British prosecutors said Friday they will not press charges against two Australian DJs over the royal hoax call that preceded a nurse's suicide.Two Australian DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and her … French leader to visit Mali, talk of troop levels
PARIS (AP) -- President Francois Hollande says he'll suggest when France will reduce troop levels in Mali during a trip there Saturday, nearly four weeks after a French-led operation against Islamic extremists began in the vast West African nation. For Beckham in Paris, flashbulbs burn differently
PARIS (AP) -- 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 l enses all the better to see you with. Legal piracy? Antigua gets OK to start selling copies of US hit movies, songs
Antigua and Barbuda doesn't normally rank among threats to United States interests. The twin-island nation's population of 100,000 rivals that of Flint, Mich., and its $1 billion economy is about as much as New York City is spending to make infrastructure fixes like repairing bridges and filling potholes.
'Body' found on mural in NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's parliamentary office
OTTAWA – A body has been found in the Parliament Hill office of NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Appeal Court upholds Canada's marijuana laws
TORONTO – Ontario’s top court upholds Canada’s marijuana laws in medicinal pot case.
Mysterious YouTube video accuses Russia's Medvedev of treason
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev is glimpsed exchanging confidential smiles with Barack Oba ma as sinister music plays. The dead body of Russian ally Muammar Gaddafi, driven from power by the West, is dragged through the dirt. A camera homes in on the prime minister sweating and shifting uneasily in his chair. The word 'treason' is uttered by a narrator. A more than hour-long Internet video employs methods reminiscent of the Soviet past in excoriating a prime minister already laboring in President Vladimir Putin's shadow. … Nigeria says helicopter strike kills 17 Islamist fighters
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities said on Friday security forces backed by helicopter gunships killed 17 militants and destroyed two training camps belonging to Islamist sect Boko Haram, one in a forest and one in a game reserve. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman for joint military and police forces in Borno state, said one soldier had also been killed in the firefights, which cast fresh doubt on a ceasefire declared by one purported Boko Haram commander this week. “The camp was properly … …
Colombian forces kill FARC commander close to chief negotiator
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian government forces have killed a FARC brigade commander close to the Marxist group’s chief peace negotiator, the defense minister said on Friday, as combat heats up after the expiration of a unilateral guerrilla ceasefire. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said that Jacobo Arango, a FARC commander in a northwestern area straddling Cordoba and Antioquia provinces, a known drug route, was among six rebels killed in an assault on Thursday. “It’s a strike of great importance,” he told reporters. …
Russian WWII vet recalls the Battle of Stalingrad
MOSCOW (AP) -- The Soviet soldiers used their own bodies as shields, covering women and children escaping on ferry boats from a Nazi bombardment that killed 40,000 civilians in a single day. It was the height of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest conflicts of World War II.
U.S. holds key to improving Russia ties: Putin aide
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Strained Russian-U.S. ties will not improve unless Washington stops openly criticizing Moscow’s human rights record and supporting President Vladimir Putin’s foes, the top foreign policy official in the Russian parliament said. Relations between the Cold War-era rivals took a dive after Putin’s return to the Kremlin in May, undermining a 2009 initiative by President Barack Obama and Russia’s then-president Dmitry Medvedev, a more liberal Putin protégé, to “reset” ties. …
Germany says unfreezing Rwandan aid but to watch progress on Congo
KIGALI (Reuters) – Germany said on Friday it will unblock 7 million euros in frozen aid to Rwanda, which the U.N. accuses of helping arm rebels in neighboring Congo, but warned the African state will be under continued international pressure over its links with M23 rebels. Germany joined the United States and several other European states in partially suspending aid to Rwanda after U.N. experts said senior Rwandan military officials have equipped, trained and directly commanded M23 rebels who in November briefly seized the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. …
London's "intergalactic" Shard opens to love, rain and Boris
LONDON (Reuters) – A marriage proposal, strange similes and a stunning panorama marked the public opening of the viewing deck for western Europe's tallest tower on a wet Friday in London. The Shard skysc raper was described as an "intergalactic spear" and a "cocktail stick" by charismatic Mayor Boris Johnson, who cut the ribbon for the first public visitors atop the 310-metre futuristic tower looming over London bridge. One visitor chose the moment to propose to his girlfriend of five years. … Police: Fla. tow truck driver arrested after phone pocket-dials 911 during drugs conversation
ORANGE CITY, Fla. – A conversation with two passengers landed a Florida tow truck driver in jail after his cellphone pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers listened in.
Puerto Rico teeters on fiscal edge over pensions
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Office clerk Lillian Marti hopes to retire one day with a decent pension. Now, like many other employees of Puerto Rico's government, she's beginning to fear she might not get that chance. UK's RBS to get Libor punishment next week: sources
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Scotland will next week agree a collective settlement with U.S. and British authorities for its part in a global rate rigging scandal, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. The bank is expected to be fined between 400 and 500 million pounds ($793 million) for the attempted rigging of the London interbank offered rate (Libor) and other benchmark interest rates. Details of the punishments will be revealed on Tuesday or Wednesday, the sources said. RBS and the FSA declined to comment. … Parting blows: Clinton blasts Russia for inaction in Syria
Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton leveled an angry blast at Russia Thursday, making clear that the United States sees Moscow as bearing most of the blame for the international community’s failure to broker any kind of peace deal for war-torn Syria.
Berlusconi's bid to halt tax fraud trial rejected again
MILAN (Reuters) – A Milan court on Friday rejected a new request from Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers to suspend a tax fraud trial involving the purchase of broadcasting rights by h is Mediaset media group until after the February 24-25 election. The decision prompted a defiant response from the former prime minister and his center-right party, who described as "scandalous" what they see as an interference with the parliamentary race. … One victim still critical, two more out of care, after Vancouver stabbing melee
VANCOUVER – Major crimes investigators remained at a Vancouver apartment building through the night, trying to determine why a man ran through the hallways Thursday evening, randomly slashing residents.
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