MOSCOW – A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 people.
Berlin's famous Knut the polar bear going on display at natural history museum
BERLIN – Adorable in life, still attracting admirers in death: Knut the polar bear’s hide has been mounted on a polyurethane body and is going on display in a Berlin museum.
Online groups back electoral co-operation, boost Liberal hopeful Murray
OTTAWA – Joyce Murray’s dark horse campaign for the Liberal leadership could get a big boost from online advocacy groups that played an influential role in last year’s NDP contest.
Bus carrying passengers from disabled cruise ship breaks down on way to New Orleans
HOUSTON – Some passengers who fled the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph and left Alabama aboard charter buses suffered yet another setback on their way home when one of the buses broke down.
State supreme court upholds rejection of 46 counts in Zumba prostitution scandal in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine – Maine’s highest court has rejected a motion to reinstate 46 invasion of privacy counts against a man charged with helping a Zumba fitness instructor run a prostitution business in the seaside town of Kennebunk.
Venezuelan government shows first photos of President Hugo Chavez in more than 2 months
CARACAS, Venezuela – The world got its first glimpse of Hugo Chavez since he underwent a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba more than two months ago, with photos released Friday showing the Venezuelan leader alongside his daughters in Havana.
Tesco vows more openness on supplies after horsemeat scandal
LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, has responded to the scandal of horseme at being sold as beef with a pledge to offer customers insight into its global supply chain. Regulators and companies in the food industry have been rushing to deal with issues thrown up by the crisis and ease consumer concerns about food quality. In a blog on Friday, Tesco Chief Executive Philip Clarke promised to provide customers with a window to the workings of its suppliers, providing visibility and transparency to restore confidence in the provenance of its food. … Oscar Pistorius, weeping in court, faces possible life sentence in girlfriend's shooting death
PRETORIA, South Africa – Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius wept in court Friday as prosecutors said they’ll pursue a charge of premeditated murder against him for killing his model girlfriend, meaning the man who once inspired the world could spend the rest of his life in prison.
Disabled cruise ship finally in sight of US shore after days of drifting, shortages
MOBILE, Ala. – After a week at sea, the disabled cruise ship Carnival Triumph is in sight of shore off the U.S.
Obama to hold White House talks with Japan's Abe on Feb 22
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for talks in Washington on February 22, the White House said on Friday. "The president looks forward to in-depth discussions with Prime Minister Abe on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues, including the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance, economic and trade issues, and deepening bilateral cooperation," Obama's press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement. It will be the first meeting of the two leaders since Abe led his party back to power in December. … Meteor explodes over Russia; about 1,100 injured
MOSCOW (AP) -- A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 people. Havana's USS Maine monument, once a tribute to US-Cuban friendship, gets a facelift
HAVANA – It was a little before 10 p.m. that February night in 1898 when a fiery explosion roiled the normally calm waters of Havana Harbor, blowing out windows in the city and sinking the USS Maine to the bottom of the bay, just the mast and some twisted metal wreckage left to poke above the waves.
"New Bribesville" hits Italy Inc. before election
MILAN (Reuters) – Corruption probes at three major companies have hurt corporate Italy's image with investors and revived memories, just a week before an election, of the scandals that devastated Italian p olitics in the 1990s. Defense firm Finmeccanica, oil group Eni and Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest bank and Italy's third largest, all face judicial probes into crimes ranging from bribing foreign officials to accounting fraud. "We're facing something very like Tangentopoli," outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Friday, referring to the "Bribesville" scandals 20 years … Canadian takes first place in nature category for World Press Photo contest
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. – A Canadian has been awarded the top prize in one of the categories in the 2012 World Press Photo contest.
Canada's cred on climate change won't need much work: enviro minister
MONTREAL – Canada’s environment minister says his government’s reputation on tackling climate change won’t need much work.
Downtown Mobile hotels booked solid as cruise ship docks; city and its businesses try to help
MOBILE, Ala. – Every downtown hotel in Mobile was booked solid Thursday night, as crew members, passengers and their family members streamed into the city after the beleaguered Carnival cruise ship Triumph finally arrived, city officials said.
Islamists rally against violence in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of Islamists protested in Cairo on Friday against violence that has marred anti-government demonstration s, showing support for President Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood politician elected head of state last year. The "Together against Violence" rally was called by a hardline Salafi Islamist group that waged an armed revolt against the state in the 1990s. Al-Gama'a al-Islamiya, whose leadership renounced violence more than a decade ago, has entered mainstream politics since autocratic president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011. … AP PHOTOS: Meteor explodes over Russia
A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring nearly 1,000 people. The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some declaring that the world was coming to an end. Many of the injured were cut by flying glass as they flocked to windows to see what the source was for such an intense flash of light. Eskimos sign defensive lineman Odell Willis to kick off CFL free agency
The Edmonton Eskimos dipped into the CFL free-agent pool to sign defensive lineman Odell Willis on Friday.
Runners and riders in Europe's horsemeat scandal
LONDON (AP) -- The European Union agreed Friday to begin random DNA checks on meat products in a bid to put a lid on a spreading scandal over horsemeat, while British authorities announced traces of horse had been found in school meals, restaurant dishes and hospital food, as well as supermarket p roducts. 
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