OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada's biggest opposition party introduced a bill on Monday that would make it easier for the French-speaking province of Quebec to secede, although the proposal has no chance of becoming law now. The bill, from the opposition New Democratic Party, would allow Quebec to leave Canada if there were a simple majority vote on a clear question – 50 percent plus one vote, offering clues to NDP policy on the matter if it wins the 2015 election. … NDP unity bill say bare majority enough to trigger Quebec secession talks
OTTAWA – Tom Mulcair says the NDP wants to replace the Clarity Act with legislation specifying that a bare majority Yes vote would be sufficient to trigger negotiations on Quebec secession.
Guatemala court orders trial of former dictator, rejects appeals
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A Guatemalan court ordered 86-year-old former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Monday to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, throwing out 13 appeals presented by his defense. A judge found sufficient proof linking Rios Montt, who ruled during a particularly bloody period of the country's 36-year civil war, to the killing of more than 1,700 indigenous people in a counterinsurgency operation in 1982 and 1983. … Water cascades into Montreal's downtown area after water main breaks
MONTREAL – A large chunk of Montreal’s downtown has been shut down after a break in a water main sent a flood of water into city streets.
Former Colombian guerrillas face hardships re-entering society
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the decades-long guerrilla war in Colombia winds down, the biggest task facing the government is to reintegrate the fighters to society, Alejandro Eder, director of the Colombian Agency for Reintegration, said on Monday. The main obstacle facing Colombia’s former guerrillas and paramilitaries in becoming productive members of civil society is stigmatization by the public and a lack of job opportunities, he said. …
Woman charged with impaired driving in death of nine-year-old girl
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. – Police have charged a 30-year-old Nova Scotia woman with impaired driving causing death but would not confirm media reports that the woman is the mother of the nine-year-old girl who died in the accident earlier this month.
New Australian National Park Features Unique 'Horizontal Falls'
A unique feature along the coast of Western Australia, where water surges through a "horizontal waterfall," is part of a new Australian national park and marine park declared by the national government along the scenic shoreline. In aftermath of nightclub fire, some Brazilians question 'culture of impunity'
Authorities buried the first victims of the Santa Maria nightclub fire this morning, and while Brazil is still in shock over its worst disaster in more than half a century, some are shifting their focus toward the investigation and future prevention.
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