James Reimer stops 37 shots as Maple Leafs rout rival Canadiens 6-0
MONTREAL – James Reimer made 37 saves and Leo Komarov scored his first NHL goal only 59 seconds into the game as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the rival Montreal Canadiens 6-0 on Saturday night.
Hunt for ex-cop wanted in 3 killings continues as LAPD says it'll reopen probe into his firing
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. – The hunt in the snowy mountains for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings continued Saturday as police announced they will reopen the disciplinary proceedings that led to the fugitive’s firing.
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Chrysler says Alfa Romeo will eventually outsell Fiat in U.S
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Fiat SpA's Alfa Romeo will outsell stablemate Fiat in the United States once the sporty brand gets a foothold in its new m arket and expands to sell larger models, an executive with Fiat-owned Chrysler Group said on Saturday. The first Alfa Romeo to be sold in the United States in nearly two decades, the 4C sports car, is expected to arrive late this year. Alfa Romeo will be sold at Fiat dealerships in the United States. …
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Fiat SpA's Alfa Romeo will outsell stablemate Fiat in the United States once the sporty brand gets a foothold in its new m arket and expands to sell larger models, an executive with Fiat-owned Chrysler Group said on Saturday. The first Alfa Romeo to be sold in the United States in nearly two decades, the 4C sports car, is expected to arrive late this year. Alfa Romeo will be sold at Fiat dealerships in the United States. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Tunisian Islamists rally to show "power of street"
TUNIS (Reuters) – Thousands of Islamists marched in Tunis on Saturday in a show of strength, a day after the funeral of an assassinated secular politician drew the biggest crowds seen on the st reets since Tunisia's uprising two years ago. About 6,000 supporters of the ruling Ennahda movement rallied to back their leader Rachid al-Ghannouchi, who was the target of angry slogans raised by mourners at Friday's mass funeral of Chokri Belaid, a rights lawyer and opposition leader. …
New fighting in borderland between Sudan and South Sudan
JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 24 people have been killed in fresh fighting in the volatile borderland between Sudan and South Sudan, the southern army and rebels said on Saturday. South Sudan’s army spokesman Philip Aguer said his troops killed seven fighters from a militia supported by Khartoum which had crossed the poorly-defined border. The South’s army captured a Sudanese army truck used by the fighters during the skirmish in Obed in Upper Nile state in the northeast of the country, Aguer said. Sudan’s army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khalid could not be reached on his mobile phone. …
Britain's PM Cameron urges Scotland not to go it alone
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron conceded on Sunday that Scotland had wh at it takes to be an independent nation, but said it currently enjoyed "the best of both worlds", imploring it not to break the United Kingdom apart. Stepping up his government's campaign to hold Britain together ahead of an independence referendum expected next year, Cameron urged Scotland not to sever a union with England that dates back 306 years. "Put simply: Britain works. Britain works well. Why break it?" he wrote in an article published in Scottish newspapers. …
TUNIS (Reuters) – Thousands of Islamists marched in Tunis on Saturday in a show of strength, a day after the funeral of an assassinated secular politician drew the biggest crowds seen on the st reets since Tunisia's uprising two years ago. About 6,000 supporters of the ruling Ennahda movement rallied to back their leader Rachid al-Ghannouchi, who was the target of angry slogans raised by mourners at Friday's mass funeral of Chokri Belaid, a rights lawyer and opposition leader. … New fighting in borderland between Sudan and South Sudan
JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 24 people have been killed in fresh fighting in the volatile borderland between Sudan and South Sudan, the southern army and rebels said on Saturday. South Sudan’s army spokesman Philip Aguer said his troops killed seven fighters from a militia supported by Khartoum which had crossed the poorly-defined border. The South’s army captured a Sudanese army truck used by the fighters during the skirmish in Obed in Upper Nile state in the northeast of the country, Aguer said. Sudan’s army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khalid could not be reached on his mobile phone. …
Britain's PM Cameron urges Scotland not to go it alone
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron conceded on Sunday that Scotland had wh at it takes to be an independent nation, but said it currently enjoyed "the best of both worlds", imploring it not to break the United Kingdom apart. Stepping up his government's campaign to hold Britain together ahead of an independence referendum expected next year, Cameron urged Scotland not to sever a union with England that dates back 306 years. "Put simply: Britain works. Britain works well. Why break it?" he wrote in an article published in Scottish newspapers. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Indian execution sparks protests, accusations of politics
India today executed Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convict in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. Carrying out the death sentence, handed down in 2002 and upheld by the Supreme Court of India in 2005, was a major demand of India’s main opposition party, the right-wing Bhartiya Janata Party.
