NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle the civil lawsuit brought by the hotel maid who accused him of sexually assaulting her last year, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo will appear before a judge in New York next week, the Times reported, though the newspaper said one person familiar with the details emphasized that a final agreement has not yet been signed. … Honda tries to regain its stride with upgraded Civic
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co introduced it s redesigned Civic sedan only a year-and-a-half after a major model change of the best-selling compact car in the United States. Even Honda admits that the 2012 Civic, introduced in the spring of 2011, missed the mark. For a company that prides itself on rock-solid reliability, it was a shock last summer when influential Consumer Reports ranked the Civic dead last in a field of 12 compact sedans it tested. Sales of the new Civic, a 2013 model, will start this week and the refreshed car was shown off on Thursday at the LA Auto Show. … Colombia says won't apply U.N. court ruling until rights defended
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will not apply a U.N. court ruling shifting some of its resource-rich waters to Nicaragua until the Andean nation is sure that “the rights of Colombians are well defended,” President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday. The Hague-based International Court of Justice reduced a large expanse of sea belonging to Colombia last week, drawing the border in favor of Nicaragua while giving a small cluster of disputed islands to Bogota in a binding ruling. Both countries have warships in the area. …
Ford aims for record 11 percent share of electric vehicle market
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co , vying to challeng e Toyota Motor Corp's stronghold on the U.S. hybrid market, said it expects to wind up with 11 percent of the U.S. market for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles this year. This target would be a record for the second-largest U.S. automaker and is more than double its current presence of 5.2 percent in the U.S. electrified vehicle market. Toyota, the maker of the popular Prius hybrid, held 70.4 percent share during the first 10 months of the year, according to auto information site Edmunds.com. Ford's larger U.S. … 65 years later, Palestinians celebrate a UN vote
The black-and-white photos show masses of people yearning for independence, celebrating a vote recognizing a state in Palestine. It was a day that generations of pupils would be taught to remember with reverence: Nov. 29. Egypt's Islamists race to approve new constitution
Islamists on Thursday rushed to approve a draft constitution for Egypt without the participation of liberal and Christian members, aiming to pre-empt a court ruling that could dissolve their panel and further inflaming the clash between the opposition and President Mohammed Morsi. Voting on second budget bill begins Tuesday, but unlikely MPs will need pyjamas
OTTAWA – Opposition parties’ efforts to throw another wrench into the machinery of the federal government over the budget are unlikely to end in the same pyjama party as last time.
US finds Guantanamo prisoner death was overdose
An autopsy has found that a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who died in September took an overdose of medication in an apparent suicide, a U.S. official said Thursday.
Ecuadoreans ask court to seize Chevron Canada assets
TORONTO (Reuters) – Lawyers for Chevron Corp asked an Ontario judge on Thursday to toss out a bid by Amazon villagers to seize its Canadian assets to help pay a $19 billion award granted by an Ecuadorean court in decades-old pollution case. The hearing marks the first time the plaintiffs, 47 Amazon villagers, have sought to persuade a foreign court to collect damages awarded to them for environmental contamination in the South American country dating back to the 1960s. Chevron Canada’s assets are worth more than $12 billion, the plaintiffs say. Chevron, the No. 2 U.S. …
Venezuela's Chavez doing well in Cuba: vice president
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is doing well as he receives medical treatment in Cuba, Vice President Nic olas Maduro said on Thursday, despite a two-week absence from public view that has raised fresh doubts about his health. Chavez, 58, said in a letter to parliament on Tuesday he was returning to Havana for "hyperbaric oxygenation," which is used to treat bone decay caused by radiation therapy. The president has undergone three cancer operations in Cuba since mid-2011. … UN vote recognizes state of Palestine; US objects
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians but an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. 
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