LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays Chief Executive Antony Jenkins has opted not to take a bonus for 2012, saying he should "bear an appropriate degree of accountability" for the difficult year the British bank endured. Jenkins is trying to restore Barclays' reputation since the revelation of its role in a global interest rate rigging scandal led to a $450 million fine and the departure of his predecessor Bob Diamond. Those efforts are unlikely to be a straight road. … Gay says he wants to be the hard-working veteran the Raptors need
TORONTO, Cananda – Rudy Gay says it’s almost like he’s been drafted all over again.
Bolivian mining town famed for Carnival tops Rio - at least in size of iconic statue
ORURO, Bolivia – The Carnival celebrations in this Andean mining city already rival Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro for colour and culture, if not for size. Now Oruro has erected a huge statue of the Virgin Mary that’s a little taller than Rio’s famed Christ the Redeemer.
Bolivia mining town erects huge statue of Virgin
ORURO, Bolivia (AP) -- The Carnival celebrations in this Andean mining city already rival Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for color and culture, if not for size. Now Oruro has erected a huge statue of the Virgin Mary that's a little taller than Rio's famed Christ the Redeemer. Turkish PM says outlawed Turkish Marxist group is responsible for US Embassy attack
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish PM says outlawed Turkish Marxist group is responsible for US Embassy attack. Exclusive: Venezuela seeks $4 billion China loan, $2 billion Chevron credit - sources
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's government and state oil company PDVSA are in urgent talks over a long-expected $6 billion in loans from China and U.S. energy giant Che vron that would help relieve the nation's strained finances, sources close to the discussions said. Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said this week that PDVSA had no plans to issue any more dollar-denominated bonds, confounding widespread speculation that one was planned to address a chronic shortage of dollars for local businesses. … Ex-CIA Rome chief gets jail term in "rendition" trial
MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian appeals court on Friday sentenced a former CIA station chief to seven years in jail for the kidnap of an Egyptian Muslim cleric during the U.S. government’s “war on terror” waged by former president George W. Bush. The Milan court also handed down two six-year sentences to two American officials for the same crime, the first of so-called “extraordinary rendition” operations organized by the United States. …
Haiti hosts mountain bike race from capital to coast for international cyclists
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – International mountain bikers are testing the peaks of Haiti in a competition the country helps may boost unconventional tourism.
Three Tory MPs ask RCMP to investigate some abortions as homicides
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says while some of his Conservative MPs may not agree, abortion is legal in Canada.
Regulator likely to free more airwaves for 4G
LONDON (Reuters) – Mobile phone operators Vodafone and Three have asked British regulator Ofcom for permission to re-use their existing airwaves for 4G services, following in the footsteps of larger rival EE. Britain got superfast mobile broadband late last year, long after countries such as the United States and Japan, when Ofcom allowed EE to run 4G services over its allocated spectrum. Ofcom said on Friday it had started a consultation over liberalising more of the spectrum that was previously licensed for 2G and 3G mobile services in response to the requests. …
Could France's empty office buildings ease its homeless crisis?
In the big, bright green communal kitchen, Samia Lacombe wipes the counter clean and takes some of the soup that she's made to her new neighbors down the hall.
Reid overcomes slow start to earn bronze medal at skeleton world championship
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Sarah Reid started off slowly but finished with a bang Friday.
Can Timbuktu stay pacified after Islamist rebels are run out?
Captain Yann of the French army's 6th Marine engineer battalion got into his jeep early in the morning, drove to the Djingareiber Mosque inside this city and, with a team of soldiers and other army personnel, started digging for bombs.
For Beckham in Paris, the chase of the paparazzi takes a new turn
PARIS – In London, the paparazzi hunt in packs, as David Beckham and other celebrities know well. When Beckham moved to Los Angeles, high-speed road chases by photographers were the norm until a Hollywood star became governor and set a few ground rules. The Parisians -- soon to have the star in their midst, playing for football club Paris-Saint Germain -- catch their prey from a distance, equipped with long lenses all the better to see you with.
Stalingrad victory offers Putin patriotic platform
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – Stalingrad will be back on the map for a few hours on Saturday, and Josef Stalin's face will be splashed on buses, as Russia remember s the epic battle that turned the tide of World War Two. President Vladimir Putin is expected in the city, now known as Volgograd, for a military parade to mark 70 years since the German surrender after the six-month Battle of Stalingrad, which became a symbol for Russians of patriotic sacrifice and unity. … 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 December 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. …
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