HOUSTON – Carnival Cruise Lines says passengers are calm despite an engine fire that’s left the ship Triumph adrift and disrupted some basic services, such as the use of toilets.
Ottawa urged to look at alternatives to long-delayed Sea King replacement
OTTAWA – A defence think-tank says the Harper government should look at alternatives to the long-delayed Cyclone maritime helicopters.
French leader says all Mali to be terrorist-free
PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande says his goal is to free all of Mali of "terrorists." BBC journalists to strike over job cuts - union
LONDON (Reuters) – Journalists at the British Broadcasting Corporation are planning to go on a one-day nationwide strike next week over job cuts, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said on Monday. NUJ members at the BBC will walk out on February 18 and stage a work-to-rule from Frida y, unless the broadcaster stops compulsory redundancies and redeploys those at risk elsewhere in the corporation, the union said in a statement. The redundancies form part of a five-year programme to cut 2,000 jobs at the publicly funded broadcaster. … Iran releases daughters of opposition leader
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian prosecutors have released the daughters of reformist opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi after they were briefly summoned for questioning, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported on Monday.
Colombian ELN rebels want proof German hostages aren't spies
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s second-largest guerrilla group has asked for proof that two German men it holds hostage are tourists and not intelligence agents, the rebels said on Monday. The National Liberation Army, known as the ELN, captured the two men in November 2012, the government says, in a sparsely populated area near the Venezuelan border but only made the kidnapping public earlier this month. Germany said that the two were retirees and had been traveling as tourists. “We ask their families to send us truthful evidence that clarifies their ties with the captured men. …
Murdoch might scrap tabloid's topless photos
LONDON (Reuters) – As much a part of the saucier side of British 20th-century life as cheeky seaside postcards and innuendo-loaded comedies, the topless models in Britain’s best-selling daily paper might soon be no more. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, whose Sun has featured a large picture of a bare-breasted model on page three since 1970, has indicated that it may be time for a change in tack. In response to a tweet saying: “Seriously, we are all so over page 3 – it is so last century!”, the 81-year-old Australian replied: “You maybe right, don’t know but considering. …
Regeneron says Sanofi plans to buy shares
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on Monday said it has received notice that Sanofi SA intends to acquire Regeneron’s common stock through open market purchases and direct purchases from shareholders. As a result, Sanofi intends that the value of its ownership of voting securities of Regeneron stock will be above the $500 million Hart-Scott-Rodino Act notification threshold, Regeneron said. Neither company could immediately be reached for comment The two companies have a longstanding agreement to develop medicines together, including promising treatments for cholesterol and arthritis. …
Genivar confirms corruption inquiry allegations; employee on leave of absence
MONTREAL – Engineering firm Genivar confirmed Monday that it engaged in “inappropriate conduct” in the financing of political parties in Quebec and the awarding of municipal contracts as outlined in recent allegations to the province’s corruption inquiry.
Former SNC head Pierre Duhaime formally charged with fraud
MONTREAL – The former chief executive of Canada’s biggest engineering firm has been formally charged with fraud.
Health worker killings show north Nigeria dangers
POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) -- North Korean doctors hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers. Women vaccinating children against polio gunned down in the street. A top Islamic cleric, whose predecessors once served as ultimate rulers in the region, nearly killed in an ambush.
French auto industry faces moment of truth
PARIS (Reuters) – The gravity of the French auto industry's crisis will be underlined this week by weak results at PSA P eugeot Citroen and Renault , boosting pressure on both for tougher cost-cutting moves. France's mass-market car brands are suffering more than most from Europe's deep car sales slump, punished by their exposure to austerity-hit southern markets. "After the catastrophe of 2012, the companies will all make caution the order of the day," said Societe Generale auto analyst Philippe Barrier. … Guinean military chief killed in plane crash in Liberia
MONROVIA/CONAKRY (Reuters) – The head of Guinea' ;s armed forces, a staunch ally of President Alpha Conde, was killed on Monday when the aircraft carrying him and five other top Guinean military officials crashed close to the Liberian capital Monrovia. General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo, who was on a security mission to Liberia, was appointed by Conde after the latter won elections in 2010 in the world's top bauxite producer. Diallo was charged with reforming the restive army in the West African state after two years of military rule. … Vatican: Benedict XVI too weary to remain pope
LONDON (AP) -- When he became pope at age 78, Benedict XVI was already the oldest pontiff elected in nearly 300 years. He's now 85, and in recent years he has slowed down significantly, cutting back his foreign travel and limiting his audiences. Palm oil casualty? 14 pygmy elephants fall prey to pesticides in Borneo
A rare breed of elephant appears to be the latest casualty of the palm oil boom that is sweeping Malaysian Borneo, reigniting an already heated debate over the pros and cons of the world's cheapest cooking oil.
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