The blaze broke out at the seven-story factory just outside Bangladesh's capital Dhaka late Saturday. More than 100 bodies had been found by Sunday morning. Knight CEO plays down deal talk
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Knight Capital Group , currently in talks with at least two f irms on the possible sale of its largest business unit, is well capitalized and would only pursue a deal if it created value for its shareholders and clients, Knight's chief executive said in an internal memo. The electronic trading firm has been approached by rivals Getco LLC and Virtu Financial LLC about its market-making operation, which uses computer models to match buy and sell orders in stocks and options, executing around 10 percent of U.S. volume, according to people familiar with the talks. … Casey Anthony detectives overlooked Google search for suffocation made from home computer
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida sheriff’s office that investigated Caylee Anthony’s death confirmed Sunday that it overlooked a computer search for suffocation methods made from the little girl’s home on the day she was last seen alive.
Gaza cease-fire raises hopes for reconstruction
Mohammed Falah Azzam has been through this before. Sudan, China to set up agricultural free-trade zone
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan has allowed China to set up a free-trade zone for agricultural products and livestock to boost bilateral transactions, state news agency SUNA said on Sunday, as the African country seeks to increase farm exports to offset the loss of oil. China is Sudan’s main trading partner and donor for development projects, throwing a lifeline as few Western countries or firms deal with Khartoum because of a U.S. embargo over the country’s human rights record. …
Feds offloading part of pledge to resettle refugees onto private sector
OTTAWA – The federal government is seeking to offload some of its international promises to refugees onto the private sector.
Israel says successfully tests more powerful rocket interceptor
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A new Israeli air shield against rockets more powerful than those intercepted by Iron Dome in the Gaza conflict passed its first field test last week after being rushed through development, officials said on Sunday. They said that David’s Sling, billed as Israel’s answer to the longer-range missiles of Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas and Syria, shot down a target rocket in a secret November 20 desert trial that coincided with fierce shelling exchanges between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. …
Former Liberian president Taylor should be a "free man": judge
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – F ormer Liberian President Charles Taylor should have walked free and not been jailed for war crimes because there was not enough evidence to prove he was guilty beyond reasonable doubt, a judge involved in his trial said in a magazine interview. Justice Malick Sow's criticism of how the trial was conducted and of the final decision-making process are likely to be seized on by Taylor's defence lawyers as part of his appeal. Taylor, 64, was the first head of state convicted by an international court since the trials of Nazis after World War Two. … 
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