LONDON (AP) -- What does it mean to be British? Monarchs, Margaret Thatcher and Monty Python are all important parts of the nation's heritage, according to a new guide for immigrants introduced Monday. Birmingham to spend $100K on monument honouring 'foot soldiers' of civil rights movement
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The city of Birmingham expects to spend about $100,000 on a monument honouring “foot soldiers” of the civil rights movement.
Stretch your travel dollar with savvy tips: go in off-season, fly mid-week
FREDERICTON – With a new year underway many of us are thinking ahead to vacation time but, with today’s economic pressures, it can be difficult to set aside the cash for a big trip.
Popular mountain biking trail overlooking North Rim of Grand Canyon to become longer
FREDONIA, Ariz. – A popular mountain biking trail that overlooks the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is being extended.
1 killed in clashes in Egyptian capital
CAIRO (AP) -- Health and security officials say a protester has been killed in clashes between rock-throwing demonstrators and police near Tahrir Square in central Cairo. Militants attack oil pipeline in Algeria, two dead: source
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Islamist militants are suspected of attacking an oil pipeline on Monday in the Algerian region of Djebahia, some 70 km (45 miles) east of the capital Algiers, killing two Algerian guards, a security source told Reuters. The region is a stronghold of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and is where its leader Abdelmalek Droukdel is believed to be based, the source said, adding seven people had been wounded in the attack. …
Hamas says next inter-Palestinian talks in Egypt
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Hamas’ political leader says that reconciliation talks with the Palestinian militant group’s rival Fatah faction are on track and will resume in Egypt on Feb. 9.
Caterpillar profit drops on weak demand for heavy equipment
(Reuters) – Caterpillar Inc , the world's largest maker of construction equipment, reported a 55 percent drop in quarterly profit on Monday as cu stomers sold off existing inventories rather than buy new machines. For the fourth quarter, the company posted net income of $697 million, or $1.04 per share, compared with $1.55 billion, or $2.32 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue fell 7 percent to $16.08 billion. Caterpillar expects to earn $7 to $9 per share in 2013. Earlier this month Caterpillar said it discovered accounting fraud at a Chinese coal mining supplier it bought in 2012. … Iran says it sent monkey into space successfully
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran said Monday it has successfully sent a monkey into space, describing the launch as another step toward Tehran’s goal of a manned space flight.
Cricket-Australia v Sri Lanka - second T20 scoreboard
Jan 28 (Reuters) – Scoreboard from the second and finalTwenty20 International match between Australia and Sri Lanka atthe Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday: Sri Lanka: T. Dilshan b Faulkner 6 K. Perera c Bailey b Maxwell 15 D. Chandimal c Bailey b Laughlin 5 M. Jayawardene not out 61 J. Mendis c Faulkner b Doherty 25 T. Perera not out 35 Extras (b-1, lb-8, w-5) 14 Total (For 4 wickets in 20 overs) 161 Did not bat: A. Mathews, N. Kulasekara, A. Mendis, L.Malinga, A. Dananjaya. Fall of wickets: 1-15 2-33 3-39 4-102. …
British Airways flight makes emergency landing in Cardiff
LONDON (Reuters) – A British Airways flight from Houston in the United States to London’s Heathrow airport made an emergency landing in Cardiff on Monday. BA, part of the IAG group, said the Boeing 747 jet, which was carrying 138 passengers, landed normally on Monday morning after the pilot noticed a “potential technical problem”. BA said the plane was assessed by engineers who found no problem with it. The airline added that the plane would complete its journey to London later on Monday afternoon. (Reporting by Rhys Jones; Editing by Brenda Goh)
Funerals begin for 233 killed in Brazil blaze
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) -- The bodies of the young college students were found piled up just inside the entrance of the Kiss nightclub, among more than 230 people who died in a cloud of toxic smoke after a blaze enveloped the crowded locale within seconds and set off a panic. Struggling Norwegian cruise operator to slash a fourth of employees
OSLO – Norway’s Hurtigruten cruise line says it will streamline operations and slash staff by 25-30 per cent in an effort to increase profitability.
Analysis: ANC risks losing South Africa's "born free" voters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – When Nelson Mandela and his ANC party dreamed of South Africa's future after apartheid, they probably imagined someone like Fulufhelo Davhana, a young black who has seen the doors of opportunity opened wide and is destined for achievement. But Davhana, a 23-year-old accounting student at the University of Johannesburg's Soweto Campus, is dreaming of a future when the African National Congress elders who ended white minority rule no longer call the shots. … India rape case teen to be tried as juvenile; victim's family angry
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian teenager accused of taking part in the December 16 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi will be tried as a juvenile, facing a maximum of three years in prison if convicted, a special panel ruled on Monday. The ruling shocked the victim’s father, who watched the news flash across his television screen. “A sudden current ran through my body in disbelief. I can’t believe this,” the father told Reuters. …
Cricket-Sri Lanka beat Australia by 3 runs, win series 2-0
Jan 28 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat Australia by three runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the second and final Twenty20 cricket international in Melbourne on Monday. Sri Lanka clinched the two-match series 2-0. Score: Sri Lanka 161-4 (M Jayawardene 61 not out, T Perera 35 not out) v Australia 119-3 (G Bailey 45, S Marsh 47 not out). (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Clare Fallon)
Putin dismisses head of Russia's troubled Dagestan region
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Presi dent Vladimir Putin has dismissed the head of Russia's southern Dagestan province, the Kremlin said on Monday, signaling concern over mounting insurgency violence and political rivalries in the mainly Muslim region. Putin appointed Magomedsalam Magomedov to a role in the presidential administration, the Kremlin statement said, removing him from the post of provincial head that he had held since being appointed in 2010. Ramzan Abdulatipov, a ruling United Russian party deputy from the region in Russia's lower house of parliament, was named to replace him as acting head. … 
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