuters) – Ramush Haradinaj, who helped lead a guerrilla insurgency in Kosovo in the late nineties and served briefly as prime minister, was acquitted of war crimes on Thursday for a second time, setting up a possible return to power but angering Serbia. "I'm happy that international justice has confirmed that our road to freedom was clean and just," Haradinaj, 44, told reporters on his arrival in Kosovo, where he was met by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and a military honor guard. … UN nuclear chief expresses concern for inspectors
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency suggested Thursday that his inspectors in Iran are coming under increased duress amid fears that Tehran might be aspiring to make atomic arms. He would not say what kind of pressure they face.
France's National Front smells opportunity as rivals feud
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front party celebrated a fourfold increase in requests for membership on Thursday as a feud convulsed its main right-wing rival the UMP. UMP leadership contenders accuse one another of fraud in an internal election and the party now risks a permanent split just months after it lost power, a potential gift for Socialist President Francois Hollande. An opinion poll showed the anti-immigration National Front, which opposes the euro currency, could be an even bigger winner from the infighting. …
Settlement pending in lawsuit over Conn. chimp attack, details being worked out
HARTFORD, Conn. – Lawyers for a woman mauled by a chimpanzee in Connecticut have agreed to settle a lawsuit against the estate of the primate’s now-dead owner, but there’s a dispute over the final details, according to court documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Canada budget watchdog says bigger deficit numbers inexplicable
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s budget watchdog said the Conservative government appears to have overstated its budget deficit by an average of C$4.7 billion ($4.74 billion) a year for the current and next three fiscal years. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty revised the budget outlook on November 13, projecting federal budget deficits for this year and the following three years that were on average C$5.8 billion bigger than the government estimated in its March budget. He also said the federal government would wipe out a small deficit in 2016-17, a year later than previously forecast. …
In DR Congo, Goma residents worry about life after rebels' departure
Following days of doubt regarding whether M23 rebels in eastern Congo would withdraw from Goma, it appears that they have begun to return to their stronghold north of the country’s second-largest city. But there are indications the rebels could yet reverse course.
Qatar, Arab Spring sponsor, jails poet for life
DOHA (Reuters) – A court in Qatar, which has supported Arab uprisings abroad, jailed a local poet for life on Thursday for criticizing the emir and inciting revolt – a sentence that drew outrage and cries of hypocrisy from human rights groups. In his verses, Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami praised the Arab Spring revolts that toppled four dictators, often with the help of money and other support from the tiny, energy-rich Gulf state. But he also criticized Qatar’s own absolute monarch and spoke, for example, of “sheikhs playing on their Playstations”. …
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