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| New York lawyer convicted of Maxim magazine deal fraud | |  By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer was found guilty on Monday of engaging in a fraud in which a con man impersonated his successful father in order to raise money to buy Maxim magazine. Harvey Newkirk, 39, was convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan on one count of wire fraud stemming from his involvement in helping convicted felon Calvin Darden Jr secure financing for the failed $31 million deal. To close that deal, prosecutors said Darden impersonated his father, Calvin Darden Sr, a former senior executive at United Parcel Service Inc, who lenders were falsely told was putting up collateral for the loans.
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| Trial of China rights lawyer lasts three hours, police block court access | |  By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - The trial of one of China's most high profile human rights lawyers on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and provoking trouble lasted just three hours on Monday, with police blocking diplomats, foreign reporters and protesters from the court. Pu Zhiqiang, who has spent nearly 19 months in detention, faces up to eight years in prison if convicted, according to one of his lawyers, Shang Baojun. As many as 11 diplomats from countries including the United States, Germany and France congregated near the Beijing courthouse seeking to observe the trial.
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| Exclusive - Obama expected to move on Taiwan arms sales before year-end | |  The Obama administration is expected as soon as this week to authorise the sale of two guided missile frigates to Taiwan, U.S. congressional sources said on Monday, in spite of China's opposition to the deal. "We're expecting an announcement as early as this week," a Republican congressional aide said. Another congressional aide said the notification from the administration was expected "any time now." The sale would mark the first time in four years that the United States has shipped arms to Taiwan, the longest gap in such arm sales in nearly four decades.
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| Israeli spy Pollard wins further review of U.S. parole conditions | |  By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday ordered a federal commission to provide further justification for subjecting former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to restrictive probation conditions following his release last month from prison after 30 years. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan said the U.S. Parole Commission had provided little basis to justify why Pollard must wear an electronic bracelet and submit to monitoring of his work computer. "If there is secret information Jonathan Pollard could disclose, then restrictive conditions could be necessary," Forrest said.
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| Redstone's ex-girlfriend alleges forgery in latest court case | |  (Reuters) - Sumner Redstone's former girlfriend, Manuela Herzer, filed a new lawsuit in California on Monday alleging that the 92-year-old media mogul's signature was forged on a document removing her as his health care agent. Redstone is the controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc and CBS Corp and Herzer's allegations, in lawsuits filed in the past few weeks, that he is no longer mentally competent to run the companies has concerned investors. Redstone had picked Herzer to make his healthcare decisions in case he was not able to.
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| Factbox - Brazil's presidential impeachment process | |  (Reuters) - The Brazilian Congress opened impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff on Dec 2 for allegedly breaking budget laws as she ramped up economic stimulus during her re-election campaign last year. The Supreme Court suspended proceedings until it can clarify rules on Wednesday. Here are the next steps in the presidential impeachment under Brazil's Constitution: 1) A 65-member committee of the Chamber of Deputies, or lower house, decides if the impeachment bid is valid.
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| Maryland man charged with trying to support Islamic State | | | (Reuters) - A Maryland man has been charged with attempting to provide material support to Islamic State, the Justice Department said on Monday, becoming the latest of more than 70 people arrested by U.S. law enforcement authorities for suspected ties to the militant group since 2014. Mohamed Elshinawy, 30, of Edgewood, Maryland, was arrested on Friday, the Justice Department said. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Monday, Elshinawy pledged allegiance to Islamic State in February and later told his brother he wanted to die as a martyr. |
| Chicago police used excessive force on man dragged by handcuffs - judge | | | By Suzannah Gonzales CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police used excessive force on a black man who died after he was dragged by handcuffs out of his cell and down a hallway three years ago, a federal judge ruled on Monday. The ruling came as Chicago police and Mayor Rahm Emanuel face intense scrutiny over the police department's use of force. Protesters have called for Emanuel's resignation since last month's release of a video showing a white police officer shooting to death a black teen. |
| Texas plumber sues dealer after company pickup appears in Syria militant photo | | | By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas plumber whose company pickup lorry with logo and name clearly visible appeared in a photograph of a militant wielding an anti-aircraft weapon in Syria has sued the dealer he sold it to, saying the harassment it generated has damaged his business. Mark Oberholtzer, the owner of Mark-1 Plumbing of Texas City, said he sold the pickup in October 2013 and was shocked to see the photo on social media. Mark Oberholtzer said in a lawsuit seeking $1 million damages that he has been forced to carry a gun for protection and was grilled by investigators from the Department of Homeland security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| Mayor of Georgia city dies from gunshot wound during domestic dispute | | | The mayor of a small city in northern Georgia died after he was shot during a domestic disturbance with his wife, state investigators said on Monday. Clarkesville Mayor Terry Greene was injured in a shooting Sunday night at his home, about 85 miles northeast of Atlanta, and he later died at an Atlanta hospital, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles. Clarkesville Police Chief Brad Barrett told the Northeast Georgian newspaper that police responded to Greene's home at about 7 p.m. after someone in the household called 911. |
| Mexican artist Toledo mourns disappeared, murdered in new show | | | "Never before has there been such violence in Mexico as in recent years, really," he said in a weekend interview. "I wanted to leave a testimony of this violence." The government said the 43 youths were incinerated by a drug gang in league with corrupt police who rounded them up in the city of Iguala in Guerrero after mistaking them for rivals. The case and subsequent investigation sparked international condemnation of Mexico. |
| U.S. soldier Bergdahl to face court-martial for deserting in Afghanistan | |  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and became a prisoner of the Taliban for five years, will face court-martial on charges of desertion and endangering U.S. troops, the Army said on Monday. Bergdahl, 29, was charged earlier this year and faces up to life in prison if convicted of the more serious offence of endangering troops who searched for him in lawless areas of Afghanistan after his disappearance in 2009. The date of the arraignment hearing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, will be announced later, the U.S. Army Forces Command said in a statement.
