STOCKHOLM – A man once considered Sweden’s worst serial killer is a step closer to being exonerated of all of his convictions, in what’s become a major scandal for the country’s justice system.
Turkey: Embassy bomber connected to domestic group
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's Interior Minister Muammer Guler says a suicide bomber who detonated an explosive in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara is most likely connected to a domestic left-wing militant organization. US says warming climate threatens survival of snow-loving wolverine
BILLINGS, Mont. – The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the “mountain devil,” is being added to the list of species threatened by climate change -- a dubious distinction that puts it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other animals that could see their habitats shrink drastically due to warming temperatures.
Sweden orders retrial for convicted serial killer
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A man once considered Sweden’s worst serial killer is a step closer to being exonerated of all of his convictions, in what’s become a major scandal for the country’s justice system.
Brookfield Office results rise, 2013 growth seen
TORONTO (Reuters) – Brookfield Office Property Inc, one of the world’s leading office landlords, said on Friday its results for the fourth quarter and full year edged higher, and it expects further growth in 2013 as economic conditions improve. Brookfield, with properties in Manhattan, London and other big cities, said fourth-quarter funds from operations rose to $161 million, or 28 cents a share, from $151 million, or 26 cents, in the same quarter of 2011. The results matched analysts’ average forecast, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. …
32 die in Mexico oil company office building blast
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Rescuers searched for survivors Friday and authorities promised a thorough investigation after an office building blast killed 32 people and injured 121 at the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos. Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani mosque, 23 dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a Shiite mosque in northwestern Pakistan as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing 23 people and wounding over 50 in the latest apparently sectarian attack in the country, police said. Constellation attacks DOJ reasoning in move to block Modelo deal
(Reuters) – Constellation Brands Inc on Friday attacked the U.S. government's reasoning in suing to block Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed $20.1 billion takeover of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo . Constellation, which would become the sole U.S. distributor of Modelo beers like Corona and Negra Modelo through a related $1.85 billion transaction, said Thursday's action by the Department of Justice "demonstrates its incomplete understanding of the proposed transaction." (Reporting By Martinne Geller in New York; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick) Arabs, Tuaregs in Mali face hostility amid war
MOPTI, Mali (AP) -- Bawba Mint Baba Ahmed’s sewing teacher singled her out in front of the class, telling her: “You look like a rebel.” Others threatened to slit her throat, she says, drawing a finger across her neck.
At least 3 killed, 10 wounded in clash between Lebanese troops, gunmen near border with Syria
BEIRUT – A Lebanese police official says at least three people have been killed and 10 others wounded in clashes between the army and gunmen in a northeastern town near the border with Syria.
Britain to Argentina: No Falklands talks without locals
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain told Argentina on Friday it was unwilling to discuss the disputed status of the Falkland Islands unless talks included the local pro-British authorities there too, deepening a diplomatic spat over the South Atlantic archipelago. Britain set out its position after visiting Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman rejected a London meeting with his British counterpart William Hague on Thursday because he objected to the presence of Falkland islanders. …
Lebanese troops clash with gunmen; 3 killed
BEIRUT (AP) -- A Lebanese police official says at least three people have been killed and 10 others wounded in clashes between the army and gunmen in a northeastern town near the border with Syria.
Canada manufacturing PMI ekes out gain in January
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian manufacturing activity grew at a snail's pace in January, according to data released on Friday that bolstered forecasts that th e country's economy will get off to a sluggish start in 2013. The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index was 50.5 last month after adjusting for seasonal variation, compared with 50.4 in December, when the index matched its the weakest reading since data collection began in October 2010. The index was still dangerously close to contraction, but held above the 50 mark that separates expansion from deterioration. … Milan appeals court convicts 3 American in CIA kidnap case, throwing out earlier acquittals
MILAN – A Milan appeals court has convicted a former CIA station chief in Rome and two other Americans in the 2003 rendition kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric.
Earl Grey descendants sell English tea to China
TRURO, England (Reuters) – An estate owned by descendants of the 19th century British aristocrat for whom Earl Grey tea was named is turning history on its head by selling English tea to China. The Tregothnan estate in the southwestern English county of Cornwall started selling tea from its tiny plantation in 2005 and last year produced about 10 tonnes of tea and infusions. Although a drop in the ocean of global tea production, which the UK Tea Council estimated to be about 4. …
Lebanon army clashes with gunmen in Bekaa Valley, three dead
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least three people were killed in clashes in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Friday after gunmen attacked a Lebanese army unit, security sources said. The sources said two soldiers and one gunman were killed and fighting was continuing in the area, near the northeastern town of Arsal. The region is close to the border with Syria where rebels are fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. One resident who spoke to Reuters put the overall death toll from the fighting at five. …
Milan court convicts 3 Americans in CIA kidnapping
MILAN (AP) -- A Milan appeals court has convicted a former CIA station chief in Rome and two other Americans in the 2003 rendition kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric.
Death toll from Brazil nightclub fire climbs to 236
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A 20-year-old woman late Thursday succumbed to injuries from the nightclub fire in the southern Brazilian college town of Santa Maria, pushing the death toll from the disaster last weekend up to 236. Civil defense authorities in Rio Grande do Sul, the state where Santa Maria is located, said the victim suffered a heart attack while struggling with injuries that included burns on more than half her body. An additional 126 people remain hospitalized after the fire, which was caused by an outdoor flare lit by a musician performing at the Kiss nightclub. … Mexico explosion: How will the Pemex blast affect the country's race for oil?
The deadly explosion that shook a national symbol of Mexico - its giant state-owned oil company - threatens to shake public confidence in an oil industry at a crossroads.
No charges over UK royal nurse hoax call
LONDON (Reuters) – British prosecutors said on Friday two Australian radio hosts who made a prank call to the hospital treating Prince William’s pregnant wife Kate would face no criminal charges over the death of the nurse who answered the phone and later killed herself. Indian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found hanged last December in her hospital lodgings in London, days after she answered the hoax call from DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian at Australian radio station 2Day FM. …
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