Egypt: Ton of explosives seized on way to Sinai
CAIRO (AP) -- A senior Egyptian security official says police have seized a ton of explosives headed to the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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Obama in a position of strength as he takes oath for 2nd term as US president
WASHINGTON – Battered yet still popular after a bruising first term as president, Barack Obama raises his right hand Sunday to be sworn in for another four years as the leader of an America that is, perhaps, as divided politically and socially as at any time since the U.S. Civil War more than 150 years ago.
Neglect complaints prompt another review at Sunnybrook Veterans Centre
TORONTO – In an effort to come to grips with a series of complaints about its quality of care and how those complaints are dealt with, the country’s largest veterans facility has called in an outside expert to look at the situation.
Song paying tribute to US President Barack Obama coming from north of border
CALGARY – A longtime Calgary blues guitarist and a pair of Canadian songwriters have created a tune dedicated to U.S. President Barack Obama that is said to have made its way through diplomatic channels all the way to the White House.
WASHINGTON – Battered yet still popular after a bruising first term as president, Barack Obama raises his right hand Sunday to be sworn in for another four years as the leader of an America that is, perhaps, as divided politically and socially as at any time since the U.S. Civil War more than 150 years ago.
Neglect complaints prompt another review at Sunnybrook Veterans Centre
TORONTO – In an effort to come to grips with a series of complaints about its quality of care and how those complaints are dealt with, the country’s largest veterans facility has called in an outside expert to look at the situation.
Song paying tribute to US President Barack Obama coming from north of border
CALGARY – A longtime Calgary blues guitarist and a pair of Canadian songwriters have created a tune dedicated to U.S. President Barack Obama that is said to have made its way through diplomatic channels all the way to the White House.
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Police remove Albanian rebel memorial in south Serbia
PRESEVO, Serbia (Reuters) – More than 200 heavily armed and masked Serbian police took down a memorial to ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Serbia’s south overnight, trying to end a row that has highlighted still-simmering tension in the region. Security forces deployed armored personnel carriers to cordon off the main square in the southern, mainly Albanian, town of Presevo, and hauled away the memorial bearing the names of 27 guerrillas who died during an insurgency in the region in 2001, a Reuters reporter at the scene said on Sunday. …
PRESEVO, Serbia (Reuters) – More than 200 heavily armed and masked Serbian police took down a memorial to ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Serbia’s south overnight, trying to end a row that has highlighted still-simmering tension in the region. Security forces deployed armored personnel carriers to cordon off the main square in the southern, mainly Albanian, town of Presevo, and hauled away the memorial bearing the names of 27 guerrillas who died during an insurgency in the region in 2001, a Reuters reporter at the scene said on Sunday. …
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Israel offering bonuses to teachers who boost student enlistment
Israel is offering new salary bonuses to high school educators based on criteria including their success in motivating pupils to perform their army service, fueling criticism of alleged militarism in its education system.
Hundreds in Georgia demand president's resignation
TBILISI (Reuters) – Hundreds of Georgians gathered on Sunday outside the presidential administration building in the capital Tbilisi demanding the removal of President Mikheil Saakashvi li, whose term in office they say should be ending. Participants of the rally said the president's second term should expire on January 21, five years from his inauguration. The constitution limits the presidential term to five years but does not call for elections until October this year. Saakashvili's National Movement party was defeated in parliamentary elections in October. …
Israel is offering new salary bonuses to high school educators based on criteria including their success in motivating pupils to perform their army service, fueling criticism of alleged militarism in its education system.
