Authorities in Kuwait warned Thursday they will use harsher measures to crack down on anti-government demonstrators defying bans on protest gatherings in the increasingly tense Gulf nation. Amnesty: Nigeria denies sect suspects their rights
Nigeria is illegally holding hundreds of people suspected of participation in violence by a radical Islamist sect in inhumane conditions and without access to lawyers, a rights group warned Thursday.
Northern Ireland prison guard slain in gun ambush
Authorities say a prison officer has been killed in a gun ambush as he was driving to work on Northern Ireland’s major highway.
Huge N. Korea hotel begun in 1980s might soon open
The 105-story, pyramid-shaped hotel that has stood over North Korea's capital city like a mountain for more than 20 years just might be on the verge of opening for the first time. Retailer Comet close to administration - source
LONDON (Reuters) – Electricals retailer Comet is set to file a notice to appoint administrators, a person with knowledge of the situation said, becoming the latest household name to fall by the wayside in the consumer downturn. Directors of the struggling company, which employs 6,500 staff in 240 stores, will file the notice as early as Thursday to a British court, lining up Deloitte as potential administrator, the source said. …
Husky Energy quarterly production falls
(Reuters) – Husky Energy Inc , Canada’s No.3 integrated oil company, reported lower quarterly production as planned maintenance work at its SeaRose and Terra Nova projects impacted output. Total production before royalties averaged 285,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the third quarter compared with 309,000 boepd last year, the company said in a statement. Net income rose slightly to C$526 million, or 53 Canadian cents per share, from C$521 million, or 53 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier. …
TransCanada wins contract for $1 billion pipeline in Mexico
(Reuters) – TransCanada Corp said on Thursday its Mexican subsidiary has been awarded the contract to build, own and operate the El Encino-to-Topolobampo Pipeline by CFE, Mexico’s federal power company. The Canadian pipeline operator expects to invest about $1 billion in the pipeline project, which is supported by a 25-year natural gas transportation service contract with the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE). The pipeline will be about 530 kilometers (329 miles) long and have contracted capacity of 670 million cubic feet per day. …
NYC's 3 airports all due to open after Sandy
New York's three major airports will be operating under reduced schedules on Thursday as flight services start returning to normal following Superstorm Sandy. 
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