TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia's main political parties failed to agree on forming a non-partisan cabinet to tackle turmoil triggered by the ass assination of an opposition leader, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said on Monday. But he said efforts would continue to form a government supported by most parties in the North African state that spawned the slew of popular uprisings against dictatorship across the Arab world two years ago. … Tunisia Islamist leader says new govt coming
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- The head of Tunisia's largest political party said Monday that the country's crisis will be solved by a new compromise government of technocrats and politicians. Guinea: Opposition offices burned in Kankan
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Residents of the provincial city of Kankan say that the offices of an opposition leader were wrecked by government supporters.
Saft sees little impact from Airbus dropping lithium-ion battery
PARIS (Reuters) – Saft said on Monday that the decision of Airbus to drop use of its lithium-ion batteries in the A350 jet would have limited f inancial impact on the French battery maker. John Searle, the chief executive of Saft, said the decision announced by Airbus would have no impact on sales this year, and almost none in 2014. "In reality the aerospace market is not what fills the factories of lithium-ion battery makers; each contract is worth a few million euros of sales a year," said Searle. … Tom Horton and Doug Parker both wanted to run American Airlines; how 1 ultimately relented
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The 14-month battle for control of American Airlines came down to two men who got their start there.
One year later, fed-prov oilsands monitoring plan still shows no public results
OTTAWA – The federal government’s first line of defence against critics of the oilsands was to be a revamped environmental monitoring system, unveiled with fanfare in Alberta in February last year.
US Coast Guard: Cause of fire that disabled cruise ship was a leak in fuel engine return line
MOBILE, Ala. – A Coast Guard official says the cause of the engine-room fire on the Carnival cruise ship Triumph was a leak in a fuel engine return line.
EU lifts bans on loyalists of Zimbabwe's president
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- The European Union said Monday it has removed 21 loyalists of Zimbabwe’s president from a sanctions list of people facing travel and banking bans.
Alleged Mafia middleman, nicknamed 'Mr. Sidewalk,' takes stand at Quebec inquiry
MONTREAL – The Quebec corruption inquiry has arrived at the doorstep of the Sicilian Mafia.
Tunisia PM says his technocrat option has failed
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's prime minister says his initiative to solve the country's political crisis with a new Cabinet of technocrats has failed. Costa Rica toughens its stance in drug fight
LIBERIA, Costa Rica (AP) -- On a recent Friday morning at a gleaming new international airport in Costa Rica, hundreds of tourists from New York and Minnesota emerged blinking onto the sun-blasted tarmac. At the other end of the runway, eight Americans zipped into tan flight suits aboard a massive white surveillance plane. Kurdish refugees have mixed feelings about Syria
DOMIZ REFUGEE CAMP, Iraq (AP) -- Syrian Kurds who fled their country's civil war have mixed feelings about a future without Bashar Assad: They hope to win a measure of autonomy after the fall of the regime, but fear chaos and the rise of Islamists could instead make their lives worse. Armenian president wins re-election, exit poll shows
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan easily won a new five-year term on Monday, an exit poll showed, in an election overshadowed by a lack of serious opposition and an attemp t to kill a minor candidate. The opposition Heritage Party complained that many ballots cast for opposition parties had been thrown out, but did not say whether it would challenge what appeared to be a runaway victory for Sarksyan. … Cypriot candidates woo kingmaker for election run-off
NICOSIA (Reuters) – The Cypriot politician most in favor of an international bailout was in pole position to win next Sunday's run-off presidential vote as he and his communist-backed rival launched a week of bargaining to woo voters suspicious of a rescue package to stave off bankruptcy. Conservative leader Nicos Anastasiades, who backs a swift deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund on a bailout to fight the worst recession in four decades, faces off Stavros Malas in a second-round vote on February 24 after neither won a clear victory in the first round on Sunday. … Ecuador's re-elected Correa vows media and land reforms
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa vowed on Monday to press ahead with laws to control the media and redistribute land to the poor as he looks to deepen his socialist revolution after a resounding re-election victory. Correa, a pugnacious 49-year-old economist, trounced his nearest rival by more than 30 percentage points on Sunday to win a new four-year term. He has already been in power for six years, winning broad support with ambitious social spending programs. … Mexico's new president has 56 percent approval rating: poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has a lower approval rating at the start of his term than his predecessor did, a poll showed on Monday, underscoring the challenge he faces to push key economic reforms through a divided Congress. Less than three months into office, 56 percent of Mexicans approve of Pena Nieto as president compared to 29 percent who disapprove of the job he is doing, according to a survey by Buendia y Laredo published by daily El Universal on Monday. … 
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