NEW YORK, N.Y. – Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, the combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during three City Hall terms, has died at age 88.
Official: Police detain man over missing woman
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Police in Istanbul on Friday detained a man who exchanged online messages with a missing New York City woman after questioning him over her disappearance. China poised to control strategic Pakistani port
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan has agreed let China take operational control of a strategic deep water port on the country 's southwestern coast. UK manufacturing growth in January eases recession fears
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's manufacturing sector again expanded modestly in January, raising hopes the economy can avoid a new recession, although activity grew less than a month before and was below expectations. Factory output, however, grew at the fastest pace since September 2011, the survey published on Friday showed. Lower factory output was a key reason for a contraction in the last quarter of 2012 which left Britain's economy within sight of its third recession in four years. The Markit/CIPS Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) inched down to 50. … UK manufacturing growth in January eases recession fears
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's manufacturing sector again expanded modestly in January, raising hope s the economy can avoid a new recession, although activity grew less than a month before and was below expectations. Factory output, however, grew at the fastest pace since September 2011, the survey published on Friday showed. Lower factory output was a key reason for a contraction in the last quarter of 2012 which left Britain's economy within sight of its third recession in four years. The Markit/CIPS Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) inched down to 50. … Assassination attempt in Armenia threatens stability
YEREVAN (Reuters) – An assassination attempt on a presidential candidate in Armenia has thrown this month's election in to doubt and could threaten stability in the volatile Caucasus region that carries oil and natural gas to Europe. Paruyr Hayrikyan, an outsider in the February 18 presidential vote, was shot in the shoulder close to his home in the capital Yerevan on Thursday night. Doctors removed the bullet on Friday and said his life was not in danger. … Poll: Super Bowl interest in Canada down from 2012, similar to recent years
TORONTO – The battle of the Harbaugh brothers and Ray Lewis’s swan song hasn’t generated any extra interest in this year’s Super Bowl in Canada, according to a Canadian Press-Harris/Decima survey.
UNHCR reaches rebel-held northern area of Syria for first time
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that for the first time it had reached the opposition-held Azzas area of northern Syria where it found an estimated 45,000 displaced people living in “appalling” conditions in makeshift camps. “This is an area that we have not been able to physically reach ever since the beginning of the conflict,” Yacoub El Hillo, director of UNHCR’s Middle East and North Africa Bureau, told reporters in Geneva. “They want us to continue, it could not have happened without the Syrian government. …
Amnesty report: Malian soldiers committed abuses
SEVARE, Mali (AP) -- An international human rights group says it has documented cases of the Malian military killing civilians and says other people have disappeared since the conflict began. China approves HSBC sale of remaining $7.5 billion Ping An stake
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China has approved the sale of HSBC's remaining $7.5 billion stake in Ping An Insurance to a group controlled by Thailand's richest man, giving the green light to the country's biggest inbound M&A deal. For HSBC Holdings Plc , the sale marks its exit from a decade-long interest in China's second-biggest insurer and books it a $2.6 billion post-tax gain from selling what it no longer considers a core asset. … British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
LONDON (AP) -- A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid.
Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani mosque, 21 dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a Shiite mosque in northwestern Pakistan as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing at least 21 people and wounding 36 in the latest apparent sectarian attack in the country, police said.
China data signals capital outflows in 2012
BEIJING (Reuters) – China posted a $117.3 billion deficit in its capital and financial account in 2012, preliminary data from the country's f oreign exchange regulator showed on Friday, signaling capital outflows amid turbulence in the global economy and financial markets. In the fourth quarter of 2012, China had a $31.8 billion deficit on its capital and financial account, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in a statement on its website, www.safe.gov.cn. That followed a $51.7 billion deficit in the capital and financial account in the third quarter. … Netherlands nationalizes SNS Reaal at cost of $5 billion
THE HAGUE/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands nationalized bank and insurance group SNS Reaal at a cost of 3.7 billion euros ($5 billion) on Friday to shore up confidence in the financ ial sector after a private investor-led rescue collapsed. Another state rescue of a financial group will lead to a worsening in the Dutch budget deficit this year – which is already forecast to exceed European Union targets – and is likely to prompt a public outcry given the billions of euros of budget cuts and austerity measures in recent years. … Egypt opposition to protest after deadly week
CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) – Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi planned mass demonstrations on Friday, raising the prospect of more bloodshed despite a ple dge by politicians to back off after the deadliest week of his seven months in office. Protests marking the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak have killed nearly 60 people since January 25, prompting the head of the army to warn this week that the state was on the verge of collapse. … Saudi Arabia appoints Prince Muqrin as second deputy PM
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia's king has appointed former intelli gence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz as second deputy prime minister, the state news agency reported on Friday. Historically, the holder of this post was considered third in line to rule the world's top oil exporter. (Reporting By Angus McDowall, Writing by Raissa Kasolowsky, Editing by Janet Lawrence) Spain's attorney says PM Rajoy could be quizzed
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's state attorney says there is sufficient cause to investigate fresh allegations of irregular financing of Spain's governing Popular Party and that if necessary Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would be called in for questioning. Iraq Sunnis protest; al-Qaida front calls to arms
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Sunni protesters blocked a major highway in western Iraq on Friday, as an al-Qaida-affiliated group called on Sunnis to take up arms against the Shiite-led government.
Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani mosque, 18 dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a Shiite mosque in northwestern Pakistan as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing at least 18 people and wounding over 30 in the latest apparent sectarian attack in the country, police said.
Tennis-Pattaya Open women's singles quarterfinal results
Feb 1 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the Pattaya Open Women’s Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 5-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) 5-7 6-3 6-2 4-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 6-3 6-0
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