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| Bill Cosby files countersuit against seven women in defamation case | |  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Actor and comedian Bill Cosby on Monday sued seven women who had accused him of defaming them, saying they lied when they accused him of sexual assault. The countersuit, filed in U.S. district court in Springfield, Massachusetts, contends that the women defamed his "honorable legacy and reputation" by accusing him of sexual misconduct. More than 50 women have come forward to accuse the actor, best known for his role in the 1980s television hit "The Cosby Show," of sexually assaulting them after plying them with drugs or alcohol.
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| EU parliament panel rejects car pollution rules as too lax | |  By Alissa de Carbonnel STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European parliament's environmental committee voted on Monday against new car pollution rules they say are too lenient in the light of the Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) scandal which exposed loopholes in existing emissions tests. The new rules agreed in a closed-door committee in October would allow vehicles to carry on spewing out more than twice official pollution limits, after many of the 28 member states demanded leeway to protect their car industries. Thirteen members of the committee abstained from Monday's vote - mostly from the European People's Party, the largest bloc in the EU parliament, their spokesman said. "In the wake of the Volkswagen scandal, it's clear we need to urgently revise road emission tests, but the proposed exemptions agreed by EU governments are a disgrace," a Dutch liberal member of parliament, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, said.
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| Former New Mexico secretary of state gets 30 days jail for corruption | | | By Joseph J. Kolb ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) - New Mexico's former Secretary of State Dianna Duran was sentenced on Monday to 30 days in jail for embezzlement and campaign finance violations in connection with hundreds of thousands of dollars she spent in casinos. "I apologise to the people of the state of New Mexico, to my family and friends ... I am truly sorry," Duran wept as she briefly addressed the judge in federal court in Santa Fe. Duran, a Republican, resigned in late October after admitting two counts of felony embezzlement and four misdemeanour counts including money laundering under a plea deal with prosecutors. |
| Baltimore jury starts deliberations for police officer charged in man's death | | | BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A Baltimore jury on Monday began deliberations in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray. The seven-woman, five-man jury started weighing the fate of Officer William Porter, 26, in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Porter faces involuntary manslaughter and other charges in Gray's death from a broken neck in April. (Reporting by Ian Simpson) |
| Baltimore officer could have saved man's life in seconds - prosecutor | |  By Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A Baltimore police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of a black detainee needed only a few seconds to save the man's life and changed his story about the death, a prosecutor said during closing arguments on Monday. Gray's death in April triggered rioting, arson and protests in the majority black city and fuelled a U.S. debate on police tactics. Prosecutor Janice Bledsoe said that Porter, 26, could have prevented Gray's death in April by buckling his seat belt in a police van and calling for an ambulance when Gray said he needed help.
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| Burundi starts trial of May coup plotters, days after fighting | |  More than two dozen generals and senior army officers accused of being behind a failed coup went on trial in Burundi on Monday amid heightened tensions in the capital after attacks last week by insurgents in which about 90 people were killed. Former defence minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye and five other generals are among the 28 people standing trial for their role in the attempted coup in May, launched when President Pierre Nkurunziza was abroad.
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| Chicago police commander acquitted of battery | | | By Nikitta Foston and Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago police commander who had been praised for his work in high-crime areas was found not guilty on Monday of battery for putting a gun in a suspect's mouth. The acquittal of Glenn Evans, 53, represents a setback for Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, who has been sharply criticized for taking 13 months to charge another police officer, Jason Van Dyke, with murder in the 2014 shooting death of a black teenager. Evans' trial came as Chicago police were under local and federal scrutiny for use of force, following the release last month of a video showing Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. |
| Feuds and factions: no easy road to implementing Libya peace deal | |  By Patrick Markey and Ahmed Elumami ALGIERS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Fresh from a Rome summit on Libya's crisis, American, European and U.N. officials are confidently backing a proposed peace deal between the country's warring factions to end chaos that has allowed Islamic State to flourish. Libyan delegates from different groups plan to sign up on Wednesday to the agreement to form a unity government and seek a ceasefire - a decision Western powers hope will create the momentum to pull recalcitrant opponents along. With Libya having no real national army, at least seven armed brigades are entrenched in the city, under semi-official control of the defence or interior ministries, some supporting the U.N. accord, others allied to political leaders opposing it.