India today executed Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convict in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. Carrying out the death sentence, handed down in 2002 and upheld by the Supreme Court of India in 2005, was a major demand of India’s main opposition party, the right-wing Bhartiya Janata Party.
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Belaid's widow asks Tunisia government to protect her family
TUNIS (Reuters) – The widow of assassinated politici an ???????????Chokri Belaid said on Saturday she was asking the Tunisian government to provide her family with official protection. "After the killing of Chokri I am asking the Ministry of the Interior to provide official protection to me I and my daughters … If any attack happens to the family, I will accuse the Ministry of Interior officially," Basma Belaid said On television. …
Montoya stops 33 shots to lead Winnipeg Jets past Ottawa Senators 1-0
OTTAWA – Al Montoya stopped 33 shots to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 1-0 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon.
Yemen minister says weapons came from Iran
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen’s interior minister said Saturday that his country was disappointed to find that a large and diverse cache of weapons seized on a ship last month had been exported from Iran, a finding Washington said underscores Tehran’s ongoing evasion of U.N. resolutions.
New fighting in borderland between Sudan and South Sudan
JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 24 people have been killed in fresh fighting in the volatile borderland between Sudan and South Sudan, the southern army and rebels said on Saturday. South Sudan’s army spokesman Philip Aguer said his troops killed seven fighters from a militia supported by Khartoum which had crossed the poorly-defined border. The South’s army captured a Sudanese army truck used by the fighters during the skirmish in Obed in Upper Nile state in the northeast of the country, Aguer said. Sudan’s army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khalid could not be reached on his mobile phone. …
TUNIS (Reuters) – The widow of assassinated politici an ???????????Chokri Belaid said on Saturday she was asking the Tunisian government to provide her family with official protection. "After the killing of Chokri I am asking the Ministry of the Interior to provide official protection to me I and my daughters … If any attack happens to the family, I will accuse the Ministry of Interior officially," Basma Belaid said On television. … Montoya stops 33 shots to lead Winnipeg Jets past Ottawa Senators 1-0
OTTAWA – Al Montoya stopped 33 shots to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 1-0 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon.
Yemen minister says weapons came from Iran
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen’s interior minister said Saturday that his country was disappointed to find that a large and diverse cache of weapons seized on a ship last month had been exported from Iran, a finding Washington said underscores Tehran’s ongoing evasion of U.N. resolutions.
New fighting in borderland between Sudan and South Sudan
JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 24 people have been killed in fresh fighting in the volatile borderland between Sudan and South Sudan, the southern army and rebels said on Saturday. South Sudan’s army spokesman Philip Aguer said his troops killed seven fighters from a militia supported by Khartoum which had crossed the poorly-defined border. The South’s army captured a Sudanese army truck used by the fighters during the skirmish in Obed in Upper Nile state in the northeast of the country, Aguer said. Sudan’s army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khalid could not be reached on his mobile phone. …
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Russian opposition leader put under house arrest
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Prominent Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, charged with plotting mass disorder in protests last year, was placed under house arrest by a Moscow court on Saturday. The leftist was among several opposition figures charged with riot s and violence against police during a protest against President Vladimir Putin last May on the eve of his inauguration for a third presidential term. The Federal Investigative Committee, which answers only to Putin, had barred Udaltsov from travelling freely but said on Friday that he was not complying with that. …
APNewsBreak: Flaws found in US missile shield
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secret Defense Department studies cast doubt on whether a multibillion-dollar missile defense system planned for Europe can ever protect the U.S. from Iranian missiles as intended, congressional investigators say.
