Feb 8 (Reuters) – Former New Zealand All Black Sonny Bill Williams won his sixth professional boxing fight in farcical circumstances on Friday when his contest with Francois Botha in Brisbane was cut short by two rounds in mid-fight. Williams was clearly in trouble at the end of the WBA international heavyweight title bout against the veteran South African but held on to defy a flurry of punches and win the fight on points. There was much confusion, however, when the bout, scheduled for 12 rounds, was ended after 10. …
Armenia holds 2 in attack on presidential hopeful
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) -- Armenia’s National Security Agency says it has arrested two suspects in the shooting of a presidential candidate.
Polls show Berlusconi gaining in national election
MILAN (AP) -- The last political polls to be published before Italy’s national elections suggest that ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi is gaining ground on the center-left candidate.
Canadian job market seen flat in January, jobless rate up
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s labor market likely came back to earth in January after gravity-defying job gains in the final months of 2012, with analysts predicting almost no new hiring in the month and a rise in the unemployment rate. The average forecast in a Reuters poll of market players was for 5,000 net new jobs in January compared with 31,200 in December. Statistics Canada considers that a flat reading and well within the margin of error for its household survey. Analysts see the unemployment rate ticking up to 7.2 percent from 7.1 percent. …
Airbus studies dropping Li-Ion batteries for A350: sources
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is considering dropping Lithium-Ion batteries and switching back to traditional units on its new A350 aircraft as safety inve stigators probe battery incidents on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, several people familiar with the matter said. The move comes amid a wider rethink in the aerospace industry on whether the powerful but delicate backup energy systems are technically "mature," they said. An Airbus spokesman said the company would study and evaluate the outcome of the ongoing U.S. battery investigation. "Let's not get ahead of ourselves," he said. … Tunisian youth clash with police outside cemetery
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Police have used tear gas and clashed with groups of young men outside the cemetery where Tunisians were preparing to bury an assassinated leftist politician. Toronto FC by the numbers: The 411 of TFC's jersey numbers
ORLANDO, Fla. – What’s your number? The 411 of some Toronto FC jersey numbers:
Thang Dinh Tran loves maps and Vietnam. That may put him in the eye of a storm.
In 1995 Thang Dinh Tran invited an expert on traditional Vietnamese music to give a talk at the University of Connecticut (UConn). That summer, the distinguished Tran Van Khe, who taught at the Sorbonne University in Paris, visited the UConn campus.
Suspected drunk Romanian pilot halts flight from London
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian airline Tarom cancelled a flight to Bucharest because the pilot was suspected of being drunk before takeoff from London’s Heathrow airport, it said on Friday. In a story reminiscent of Denzel Washington’s portrayal of flying under the influence of alcohol in the movie “Flight”, British authorities refused permission for the pilot to take off in the Airbus A318 from Heathrow on Wednesday morning. “We cancelled the flight because one crew member was not physically fit to operate. …
Aurizon Mines in talks with a number of potential buyers
(Reuters) – Gold miner Aurizon Mines Ltd said it was in talks with a number of potential buyers, after rejecting last month an unsolicited C$780 million ($785 million) offer from Alamos Gold Inc . Confidentiality agreements have been reached with the potential buyers and they are conducting due diligence, Aurizon said in a statement on Friday. It did not identify the parties involved. Aurizon adopted a poison pill on January 22 to give itself time to consider alternatives to the Alamos offer. (Reporting by Shounak Dasgupta in Bangalore; Editing by Rodney Joyce)
Aurizon Mines in talks with a number of potential buyers
(Reuters) – Gold miner Aurizon Mines Ltd said it was in talks with a number of potential buyers, after rejecting last month an unsolicited C$780 million ($785 million) offer from Alamos Gold Inc . Confidentiality agreements have been reached with the potential buyers and they are conducting due diligence, Aurizon said in a statement on Friday. It did not identify the parties involved. Aurizon adopted a poison pill on January 22 to give itself time to consider alternatives to the Alamos offer. (Reporting by Shounak Dasgupta in Bangalore; Editing by Rodney Joyce)
Assad's forces try to beat back rebels edging into Damascus
AMMAN, Feb 8, Reuters – President Bashar al-Assad's forces fought back on Friday in an effort to retake sections of the Damascus ring road from rebels trying to tighten their noose around the ca pital, opposition activists said. Rebel fighters based in the eastern Ghouta region broke through defensive lines two days ago, capturing parts of the road and entering the neighborhood of Jobar, 2 km (a mile) from main security installations in the heart of the city. … Cracks appear in European banking union scheme
BRUSSELS/ FRANKFURT (Reuters) – It was billed as a reform that would tighten policing of Europe’s banks and end their ability to suck states into crisis. Now fears are growing that a central element of banking union will be scaled back, undermining the whole scheme. When it takes the role of watchdog for euro zone banks in March next year, the European Central Bank will be confronted with a financial system that is still limping. In some countries, such as Cyprus and Spain, it is in critical condition. …
Iraq bombs kill 36, Sunnis stage protest rallies
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Car bombs struck two outdoor markets and a group of taxi vans in Shiite areas across Iraq on Friday, killing at least 36 people and wounding nearly 100 in the bloodiest day in more than two months, as minority Sunnis staged mass anti-government protests in a sign of mounting sectarian tensions.
Blast near mosque kills 10 in Pakistan's northwest
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb blast killed 10 people and injured 18 in Pakistan on Friday, government officials said, in an area that the government said it had cleared of Taliban fighters. “Most of the dead and injured were returning from Friday prayers at a mosque,” said Mehmood Aslam, the top government official in the area. The blast took place near a shop in Kalaya, the capital of the semi-autonomous Orakzai region in the ethnic Pashtun belt that runs through northwestern mountains along the Afghan border. No group claimed responsibility. …
Yemen's main oil pipeline attacked, pumping halted
SANAA (Reuters) – Attackers blew up Yemen’s main oil export pipeline on Friday, halting the flow of crude, an official working for the state-run Safer oil company said, the latest in a series of attacks. Yemen’s oil and gas pipelines have been repeatedly sabotaged by insurgents and tribesmen, especially since anti-government protests created a power vacuum in 2011, causing fuel shortages and slashing export earnings for the impoverished country. …
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