LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has received an initial 340 million pounds from the Swiss government as part of a deal to tackle tax evasion that the gov ernment expects will net it some 5 billion pounds over the next six years. Switzerland agreed with Britain last year to impose a one-off levy on money in Britons' secret Swiss bank accounts and to tax future interest payments, with effect from the start of 2013. Germany rejected a similar deal. … Cutbacks at France's Peugeot and Renault meet growing resistance
PARIS (Reuters) – Labour tensions a t France's car makers took a turn for the worse on Tuesday as Renault factory workers protested over planned cuts and PSA Peugeot Citroen's restructuring plan suffered a legal setback. While Renault staff demonstrated at the company's Flins plant west of Paris and Peugeot workers marched on the company's Paris headquarters, the car makers pursued union talks on plans to improve productivity and eliminate close to 8,000 jobs each. … PKK guerrillas made no official ceasefire declaration: spokesman
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish militants have made no official declaration of any ceasefire for moment, a PKK guerrilla spokesman said in response to a media report the group will halt hostilities in Turkey as part of a fledging peace process. The mainstream Hurriyet newspaper reported on Tuesday that 100 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK will hand in their weapons and leave Turkey as part of initial attempts to end their 28 years of insurgency. “The PKK officially has made no such declaration for the moment,” spokesman Roj Welat said by telephone. …
Israel a no-show at its UN rights review
GENEVA (AP) -- Israel is a no-show as the top U.N. human rights body reviews its record -- the first time that a nation has done that without giving a reason.
Boy Scouts consider retreat from no-gays policy; new milestone in sight for rights movement
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Facing diverse and ceaseless protests, the Boy Scouts of America is signalling its readiness to end the nationwide exclusion of gays as scouts or leaders and give the sponsors of local troops the freedom to decide the matter for themselves.
Mali targets July 31 for elections - interim president
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Mali is hoping to organise elections on July 31, Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traore said on Tuesday as French and Malian forces consolidated the hold on northern towns recaptured during a two-week offensive against Islamists. “I’d like to reiterate our commitment here to conduct the transition in Mali with one agenda, one programme, which is to recover the north and also in particular, bring Mali back to a normal situation,” Traore told a donor’s conference in Ethiopia. (Reporting by Aaron Maasho; Writing by David Lewis; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)
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Rugby-Former junior All Black Maitland to make Scotland debut
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – New Zealand-born winger Sean Maitland will make his debut and hooker Dougie Hall his first start for six years as Scotland seek to end their 30-year Twickenham drought when they play England in their opening Six Nations game on Saturday. On Tuesday, interim coach Scott Johnson named a team with six changes and one positional switch from that beaten by Tonga in November – a defeat that led to Andy Robinson’s resignation. …
TSX may open lower, FOMC eyed
(Reuters) – Canada's main stock index looked set to open lower on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street, as investors looked to the outcome from the U.S. Federal Reserve two-day meeting to gauge the health of the world's largest economy. TOP STORIES * The U.S. Federal Reserve is paying close attention to risks linked to it s bond buying program, including the possibility of losses on its massive portfolio that might touch off a political fire storm and harm the central bank's independence. … CCTV footage released of missing US woman
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkish police have released security camera footage of a New York City woman who has gone missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul. Nigeria cautiously welcomes claimed Islamist ceasefire
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – - Security forces in Nigeria’s volatile northeast welcomed on Tuesday a ceasefire declaration by a commander of the Islamist sect Boko Haram, but said they would not lower their guard. Sheik Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, a man local security sources say is a Boko Haram commander, called on sect members to halt attacks that have left many hundreds dead since it launched an uprising to carve out an Islamic state in Nigeria in 2009. …
Scandal at world's oldest bank upends Italian elections
A scandal engulfing the world's oldest bank has emerged as a potential game changer in Italy's national election, threatening to drag down the leading party in the polls and give a critical boost to Silvio Berlusconi's bid to regain office.
Confirming North Korean N-test almost impossible
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea appears all set to detonat e an atomic device, but confirming the explosion when it takes place will be virtually impossible for outsiders, specialists said Tuesday. 
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