DUNEDIN, Fla. – Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista says former manager John Farrell will get a warm welcome when he brings his Boston Red Sox for a spring training game on Monday.
FROM FRONT LINE TO RED CARPET
A few months ago Army Sgt. 1st Class Walter Talens was shooting footage from Afghanistan, but on Sunday he had a prime seat to star watch at The Academy Awards. US moves to salvage Syrian opposition talks
LONDON (AP) -- The U.S. is frantically trying to salvage a Syrian opposition conference that John Kerry plans to attend this week during his first official overseas trip as U.S. secretary of state. Ottawa will soon require that tanning beds carry skin cancer warning labels
OTTAWA – It’s not yet moving to the sometimes hideous pictorial warning labels seen on cigarette packaging, but Ottawa wants to get the message across that tanning beds can be hazardous to your health.
Jose Bautista, Sergio Santos return to action for Jays with exclamation point
DUNEDIN, Fla. – Jose Bautista hit the scoreboard with a homer and reliever Sergio Santos looked impressive in his return from shoulder surgery as a Toronto Blue Jays split-squad lost 5-4 to the Baltimore Orioles in spring baseball play Sunday afternoon.
Analysis: China central bank takes lead in economic reform push
BEIJING (Reuters) – China's readiness to bend retirement rules to keep arch-reformer Zhou Xiaochuan at the helm of the central bank signals cl early that new Communist Party chiefs want to speed economic reform in the country's most critical development phase in three decades. Central bank insiders interviewed by Reuters say the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is the country's most potent force for reform in the face of powerful vested interests, echoing sources with leadership ties who last week said Zhou would keep his job despite reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65. … Apple signals emerging-market rethink with India push
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE (Reuters) – As BlackBerry launches the first smartphone from its make-or-break BB10 li ne in India, one of its most loyal markets, the company faces new competition from a formidable rival that has long had a minimal presence in the country. More than four years after it started selling iPhones in India, Apple Inc is now aggressively pushing the iconic device through installment payment plans that make it more affordable, a new distribution model and heavy marketing blitz. … Fighting in Sudan's Darfur region kills 51: government
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Recent fighting between Arab tribes in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur has killed 51 people and wounded 62, state news agency SUNA said on Sunday, in the first official comment on fresh violence in the western region. Conflict has raged in the vast arid region since mainly non-Arab tribes revolted against the Arab government in Khartoum in 2003, accusing it of political and economic neglect. Violence ebbed from 2004 but has picked up again in recent months. …
UK's Clegg on defensive as sexual harassment claims batter party
LONDON (Reuters) – British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Sunday denied covering up allegations of sexual misconduct by a former senior member of his Liberal Democrat party, already floundering in opinion polls. Allegations of sexual impropriety by former party chief executive Chris Rennard threaten to engulf Clegg and further undermine the Lib Dems, the junior member of Britain's coalition government. … 
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