Hundreds in Georgia demand president's resignation
TBILISI (Reuters) – Hundreds of Georgians gathered on Sunday outside the presidential administration building in the capital Tbilisi demanding the removal of President Mikheil Saakashvi li, whose term in office they say should be ending. Participants of the rally said the president's second term should expire on January 21, five years from his inauguration. The constitution limits the presidential term to five years but does not call for elections until October this year. Saakashvili's National Movement party was defeated in parliamentary elections in October. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Djokovic survives to advance at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Novak Djokovic got a huge scare from 15th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka before hanging on to win in the 22nd game of the fifth set to advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
Djokovic survives scare from Wawrinka at Australian Open
ME LBOURNE (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived an early onslaught and a late fightback from Stanislas Wawrinka in a pulsating fourth-round clash to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open early on Monday. The 15th-seeded Swiss had taken a 6-1 5-2 lead over the world number one with a powerful serve and booming groundstrokes before Djokovic took greater control of the rallies and waited for Wawrinka to make mistakes. …
Tennis-Djokovic survives scare from Wawrinka at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived an early onslaught and a late fightback from Stanislas Wawrinka in a pulsating fourth-round clash to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open early on Monday. The 15th-seeded Swiss had taken a 6-1 5-2 lead over the world number one with a powerful serve and booming groundstrokes before Djokovic took greater control of the rallies and waited for Wawrinka to make mistakes. …
London's Heathrow Airport cancels 260 flights, blames snow and low visibility
LONDON – London’s Heathrow airport says it has cancelled 260 flight -- or 20 per cent of its usual schedule -- because of snow and low visibility.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Novak Djokovic got a huge scare from 15th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka before hanging on to win in the 22nd game of the fifth set to advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Djokovic survives scare from Wawrinka at Australian Open
ME LBOURNE (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived an early onslaught and a late fightback from Stanislas Wawrinka in a pulsating fourth-round clash to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open early on Monday. The 15th-seeded Swiss had taken a 6-1 5-2 lead over the world number one with a powerful serve and booming groundstrokes before Djokovic took greater control of the rallies and waited for Wawrinka to make mistakes. … Tennis-Djokovic survives scare from Wawrinka at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived an early onslaught and a late fightback from Stanislas Wawrinka in a pulsating fourth-round clash to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open early on Monday. The 15th-seeded Swiss had taken a 6-1 5-2 lead over the world number one with a powerful serve and booming groundstrokes before Djokovic took greater control of the rallies and waited for Wawrinka to make mistakes. …
London's Heathrow Airport cancels 260 flights, blames snow and low visibility
LONDON – London’s Heathrow airport says it has cancelled 260 flight -- or 20 per cent of its usual schedule -- because of snow and low visibility.
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Algeria terror leader preferred money to death
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Moktar Belmoktar is known abroad as the man who orchestrated the abduction of scores of foreigners last week at a BP-operated plant in the remote, eastern corner of Algeria, in a raid that led to many of their deaths.
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Moktar Belmoktar is known abroad as the man who orchestrated the abduction of scores of foreigners last week at a BP-operated plant in the remote, eastern corner of Algeria, in a raid that led to many of their deaths. seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Iraq protester sets self ablaze in anti-government rally
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – An Iraqi protester set himself ablaze on Sunday in a dramatic turn in more than three weeks of rallies by Sunni Muslims challenging Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government. Thousands of Sunni demonstrators have rallied since late December against a Shi’ite-led government they believe has marginalized their minority sect, raising fears the OPEC country may slide again into widespread sectarian confrontation. …
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – An Iraqi protester set himself ablaze on Sunday in a dramatic turn in more than three weeks of rallies by Sunni Muslims challenging Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government. Thousands of Sunni demonstrators have rallied since late December against a Shi’ite-led government they believe has marginalized their minority sect, raising fears the OPEC country may slide again into widespread sectarian confrontation. …
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Famous bridge in India is in danger of coming down ... because of spit
It was first reported in 2010 that the pillars of Kolkata's landmark Howrah bridge were being used as spittoons by pedestrians who chewed gutkha - a tobacco product popular with millions in India.
Iran hangs two men for attack posted on YouTube
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran hanged two men on Sunday for their role in an assault that was filmed and posted on YouTube, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. A 37-second video posted on YouTube in December and later shown on Iranian state television showed four masked men approaching the victim on motorcycles, and then two of them assaulting him, taking his bag and jacket. One of the attackers appeared to be wielding a long knife or machete. The attack prompted public outrage, and officials vowed to punish those responsible. …
It was first reported in 2010 that the pillars of Kolkata's landmark Howrah bridge were being used as spittoons by pedestrians who chewed gutkha - a tobacco product popular with millions in India.
Iran hangs two men for attack posted on YouTube
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran hanged two men on Sunday for their role in an assault that was filmed and posted on YouTube, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. A 37-second video posted on YouTube in December and later shown on Iranian state television showed four masked men approaching the victim on motorcycles, and then two of them assaulting him, taking his bag and jacket. One of the attackers appeared to be wielding a long knife or machete. The attack prompted public outrage, and officials vowed to punish those responsible. …
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Airstrike kills at least 7 near Syrian capital
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian government troops battled rebels in several areas outside Damascus on Sunday while regime warplanes bombed opposition-held areas around the capital, including an airstrike on one village that killed at least seven people, activists said.