Opposition slams Venezuela devaluation, shoppers fret
CARACAS (Reuters) – Opposition leaders derided another currency dev aluation by President Hugo Chavez's government as evidence of economic incompetence, while some anxious Venezuelans hit shops on Saturday in fear of price increases. Though unseen in public since cancer surgery two months ago in Cuba, government ministers said Chavez personally ordered the fifth devaluation of the bolivar in a decade of socialist economics in the OPEC nation – this time by 32 percent. …
Russian opposition leader placed on house arrest
MOSCOW (AP) -- A top Russian opposition figure has been placed under house arrest for two months, a move that also bans him from using most forms of communication, including the Internet, telephone and mail.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Prominent Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, charged with plotting mass disorder in protests last year, was placed under house arrest by a Moscow court on Saturday. The leftist was among several opposition figures charged with riot s and violence against police during a protest against President Vladimir Putin last May on the eve of his inauguration for a third presidential term. The Federal Investigative Committee, which answers only to Putin, had barred Udaltsov from travelling freely but said on Friday that he was not complying with that. … APNewsBreak: Flaws found in US missile shield
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secret Defense Department studies cast doubt on whether a multibillion-dollar missile defense system planned for Europe can ever protect the U.S. from Iranian missiles as intended, congressional investigators say. Opposition slams Venezuela devaluation, shoppers fret
CARACAS (Reuters) – Opposition leaders derided another currency dev aluation by President Hugo Chavez's government as evidence of economic incompetence, while some anxious Venezuelans hit shops on Saturday in fear of price increases. Though unseen in public since cancer surgery two months ago in Cuba, government ministers said Chavez personally ordered the fifth devaluation of the bolivar in a decade of socialist economics in the OPEC nation – this time by 32 percent. … Russian opposition leader placed on house arrest
MOSCOW (AP) -- A top Russian opposition figure has been placed under house arrest for two months, a move that also bans him from using most forms of communication, including the Internet, telephone and mail.
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Mali soldiers arrest 2 men with explosives
GAO, Mali (AP) -- Two men with explosives were arrested trying to enter the city of Gao on Saturday, the Malian military said, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up in an attack that has fueled fears of a militant insurgency in northern Mali.
Iran says its English channel dropped by satellite
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran’s English-language channel Press TV says that it has been dropped by the satellite that had broadcast its signal to North America.
Leyland's 50th year in baseball, free-spending Dodgers, Angels, Jays are spring training focus
Before heading to Florida for his 50th season in professional baseball, Jim Leyland thought about all the deals that were made since he walked off the field as the World Series ended last October.
5 reported dead in small plane crash at Belgian airport
BRUSSELS – Belgian media say that a small tourist plane has crashed near Brussels, killing five people, three of them children.
5 reported dead in small plane crash in Belgium
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Belgian media say that a small tourist plane has crashed near Brussels, killing five people, three of them children.
Man charged over Zambian bus crash that killed 53
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) -- Police in Zambia have charged a 74-year-old farmer for allegedly causing a bus crash that killed 53 people.
GAO, Mali (AP) -- Two men with explosives were arrested trying to enter the city of Gao on Saturday, the Malian military said, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up in an attack that has fueled fears of a militant insurgency in northern Mali. Iran says its English channel dropped by satellite
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran’s English-language channel Press TV says that it has been dropped by the satellite that had broadcast its signal to North America.
Leyland's 50th year in baseball, free-spending Dodgers, Angels, Jays are spring training focus
Before heading to Florida for his 50th season in professional baseball, Jim Leyland thought about all the deals that were made since he walked off the field as the World Series ended last October.
5 reported dead in small plane crash at Belgian airport
BRUSSELS – Belgian media say that a small tourist plane has crashed near Brussels, killing five people, three of them children.
5 reported dead in small plane crash in Belgium
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Belgian media say that a small tourist plane has crashed near Brussels, killing five people, three of them children.
Man charged over Zambian bus crash that killed 53
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) -- Police in Zambia have charged a 74-year-old farmer for allegedly causing a bus crash that killed 53 people.
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Attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills one
(Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 20 wounded in a rocket attack on an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq’s capital Baghdad early on Saturday, an Iraqi interior ministry spokesman said. The dissident group Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK) said six people including a woman died after its camp was hit by mortars and missiles while the United Nations mission in Iraq said it was aware of a number of deaths. MEK calls for the overthrow of Iran’s clerical leaders and fought alongside the forces of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. …
(Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 20 wounded in a rocket attack on an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq’s capital Baghdad early on Saturday, an Iraqi interior ministry spokesman said. The dissident group Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK) said six people including a woman died after its camp was hit by mortars and missiles while the United Nations mission in Iraq said it was aware of a number of deaths. MEK calls for the overthrow of Iran’s clerical leaders and fought alongside the forces of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. …
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