SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- A Yemeni military plane crashed Tuesday into a residential neighborhood in the country's capital, Sanaa, killing 10 people and injuring 17, the defense ministry and security officials said. Montreal Alouettes appoint Dan Hawkins as their new head coach
MONTREAL – The Montreal Alouettes have named Dan Hawkins their new head coach.
Baird postpones Venezuela trip following return of Chavez from Cuba
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is postponing his trip to Venezuela this week.
SandRidge CEO's family amasses big land stake near company-fund
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of SandRidge Energy Inc's largest shareholders, pu shing to remove its chief executive, alleged on Tuesday that a company controlled by the CEO's children has amassed around 475,000 acres near SandRidge's operations. … 2 Sunni groups halt roles in Bahrain crisis talks
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Two Sunni factions in Bahrain say they are suspending participation in talks with Shiite opposition groups because of a spike in violence in the Gulf nation’s two-year-old uprising.
Bulgaria PM pledges power price cut to stop protests
SOFIA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boiko Borisov sought to calm mass protests on Tuesday by promising to slash electricity prices and punish foreign-owned power companies, setting Bulgaria on a collision course with EU partner the Czech Republic. A day after sacking his finance minister, Borisov said the distribution license of central Europe's largest listed company, Czech-based CEZ would be revoked, and other firms fined after the latest round of increasingly violent protests. … Canadian Ranger dies on Arctic military exercise
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut – A member of Canada’s Arctic reserve force has died during a military exercise in Nunavut.
At least 3 dead in California shooting spree; police say shooter killed himself
TUSTIN, Calif. – Police in a California city say at least three people are dead and others are wounded after a chaotic 25-minute shooting spree.
US and Iran finally find common ground in fight to preserve Olympic wrestling
TEHRAN, Iran – Arch foes Iran and the U.S. have found some common ground in the fight to save wrestling as an Olympic sport.
Patient dies after contracting new SARS-like virus
LONDON (Reuters) – A British man infected with a new virus from the same family as SARS has died, health officials said on Tuesday, bringing the worldwide death toll from the previously unknown disease to six. The virus, called novel coronavirus or NCoV, was unknown in humans until it emerged in the Middle East last year. There have been 12 confirmed cases worldwide – including in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Britain – and so far six patients have died. …
Chavez back home in Venezuela, still out of sight
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez is back in Venezuela after 10 weeks of cancer treatment in Cuba, but he remained silent and out of sight on Tuesday, closed away in a tightly guarded military hospital, leaving the nation to speculate about whether he can still govern, and for how long. Canaccord slashes estimate of BB10 sales; sees no improvement as year progresses
TORONTO – Canaccord Genuity is slashing its estimate of BlackBerry BB10 smartphone shipments in February to just 300,000 units, a far cry from its earlier estimate of more than 1.75 million.
Treasury names Bailey to head BoE prudential watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) – The Treasury named veteran Bank of England official Andrew Bailey on Tuesday to head its new banking regulator just a month before he must present a p lan to help two part state-owned banks to become independent. Bailey will become a deputy governor of the Bank and chief executive of the bank's new prudential regulation authority (PRA) from April 1. He is already head of prudential supervision at the Financial Services Authority and was expected to be confirmed in the new job. … Corruption inquiry witness known as 'Mr. Sidewalk' questions existence of Mafia
MONTREAL – A businessman described by Quebec’s corruption inquiry as an intermediary between organized crime, local politicians and the construction industry says he’s never heard of the Mafia.
Saudi king swears in first women members of advisory council
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Tuesday swore in the country's first female members of the Shura Council, an appointed body that advises on new laws, in a move that has riled conservative clerics in t he Islamic monarchy. Abdullah, who has not been seen on television since shortly after a back operation in November, was shown on state media sitting in a palace chamber to give a short speech as he swore in the new council members. King Abdullah is seen as having pushed to cautiously advance the role of women in Saudi society. … 
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