By Conor Sweeney
 
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States will quickly feel a change in attitude from Moscow if President-elect Barack Obama transforms Washington’s policies toward Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
“Usually… when there is a change of power in any country, and even more so in a superpower such as the United States, [...]

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By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Stephen Harper has won his battle to hang on as prime minister - at least until January.
Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean agreed Thursday to Harper’s request to shut down Parliament until he can present a budget late next month.
The decision pulls the teetering minority Conservative government a step back from the [...]

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NORTH and CENTRAL AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN (35 Teams, 3.5 Qualifying Spots)
Teams Remaining (Stage 3 of 4): Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA,
Next: Three group winners and the first runners-up from Stage Three advance to Stage Four. The six will be put in one group [...]

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LONDON (AFP) – African governments must work to oust Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe because a power-sharing deal in the poverty-stricken country is dead, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told the BBC Thursday.
Odinga’s comments came after he held talks with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Nairobi, and amid a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe that has [...]

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CAPE TOWN (AFP) – South Africa has approved the second phase of a multi-billion dollar water project in landlocked Lesotho to ensure a secure future water supply in its industrial hub, the water minister said Thursday.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project, one of the world’s largest infrastructure projects under construction, is an intricate network of tunnels [...]

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