LONDON (Reuters) – A new virus from the same family as SARS that sparked a global alert last September has been found in a further patient in Britain, health officials said on Monday. This latest case of infection with the new virus known as a coronavirus brings the total number of confirmed cases globally to 10, of which five have died. The British patient, who had recently travelled to the Middle East and Pakistan, is receiving intensive care treatment in hospital in Manchester, northern England. …
New SARS-like virus infects British patient in 10th case globally
LONDON (Reuters) – A new virus from the same family as SARS that sparked a global alert last September has been found in a further patient in Britain, health officials said on Monday. This latest case of infection with the new virus known as a coronavirus brings the total number of confirmed cases globally to 10, of which five have died. The British patient, who had recently traveled to the Middle East and Pakistan, is receiving intensive care treatment in hospital in Manchester, northern England. …
Precedents for papal resignations
The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Benedict XVI is stepping down on Feb. 28. While such papal resignations are extremely rare, there are precedents in the two millennia history of the Catholic Church.
Masked men block Egypt subway, scuffles break out
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian witnesses say masked men blocked trains at a central Cairo subway station, standing on tracks and getting into fistfights with some waiting passengers who tried to stop them. French, Malian troops regain control of Gao after rebels raid by canoe
French and Malian troops on Monday said they are in control of the strategic city of Gao once again after fighting that was described as the most serious escalation of the conflict since French forces entered Mali in late January. The clashes took place on Sunday when Islamist rebel forces infiltrated Gao and attacked Malian and French forces there.
Yum plans 70 new restaurants in CIS in 2013
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Yum Brands Inc , owner of fast-food brand KFC, plans to open between 60 and 70 restaurants this year in Russia and other former Soviet countries and is looking for new franchise partners to help drive growth. Yum an d its franchisees already have 216 restaurants in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the group makes more than half of its overall sales in China, where it has nearly 5,300 restaurants, mostly KFCs. Its key global rival is McDonald's Corp . … Berlusconi sex trial halted until after election
MILAN (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of paying for sex with a minor will be postponed until after this month's election due to his campaign comm itments, Italian judges ruled on Monday. The next hearing in the trial will now be held on March 4, a week after the February 24-25 elections. Milan judges upheld an argument from Berlusconi's legal team that his political campaign constituted a legitimate impediment to his attendance. … Stuck in snow: Hundreds stranded on NY roads; mom fears for life, writes last message to kin
FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. – Stranded for hours on a snow-covered road, Priscilla Arena prayed, took out a sheet of loose-leaf paper and wrote what she thought might be her last words to her husband and children.
Eisenhower staff hopes to educate young generations about WWII with ambitious, 3-year exhibit
TOPEKA, Kan. – A new World War II exhibit starting this summer at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum will pay tribute to the millions who fought, but organizers also have another purpose for the ambitious three-year project: getting young people engaged in the war’s relevance.
Man and three boys killed in Cessna crash in southwestern Manitoba
WASKADA, Man. – A man and three boys are dead after a small private plane crashed near Waskada in southwestern Manitoba.
Report: Car bomb kills 5 near Syria border
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkish media say a car bomb has exploded near a crossing point along Syria's border, killing at least five people. Mexican officials say 'several' people detained in Acapulco tourist rape case; give no details
ACAPULCO, Mexico – Mexican authorities announced Sunday that several people had been detained for investigation in connection with last week’s rape of six Spanish tourists in Acapulco, a crime that further blemished the reputation of this troubled Pacific resort.
5 crewmen die when lifeboat falls from cruise ship in Spain during safety drill
SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA, Spain – A lifeboat being used on a safety drill aboard a cruise ship in Spain’s Canary Islands fell about 65 feet (20 metres) into a port on Sunday when a cable snapped, trapping crew members beneath it and killing five of them, officials said.
Source: AMR, US Airways boards delay meeting; merger would form world's biggest airline
DALLAS – The boards of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways have pushed back meetings to consider final plans for their merger, Associated Press sources said Sunday.
Pope's mission to revive faith clouded by scandal
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Benedict XVI always cast himself as the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps to the public glare and the majesty of Vatican pageantry. And on Monday, the Vatican announced that the leader of the world's billion Roman Catholics was s tepping down -- the first pontiff to do so since 1415. Hundreds toil for months to get samba groups ready for Rio's glitzy 2-day Carnival parade
RIO DE JANEIRO – There’s nothing glamorous about the industrial warehouse reverberating with the zap of soldering metal, the clatter of hammers and an earsplitting whine of a circular saw, or in the sweat-drenched workers toiling in the midafternoon summer heat among huge bolts of cloth and heavy-duty sewing machines.
Kenya rebukes US, EU countries over poll comments
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya’s foreign affairs minister on Monday criticized European Union ambassadors in person for what he called an orchestrated attempt to favor a presidential candidate in Kenya’s upcoming elections.
Onex to sell stake in RSI Home Products for $323 million
(Reuters) – Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp said on Monday it plans to sell its 50 percent stake in RSI Home Products back to the privately held company for about $323 million. Onex said its investment in RSI, which manufactures kitchen and bathroom cabinets, has generated significant returns for its fund. Onex invested $318 million in RSI in October 2008. Following the close of the sale, Onex will have received total proceeds of about $471 million from RSI, including prior distributions. …
TSX may rise on recent upbeat global data; investors eye Cameco
(Reuters) – Canada's main stock index looked set to open higher on Monday, tracking its U.S. counterpart, as encouraging global economic data last week offset worries about political tensions in the euro zone. TOP STOR IES * Cameco reported sharply lower quarterly profit on Friday after taking a C$168 million write-down on an Australian exploration project, and said the current quarter would likely produce weaker earnings as well. … Fuel, food aid draw Iraq, Syria Kurds closer
FISHKHABOUR, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurds on either side of the river Tigris that runs between Syria and Iraq are linked by kinship, a history of oppression and now by fuel lines and boats ferrying food and medical aid across the waters that divide them . The lifeline thrown by Iraqi Kurdistan to its neighbor extends the influence of Masoud Barzani, the autonomous region's President, over Kurds in Syria as civil war threatens to dismember the country. … 
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