BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in Beijing has sentenced 10 people to up to two years in jail for illegally detaining petitioners from another city, state media reported on Tuesday, in a rare case of the judiciary taking on the shadowy men who operate on the margins of the law. Petitioning officials has deep roots in China, where courts are seen as beyond the reach of ordinary people. Petitioners often try to take local disputes ranging from land grabs to corruption to higher levels in the capital Beijing. But studies show only small numbers are ever able to resolve their cases through …
In surprise move, woman charged in lover's slaying in Arizona testifies in murder trial
PHOENIX – A woman charged in the stabbing and shooting death of her lover is set to continue testifying at her Phoenix murder trial.
Kashmir's first all-girl rock band breaks up after threats, criticism
SRINAGAR, India – The first all-girl rock band in Indian-controlled Kashmir has decided to disband after only one concert because of threats its three teenaged members received on social media and criticism from a top Muslim cleric and separatists.
Report: U.S. commuters wasted $121 billion in time and fuel in 2011
AUSTIN, Texas – An annual study of national driving patterns shows that Americans spent 5.5 billion additional hours sitting in traffic in 2011.
2-year-old California boy dies after drinking cleaning solution
MERCED, Calif. – Merced County officials say a two-year-old boy has died after his grandmother gave him what she thought was a bottle of water to drink, but the bottle actually contained a cleaning solution.
Euro zone economy showing signs of recovery, optimism builds: PMI - poll
LONDON (Reuters) – The euro zone’s embattled economy has turned a corner, according to a business survey on Tuesday that showed businesses are more optimistic about the future but highlighted a growing chasm between the region’s economies. Markit’s Eurozone Composite PMI, which gauges business activity across thousands of companies and is seen as good gauge of growth, rose in January to a 10-month high of 48.6 from 47.2 in December – an improvement on the preliminary reading of 48.2. …
Officials: Suicide bomber kills 4 north of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has rammed his explosives-laden car into an army checkpoint north of Baghdad, killing at least four people -- two soldiers and two civilians.
Much awaited new Blackberry smartphone arrives at Canadian retailers
TORONTO – Canadians who have clung to their aging BlackBerrys finally have an upgrade.
Suicide bomber hits Iraq army checkpoint, three killed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled car at an Iraqi army checkpoint north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least three people, police said. The blast in Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital followed another suicide attack in the same town a day earlier that killed at least 22 people. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; writing by Patrick Markey)
South Africa police arrest alleged M23 rebels
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Police in South Africa say they’ve arrested 19 alleged members of the Congo rebel group M23 on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government there.
France: 4 detained suspected of extremist links
PARIS (AP) -- France’s interior minister says police have detained four people in a counterterrorist operation targeting those suspected of trying to join Islamist extremists abroad.
AP Interview: Morocco Islamists warn of unrest
RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- Morocco likes to project itself as unique in the Middle East in finding a third way between revolution and repression amid the uprisings of the Arab Spring. At 900 years, Knights of Malta confronts modernity
ROME (AP) -- Matthew Festing -- aka His Most Eminent Highness The Prince and Grand Master of the Knights of Malta -- bounds into the sitting room of his magnificent Renaissance palazzo sweaty and somewhat disheveled, and asks an aide if he should take off his sweater to be photographed. 
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