(Reuters) – News Corp reported higher quarterly revenue and profit on Wednesday on strong growth at its cable networks. The media conglomerate, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said revenue rose 5 percent to $9.43 billion for the quarter that ended in December. Anal ysts were expecting revenue of $9.28 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. News Corp's global media empire includes Fox Broadcasting, The Wall Street Journal and the film studio Twentieth Century Fox. Net income was $2.38 billion or $1.01 per share, compared with $1. … Cruise trends for 2013: Multi-generational, specialty food, new attractions
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Cruise trends as the 2013 season gets under way are shaping up to include a bigger focus on multi-generational groups, more specialty food offerings, and continued efforts to wow passengers with new onboard firsts like an aquapark, a glass walkway and a vertical garden.
Manitoba Conservation orders review after Bambi killed at Hutterite colony
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s conservation minister says it may have been insensitive of wildlife officers to kill a deer at a Hutterite colony as some members who had raised the animal watched in horror.
Government says all dogs in England must be fitted with microchips by 2016
LONDON – Dog owners who refuse to fit Fido with a microchip may someday find themselves fetching a hefty fine, the British government said Wednesday.
RCMP find two dogs that were stolen in Vancouver along with truck
VANCOUVER – Two dogs that were stolen when a thief made off with a dog-walker’s truck in Vancouver have been found more than 100 kilometres away.
Government to appeal court ruling that Metis, other natives are 'Indian'
OTTAWA – The federal government will appeal a landmark Federal Court ruling which vastly expanded the ranks of people considered Indians under the Constitution.
Ireland readies deal to ease costs of bank bailout
DUBLIN (AP) -- The Irish government put lawmakers on standby to pass emergency legislation Wednesday as a deal neared with the European Central Bank to reform the repayment terms of Ireland’s colossal bank-bailout bill, a move designed to reduce Ireland’s deficits and ease its return to normal borrowing.
Senate committee says tariffs one reason for Canada-U.S. price gap
OTTAWA – A Senate committee says Ottawa should launch a comprehensive review of tariffs as a way of narrowing the price gap between Canadian and U.S. consumer goods.
Slovenia, Croatia near solution for row blocking Croatia's EU bid
OTOCEC, Slovenia (Reuters) – Slovenia and Croatia stepped closer to solving a 20-year old bank dispute on Wednesday and will now race to hammer it out in the coming weeks so that Croatia can join the European Union as planned on July 1. “After today’s meeting I think we’re on the right track… We’ve cleared the expert aspects and are now looking for political solutions,” Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec told reporters after a six-hour meeting with his Croatian counterpart, Vesna Pusic. …
In Ontario, abuse of 'hillbilly heroin' being replaced by real thing
Front-line drug-treatment workers and law enforcement officials in Ontario have been waiting for the other shoe to drop for nearly a year.
Report on Parti Quebecois election shooting cites police communication problems
QUEBEC – A report by Quebec’s provincial police apparently describes communication lapses that plagued the force on the night of the shooting at Parti Quebecois headquarters last year.
Exclusive: Herbalife to share more data on pay in investor fight
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Herbalife Inc , the embattled nutritional supplements co mpany, is disclosing more information about how much its U.S. distributors earned in 2012 than it did in 2011, though the details are unlikely to satisfy critics like billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. Specifically, Herbalife laid out on Wednesday the ranges of gross compensation it pays to distributors at various levels, how many distributors it had last year at each level, and what their average gross payments were. … Iran's Salehi thinks Syrian government ready to talk to opposition: MENA
CAIRO (Reuters) – The foreign minister of Iran said on Wednesday he believed that the Syrian government was ready to negotiate with the opposition and that the two sides would have to sit together for talks, the Egyptian state news agency MENA reported. "I think that the Syrian government is ready to negotiate with the opposition," Ali Akbar Salehi told MENA. Opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib has made a conditional offer to talk to Syria's rulers about trying to end Syria's conflict. (Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Kevin Liffey) Tunisia's double blow: political assassination, government dissolution
Tunisia has weathered riots, political squabbling, and economic crisis since protests toppled its former dictator two years ago, kickstarting the Arab uprisings. Today, this fledgling democracy suffered a new blow: its first murder of a political leader, which prompted the prime minister to dissolve his government.
Yemen: Seized Iranian ship carried varied weapons
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen’s Defense Ministry says a ship seized by Yemeni authorities last month carried Iranian-made weapons, including material for bombs and suicide belts, explosives, Katyusha rockets, surface-to-air missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and large amounts of ammunition.
Tough times for Hezbollah as it struggles to balance alliances with internal stability
BEIRUT – These are tough times for Hezbollah. The Shiite militant group’s uncompromising support for Syrian President Bashar Assad and allegations that it attacked Israeli tourists in Bulgaria are both unpopular in Lebanon, where it is increasingly accused of putting the interests of longtime patrons Iran and Syria over those of its home country.
Satellite appears to show Syria building unscathed by Israel strike
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A research center that Syria said was hit by an Israeli strike last week remained unscathed in the attack, an Israeli television channel said satellite images it broadcast on Wednesday showed. Diplomats, Syrian rebels and security sources said Israeli jets bombed a convoy near the Lebanese border last week, apparently hitting weapons destined for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which fought a 34-day war with Israel in 2006. …
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