BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – The separatist flag of Catalonia – with its yellow and red stripes, blue triangle and white star – was a rar e sight on the streets of Barcelona a decade ago. Now, it is almost ubiquitous. Two thousand km to the north in Scotland, the blue-and-white saltire has always been popular. But that flag too increasingly symbolizes something new, that after more than 400 years within the United Kingdom Scotland may be on the verge of demanding a divorce. … Senate panel to vote on Kerry nomination Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on President Barack Obama's nomination of Sen. John Kerry to be the next secretary of state. Canada's grocer Metro boosts dividend
(Reuters) – Canadian grocer Metro Inc increased its quarterly dividend by 16.3 percent, the company said in a statement late on Monday. The Montreal-based firm declared a dividend of 25 Canadian cents (25 cents) a share, up from 21.5 Canadian cents last quarter. The chain hosts its annual meeting and releases its fiscal first quarter earnings on Tuesday. Last week, Metro said it would sell nearly half of its stake in convenience store and gasoline station operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc for nearly C$479 million. …
Timbuktu, ancient seat of Islamic learning
SEVARE, Mali (AP) -- Timbuktu, the fabled desert city where retreating Muslim extremists destroyed ancient Arab manuscripts, was a center of Islamic learning hundreds of years before Columbus landed in the Americas. Focus turns to Brazilian club safety after fire
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) -- There was no alarm, no working fire extinguisher, no sprinkler and almost no escape from the nightclub that became a death trap for more than 200 Brazilian college students. Dozens found with hands bound in Syria's Aleppo: group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 65 people, apparently shot in the head, were found dead with their hands bound in a district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday, a pro-opposition monitoring group said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll could rise as high as 80 in what it called a “new massacre”. It was not clear who carried out the killings. Photos posted online by activists showed the muddied bodies of about a dozen men lying by a small river in what they said was the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo. …
CP Rail profit falls, forecasts higher 2013 adjusted earnings
(Reuters) – Canadian Pacific Railway , Canada’s second-largest rail carrier, reported a 93 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit, but said it expects 2013 adjusted earnings per share to rise more than 40 percent. Net profit fell to C$15 million ($14.86 million), or 8 Canadian cents per share from C$221 million, or C$1.30 per share, a year earlier. Total revenue rose 7 percent to C$1.50 billion from C$1.41 billion. (Reporting by Susan Taylor in Toronto and Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay in Bangalore)
Official: US may set up drone base in Niger
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. military official says the Pentagon is considering setting up a drone base in northwest Africa to increase intelligence collection on Islamic militants in the region.
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