SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Latin American candidates bidding to head the World Trade Organization could step down from the race and rally behind the regional figure with the best chance of being appointed, Mexico’s candidate to lead the trade body said. Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica have nominated candidates to replace Pascal Lamy as director general of the WTO, which is struggling to remain relevant after repeated failures to revive global trade liberalization talks. A total of nine candidates are running to take over when Lamy’s term expires in August. …
Israel warns of attack on Syrian chemical weapons
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel could launch a pre-emptive strike to stop Syria's chemical weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah or al-Qaida inspired groups, officials said Sunday, Study: Distant rural areas may feel cities' heat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes. AP PHOTOS: Fatal race to exit at Brazil club fire
Here are photos showing the aftermath of a fatal nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil. The club was hosting a party for university students, which turned fatal as hundreds of partygoers stampeded toward the exit. Firefighters and police say more than 200 are dead, and at least 200 are injured. Djokovic completes Australian Open hat trick
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- No shirt ripping or bare-chested flexing this time. Former Nortel workers ask bankruptcy czars to investigate fees paid by estate
Representatives for disabled ex-Nortel Networks employees have filed a complaint with Canadian and American bankruptcy watchdogs over professional fees paid by the former technology giant’s estate.
Centuries-old Halifax house completes its journey to new location
HALIFAX – Dozens of people clapped and cheered today as a 249-year-old Halifax home arrived at its final resting place after a painstaking, two-day journey through the city’s downtown.
German lawmakers give Britain's Cameron qualified backing on EU
BERLIN (Reuters) – Britain is right to demand greater openness in the European Union but cannot expect to be accorded special rights that might unravel the bloc, senior member s of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition were quoted on Sunday as saying. British Prime Minister David Cameron triggered dismay in many European capitals last week with his call for radical reform of the EU and his promise of an "in-out" referendum on Britain's membership by the end of 2017, provided he wins a second term. … China carries out anti-missile test
BEIJING (Reuters) – China tested emerging military technology aimed at destroying missiles in mid-air after an initial test in 2010, state media said on Sunday, in a move that will unnerve its neighbors. A brief report by the official Xinhua news agency said the military carried out a “land-based mid-course missile interception test within its territory”. “The test has reached the pre-set goal,” the report quoted an unnamed Defence Ministry official as saying. “The test is defensive in nature and targets no other country. …
Bulgarians support building of new nuclear plant: exit polls
SOFIA (Reuters) – A majority of Bulgarians supported the building of a new nuclear power plant in the country’s first referendum since the fall of communism, exit polls showed on Sunday, increasing pressure on rightist government which has opposed the plan. While the low turnout of between 19.5 and 20.3 percent means the result will not be binding, it shows Prime Minister Boiko Borisov’s policies have alienated many voters and complicated his campaign for a July election. (Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova)
UK lawmaker: Short skirts, high heels risk rape
LONDON (AP) -- A British lawmaker’s suggestion that young women who wear high heels and short skirts put themselves at greater risk of rape has drawn widespread condemnation.
Argentina, Iran to form "truth commission" for 1994 bombing
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina said on Sunday it had agr eed with Iran to establish a "truth commission" in a bid to resolve the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that Argentine courts accuse the Iran of sponsoring. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez agreed to open talks with Tehran on the attack last year in a sharp change in diplomatic policy that irked Israel and drew criticism from Jewish leaders in Buenos Aires and the United States. Fernandez said foreign ministers from Argentina and Iran had signed a memorandum of understanding during a meeting in Ethiopia. … Dozens killed over soccer riot sentences in Morsi's Egypt
Violence continued in the city of Port Said today when three people were killed and hundreds wounded during the funeral for some of the at least 35 people who were killed in rioting there yesterday. The violence began after a court sentenced 21 people to death for a deadly soccer riot last year.
Guild gold: Actors gather for SAG's big night in key warm-up to Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A puzzling Academy Awards season will sort itself out a bit more on Sunday with the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where top performers gather to honour their own in what often is a prelude for who’ll go home with an Oscar.
Renewed clashes in Egypt's Port Said kill 3 more
PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) -- Egyptian health officials say three people have been killed and more than 400 injured in renewed clashes between protesters and police in the Mediterranean city of Port Said. 
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