EDINBURGH, Scotland – Quebec Premier Pauline Marois met with Scottish independence leader Alex Salmond today but there was no sighting of the two in public together.
Russian investigators search liberal governor's office
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Masked Russian police searched the office of a liberal regional governor who has connections with opponents of Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in what Kremlin critics said was part of a campaign to put pressure on foes of the president. The federal Investigative Committee said law enforcement officers searched the office of Kirov region governor Nikita Belykh as part of a criminal investigation into the alleged theft of 90 million roubles ($3 million). Belykh denied any wrongdoing and said he was cooperating with the investigation. …
Defense nominee Hagel plans to shed some holdings
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel has told Pentagon officials he plans to divest some of his financial holdings and resign from several corporate boards and public interest groups to avoid potential conflicts of interest if he wins Senate confirmation.
Yemen seizes ship carrying weapons
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni authorities have seized a ship in the nation’s territorial waters carrying explosives and weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, the state news agency reported Tuesday.
Mexico's new president mostly mum on drug violence
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two months after President Enrique Pena Nieto took office promising to reduce violent crime, the killings linked to Mexico's drug cartels continue unabated. Boeing's earnings, outlook overshadowed by 787 unknowns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Just over a month ago, Boeing was flying high. Its airplane factories were humming and speeding up production. Its defense business had just been restructured to deal with dwindling budgets in the United States and Europe. The company was confident enough to increase its dividend and resume buying back shares. Perhaps best of all, Boeing was shortly to reclaim the title of world's biggest plane maker, snatching back an honor that its arch rival Airbus had held for a decade. … Court hears Italian "Devil's Advocate" was fake lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) – An Italian man known as the "Devil's Advocate" went on trial in London on Tuesday accused of posing as a lawyer to defraud 10 sets of victims of a total of almost one million pounds. Giovanni Di Stefano, 57, denies 25 offences of deception, fraud, money laundering and forgery allegedly committed between 2004 and 2012. Lawyer David Aaronberg, opening the case for the prosecution at Southwark Crown Court, said Di Stefano had no legal qualifications but had built a reputation as a lawyer willing to take on cases considered unwinnable or too difficult to defend. … Buffalo Bills renew agreement to play games in Toronto at Rogers Centre
TORONTO – The Buffalo Bills and Rogers Media have announced a new agreement that will see the NFL team play one regular-season game a year at Toronto’s Rogers Centre over the next five seasons.
Pfizer, Lilly beat Street; generics take toll
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co both reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as they weathered generic competition for once top-selling products through deals, cost cutting and strong sales of newer products. The U.S. drugmakers also issued 2013 forecasts on Tuesday that passed muster with investors, sending shares of both companies up about 3 percent. Excluding special items, Pfizer earned 47 cents per share, topping analysts' average expectations by 3 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. But global sales for the largest U.S. drugmaker fell 7 percent to $15. … Hagel supports nuclear arms cuts, then elimination
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chuck Hagel, the likely next secretary of defense, would be the first to enter the Pentagon as a public advocate for sharply reducing the number of U.S. nuclear weapons, possibly without equivalent cuts by Russia. He supports an international movement called Global Zero that favors eliminating all nuclear weapons. For it before he was against it before he was for it: McCain on immigration
WASHINGTON – Three years ago, as mid-term congressional elections approached in the United States, John McCain blamed home invasions and murders in the American southwest on illegal immigrants, urging federal officials to build “the danged fence” to keep them out.
Empty cruise ship drifting off Newfoundland raises safety, environmental alarms
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – There are growing safety and environmental concerns as an empty former cruise ship drifts toward the open sea off Newfoundland.
North Korea's Kim dashes early hope but U.S. still seeks change: Clinton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea's missile tests and menacing rhetoric have disappointed U.S. expectations that young leader Kim Jong-un would be different than his father but Washington still hopes to persuade Pyongyang to change course, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday. "With a new young leader we all expected something different," Clinton said in a town hall-style session put together by the State Department and broadcast worldwide. "We expected him to focus on improving the lives of the North Korea people, not just the elite, but everyone. … Syrian activists say 65 bodies found in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) -- The bodies of at least 65 men, many of them with their hands bound behind their back, were found on the muddy banks of a small river Tuesday in the northern city of Aleppo, activists said. Tourists out in force despite slowdown, set for strong year in 2013: U.N.
MADRID (Reuters) – Global tourism is proving resilient in the face o f an economic slowdown, with tourist numbers growing at close to pre-crisis levels in 2012 and expected to increase by almost as much this year, the UN World Tourism Organisation said on Tuesday. Europe held onto its position as the world's most-visited region in 2012 but the Asia-Pacific is catching up, recording the biggest increase in tourists in 2012 and expecting another strong performance this year. … Cause of that Montreal flood? Aging pipes, city says
MONTREAL – A century-old pipe in dire need of repair is being blamed for Montreal’s big downtown flood that paralyzed part of the city yesterday, cancelling university classes and causing rush-hour headaches.
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