VANCOUVER – A new study has rung in British Columbians’ pot purchases at about half a billion dollars each year, and its pro-legalization researchers argue that means the province could be bringing in massive tax revenues.
Quebec separatists see provincial budget balance next year
QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) – Quebec’s new separatist government promised on Tuesday to balance the provincial budget in the next fiscal year through a combination of tax hikes, spending cuts and other measures, while running a deficit for 2012-13. The Parti Quebecois government’s budget sees a C$1.5 billion ($1.5 billion) deficit for the current year, 2012-13, excluding a C$1.8 billion impact from a Hydro-Quebec loss due to the closing of a nuclear power plant. The Parti Quebecois, which would like to take Quebec out of Canada, only has a minority of seats in the provincial legislature. …
13-year-old girl fatally shot on Miami-area school bus; police questioning male student
MIAMI – A 13-year-old girl was shot to death in front of her sister and several other students while riding the bus to a charter school Tuesday, Miami-Dade police said.
Clinton calls for durable outcome to Gaza violence
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States is pushing for a "durable outcome" promoting stability following Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. Quebec opposition parties threaten to topple PQ government over budget
QUEBEC – The life of the new Parti Quebecois government is hanging in the balance as Opposition parties threaten to vote against its first budget, a move that would likely send Quebecers back to the polls.
Tunisia will not allow Islamists to impose vision: PM
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia's Islamist-led government will not allow puritanical Salafis to enforce t heir vision on a country grappling with the role of Islam in a once rigidly secular society, the prime minister said on Tuesday. "Militants who have used violence are few, but they can not impose their vision on our country and our people. We will not allow them … Tunisia will remain moderate," Hamadi Jebali, who belongs to the Islamist Ennahda party, said in an interview. … South Sudan says new demands from Sudan delay oil restart
MELUT, South Sudan (Reuters) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said resumption of the country’s oil output had been delayed after Sudan made new demands related to rebel fighting in Sudanese territory, in new signs of tension between the African neighbors. Landlocked South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan in July last year, shut down its roughly 350,000 barrels per day of oil output in January in a dispute with Khartoum over how much it should pay to export oil through Sudan to the Red Sea. …
Courting Asia, Obama finds that home problems and the rest of the world's ills still intrude
on new violence in the Middle East, the “fiscal cliff” back home -- President Barack Obama’s speedy trip to Southeast Asia achieved a major goal: It was clearly seen in the region as a validation of Asia’s strategic importance as the U.S. refocuses its foreign policy to counter China’s clout.
Flaherty sees progress toward creation of national securities regulator
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he is encouraged by recent progress in the long-standing effort to create a national securities regulator.
Syria rebels win support from Britain, battle in Damascus
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian government troops backed by tanks battled to oust rebel forces from an opposit ion stronghold in a Damascus suburb on Tuesday in the heaviest fighting in the capital for months. In the country's north, rebel fighters stormed an air defense base that President Bashar al-Assad's military had used to bombard areas near the Turkish border. On the international front, the Turkish foreign minister said NATO states had agreed to supply Turkey with a Patriot missile system to defend against Syrian cross-border shelling. … 
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