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian government troops battled rebels in several areas outside Damascus on Sunday while regime warplanes bombed opposition-held areas around the capital, including an airstrike on one village that killed at least seven people, activists said. seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Colombia's FARC rebels end ceasefire
HAVANA (Reuters) – A unilateral ceasefire declared by the Marxist FARC rebels at the start of peace talks with the Colombian government two months ago ended on Sunday after the government refused to join the truce, the rebel group said. "With pain in my heart, we have to admit that we return to the stage of war that nobody in this country wants," FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez told reporters before going into the latest negotiation session aimed at ending Colombia's long, bloody conflict. (Reporting By Jeff Franks and Marc Frank; Editing by Sandra Maler)
HAVANA (Reuters) – A unilateral ceasefire declared by the Marxist FARC rebels at the start of peace talks with the Colombian government two months ago ended on Sunday after the government refused to join the truce, the rebel group said. "With pain in my heart, we have to admit that we return to the stage of war that nobody in this country wants," FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez told reporters before going into the latest negotiation session aimed at ending Colombia's long, bloody conflict. (Reporting By Jeff Franks and Marc Frank; Editing by Sandra Maler) seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Vice-President Joe Biden sworn in to second four-year term
WASHINGTON – Vice-President Joe Biden has been sworn in to a second term.
WASHINGTON – Vice-President Joe Biden has been sworn in to a second term.
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Berlusconi: I won't be premier if my party wins
ROME (AP) -- Silvio Berlusconi says he won’t be premier again should his conservative party, trailing in opinion polls, win Italian elections next month.
Assad's overthrow "red line" for Iran: supreme leader's aide
DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior aide to Iran's supreme leader warned against the overthrow of Syria's President Bashar al-A ssad, saying his fate was a "red line", in one of the Islamic state's strongest messages of support for the Damascus government. Iran has steadfastly backed Assad's rule since an uprising against his rule began almost two years ago and regards him as an important part of the axis of opposition against arch-foe Israel. …
ROME (AP) -- Silvio Berlusconi says he won’t be premier again should his conservative party, trailing in opinion polls, win Italian elections next month.
Assad's overthrow "red line" for Iran: supreme leader's aide
DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior aide to Iran's supreme leader warned against the overthrow of Syria's President Bashar al-A ssad, saying his fate was a "red line", in one of the Islamic state's strongest messages of support for the Damascus government. Iran has steadfastly backed Assad's rule since an uprising against his rule began almost two years ago and regards him as an important part of the axis of opposition against arch-foe Israel. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Heathrow Airport cancels flights as snow carpets London
LONDON (Reuters) – London's Heathrow Airport was hit by a third straight day of delays on Sunday after airport bosses cancelled 20 percent of flights as snow continued to blanket the British capital, with more forecast. Heathrow Ltd, which is owned by Spain's Ferrovial, said the reduced schedule – amounting to around 250 fewer flights – would help it cope with the expected snowfall without making further cancellations. "There is a high probability of around two to six centimetres of accumulating snow and low visibility at periods throughout the day," a Heathrow spokesman said. …
Heathrow Airport cancels flights as snow carpets London
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Heathrow Airport was hit by a third straight day of delays on Sunday after airport bosses cancelled 20 percent of flights as snow continued to blanket the British capital, with more forecast. Heathrow Ltd, which is owned by Spain’s Ferrovial, said the reduced schedule – amounting to around 250 fewer flights – would help it cope with the expected snowfall without making further cancellations. “There is a high probability of around two to six centimeters of accumulating snow and low visibility at periods throughout the day,” a Heathrow spokesman said. …
Protest held in Georgia to demand president's exit
TBILISI, GEORGIA (AP) -- More than 1,000 people began protesting on Sunday outside of the Georgian president’s residence in Tbilisi, demanding that he immediately resign and hand over executive power to the speaker of parliament.
