NEW YORK (Reuters) – Research In Motion Ltd on Wednesday kicked off a string of global launch parties for a long-delayed line of smartphones it says will put it on the comeback trail in a market it once dominated. The new BlackBerry 10 phones will compete with Apple's iPhone and devices using Google's Android technology, both of which have soared above the BlackBerry in a competitive market. They boast fast browsers, new features, smart cameras and, unlike previous BlackBerry models, enter the market primed with a large app library. (Writing by Janet Guttsman; Editing by Frank McGurty) Israel to give Palestinians $100 million in withheld funds
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will give Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s administration around $100 million in tax revenues that had been withheld in retaliation for his statehood bid in the United Nations, Israeli officials said on Wednesday. The sum is roughly a third of the funds Israel is meant to have transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) since November under interim peace accords, but has instead kept. …
Insight: Egypt is once again risking its future
CAIRO (Reuters) – With violence sweeping Egypt's cities and the economy lurching deeper into crisis, each passing day is adding new bricks to a wall of mistrust between the Islamist-led government of President Mohamed Mursi and a fractured secular opposition. Two years after the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, the epicenter of the upheavals reshaping the Arab world, is once again gambling with its future. … Girl shot by Taliban to undergo final surgery
LONDON (AP) -- A Pakistani girl whose defiance of the Taliban turned her into an international icon is headed toward a full recovery once she undergoes a final surgery to reconstruct her skull, doctors said Wednesday.
Blast at sorcerer's house caused by explosives
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Police in Zimbabwe say they have found traces of explosives at a tribal sorcerer’s house where a massive blast killed six people and damaged 12 nearby buildings.
Physically disabled athletes in Bosnia urge state to legalize prostitution
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Members of a Bosnia wheelchair basketball club are launching a campaign to legalize prostitution in the country to help disabled people “achieve their right to love.”
A-R among players implicated in PED use through Florida clinic under investigation
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again Tuesday when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball’s highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs.
Roaming cows knock over flags, veterans' markers, eat flowers at US cemetery
SOUTHAMPTON, Mass. – The vandals that damaged a U.S. cemetery this week have pleaded “moo.”
Harper delivers pep talk as MPs, senators meet for first caucus since break
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper is welcoming his MPs and senators back to work at the first Conservative caucus meeting since the House of Commons returned from its six-week winter break.
Japan's judo federation says Olympic head coach used violence at training camp
TOKYO – Japan’s judo federation says head coach Ryuji Sonoda used violence against athletes at a training camp prior to the London Olympics.
S. African billionaire to give away half his money
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A South African billionaire says his family will give away half of its money to charity.
Death of London Marathon runner may have been partially caused by dietary supplement
LONDON – A coroner says a London Marathon runner whose death touched hearts globally and inspired more than $1 million in donations had taken a dietary supplement which may have contributed to her heart failure.
White House petition program prompts overwhelming response, plus odd suggestions
WASHINGTON – No, the U.S. will not be building a Death Star. And no, President Barack Obama will not deport CNN’s British-born Piers Morgan or let Texas secede.
Algeria crisis strangling Sahara tourism
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- The awe-inspiring dunes and wild mountains of Algeria's Sahara have lured adventure travelers for decades, but their latest incarnation -- as a crossroad for the al-Qaida militants who attacked a natural gas complex -- is likely to make them even more inaccessible. Ferocious battle for strategic suburb could hold the keys to Damascus
Three tanks are parked at a street junction in a southwestern suburb of Damascus when one of them is struck by an anti-tank missile. Smoke shoots out of the barrel and turret and swiftly turns into a fiery jet of flame as the interior ignites, incinerating the crew.
AGF Management profit tops expectations
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian fund manager AGF Management Ltd reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday and said it intends to renew its share repurchase program. Fourth-quarter net income from continuing operations fell to C$13.0 million from C$18.0 million a year earlier. Revenue and assets under management declined 14.9 percent amid weak investor confidence and an overall industry slump. But earnings per share were higher than expected at C$0.14. Analysts’ average forecast was C$0.12, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. …
Yemen fighting stops as mediators try to release hostages
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen suspended a military operation against al Qaeda-linked militants in the south on Wednesday while tribal leaders tried to secure the release three Western hostages the Islamists are holding, a tribal leader said. About 8,000 soldiers have been taking part in the offensive, which was launched on Monday against on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) stronghold in the small town of al-Manaseh, in al-Bayda province south of the capital Sanaa. The army began its offensive after the militants rejected demands to release the hostages being held in the town. …
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