MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Liberia's information minister says the 11 bodies of the Guineans killed after a military plane crashed in Liberia will be flown back to their homeland. UK inflation stuck at highest level since May
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's inflation rate unexpectedly held steady for the fourth consecutive month in January but there was little respite for consumers as it remained at its highest level since May, official data showed on Tuesday. Annual consumer price inflation stayed at 2.7 percent last month, the Office for National Statistics said, slightly below the 2.8 percent median forecast in a Reuters poll of economists. It is the first time inflation has remained unchanged for four months since records began in 1996, the ONS said. … UK inflation stuck at highest level since May
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's inflation rate unexpectedly held steady for the fourth consecutive month in January but there was little respite for consumers as it remained at its highest level since May, official data showed on Tuesday. Annual consumer price inflation stayed at 2.7 percent last month, the Office for National Statistics said, slightly below the 2.8 percent median forecast in a Reuters poll of economists. It is the first time inflation has remained unchanged for four months since records began in 1996, the ONS said. … Rights groups: Zimbabwe police intensify clampdown
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Rights groups say Zimbabwean police have intensified a clampdown on civil society organizations and democracy campaigners ahead of a referendum on a new constitution and crucial elections to end the nation’s shaky coalition government.
NKorea warns of 'second and third measures'
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Tuesday that its widely condemned nuclear test was merely its "first response" to what it called U.S. threats, warning that it will continue with unspecified "second and third measures of greater intensity" if t he United States maintains its hostility. Soccer faces epic fight against match-fixing
ZURICH (AP) -- Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly larger parts of the world's most popular sport. Pope's brother says Benedict won't return home
BERLIN (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI's brother says he spoke with the pontiff after his surprise announcement that he was stepping down and that the 85-year-old is not planning on moving back to his German homeland after his retirement. Doping-Clean declaration must for Australia's Olympic athletes
Feb 12 (Reuters) – Australia’s Olympic athletes will be required to sign statutory declarations saying they have no history of doping, the country’s Olympic committee said on Tuesday. Athletes competing at next year’s Winter Games in Sochi will be the first to sign the mandatory document in the wake of the recent doping revelations, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said in a statement. “Any person who does not make the statutory declaration will be ineligible for membership of any Australian Olympic team or shadow team,” the statement read. …
Match-fixing probe keeps Italian prosecutor busy
ROME (AP) -- Two years ago, a curious case landed on the desk of Italian prosecutor Roberto Di Martino in the town of Cremona. G7 fires currency warning shot, Japan sanguine
LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Group of Seven nations reiterated their commitment on Tuesday to market-determined exchange rates and said fiscal and monetary policies must not be dire cted at devaluing currencies. The intervention follows a round of rhetoric about currency wars, prompted largely by Japan's new government pressing for an aggressive expansion of monetary policy, which has seen the yen weaken sharply as a result. … Iran lawmakers demand probe over speaker incident
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Senior Iranian lawmakers are demanding an investigation into the incident involving the country’s parliament speaker in the seminary city of Qom.
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko's tax evasion trial delayed again
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian court on Tuesday delayed the tax eva sion and embezzlement trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko after she refused to attend the hearings, citing poor health. Tymoshenko, the main political opponent of President Viktor Yanukovich, was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2011 in a separate abuse-of-office trial but has been treated in a state-run hospital since last May for back trouble. Her case has soured Ukraine's diplomatic ties, with many in the West viewing it as an example of selective justice and urging her release. … UBS fined $15 million for failings in AIG fund sale
LONDON (Reuters) – Swiss bank UBS has been fined 9.45 million pounds ($14.80 million) by Britain's financial regulator for exposing customers to unacceptable risk when it so ld a fund. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said on Tuesday the Swiss-based bank, which was last year fined $1.5 billion for rigging benchmark interest rates, also failed to deal properly with customer complaints about the sale of the AIG Enhanced Variable Rate Fund. (Reporting by Kirstin Ridley, Editing by Sinead Cruise) AP source: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympic program
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – An official familiar with the decision says IOC leaders have dropped wrestling from the program for the 2020 Olympics.
U.S. envoy reassures Israel on Iran ahead of Obama visit
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A U.S. official sought to reassure Israel this week on President Barack Obama’s determination to curb Iran’s disputed nuclear program, as the clock ticks on a threatened Israeli pre-emptive strike. The visit by Rose Gottemoeller, acting U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, was seen by her Israeli hosts as part of an effort to smooth the way for Obama’s spring trip to the region, in which the Iranian issue will loom large. …
Barclays to axe 3,700 jobs as new boss lays out revival
LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays is axing at least 3,700 jobs and pruning its investment bank as its new boss put his stamp on the troubled bank by aiming to cut 1.7 billion pounds in annual costs and raise standards after a series of scandals. The plans form part of an overhaul which Chief Executive Antony Jenkins hopes will convince a sceptical public that he can change a bank which has been dogged by controversy, including a $450 million (289 million pounds) fine for rigging Libor interbank lending rates. … For youths from Afghan music school, NY is pizza, ice skating - and playing at Carnegie Hall
SCARSDALE, N.Y. – For these young people from Afghanistan, it’s the perfect trip to America. They get to scarf down New York pizza, go ice skating -- and take the stage at Carnegie Hall.
Official familiar with the decision: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympic program
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – An official familiar with the decision says IOC leaders have dropped wrestling from the program for the 2020 Olympics.
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