LONDON (Reuters) – London's Heathrow Airport was hit by a third straight day of delays on Sunday after airport bosses cancelled 20 percent of flights as snow continued to blanket the British capital, with more forecast. Heathrow Ltd, which is owned by Spain's Ferrovial, said the reduced schedule – amounting to around 250 fewer flights – would help it cope with the expected snowfall without making further cancellations. "There is a high probability of around two to six centimetres of accumulating snow and low visibility at periods throughout the day," a Heathrow spokesman said. … Heathrow Airport cancels flights as snow carpets London
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Heathrow Airport was hit by a third straight day of delays on Sunday after airport bosses cancelled 20 percent of flights as snow continued to blanket the British capital, with more forecast. Heathrow Ltd, which is owned by Spain’s Ferrovial, said the reduced schedule – amounting to around 250 fewer flights – would help it cope with the expected snowfall without making further cancellations. “There is a high probability of around two to six centimeters of accumulating snow and low visibility at periods throughout the day,” a Heathrow spokesman said. …
Protest held in Georgia to demand president's exit
TBILISI, GEORGIA (AP) -- More than 1,000 people began protesting on Sunday outside of the Georgian president’s residence in Tbilisi, demanding that he immediately resign and hand over executive power to the speaker of parliament.
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De Villiers gets ODI suspension for slow over rate
(Reuters) – South Africa captain AB de Villiers will miss the remaining two one-day internationals against New Zealand after being suspended for the team’s slow over rate in Saturday’s series opening defeat. “(Match reeferee) David Boon… imposed the suspension after the Proteas were ruled to be six overs short of their target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration,” the ICC said in a statement on Sunday. The ICC warned that should De Villiers be found guilty of the offence again in the next 12 months then he could be banned for eight ODIs or four tests. …
Airstrike near Syrian capital kills at least 7
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian activists say a government airstrike in a village near Damascus has killed at least seven people, including a mother, father and three children from the same family.
What a Brazilian clown reveals about the crisis in legislatures
(Reuters) – Cross-dressing, semi-literate, potty-mouthed clowns aren't supposed to run for Congress. And if they do, they sure as hell aren't supposed to win. But Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva--better known by his clown name Tiririca (Grumpy)--broke those rules, and several more, when he ran for Brazil's House of Deputies in 2010. Campaigning under the slogan "It Can't Get Any Worse" and wearing a women's blonde wig, Tiririca took satirical aim at Brazil's reviled Congress, where gridlock and corruption are rife. His campaign ads were hugely popular on television and the Internet. …
(Reuters) – South Africa captain AB de Villiers will miss the remaining two one-day internationals against New Zealand after being suspended for the team’s slow over rate in Saturday’s series opening defeat. “(Match reeferee) David Boon… imposed the suspension after the Proteas were ruled to be six overs short of their target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration,” the ICC said in a statement on Sunday. The ICC warned that should De Villiers be found guilty of the offence again in the next 12 months then he could be banned for eight ODIs or four tests. …
Airstrike near Syrian capital kills at least 7
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian activists say a government airstrike in a village near Damascus has killed at least seven people, including a mother, father and three children from the same family. What a Brazilian clown reveals about the crisis in legislatures
(Reuters) – Cross-dressing, semi-literate, potty-mouthed clowns aren't supposed to run for Congress. And if they do, they sure as hell aren't supposed to win. But Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva--better known by his clown name Tiririca (Grumpy)--broke those rules, and several more, when he ran for Brazil's House of Deputies in 2010. Campaigning under the slogan "It Can't Get Any Worse" and wearing a women's blonde wig, Tiririca took satirical aim at Brazil's reviled Congress, where gridlock and corruption are rife. His campaign ads were hugely popular on television and the Internet. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Official: 'Numerous' other bodies at Algeria plant
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- An Algerian security official says de-mining squads searching for explosives found "numerous" bodies Sunday at a gas refinery where Islamic militants took dozens of foreign workers hostage.
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- An Algerian security official says de-mining squads searching for explosives found "numerous" bodies Sunday at a gas refinery where Islamic militants took dozens of foreign workers hostage. seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Serbian police remove Albanian rebel memorial in the South
PRESEVO, Serbia (Reuters) – More than 200 heavily-armed and masked Serbian police took down a memorial to ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Serbia’s south overnight, trying to end a row that has highlighted still-simmering tension in the region. Security forces deployed armored personnel carriers to cordon off the main square in the southern, mainly Albanian, town of Presevo, and hauled away the memorial bearing the names of 27 guerrillas who died during an insurgency in the region in 2001, a Reuters reporter at the scene said on Sunday. …
India political heir Rahul Gandhi condemns elitism
JAIPUR, India (AP) -- Rahul Gandhi, the heir to India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, said Sunday he would work to transform the country by decentralizing power after he was elevated to the governing Congress party's No. 2 post.
