LONDON (Reuters) – Entertainment retailer Blockbuster UK will shut 129 of its 528 stores and make 760 out of its 4,190 employees redundant, the firm's administrators said on Saturday in the latest bad news for Britain's gloomy high streets. B lockbuster, which is owned by U.S. satellite TV company Dish Network , went into administration on Wednesday, days after music and DVD retailer HMV did the same. … Algeria: Day 4 of hostage standoff at Sahara plant
AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) -- Faced with international outrage over the killing of hostages at a sprawling gas plant in the middle of the Sahara desert, Algeria was under pressure to bring an end to a four-day standoff with Islamist extremists that has killed at least 12 captives and left dozens unaccounted for. Cricket-McClenaghan and Williamson topple South Africa for 208
PAARL, South Africa, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Debutant Mitchell McClenaghan and Kane Williamson helped New Zealand to dismiss South Africa for 208 with four wickets apiece in the first one-day cricket international at Boland Park on Saturday. South Africa, asked to bat first by Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum, had hoped to continue their dominance over the visitors after series wins in the T20 International and Test series, but lost wickets at regular intervals on a slow pitch, and only Faf du Plessis (57) was able to register a half-century. …
Explorer's rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash
SCOTTBASE, Antarctica (AP) -- Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton’s abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a distiller flew them to Scotland to recreate the long-lost recipe.
Officials: 4 die in violence across Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi authorities say four people, including two off-duty policemen, have been killed in Iraq where violence has ebbed but insurgent attacks are still frequent.
Cricket-South Africa bowled out for 208 v New Zealand
PAARL, South Africa, Jan 19 (Reuters) – South Africa were bowled out for 208 in the 47th over after being sent in to bat by New Zealand in the first one-day cricket international at Boland Park on Saturday. Scores: South Africa 208 all out (F. du Plessis 57, R. McLaren 33; M. McClenaghan 4-20, K. Williamson 4-22) v New Zealand (Compiled by Michael Todt; Editing by Clare Fallon)
379 Egypt protesters pardoned, charges dropped
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian criminal court has invoked a presidential amnesty and dismissed charges against 379 people accused of taking part in deadly clashes with police. 
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