DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co will show the redesign of its Cadillac CTS luxu ry mid-sized sedan meant to more fully compete with BMW at the New York auto show next month, officials said on Monday. The new CTS, which will go on sale in the fall as a 2014 model, will more clearly differentiate the car from its smaller sibling, the ATS, which last month won North American Car of the Year, Cadillac spokesman David Caldwell said. The current version of the CTS was introduced in late 2007 and helped upend Cadillac's image as a brand for older consumers. However, sales of the car fell 14. … Syria rebels seize dam, blast on Turkish border
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebels have captured Syria's biggest hydro-electric dam and battled army tank units near the center of Dam ascus, activists said as the opposition renewed an offer on Monday to negotiate the departure of President Bashar al-Assad. On the Turkish border, nine people were killed when a car arriving from rebel-held territory in northwestern Syria blew up at the Reyhanli frontier crossing; Turkish officials said it was unclear whether the blast was a suicide attack or an accident. … Egypt's Muslim clerics elect top Islamic jurist
CAIRO (AP) -- Muslim clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt’s premier religious institution, have chosen the country’s top Islamic jurist via direct and secret balloting -- the first such vote in six decades.
IOC board to cut 1 Olympic sport for 2020 and discuss doping crisis in cycling
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – IOC leaders are meeting this week to decide which sport to drop from the Olympic program and how to deal with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.
Rafael Nadal is back, but the old game isn't quite the same - at least not yet
VINA DEL MAR, Chile – After seven months away treating a torn and inflamed tendon in his left knee, Rafael Nadal left many questions unanswered in his comeback tournament.
Report: AU troops in Somalia killed 7 civilians
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A joint Somali-African Union investigation into a case of civilian casualties found that African Union troops killed seven civilians, including five children.
Fertilizer company Hanfeng to go private
(Reuters) – The chief executive of Canadian fertilizer company Hanfeng Evergreen Inc plans to take it private, agreeing to buy the nearly 80 percent of shares he does not already own. Hanfeng said in a statement on Monday that Agrium Inc , a much larger Canadian fertilizer company and holder of about 20 percent of Hanfeng’s stock, has agreed to vote its shares in favor of the deal. Hanfeng Chief Executive Officer Xinduo Yu and a corporation owned by Yu have agreed to pay C$2.25 per share for the 79.6 percent of Hanfeng’s stock that he doesn’t already own. …
Electing a pope: conclave, oath, chimney smoke
Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation sets in motion a complex sequence of events to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The laws governing the selection are the same as those in force after a papal death. Here is the procedure:
Benedict: a conservative whose papacy was dogged by scandal
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – - Pope Benedict was cheered by conservatives for trying to reaffirm traditional Catholic identity but liberals accused him of turning back the clock on reforms and hurting d ialogue with Muslims, Jews and other Christians. The 85-year-old German-born pontiff announced on Monday he would step down at the end of the month because of the effects of old age meant he was unable to complete his ministry. It was a decision that stunned Church officials and Catholics around the world, but one that he had hinted at in the past. … Christian world surprised at Pope's decision
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI's decision to resign due to his frailty was met with shock, surprise and disbelief from staunchly Catholic Poland to London's Westminster Abbey. 
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