MOSCOW (AP) -- A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 400 people, many of them hurt by broken glass.
Bahrain probes deaths of protester, policeman
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Authorities in Bahrain say they have opened investigations into the deaths of a policeman and a protester during widespread clashes marking the second anniversary of the anti-government uprising in the Gulf nation. Teen killed in protests on Bahrain revolt anniversary
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahraini security forces killed a teenager and injured dozens more protesters on Thursday, a n opposition website said, during clashes on the second anniversary of an uprising to demand democratic reforms in the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state. Several hundred demonstrators, mostly youths from largely Shi'ite villages, blocked roads around the capital Manama and hurled stones and fire bombs at police, who responded with birdshot and tear gas, witnesses said. … 'Downton Abbey' success draws fans to mansions of Newport, RI, with focus on lives of servants
NEWPORT, R.I. – If the Crawley family of “Downton Abbey” were American, they’d summer at Newport.
Technology whizz kid tackles Greek tax evasion
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is pinning its hopes of boosting revenue from an antiquated tax system beset by massive evasion on Har ry Theoharis, a boyish-looking 42-year-old who describes himself as an "I.T. monkey". With Athens fighting to stave off bankruptcy, the former London-based technology manager for Lehman Brothers is tasked with modernizing what is effectively a 19th century tax bureaucracy and bringing it up to euro zone standards. "I'm not the type of person who will lock himself up in his tower and not talk to anyone," Theoharis told Reuters. … Rugby-Australia union plans to boost anti-doping efforts
MELBOURNE, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Australian rugby will look to strengthen its anti-doping regime and boost investment in testing in the wake of an explosive government report on the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs in sports Down Under. Australian Rugby Union (ARU) chief Bill Pulver told Reuters he was relieved his code was not in the firing line of investigations which have rocked rugby league and Australian Rules football, but said it could ill afford to be complacent. …
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