Growth slows, markets feeling good ahead of Davos
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The world's financial and political elite will head this week to the Alps for 2013's gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with the global economy far less plagued by fear than it was last year.
PRESEVO, Serbia (Reuters) – More than 200 heavily-armed and masked Serbian police took down a memorial to ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Serbia’s south overnight, trying to end a row that has highlighted still-simmering tension in the region. Security forces deployed armored personnel carriers to cordon off the main square in the southern, mainly Albanian, town of Presevo, and hauled away the memorial bearing the names of 27 guerrillas who died during an insurgency in the region in 2001, a Reuters reporter at the scene said on Sunday. …
India political heir Rahul Gandhi condemns elitism
JAIPUR, India (AP) -- Rahul Gandhi, the heir to India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, said Sunday he would work to transform the country by decentralizing power after he was elevated to the governing Congress party's No. 2 post. Growth slows, markets feeling good ahead of Davos
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The world's financial and political elite will head this week to the Alps for 2013's gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with the global economy far less plagued by fear than it was last year. seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Cricket-Miller replaces de Villiers in ODI squad
CAPE TOWN, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Left-handed batsman David Miller has been named in the South African one-day squad for the second and third games of their series against New Zealand following the suspension of captain AB de Villiers. De Villiers was suspended for two games by ICC match referee David Boon for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first match which New Zealand won by one wicket. Miller, 23, has won 16 one-day caps since making his debut in 2010. …
Israel leader says Iran key issue, not settlements
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Two days before Israeli elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shrugging off international criticism of Israeli settlement construction, calling Iran's suspect nuclear program the real threat to regional security.
Syria opposition and backers to meet in Paris: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – Syrian opposition leaders will meet in Paris this month, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday, decrying an “abominable” situation in which he said 100 people a day were being killed in an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. “The situation is horrific and Bashar must go as fast as possible,” Fabius said. “There will be a meeting of the coalition in Paris in a few days, on the 28th. It’s a coalition recognized by more than 100 countries, led by extremely respectable people who simply want to restore democracy in Syria,” he said. …
Gambia's public sector to have 4-day working week
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has decreed a four-day working week for public officials, making Friday a day of rest to allow residents in the small West African state more time for prayer and agriculture. Jammeh said in statement the decision was made in light of demand from the general public. The shorter working week will take effect from February 1. The new public sector working times in Gambia, a sliver of land stretching inland from the West African coast along the river Gambia, will be Mondays to Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. …
4 die in Egypt clashes after man killed by police
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt’s Health Ministry says overnight clashes between police and residents of a densely populated district just north of Cairo have left four people dead.
CAPE TOWN, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Left-handed batsman David Miller has been named in the South African one-day squad for the second and third games of their series against New Zealand following the suspension of captain AB de Villiers. De Villiers was suspended for two games by ICC match referee David Boon for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first match which New Zealand won by one wicket. Miller, 23, has won 16 one-day caps since making his debut in 2010. …
Israel leader says Iran key issue, not settlements
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Two days before Israeli elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shrugging off international criticism of Israeli settlement construction, calling Iran's suspect nuclear program the real threat to regional security. Syria opposition and backers to meet in Paris: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – Syrian opposition leaders will meet in Paris this month, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday, decrying an “abominable” situation in which he said 100 people a day were being killed in an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. “The situation is horrific and Bashar must go as fast as possible,” Fabius said. “There will be a meeting of the coalition in Paris in a few days, on the 28th. It’s a coalition recognized by more than 100 countries, led by extremely respectable people who simply want to restore democracy in Syria,” he said. …
Gambia's public sector to have 4-day working week
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has decreed a four-day working week for public officials, making Friday a day of rest to allow residents in the small West African state more time for prayer and agriculture. Jammeh said in statement the decision was made in light of demand from the general public. The shorter working week will take effect from February 1. The new public sector working times in Gambia, a sliver of land stretching inland from the West African coast along the river Gambia, will be Mondays to Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. … 4 die in Egypt clashes after man killed by police
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt’s Health Ministry says overnight clashes between police and residents of a densely populated district just north of Cairo have left four people dead.
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