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Northern Ireland will take full control of its own police and justice system under a deal marking one of the boldest steps since a 1998 peace pact. It ends a dispute that threatened to bring down Belfast’s power-sharing government. The agreement was reached late Thursday after nearly two weeks of talks between the Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Fein and the British and Irish governments.

The reason for a lack of willpower may be that you’re working your prefrontal cortex too hard. If you give it too many jobs to do, it gets tired, calls it a day and gives into temptation.

Reuters – As the Obama Administration seeks backing for a tax on banks’ lucrative pay packages, the Internal Revenue Service has been stepping up its oversight of executive pay through its auditing and other powers.

Haitians frantically searched for survivors Wednesday, a day after a powerful earthquake shook the capital, Port-au-Prince. Robert Siegel and Melissa Block on the latest on the earthquake in Haiti.

Nigierans are wondering about the health of their president who is in Saudi Arabia being treated for a heart condition. President Umaru Yar’Adua hasn’t been seen in Nigeria for six weeks. There’s now an attempt to force Yar’Adua from office. Others want his power transferred to the country’s vice president.

Hundreds of mayors and other officials across Spain are being investigated for bribery and influence peddling. But experts say that for anything to really change, any new law would have to rein in the nearly dictatorial powers that many Spanish mayors still enjoy.

An indictment in the largest and most explosive trial in Turkish history claims that an ultranational gang plotted to overthrow the government. The trial has raised tensions between Turkey’s secular military and the ruling party, the AKP, which swept to power in 2002 by a rising class of Turks who identify themselves as religious Muslims.

AP – Sierra Pacific Power Co. said Tuesday that a tender offer has expired for its 6.75 percent general and refunding mortgage notes due 2037.

Reuters – Toronto’s main stock index rose on Monday as optimism for a global economic recovery next year helped power shares of energy producer Canadian Natural Resources and its peers.

For the last ten years, Spain has said all the right things about controlling its carbon emissions in the face of the looming climate crisis. It has even taken concrete action: A new law demands every new house in Spain must have a solar water heater. The country also has made massive investments in solar power plants, wind farms and public transport. However in the last ten years Spain’s carbon footprint has increased by more than 30 percent.