GREECE ‘WANTS A SAY’ IN LIBYA PEACE PROCESS: PM
AFP, Athens

Greece wants to be included in UN-sponsored talks in January on the Libya conflict, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday, as tensions escalate with neighbours Turkey over the issue. Libya has become another diplomatic front for Greece and Turkey as the traditional rivals jostle over Mediterranean maritime rights and the competing camps in the North African country’s conflict. “We do not want a source of instability in our neighbourhood. Therefore we want a say in developments in Libya,” Mitsotakis told To Vima weekly in an interview.

WILDERS RELAUNCHES PROPHET CARTOON COMPETITION
AFP, The Hague

Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders said he was reviving a Prophet Mohammed cartoon competition Saturday, more than a year after cancelling a similar contest that sparked demonstrations and death threats. The MP and leader of the Freedom Party (PVV) invited his Twitter followers to send in satirical drawings of Mohammed.

5 WOUNDED IN STABBING AT NEW YORK RABBI’S HOUSE
AFP, New York

An intruder stabbed and wounded five people at a rabbi’s house in New York during a party to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah late Saturday, officials said. The victims, all Hasidic members of the Jewish faith, were transported to local hospitals—two in critical condition—the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC) tweeted after receiving a call at 9.50 pm.

2 EX-PRIME MINISTERS VIE FOR GUINEA-BISSAU PRESIDENCY
AP, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Two former prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau are vying for the presidency in a runoff election Sunday after the incumbent failed to reach the second round in the tumultuous West African country once described by the United Nations as a narco-state. President Jose Mario Vaz, in power since 2014, has vowed to respect the results in a rare gesture of political stability.