NEW YORK, N.Y. – In a story Nov. 26 about Angus T. Jones, the teenage actor in “Two and a Half Men,” criticizing the show as “filth” in an online video, The Associated Press misidentified the organization that posted the video. It was Forerunner Chronicles in Seale, Ala., not Forerunner Christian Church of Fremont, Calif.
Saskatchewan surplus to shrink as potash, oil revenues sag
(Reuters) – The Western Canadian province of Saskatchewan stuck with a lowered forecast for its 2012-13 budget surplus on Tuesday due to falling revenues from potash and crude oil production. Saskatchewan’s rich resources of the fertilizer potash and crude oil have helped it mark up stronger economic growth than most of Canada’s provinces, swelling the government’s coffers and giving it the second-lowest unemployment rate in the country after Alberta. But the government said falling resource prices this year have cut its revenue, and now it expects to post a C$12. …
Venezuela's Chavez to continue medical treatment in Cuba
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba to continue medical treatment, the country’s top legislator said on Tuesday. Chavez since June 2011 has had three operations in Cuba to treat an undisclosed type of cancer in his pelvic region. (Reporting by Deisy Buitrago, writing by Brian Ellsworth)
Couche-Tard profit rises on acquisitions
(Reuters) – Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc , a Canadian convenience store operator, said on Tuesday its quarterly profit rose, helped in part by recent acquisitions and stronger merchandise sales. The Laval, Quebec-based company’s banners include Mac’s and Circle K, and most of its locations sell motor fuel. For the second quarter ended October 14, earnings rose to $175.2 million, or 94 cents a share, from $113.5 million, or 61 cents, a year earlier. Revenue jumped 81 percent to $9.32 billion. (Reporting by Allison Martell)
Vatican sells stamps to restore famed colonnade
Not even the Vatican is immune from the economic crisis. Car bombs kill 14 Shi'ite Muslims in Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Three car bombings killed 14 Shi’ite Muslims during mourning processions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said, the Dozens more were injured in the explosions. They struck during the holy month of Ashura, of special significance to Shi’ites who are prime targets of al Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate and other Sunni Muslim insurgents. Attacks on Iraqi Shi’ites tend to increase during Ashura, but Tuesday’s was the first major one so far this year. …
Marvin Miller, who revolutionized sports by creating baseball free agency, dead at 95
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Marvin Miller, the soft-spoken union head who led baseball players in a series of strikes and legal battles that won free agency, revolutionized sports and turned athletes into multimillionaires, died Tuesday. He was 95. Days before vote, France backs state for "Palestine" at U.N.
PARIS/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday it would vote in favor of Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations, an important boost in Palestinian efforts to secure greater international recognition. The Palestinians have lobbied for support from European countries for their bid at watered-down statehood at the U.N. set for two days time. While Israel has lobbied against them, the Palestinians are set for a sure victory in the 193-member world body made up mostly of developing countries long sympathetic to their cause. …
In Pakistan, big perks and big risks to being a journalist
Hamid Mir, a prominent Pakistani journalist known for being antigovernment and antimilitary, escaped an assassination attempt yesterday when a bomb planted under his car failed to explode.
Iran's nuclear stockpile grows but not yet in "danger zone"
VIENNA (Reuters) – An increase in Iran’s higher-grade uranium stockpile is worrying but may arise from a bottleneck in making reactor fuel rather than a bid to quickly accumulate material that could be used for nuclear weapons, diplomats and experts say. The issue of when and how fast Iran might be able to build an atomic bomb if it chose to do so is closely watched in the West because it could determine any decision by Israel to launch pre-emptive strikes against the Islamic Republic. …
New Bank of England boss to swap Canada growth for UK stagnation
LONDON (Reuters) – When Canadian Mark Carney becomes Bank of England chief next year, he won't only be swapping a vast, sparsely populated, resource-rich country for a small, crowded island on the edge of a European continent in crisis. The outgoing Bank of Canada governor will leave behind an economy which weathered the global financial crisis quite well and is now achieving respectable growth, at least by Europe's dismal standards. … Insurgent attacks kill 21, wound dozens in Iraq
Insurgents launched attacks against security forces and civilians in central and northern Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, officials said. Plane crashes off Comoros, all 29 on board survive
MORONI (Reuters) – A plane crashed in the Indian Ocean off the Comoros Islands on Tuesday after suffering mechanical problems, but all 29 people on board survived, officials said. The Embraer jet went down about 200 meters from Moroni airport, five minutes after taking off at about 1020 GMT, they said. The plane, belonging to Inter-Iles, had been bound for the neighboring island of Anjouan. A senior military official who gave his name only as Zarouk and was on board the plane, said aircraft fuel was leaking “like an open tap” upon take-off. …
Car bombs kill 14 Shi'ite Muslims in Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Three car bombings killed 14 Shi’ite Muslims during mourning processions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said. Dozens more were injured in the explosions. They struck during the holy month of Ashura, of special significance to Shi’ites who are prime targets of al Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate and other Sunni Muslim insurgents. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
Saudi crown prince says King Abdullah "well and in good health"
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Salman said on Tuesday that King Abdullah was “well and in good health”, more than 10 days after the monarch underwent back surgery, a message likely to reassure many states keen on the stability of the world’s biggest oil exporter. No photographs have been released of the monarch, believed to be in his late 80s, since the 11-hour operation on November 17 at the National Guard’s King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh. “Brothers, I convey to you greetings of … …
Pirelli unveils covered-up calendar for 2013
The notoriously sexy Pirelli calendar has come to famously sexy Rio de Janeiro and the result is a demure 2013 edition with not a nude in sight. 
No comments:
Post a Comment