Time to mourn, and take action on guns

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Tokyo votes in governor election

TOKYO: Voters in Tokyo went to the polls Sunday to pick a successor for controversial governor Shintaro Ishihara, a firebrand blamed for worsening a row over islands disputed with China.Polls in the metropolis of 13 million came the same day as a nationwide lower house election expected to return the conservative Liberal Democratic Party to power after three years in the political wilderness.Ishihara,...

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The victims

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Mandela undergoes successful gallstone surgery

JOHANNESBURG South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela underwent a successful surgery to remove gallstones Saturday, the nation's presidency said, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon is still recovering from a lung infection. Doctors treating Mandela waited to perform the endoscopic surgery as they wanted to first attend to his lung ailment, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement....

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'Good Evidence' on Massacre Motive

Police indicated today they have "some very good evidence" about the motive behind Adam Lanza's massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School and said that the sole person to survive being shot by Lanza will be "instrumental" in the probe.Authorities also finished the grim task of identifying all of Lanza's 27 victims, which included 20 children. Families, who already feared...

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Japan's election: Is 'Abe trade' justified?

By Chris Scicluna, Special to CNNDecember 14, 2012 -- Updated 0447 GMT (1247 HKT)Shinzo Abe is promising a decisive shift in Japan's economic policy.STORY HIGHLIGHTSFormer PM Shinzo Abe is campaigning on joint monetary and fiscal stimulus to end persistent deflationAbe has threatened legislative action if the Central Bank of Japan doesn't commit to a 2% inflation targetGiven political constraints,...

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