PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani polio workers on their way to vaccinate children in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, an official said. Iraq confirms it's holding French journalist
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi official says security forces arrested a French journalist several days ago while he was taking photos in a restricted area.
Calgary judge to sentence psychiatrist who molested court-appointed patients
CALGARY – A Calgary psychiatrist who molested three of the male patients that were assigned to him by the justice system could be sent to prison today.
Asset manager BlackRock buys into Manchester United
LONDON (Reuters) – Asset manager BlackRock has built a stake of more than 8 percent in the listed shares of football club Manchester United. The U.S. company owns 8.21 percent of the English Premier League club's Class A shares, listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The asset manager has also invested in the Formula One motor racing business. United are seven points clear at the top of the Premier League and have had a good start to the year commercially, signing up a series of sponsorship deals. … Impoverished soldiers deserve more dignified burials: Royal Canadian Legion
OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Legion is launching a national letter-writing campaign aimed at forcing the Conservative government to cover the full cost of burying impoverished soldiers.
International Co-operation minister hears from staff about political control
OTTAWA – Employees at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) vented to their minister last fall about political micromanagement inside the organization, saying it was hampering their work.
Ikea 'monkey mom' back in court fighting to get Darwin back
TORONTO – When a baby monkey in a little shearling coat made international news by hopping around an Ikea parking lot, it would have been hard to predict he would become such a polarizing primate.
Rugby-Wallaby Barnes to quit Australia for Japan - report
Jan 31 (Reuters) – NSW Waratahs utility back Berrick Barnes will quit Australia at the end of the Super Rugby season and sign for the Panasonic Wild Knights in the lucrative Japanese Top league, Fairfax media reported on Thursday. The 26-year-old has won 50 caps for the Wallabies playing at flyhalf, centre and fullback and the loss of the goalkicker, who was a mainstay of the side last year, would be a blow to Australia coach Robbie Deans. …
Exclusive: Huawei CFO linked to firm that offered HP gear to Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – A Hong Kong-based firm that attempted to sell embargoed Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran's largest mobile-phone ope rator has much closer ties to China's Huawei Technologies than was previously known, corporate records show. Cathy Meng, Huawei's chief financial officer and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, served on the board of Hong Kong-based Skycom Tech Co Ltd between February 2008 and April 2009, according to Skycom records filed with Hong Kong's Companies Registry. … Neighbors of Ala. man suspected of holding child in standoff say he was threatening, violent
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. – Jimmy Lee Dykes moved to a rural Alabama neighbourhood on a rutted red clay road more than a year ago. It didn’t take long before he had developed a frightening reputation as a volatile man with anti-government views who threatened his neighbours at gunpoint and was viciously violent to wandering pets.
Diplomats say Iran plans to install modern machinery that will vastly speed up nuke program
VIENNA – Diplomats tell The Associated Press that Iran plans to vastly increase the speed of its uranium enrichment program, which can make both reactor fuel and the core of nuclear warheads.
Diplomats: Iran prepared to up nuclear program
VIENNA (AP) -- Diplomats tell The Associated Press that Iran plans to vastly increase the speed of its uranium enrichment program, which can make both reactor fuel and the core of nuclear warheads.
South African commuter train crash injures 150
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least 150 people, including children, were injured on Thursday when two commuter trains collided near the South African capital of Pretoria, emergency services said. The accident occurred when a train crashed into a stationary locomotive near Attridgeville, a suburb west of Pretoria. “Many are walking wounded and already left. There are 20 people in serious condition and one, the driver of the second train, is in a critical condition,” local emergency services spokesman Johan Pieterse said. …
Asset manager BlackRock buys into Man United
LONDON (Reuters) – Asset manager BlackRock has built a stake of more than 8 percent in the listed shares of British soccer club Manchester United . The U.S. company owns 8.21 percent of the English Premier League club's Class A share s, listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The asset manager has also invested in the Formula One motor racing business. United are seven points clear at the top of the Premier League and have had a good start to the year commercially, signing up a series of sponsorship deals. … After massive storm system rakes Southeast, unleashing tornadoes, 2 dead, splintered debris
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. – As rain pelted down, Kandi Cash trudged through the splintered debris of her grandparents’ house, hoping to salvage photos and other prized family keepsakes after a day of violent storms raked the Southeast, leaving two people dead.
French defence minister says French don't intend to stay but now 'not time to disengage'
PARIS – France’s defence minister is calling the nearly three-week-old military operation in Mali a success.
Exclusive: Glencore turns setbacks into supremacy in Russian oil
DAVOS (Reuters) – The world's largest trading house Glencore is fast turning itself into a Russian oil trad e leader from an outsider by mending fences in just one year with Rosneft, the Kremlin's national energy champion. Through a $10 billion oil funding deal with state-controlled Rosneft, the Swiss-based firm that has been big in Russian coal, grains and aluminum for two decades is extending this grip to a sector where it played second fiddle to companies such as rival trader Vitol or Royal Dutch Shell. … French defense minister: Mali operation a success
PARIS (AP) -- France’s defense minister is calling the nearly three-week-old military operation in Mali a success.
Greek transport workers, doctors strike over austerity cuts
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek trains and ferries ground to a halt and hospital staffing was cut to a minimum on Thursday as transport workers and doctors went on strike to protest austerity m easures demanded by the country's foreign lenders. Greece has seen a surge in protests and strikes in recent weeks as public anger simmers over wage and spending cuts that are deepening hardship in a country suffering through its sixth consecutive year of recession. … Cyprus jobless turn to illegal songbird trapping
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- It's just before first light and the bird-catcher strings nets among the orange, pomegranate, fig and carob trees in his orchard. The sound of chirping emanates from inside a massive carob -- a trick sent from speakers to attract tiny songbirds. By mid-morning, the man disentangles about a half-dozen blackcaps, snaps their necks with his teeth and drops them in a bucket. 
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