NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus launched a last-ditch bid with potential lenders on Friday to get financial aid needed before coffers in the tiny euro zone economy start running dry. Battered by its exposure to debt-crippled Greece, Cyprus sought a full bailout from the EU and the IMF in June to buffer its banks and plug widening deficits after attempts to secure a credit line from Russia failed. The government has said it could have difficulties paying salaries in December. It is currently heavily reliant on short-term financing from domestic banks. … Bahraini lawyers, activists face lost citizenship
Off a road guarded by three police checkpoints, Bahraini lawyer Taimoor Karimi wonders about his future in a country that no longer considers him a citizen. JetBlue pilot who disrupted flight to head home after deemed not guilty by reason of insanity
AMARILLO, Texas – A JetBlue Airways pilot who disrupted a cross-country flight by leaving the cockpit and yelling about religion and terrorists is free to go home rather than be committed to a mental health facility, a Texas judge ruled Friday.
Ethiopia abusing religious freedom of Muslims: U.S. body
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A U.S. panel on religious freedom accused the Ethiopian government of trying to tighten control of its Muslim minority amid mass protests, saying it is risking greater destabilization of the Horn of Africa region. Ethiopia, which has long been seen by the West as a bulwark against Muslim rebels in neighboring Somalia, says it fears militant Islam is taking root in the country. However, the U.S. …
Islamists protest for sharia as Egypt debates constitution
CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday to demand immediate introduction of sharia and called on President Mohamed Mursi to resist opposition to Islamic law. Islamists, Liberals and non-Islamists have locked horns over what civic freedoms women, Christians and minority groups will enjoy under a new constitution being drafted by an Islamist-dominated panel. The constitution is supposed to become the cornerstone of democratic transition after the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak last year. …
Total Solar Eclipse 2012: Moon's Shadow Takes Australian Walkabout Next Week
The moon will blot out the sun next week in the only total solar eclipse of the year, providing a rare skywatching treat for parts of th e Southern Hemisphere. Sudan's Bashir denounces Israel as enemy
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says his country is seeking the capability to defend itself against Israeli strikes, and will never normalize relations with the Jewish state.
Former AL President Lee MacPhail, oldest Hall of Famer, dies at 95
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Baseball’s Hall of Fame says former American League President Lee MacPhail has died at 95.
US to increase anti-poaching efforts as elephants, rhinos die in jaw-dropping numbers
NAIROBI, Kenya – Alarmed that rebel militias could be profiting from a sharp increase in the poaching of elephants and rhinos, the U.S. plans to step up efforts to build a global coalition to combat the illegal wildlife trade, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says.
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids to get update, expansion under $15M project
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids will be updated and expanded under a $15 million fundraising effort, officials announced Friday.
National Chief Atleo pitches blueprint for moving beyond the Indian Act
OTTAWA – The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is laying out a concrete plan to move beyond the much-hated Indian Act.
A look at Syrian president's statements on crisis
President Bashar Assad has rarely deviated from his statements on the crisis in Syria since it began nearly 20 months ago. Here is a look at his latest remarks, in an interview shown Friday by broadcaster Russia Today: Sandals Resorts to buy 4-star hotel in Grenada that closed
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Sandals Resorts International is buying and reopening a four-star hotel that recently closed in the eastern Caribbean nation of Grenada.
Telus profit lifted by wireless; dividend raised
(Reuters) – Telus Corp reported a stronger third-quarter profit on Friday, as increased smartphone adoption boosted earnings from its wireless business and spurred the Canadian telecom company to raise its quarterly dividend. Wireless data revenue jumped 23 percent in the third quarter ended September 30 as the proportion of postpaid subscribers using smartphones rose to 63 percent, from 48 percent a year earlier. The Vancouver-based company, one of Canada’s largest telecom players, raised its quarterly dividend to 64 Canadian cents a share, from 61 Canadian cents. …
Algerian cargo plane crashes in France
An Algerian military cargo plane has crashed in southern France with six people aboard, according to local police.
Canada's Humphries wins gold in bobsled opener, beating track star Lolo Jones
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Reigning world champion Kaillie Humphries of Calgary has won the gold medal in the World Cup bobsled season-opener, beating the United States team of Lolo Jones and Jazmine Fenlator.
UK broadcasters warned over "witch hunt"
Since accusations surfaced last month that a renowned British TV host sexually abused young victims for decades without being exposed, scores of adults have come forward to claim that their own allegations of sex assault in the past were ignored.
Guard killed by own gun at Swedish PM's residence
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A security guard at Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's residence was killed by a bullet fired from his own gun on Friday in what police said was being investigated as a suicide or accidental shooting. The prime minister was not at home at the time. "We can confirm that a security guard was found dead from a gunshot wound from, as far as we can ascertain, his own service weapon," Stockholm police spokesman Sven-Erik Olsson said. Police immediately ringed the Stockholm residence. … Britain ending financial aid to emerging power India
(Reuters) – Britain will stop giving financial aid to India by 2015, the government said on Friday, marking a shift in ties between the one-time imperial power and its fast-growing former colony. The move follows anger at handouts to an economy which is Asia’s third largest and has a space program, at a time of spending cuts and economic gloom in the United Kingdom. “It’s time to recognize India’s changing place in the world,” International Development Secretary Justine Greening said in a statement that estimated savings of GBP 200 million by 2015. …
Morocco activists slam African migrant treatment
Dozens of Moroccan and foreign activists demonstrated Friday in front of a Rabat courthouse where a Guinean advocate for sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco is being tried in what the demonstrators called part of a wider crackdown. 
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