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| UK government warns Sports Direct it will act if wage laws flouted | |  Sports Direct , the British sportswear retailer controlled by high profile businessman Mike Ashley, came under fire in the British parliament on Monday over allegations it has not been paying the minimum wage. The FTSE 100 company has been in the spotlight after the Guardian newspaper reported last Thursday that lengthy and unpaid security checks of staff at its main warehouse in Shirebrook, central England, meant that some workers effectively earned less than legal levels. Sports Direct said on Monday it believed it was in compliance with minimum wage regulations and took its responsibilities extremely seriously.
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| At least 60 killed as Nigerian army raids Shi'ite sect, hospital says | | | At least 60 people were killed this weekend when the Nigerian army raided a Shi'ite sect and arrested its leader in the northern city of Zaria, the director of a local hospital said on Monday. The army said the Islamic Movement was trying to assassinate the chief of army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, when members of the sect blocked his convoy in Zaria on Saturday. On Sunday, the army raided several buildings connected to the sect and the home of its leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky. |
| Germany launches plan to protect migrant women, children from attacks | |  Germany launched a programme on Monday to improve the safety of asylum-seeking women and the roughly 300,000 refugee children who have arrived here this year, saying these vulnerable groups were not being given sufficient protection in refugee homes. Almost a million refugees fleeing war, violence and poverty in countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan flocked to Germany in the first 11 months of this year and the authorities have had difficulty finding sufficient accommodation for them all. In assessing the situation, the German government and United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) agreed that children living in refugee shelters were at risk of becoming victims of violence, misuse and exploitation, especially in temporary accommodation and reception centres.
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| French teacher "invented" story about Islamist attack | | | A report from a French schoolteacher that he had been assaulted by a self-styled Islamist militant on Monday, causing classes to be cancelled and an anti-terrorism investigation, turned out to be "invented", investigators said. The incident occurred with the nation still on edge a month after gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in Paris in an attack claimed by Islamic State, the jihadist group that has seized large areas of Syria and Iraq and is now the target of air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition including France. "(The teacher) is being interviewed with a view to establishing the reasons for this invented story," said an official from the Paris prosecutor's office. |
| Italian police seize 3,500 fake parchments with papal blessings | | | Italian police have confiscated about 3,500 counterfeit parchments bearing blessings by Pope Francis and being sold to pilgrims in Rome, authorities said on Monday. The bogus parchments, with elaborate lettering and pictures of the pope, were found in the printing shop of a souvenir store near the Vatican, and the proprietor was charged with producing counterfeit goods, a police statement said. It said the parchments were printed in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and English and had an overall value of about 70,000 euros ($77,168). |
| French teacher "invented" story about Islamist attack - judicial source | | | A teacher who had claimed he was assaulted in a school north of Paris by a man acting for Islamic State was making the story up, the Paris prosecutor's office told Reuters on Monday. Earlier on Monday, other French officials told how the teacher had reported that a hooded man claiming a link to the militant Islamist group had attacked him with a knife-like weapon as he prepared for classes in a school north of Paris. |
| Militancy threatens Bangladesh economic growth - World Bank economist Kaushik Basu | |  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Political and religious militancy threaten to upset an economic growth record that could lift Bangladesh into the middle income country category in the next few years, according to World Bank's chief economist Kaushik Basu. The country's economy could grow at 6.5 percent in this fiscal year to end June 2016 and that rate might rise to 6.7 percent in next fiscal year, Basu, who is also a senior vice president of the Bank, told Reuters on Monday. "It may even hit 7 percent if Bangladesh can efficiently address some of its (economic) weaknesses and also handle properly its political issues and militancy," he said.
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| Colombia, rebels to sign pact on reparations for war victims | | | By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels have reached a deal on reparations for war victims and could be near a pact on the terms of confinement for ex-combatants who would be tried in special tribunals once a definitive peace agreement is reached. Any partial accords would help put peace talks back on track toward reaching a March 23 deadline for a comprehensive plan to end Latin America's longest war, which has killed 220,000 people and displaced millions since 1964. "We are very pleased with this agreement (on victims) which no doubt is transcendental for what we are doing in this process," government spokeswoman Marcela Duran told reporters in Havana, site of the peace talks for three years. |
| On Sandy Hook anniversary, U.S. activists call for gun restrictions | |  U.S. gun control activists called for expanded background checks for firearms purchasers and for a ban on sales to people on federal watch lists on Monday, in a protest marking the third anniversary of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. Speakers including U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, and survivors of recent U.S. mass shootings made their call outside the Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters of the National Rifle Association lobbying group. On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, an attack that stands as one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
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| Obama calls Xi to praise China's role in climate talks - White House | |  U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone Sunday night with Chinese President Xi Jinping to express appreciation for the important role China played in securing a historic climate agreement in Paris, the White House said. "The president emphasized the importance of continuing close U.S.-China cooperation on climate change issues into the future," the White House said.
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