SAN, Mali (AP) -- Mali's rebel movement showed new signs of discord on Thursday in the wake of punishing French air strikes, with one wing of the Ansar Dine group now pledging to negotiate an end to the country's crisis and possibly even fight against its former comrades-in-arms. Canada sets start-up visa to attract entrepreneur immigrants
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Foreign innovators who want to set up new companies in Canada will be able to immigrate under a new start-up visa program that Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said on Thursday was the first of its kind in the world. The new program, to be launched on April 1, is part of a government push to better align the immigration system with Canada’s economic goals. Last year, the government revamped the skilled worker program to try to make it meet employers’ needs more nimbly. …
NKorea warns of nuke test, more rocket launches
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's top governing body warned Thursday that the regime will conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States. Nigerian who fought in Burma in WWII remembered
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- At 16, Isaac Fadoyebo ran away from his home in southwest Nigeria and signed up to fight for Britain in World War II, a decision made from youthful exuberance that saw him sent to Burma to fight and nearly die. Republic Airways buys jets from Brazil's Embraer
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazilian planemaker Embraer said Thursday it signed a contract with Republic Airways Holdings Inc. for the sale of 47 E-175 passenger jets for an estimated US$2 billion.
Obama visit to Kenya? Only 1 day in Africa so far
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- President Ba rack Obama promised to visit his father's homeland -- Kenya -- before the end of his presidency, but of the 51 country visits Obama made the last four years, America's first black president spent less than a day in sub-Saharan Africa. That could now change. Canada tells Hungary's Roma: Do not seek asylum here
Canada has long had an international reputation of welcoming refugees from around the world. But now it’s telling Hungary’s Roma community that that doesn’t apply to them.
Beyond rape trial, a bigger question about women's status in India
In a slum colony in one corner of Delhi, a heated debate is taking place near the home of Vinay Sharma, one of the six accused in the rape of a 23-year-old student last month that shook the capital and prompted a national discussion. Court proceedings in the case opened today.
North Korea threatens new nuclear test 'aimed' at US
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Frenchwoman freed by Mexican court returns home
PARIS (AP) -- A Frenchwoman who spent seven years in prison in Mexico on kidnapping charges returned to a hero's welcome in Paris on Thursday, declaring she had been cleared by the Mexican court that ordered her freed. Congo rebels say peace talks at standstill
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Peace talks between the Congolese government and rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda have reached a standstill and could fail if regional governments deploy a neutral international force in eastern Congo, a lawyer for the M23 rebel movement said Thursday.
Trial in India gang rape case begins in New Delhi
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The trial of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus began in a closed courtroom Thursday with opening arguments by the prosecution lawyers in a special fast-track court set up just weeks ago to handle sexual assault cases.
700 alleged militants held in limbo in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan is holding 700 suspected militants without charges under a controversial law that has been criticized by human rights organizations, the country's attorney general said Thursday. Greece mulls how to force strikers back to work
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The Greek government is mulling whether to use emergency powers to get the metro system in Athens up and running again after strikers brought it to a standstill for the eighth day running. Mexican court frees Frenchwoman in kidnapping case
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A Frenchwoman who had spent seven years in prison in Mexico on kidnapping charges was flying back to Paris on Thursday after Mexico's Supreme Court ordered her freed because of flaws in her trial, bringing a close to a case that had strained relations between the countries. Mali's Ansar Dine splits into 2
SAN, Mali (AP) -- One wing of Mali’s Ansar Dine rebel group has split off to create its own movement, saying that they want to negotiate a solution to the crisis in Mali in a declaration that indicates at least some of the members of the al-Qaida-linked group are searching for an exit in the wake of French airstrikes.
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