BALI, Indonesia – A British man was sentenced to six years in prison for allegedly receiving cocaine in Indonesia from a British grandmother who was sentenced to death last week.
20 believed dead in Kazakhstan plane crash
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- The Kazakh airline SCAT says one of its planes has crashed near the country’s principal city, Almaty, and all 20 on board are believed dead.
Egypt army chief warns of collapse of state
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's army chief has warned of "the collapse of the state" if the political crisis roiling the nation for nearly a week continues. Report: Passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- News agencies in Kazakhstan say a passenger plane carrying more than 20 people has crashed outside of Almaty, the country’s principal city.
Plane crash in Kazakhstan kills 20 people: agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Twenty people were killed in a passenger plane crash near Kazakhstan’s commercial capital of Almaty on Tuesday, Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted SCAT airline as saying. Interfax had earlier quoted an unnamed source as saying there were 21 people on board the plane. (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Tightrope walker Wallenda to cross road in Florida 200 feet in air
SARASOTA, Fla. – Famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda will walk on a wire 200 feet (61 metres) over U.S. 41 in Sarasota, Fla., without a safety harness.
Federal judge to rule on BP's plea deal in Justice Department criminal probe of Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge will decide whether to approve an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company’s role in the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
New Zealand considers cutting mail delivery to 3 days a week in face of Internet
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Snail mail may be about to get even slower in New Zealand. The country’s postal service is considering cutting delivery from six days a week to three to cut costs as people increasingly turn to the Internet to pay bills and communicate.
Malian military: In control of city of Timbuktu
SEVARE, Mali (AP) -- A Malian military spokesman says that soldiers are now in control of Timbuktu a day after the French-led operation to retake the fabled city from grip of Islamist extremists linked to al -Qaida. Japan government approves $1.02 trillion budget for 2013/14 amid fiscal worries
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government approved on Tuesday a $1.02 trillion draft budget for the next fiscal year that aims to nudge tax revenues above new bond sales for the first time in four years, but still relies on borrowing to cover 46.3 percent of its spending. The first full-year draft budget compiled under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who led his Liberal Democratic Party back to power last month with promises of economic revival, marks symbolic improvement after years of deterioration. With the 92.6 trillion yen ($1. …
Syrian refugees at more than 700,000 as outflow swells: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 700,000 Syrian refugees have registered in neighboring countries or await processing there, as aid workers struggle to keep up with the e xodus, the United Nations said on Tuesday. "We have seen an unrelenting flow of refugees across all borders. We are running double shifts to register people," Sybella Wilkes, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told Reuters in Geneva. (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Janet Lawrence) Woman charged with hate crime in fatal shove from NYC subway platform is due in court
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A woman accused of shoving a man to his death from a New York City subway platform is expected in court.
China urged to face Philippines at UN tribunal
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A senior U.S. lawmaker meeting with Philippine officials said Tuesday that China should agree to face the Philippines before a U.N. arbitration tribunal to avoid a possible crisis over their long-raging territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Suicide bomber kills 2 at Somali president's villa
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside Somalia’s presidential palace compound, killing two people, an official said Tuesday.
No alarm, no escape: Focus turns to Brazil nightclub's safeguards after deadly fire
SANTA MARIA, Brazil – There was no alarm, no extinguishers, no sprinklers and almost no escape from the nightclub that became a death trap for more than 200 Brazilian college students.
British Land to work with Blackstone on Broadgate sale
LONDON (Reuters) – British Land will work closely with private equity group Blackstone as it attempts to sell its half stake in London office and retail complex Broadgate, a deal that could net the U.S. fund a sevenfold return in four years. Blackstone bought its half share of the 30-acre site in London’s financial district from British Land in September 2009 for 77 million pounds ($120.9 million), a stake worth 520.5 million pounds after debt according to British Land’s 2012 annual report. …
British Land to work with Blackstone on Broadgate sale
LONDON (Reuters) – British Land will work closely with private equity group Blackstone as it attempts to sell its half stake in London office and retail complex Broadgate, a deal that could net the U.S. fund a sevenfold return in four years. Blackstone bought its half share of the 30-acre site in London’s financial district from British Land in September 2009 for 77 million pounds, a stake worth 520.5 million pounds after debt according to British Land’s 2012 annual report. …
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