JERUSALEM (AP) -- Political newcomer Yair Lapid electrified Israel with his surprising success in this week's election and an Obama-like message of hope and change, and expectations are high. Britain's economy flirts with "triple dip" recession
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's economy shrank more than expected at the end of 2012 with a North Sea oil production slump, lower factory output an d a hangover from London's Olympics pushing it perilously close to a "triple-dip" recession. The country's gross domestic product fell 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday, sharper than a 0.1 percent decline forecast by analysts. The news is a blow for Britain's Conservative-led government, which a day earlier defended its austerity programme against criticism from the International Monetary Fund. … Canadian natives vow to battle on as chief ends fast
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian native leaders vowed on Thursday to carry on the fight for better living conditions as a chief at the center of a simmering aboriginal protest movement ended her six-week hunger strike. Chief Theresa Spence, from a remote northern Ontario reserve, called off the strike after holding negotiations with other aboriginal leaders and opposition lawmakers in Canadian Parliament. "There was an awakening here," Danny Metatawabin, a spokesman for Spence, told a news conference in Ottawa. "Now we have to move forward." "The fight does not end because the hunger strike ends. … Cricket-South Africa win with six off final ball
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Jan 25 (Reuters) – A six from Ryan McLaren off the final delivery and a rapid 116 by Graeme Smith helped South Africa to a thrilling one-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third one-day international on Friday. The Proteas, who came into the game having already lost the three-match series 2-0, had been set a target of 261 after half-centuries from Grant Elliott (54), Colin Munro (57) and James Franklin (53 not out) had steered New Zealand to 260 for nine in their 50 overs. …
UPDATE 1-Cricket-South Africa v New Zealand ODI scoreboard
(Adds result) POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Scoreboardin the third and final one-day international between SouthAfrica and New Zealand at Senwes Park on Friday. New Zealand M.Guptill c Ingram b Tsotsobe 5 BJ Watling c du Plessis b McLaren 20 K.Williamson c de Kock b Tsotsobe 6 G.Elliott c Steyn b Tsotsobe 54 B.McCullum c Steyn b McLaren 13 C.Munro c de Kock b Tsotsobe 57 J.Franklin not out 53 N.McCullum c de Kock b McLaren 2 J.Neesham lbw b McLaren 13 K.Mills run out (du Plessis) 7 M. …
Liberia exposes finances with city billboard
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Liberia's people have a novel way of finding out how their government is spending their money. Egypt: 4 killed in clashes in Suez Canal city
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's official news agency says the death toll has risen to four in clashes in the city of Suez between police and protesters on the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak. AP Debate: Training needed to redesign job market
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Training the youth for the challenges of a fast-changing world has to be central to any strategy to rebuild the job market following a financial crisis that's wiped out millions of middle-class jobs over the past five years. Mexico's legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexicans are engaged in national soul searching over their country's flawed justice system as newly freed Florence Cassez, earlier convicted of and sentenced for being part of a kidnapping ring, makes the celebrity circuit in her native France. Violence erupts at Iraq rally; 5 protesters killed
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi troops opened fire on stone-throwing Sunni demonstrators in the country's restive west on Friday, leading to the deaths of at least five protesters -- the first fatalities in more than a month of anti-government rallies. Two soldiers were also killed, apparently in retaliation. What the Dalai Lama said about the India rape case at the Jaipur Literature Festival
Crowds lined his path and leaned off arched terraces to catch a glimpse of the Dalai Lama at his first ever appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival. The annual gathering, Asia’s largest, of literati in this city of desert palaces has begun to attract global celebrities in recent years, with even Oprah Winfrey holding court here last year.
Religion comes to Davos forum
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Who created Davos, and why does it exist? Canadian court accepts Griffiths bribery settlement
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – A Calgary-based oil company that admitted to bribing the wife of a Chadian diplomat will pay a C$10.35 million ($10.26 million) fine after a Canadian court accepted a settlement between the company and prosecutors on Friday. Privately-held Griffiths Energy International told a judge this week that its own investigation revealed the crime that took place under previous management in 2009 and that it turned its findings over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Griffiths pleaded guilty under Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. …
Time to build, not protest? On revolution anniversary, Egyptians disagree
For a video of an Egyptian activist describing his own experience of the revolution and the two years since, please scroll to bottom of the story.
Toronto mayor Rob Ford gets to keep his job
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto's divisive mayor, Rob Ford, won an appeal on Friday against a ruling that was set to remove him from office, defusing a showdown that has transfixed Canada's biggest city and allowing him to see out his four-year term. Ford, a magnet for controversy during the two years he has spent as mayor, was ordered out of office last November after he was found guilty of conflict of interest, but he was allowed to stay on the job while he appealed. … Cricket-South Africa beat New Zealand by one wicket
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Jan 25 (Reuters) – South Africa beat New Zealand by one wicket off the final delivery in the third one-day international at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Friday. Scores New Zealand 260 for nine (C. Munro 57, G. Elliott 54, J. Franklin 53 not out; L. Tsotsobe 4-45, R. McLaren 4-52) South Africa 264 for nine (G. Smith 116, Q. de Kock 31; Franklin 2-38, K.Mills 2-40, K.Williamson 2-40) (Editing by Mark Meadows; mark.meadows@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 7933; Reuters Messaging:; mark.meadows.reuters.com@reuters.net)
Egypt: 1 protester killed in anniversary rallies
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian health officials say a teenager has been killed in clashes between protesters and police in the city of Suez on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak's regime. For French troops nearing rebel ground, Mali fight is no ordinary mission
French Army columns, scores of vehicles, and hundreds of soldiers rumbled north into central Mali today, down dirt roads and among the grass and acacia trees, heading toward the rebel’s main stronghold.
Antarctic rescue mission for 3 Canadians continues as weather improves
Rescue officials say efforts to locate three Canadians missing in Antarctica will continue today as weather conditions improve.
As Mexico's traffickers ship drugs north, they leave addicts in their wake
Exponential growth in the trafficking of drugs through Mexico - destined for the large consumer market to the north - is leaving a growing number of addicts in its wake.
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