MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican officials say they have broken up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border.
UN seeks major aid boost for Syrian 'catastrophe'
KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- International aid officials are framing their latest gathering on Syria's humanitarian crises in terms not seen in the region since the height of the Iraq war: Refugee numbers possibly swelling toward 1 million, more than double that number in need of help inside the country and political policymaking among Bashar Assad's foes torn between the battlefie ld strategies and the civilian costs. N.W.T. town of Norman Wells' natural gas heat supply has been restored
NORMAN WELLS, N.W.T. – A community in the Northwest Territories says the supply of natural gas it depends on to heat most of its homes and other buildings has been restored.
Nasdaq combines global data and index businesses
(Reuters) – Nasdaq OMX Group Inc said on Tuesday it was combining its global data and index businesses as the trans-Atlantic exchange operator continues to reposition itself to be a bigger player in technology services, a move aimed at boosting non-transaction-based rev enues. John Jacobs will head the new global information services unit, which Nasdaq said will enable it to increase sales through a clearer focus on new product development. Jacobs was formerly Nasdaq's head of indexing and chief marketing officer. … Iraqi Kurds woo more oil majors in contest with Baghdad
LONDON (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdistan said it is negotiating with two or three major international companies to operate oilfields and expects to announce the outcome in about a month, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with Baghdad. The remarks by Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami on Tuesday highlight the autonomous region’s resolve to push ahead with development of its oil resources independently of the Baghdad-based central government. …
Renowned Russian prima ballerina said to have fled to Canada in fear of life
TORONTO – A renowned Russian ballerina with the famed Bolshoi Theatre has decided against returning home from Canada because she fears for her safety, a Russian newspaper reported Tuesday.
Egypt clashes spill into landmark Cairo hotel
CAIRO (AP) -- Looters broke into a Nile-side luxury hotel in the Egyptian capital early Tuesday, taking advantage of clashes in the streets outside to trash shops and the lobby before police and demonstrators alerted via social media drove them out, a hotel spokeswoman said. Lawyers to get access to secret Guantanamo camp
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Lawyers for the five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks will get to see the section of the Guantanamo Bay prison where they have been held in near-total secrecy for mo re than six years. U.S. judge approves BP agreement for Gulf oil spill
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge has accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay $4.5 billion in penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The April 2010 explosion on a rig in t he Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers. The mile-deep Macondo oil well then spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf over 87 days, fouling shorelines from Texas to Florida. "The judge has accepted the plea," a court official said on Tuesday. … Venezuelan vice president says Chavez is "very optimistic" of recovery
CARACAS (Reuters) – Hugo Chavez is upbeat about recovering from cancer and confident in his medical team, his No. 2 said on Tuesday in the latest message from the Venezuelan leader's sickbed in Cuba. "He told us with great strength: 'I am very optimistic, I trust completely in the treatments I am undergoing, I will beat this again. I'm holding onto Christ and life,'" Vice President Nicolas Maduro said of Chavez's words to him on a recent visit. … Egypt cruise ship runs aground, all aboard safe
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian police officials say a cruise ship has run aground on the Nile River near the southern city of Aswan, but all 120 people aboard survived.
Two Ottawa teachers face disciplinary hearing over sex assault in Boston
TORONTO – Two Ottawa private school teachers are defending themselves against allegations they refused to report a sexual assault on a class trip to police.
Closure of Canada's visa office in Buffalo, N.Y. leaves applicants in limbo
OTTAWA – Thousands of people waiting to become permanent residents of Canada are angry about a backlog caused by the closure of a Canadian visa office in New York state.
Wife of deposed Honduran leader leads presidential race: poll
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro, the wife of deposed former President Manuel Zelaya, is leading the race to become the next head of the Central American country, according to a poll released on Tuesday. Political newcomer Castro, the Liberty and Refoundation Party candidate who established her reputation while fighting for her husband’s right to rule after his 2009 military-led ouster, leads with 25 percent of those questioned saying they would vote for her, according to the CID Gallup poll. …
Quebec corruption probe turns to provincial politics
MONTREAL – A witness at Quebec’s corruption inquiry says his engineering firm funneled thousands of dollars in contributions to political parties in the last decade in the hope of getting an advantage when it came to securing public contracts.
Analysis: Latin America lays out defenses in currency war
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Latin American policymakers are manning their defenses ahead of what could be a new battle in the “currency wars” as flows of hot money put unwelcome upward pressure on their currencies. Economists and investors predict that an easing in the euro zone’s debt crisis, new economic stimulus measures in Japan and a return of risk appetite will fuel bumper investment flows into Latin America and other emerging markets in 2013. Some policymakers are already at the barricades. Colombia cut interest rates on Monday and said it would ramp up dollar purchases. …
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