TORONTO – A front-line guard says he was initially praised for intervening to save a teen inmate from choking.
Nigerian who stole $145M pays fine to avoid prison
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- A court in Nigeria has sentenced a man who once helped oversee the nation’s police pension to two years in prison over the theft of $145 million from the fund. However, he has avoided serving any time by paying a fraction of that in fines.
Russian state TV presenter apologies for insulting parliament
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A presenter on Russian state-owned television has apologized for insulting parliament after lawmakers suggested they might bring in a law barring foreigners criticizing Russia on state media. Vladimir Pozner, who holds Russian, American and French passports, angered deputies in the Duma by making a reference to "dura", which translates as "fool", while discussing a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children on his talk show in December. … Australian radio show behind royal hoax canceled
SYDNEY (AP) -- The Australian radio show behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated has been officially canceled.
French military enters Malian town of Timbuktu
PARIS (AP) -- The chief French military spokesman says French forces have entered the north Malian town of Timbuktu after seizing the airport and roads leading to the fabled city overnight. U.S. warns Antigua against "government-authorized piracy"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday warned the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda not to retaliate against U.S. restrictions on Internet gambling by authorizing the “theft” of U.S. intellectual property. “Government-authorized piracy would undermine chances for a settlement” in the Internet gambling case, said Nkenge Harmon, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office. “It also would serve as a major impediment to foreign investment in the Antiguan economy, particularly in high-tech industries,” Harmon said. …
US official: Mali intervention 'could take years'
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- The French-led military intervention in Mali could take years, a U.S. official warned on Monday.
Case of Parti Quebecois election-night shooting back in court
MONTREAL – The legal question of whether a man charged in Quebec’s election-night shooting is mentally fit to stand trial will be addressed in court today.
Judge urges jury in psychiatrist's sex assault trial to try again for verdict
CALGARY – A judge has urged a jury to keep trying to reach a verdict in the sexual assault trial of a Calgary psychiatrist.
Colombia steps up operations for policemen taken by FARC rebels
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia stepped up search-and-rescue operations on Monday for two police patrolmen seized by FARC guerrillas in the first kidnapping of security forces in more than a year, which may muddy peace negotiations between the government and rebels. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the biggest armed group in Latin America, vowed last year to abandon kidnapping for ransom but never said it would stop taking members of the armed forces as “prisoners of war. …
Dutch Queen Beatrix to give nationally televised speech; speculation grows she will abdicate
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Dutch Royal House says Queen Beatrix will deliver a nationally televised speech this evening and speculation is growing that the popular monarch will announce she is to abdicate.
Peace offer made amid northeast Nigeria violence
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- A self-proclaimed commander of a radical Islamist sect in northeast Nigeria has come forward with a peace offer as violence in the region continues.
Retired warrant officer pleads not guilty in Afghanistan training accident
SHILO, Man. – A retired warrant officer in Manitoba has pleaded not guilty to six charges stemming from a deadly training accident in Afghanistan.
Dutch Queen Beatrix to address nation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The Dutch Royal House says Queen Beatrix will deliver a nationally televised speech this evening and speculation is growing that the popular monarch will announce she is to abdicate. Detentions made in Brazil fire, funerals begin
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazilian police officials said Monday they've made three detentions and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a blaze that ripped through a nightclub in southern Brazil over the weekend, killing more than 230 people. Insurgents flee Timbuktu, torch ancient scrolls
SEVARE, Mali (AP) -- French and Malian military forces closed in on the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday with armed Islamist extremists having fled into the desert after setting a library holding ancient manuscripts ablaze. U.S. warns Antigua against "government-authorized piracy"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday warned the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda not to retaliate against U.S. restrictions on Internet gambling by authorizing the “theft” of U.S. intellectual property. “Government-authorized piracy would undermine chances for a settlement” in the Internet gambling case, said Nkenge Harmon, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office. “It also would serve as a major impediment to foreign investment in the Antiguan economy, particularly in high-tech industries,” Harmon said. …
Analysis: ANC risks losing South Africa's "born free" voters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – When Nelson Mandela and his ANC party dreamed of South Africa's future after apartheid, they probably imagined someone like Fulufhelo Davhana, a young black who has seen the doors of opportunity opened wide and is destined for achievement. But Davhana, a 23-year-old accounting student at the University of Johannesburg's Soweto Campus, is dreaming of a future when the African National Congress elders who ended white minority rule no longer call the shots. … 2 science projects win up to $1.3 billion each
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Two European science projects -- one to map the intricacies of the human brain, the other to explore the extraordinary carbon-based material gr aphene -- won an EU technology contest Monday, getting up to EUR1 billion ($1.34 billion) each over the next decade. Royal hoax radio show cancelled, but presenters to be back on air, Australian station says
SYDNEY – The Australian radio show behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated has been officially cancelled.
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