MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- City authorities in the Belarusian capital of Minsk are carelessly trapping stray cats in locked basements, dooming them to starvation, animal activists say. South Africa police arrest 19 suspected Congolese rebels
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African police arrested 19 suspected Congolese rebels, including two senior members of the M23 group, on suspicion of running an illegal military operation, police said on Tuesday. The group was arrested in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province after an investigation by a crime intelligence unit, police said, without providing further details. …
China arrests official accused of buying real estate using fake IDs
BEIJING, China – A rural bank officer who allegedly used fake documents to buy dozens of properties worth hundreds of millions of dollars is in police detention weeks after she became China’s newest symbol of official corruption.
Barclays increases mis-selling provisions
LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays has stockpiled more cash to cover a growing compensation bill for mis-selling interest rate hedging products (IRHP) and payment protection insurance (PPI), it said on Tuesday. Following a review, Barclays said it would include a provision of 850 million pounds for IRHP, an increase of 400 million pounds, in full-year results on February 12. The provision for PPI will now reach 2.6 billion pounds, an increase of 600 million pounds. … Japan probe of Boeing 787 battery finds signs of thermal runaway
TOKYO – Japan’s Transport Safety Board says the lithium ion battery aboard a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found evidence of the same type of “thermal runaway” seen in a similar incident in Boston.
Insight: Rage over bad governance fuels Nigeria Islamists
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Few in Nigeria’s second city of Kano would admit to supporting the Islamist insurgents waging a bloody northern rebellion against the central government in Abuja. But when Boko Haram talks of sweeping away the corrupt old order and creating an Islamic state to rule Nigeria fairly, the idea finds resonance with millions of desperate, struggling Nigerians in the north who feel the state has failed them. …
Virgin Media confirms Liberty bid approach
LONDON (Reuters) – John Malone's cable group Liberty Global has approached Britain's No. 2 pay-TV operator Virg in Media about making a bid for the firm, the UK group said on Tuesday. Virgin Media, which has a market value of $10.6 billion, was formed by the merger of cable groups Telewest and NTL and mobile operator Virgin Mobile. It sells cable TV, telephony and broadband and competes with market leader BSkyB , part owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp . … 
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