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On leave-taking, Carney came to praise Canadian system and offer some advice

The Canadian PressMay 21, 2013 15:17
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is leaving Canada with some parting advice — seize the country's natural advantages. The central banker said Tuesday in his last scheduled public appearance before departing for the Bank of England next month that Canada can coast and wait out the decade-long damage-repair process in the rest of the G7 economies, or build on its strengths for the emerging new global economy.

Congolese army, rebels clash for a second day, 19 dead

May 21, 2013 14:00
By Chrispin Mvano GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Two days of clashes between Congo's army and rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace just days before a scheduled visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Government forces and the M23 insurgents began exchanging heavy weapons fire for a second day early on Tuesday, with explosions still being heard late into the afternoon.

Burundi rights groups condemn ruling party youth violence

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 13:15
Burundian civil society groups said Tuesday they were "deeply concerned" by violence carried out by the ruling party's youth wing, criticising the immunity they claim they have received. "Civil society is very concerned about the acts of violence perpetrated by the Imbonerakure", the youth league of the ruling CNDD-FDD party, said Vital Nshimirimana, coordinator of a coalition of some 200 associations, warning attacks are on the increase.

Japan seizes Taiwanese fishing boat operating outside agreed area

Kyodo News InternationalMay 21, 2013 11:02
Japan's Fisheries Agency seized a Taiwanese long-line fishing boat Tuesday on suspicion of illegally operating in the country's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone south of the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. The agency released the boat after the captain admitted to having operated without permission outside the bilaterally agreed area and submitted a document to guarantee the payment of cash collateral.

EU swimming beaches get clean bill of health

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 11:00
The vast majority of some 22,000 swimming beaches in the EU are clean and safe, the European Environment Agency said Tuesday. The EEA annual report for 2012 showed the water met the minimum standards required for bathing at 94 percent of all swimming beaches in the European Union. At 78 percent of the beaches, the quality of the water was found to be excellent, the top rating, with Cyprus leading the way as all of its 112 swimming beaches got the best review.

EU swimming beaches get clean bill of health

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 10:47
The vast majority of some 22,000 swimming beaches in the EU are clean and safe, the European Environment Agency said Tuesday. The EEA annual report for 2012 showed the water met the minimum standards required for bathing at 94 percent of all swimming beaches in the European Union. At 78 percent of the beaches, the quality of the water was found to be excellent, the top rating, with Cyprus leading the way as all of its 112 swimming beaches got the best review.

U.S. envoy on N. Korean human rights cancels visit to S. Korea, Japan

Kyodo News InternationalMay 21, 2013 10:01
U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues Robert King has canceled his visit to South Korea and Japan that was planned to commence last weekend, a State Department spokesman said Monday. Patrick Ventrell told a press briefing that King "regretfully had to cancel his planned travel and speaking engagements to Seoul and Tokyo," adding it was a "logistical matter having to do with flights."

Manila protests Chinese intrusions into Philippine waters

Kyodo News InternationalMay 21, 2013 08:16
The Philippines said Tuesday it has filed an official complaint with the Chinese Embassy in Manila over the intrusion of Chinese vessels into Philippine waters, a spokesman for the Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday. The complaint was submitted May 10 protesting the presence of a warship and two Chinese maritime surveillance ships near Ayungin, also known as Second Thomas Shoal. Spokesman Raul Hernandez said Chinese fishing vessels "are still there and they go around the place," despite Manila's protests.

Philippines protests to China over 'illegal' sea presence

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 07:45
The Philippines said Tuesday it had protested to China at the "illegal" presence of a Chinese warship and other vessels at a shoal occupied by Filipino marines in the South China Sea. The stand-off is the latest in a growing dispute between the two countries over rival claims to parts of the sea. The Philippines said China occupied another Filipino-claimed shoal last year.

Park-mission chiefs-peace visions

Yonhap News AgencyMay 21, 2013 04:45
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye told South Korea's diplomatic mission chiefs Tuesday to work hard to help the international community speak with one voice to tell North Korea the communist nation cannot rebuild its broken economy while pursuing nuclear ambitions. Park also told the mission chiefs to try to win international support for her visions for promoting peace on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, known as the "Korean Peninsula trust process" and the "Northeast Asian peace and cooperation initiative," respectively.
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