NEW YORK (Reuters) – Talks between Dell Inc and a consortium led by its founder and chief executive Michael Dell to take the world's No.3 PC maker private were still on track on Monday, with negotiations focusing on a price of between $13.50 and $13.75 per share, a person familiar with the matter said. Talks are in their final stages and an outcome is expected soon, the person said, cautioning that no final agreement had been reached and negotiations could still break down. … Venezuela's Chavez improving after tough cancer fight: Fidel Castro
HAVANA (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is getting "much better" as he recovers from cancer surgery alm ost two months ago in Havana, Communist Party newspaper Granma reported on Monday. Castro, 86, spoke to reporters as he voted on Sunday in Cuba's parliamentary elections in one of his increasingly rare public appearances. He said he gets daily reports on the condition of Chavez, who is Cuba's top socialist ally and benefactor. "He is much better, recovering. … RBC chief earns $12.6 million for 2012, up from $10.1 million in 2011
TORONTO – Royal Bank (TSX:RY) chief executive Gord Nixon received a pay increase last year after taking a million-dollar pay cut in 2011.
French-Canadians victims of 'soft ethnocide,' says report partly funded by PQ
MONTREAL – A report funded in part by Quebec’s governing party says francophones across Canada are the victims of a soft ethnocide.
FBI investigating NYC woman's death in Istanbul
NEW YORK (AP) -- A U.S. congressman says the FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman found dead in Istanbul while on a solo vacation. Boeing sues Sea Launch partners for $350 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boeing Co has sued its Russian and Ukrainian partners in satellite launch service Sea Launch, saying they refused to pay it more than $350 million following the joint-venture’s bankruptcy filing in 2009. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Friday, targeted RSC Energia, a company partially owned by the Russian government, and two Ukrainian state-owned companies, PO Yuzhnoye Mashinostroitelny Zavod and KB Yuzhnoye. …
North Korea nuclear test would face "firm" U.N. action: South Korea
UNITED NATIONS (Reuter s) – The U.N. Security Council is united on North Korea's nuclear arms program and will undoubtedly approve tough measures against Pyongyang if it carries out a new atomic test as expected, South Korean U.N. Ambassador Kim Sook said on Monday. "The North Korean nuclear test seems to be imminent," Kim, who is president of the Security Council this month, told reporters. "Obviously there are very busy activities going on at the (North Korean) nuclear test site, and everybody's watching." "Everybody is unified and they are firm and resolute," he said. … In West Bank, a space for tutus and pirouettes
The Ramallah Ballet Center, where girls in white tights and pink tutus twirl in front of a long mirror, seems a world away from the street below, where butchered lambs hang for sale, resentment lingers from the last intifada, and horns blare as cars snake dangerously close to each other in the narrow streets.
'Cookie Monster' sends 2nd note, saying he wants to return cookie sculpture stolen in Germany
BERLIN – Police in Germany say someone dressed as the Cookie Monster has sent a second note regarding a stolen cookie sculpture -- this time saying he wants to return it.
Bright spot in Palestinian economy: more women opening businesses
It’s a rainy day in the West Bank village of Ajoul, and when the kids get out of school a few dart into Myassar Issa’s mini-market to buy sweets before running home up the muddy hills leading out of the valley.
11 killed in local fighting in northeast Nigeria
YOLA, Nigeria (AP) -- A witness in northeastern Nigeria says 11 people have been killed in fighting between nomadic cattle herders and farmers.
Toronto FC sends forward Hassli to FC Dallas for conditional second-round pick
TORONTO – Toronto FC is sending striker Eric Hassli to FC Dallas in exchange for a conditional second-round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban makes it clear in video statement that she won't back down
LONDON – In her first video statement since she was nearly killed, a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban remained defiant in arguing for girls’ education, saying Monday she would keep up the same campaign that led to her attack.
Istanbul police seek DNA, blood samples from 21 suspects questioned in NYC woman's death
ANKARA, Turkey – Prosecutors in Istanbul got a court order Monday for authorities to take blood and DNA samples from 21 people already questioned in the death of a New York city woman, state media reported.
Myanmar's graffiti artists test edges of emerging democracy
When he first got word of President Obama's historic trip to Myanmar this fall, street artist Arker Kyaw stayed up through the night spray-painting a mural of the US leader smiling against a backdrop of American and Burmese flags.
Flacco receives new car as Super Bowl MVP, with new contract almost sure to follow
NEW ORLEANS – Working on 90 minutes of sleep, Joe Flacco wore a day-old beard and a weary smile that wouldn’t go away.
Turkish police seek DNA, blood from 21 suspects
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Prosecutors in Istanbul got a court order Monday for authorities to take blood and DNA samples from 21 people already questioned in the death of a New York city woman, state media reported. Ahmadinejad prepared to be Iran's first astronaut
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that he’s ready to take the risk of being the first Iranian astronaut sent into space as part of Iran’s goal of a manned space flight.
Not into boozy, lazy vacations? Try health and fitness retreats that fit your active lifestyle
RINCON, Puerto Rico – Several years ago, I found myself needing a certain type of vacation -- one that would help me reset life and that combined my passions: fitness and sports, the outdoors and travel, healthy food and new people.
New hurdle for nuclear talks: Iran's presidential politics
After an eight-month hiatus of high-level nuclear diplomacy, Iran and world powers are poised to resume talks later this month in Kazakhstan.
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