Toyota to recall over a million cars in US and Japan

The latest recall affects Toyota Avalon cars built between 2005-06, among others
Toyota has announced a recall of more than 1.5 million cars worldwide over brake and fuel pump defects.

French workers vow to step up pension protests

French workers will step up their protests against pension reforms next week, a top trade union leader says.

Bernard Thibault, head of the CGT workers' confederation, made the statement as union leaders prepared to discuss plans to hold a seventh day of national protests across France

BBC News - Spending Review: Osborne defends 'fairness' of cuts

George Osborne said some call his cuts too harsh, while others say they don't go far enough

Chancellor George Osborne has defended the "fairness" of his UK spending cuts after Labour claims they were reckless and would hit the poorest hardest.

He told the BBC that, including Budget measures, the top 10% of earners would be hit hardest but everyone was making a contribution to cutting the deficit.
He said "the path to economic ruin" lay ahead if the deficit was not tackled.

BBC News - UN drops award sponsored by Equatorial Guinea's Obiang

President Obiang sponsored the $3m (£2m) life sciences prize
A United Nations agency has suspended plans to grant a prize sponsored by Equatorial Guinea President Teodor Obiang Nguema after lobbying by human rights groups.

BBC News - Court allows Pentagon to re-instate ban on gay soldiers

 

Some gay people discharged under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy have attempted to re-enlist

An appeals court has ruled the US military can temporarily reinstate a ban on openly gay people serving, in a move adding to disarray on the issue.

Gunbattles stir panic in 2 Mexican border cities

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – Mexican soldiers battled gunmen in two cities across the border from Texas on Wednesday, prompting panicked parents to pull children from school and factories to warn workers to stay inside. Assailants in a third city threw a grenade at an army barracks.

Young woman decapitated in Ciudad Juarez

(CNN) -- A young woman was found decapitated in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Tuesday, local officials told CNN.

20-year-old woman becomes top cop in violent Mexican municipality

 

(CNN) -- Some headlines are hailing her as the bravest woman in Mexico. Marisol Valles Garcia, all of 20 years old, says she's just tired of everyone being afraid.

Israel marks 15th anniversary of Rabin's assassination

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) sits with Israel's President Shimon Peres during a memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem marking the anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Oct. 20, 2010. Israel's leadership gathered late Wednesday at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem to mark the 15th anniversary of the. (Xinhua/POOL/Alex Kolomoisky)

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