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U.N. announces start of Syria peace talks as government troops advance

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 12:43 PM PST

Asaad Al-Zoubi, head of the Syrian opposition delegation, and Salim al-Muslat, spokesman for the High Negotiations Committee, attend peace talks with U.N. mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura in GenevaBy Tom Miles, John Irish, Tom Perry and Arshad Mohammed GENEVA/BEIRUT/ROME (Reuters) - The United Nations announced the formal start of peace talks for Syria on Monday and urged world powers to push for a ceasefire even as government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, launched their biggest offensive north of Aleppo in a year. Government troops and allied fighters captured hilly countryside near Aleppo on Monday, putting a key supply route used by opposition forces into firing range, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group.


Nations gather in Rome to discuss anti-Islamic State push, Libya

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:03 PM PST

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in RaqqaBy Arshad Mohammed ROME (Reuters) - Nearly two dozen nations gather on Tuesday to plot their fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq and how to choke off its rise in Libya. The meeting takes place as talks have begun in Geneva to try to end the five-year Syrian civil war, which has killed at least 250,000 people, driven more than 10 million from their homes and drawn in the United States and Russia on opposite sides. Twenty-three nations from the wider Global Coalition to Counter ISIL will review their efforts to regain Syrian and Iraqi territory from the jihadist group and to discuss ways to curb its wider influence, notably in Libya, officials said.


Putin is fanning Syrian civil war, Britain's Hammond says

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:05 PM PST

Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond speaks during a joint news conference with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the Foreign Ministry in Amman, JordanBy Guy Faulconbridge ZAATARI, Jordan (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is undermining international efforts to end the Syrian civil war by bombing opponents of Islamic State in an attempt to bolster Bashar al-Assad, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday. In a clear sign of frustration with the Kremlin, Hammond scolded Putin for paying lip service to a political process aimed at ending the civil war while also bombing opponents of Assad who the West hopes could shape Syria once Assad is gone.


Snowden, Colombia, Greek islanders among Nobel Peace Prize tips

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 05:32 AM PST

File photograph of a volunteer carrying a Syrian refugee child off an overcrowded dinghy at a beach after the migrants crossed part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek island of LesbosBy Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, peace negotiators in Colombia or Greek islanders helping Syrian refugees were among tips for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize at the deadline for nominations on Monday. Nobel watchers also speculated that negotiators of an accord over Iran's nuclear program could be in the running after a surprise award last year to a coalition of Tunisian democracy campaigners, the National Dialogue Quartet. "2016 may finally be Edward Snowden's year ... His leaks are now having a positive effect," Kristian Berg Harpviken, head of the Peace Research Institute, Oslo, told Reuters, putting him top of his list of candidates.


U.S. weighs options to speed Iraq's fight to retake Mosul

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 10:17 AM PST

File photo of a fighter of ISIL holding a flag and a weapon on a street in MosulBy Yeganeh Torbati and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is willing to deploy Apache attack helicopters and advisers to help Iraq retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State as it considers options to speed up the campaign against the militant group, a top U.S. general said on Monday. U.S. officials, including President Barack Obama, have said they want to accelerate the campaign against Islamic State militants, and have called on allies to increase their military contributions to efforts to destroy the group in Iraq and Syria.


Five Czechs missing in Lebanon since July have been found

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:28 PM PST

PRAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five Czech citizens who went missing in Lebanon in July are now with the Lebanese security services, a security source told Reuters on Monday. The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the five, who went missing in eastern Lebanon last year, were found late on Monday. "We will send a plane for them as soon as possible," the Czech foreign minister, Lubomir Zaoralek, on a visit to Oman, said on his Twitter account.

The Latest: Brazilian gov't welcomes WHO's Zika declaration

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 04:28 PM PST

A Sucre municipality worker fumigates for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Venezuela is reporting a jump in cases of a rare, sometimes paralyzing syndrome that may be linked to the Zika virus. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)GENEVA (AP) — The Latest on developments regarding the Zika virus (all times local):


Turkey's Erdogan woos Latin America

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 04:18 PM PST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet wave at La Moneda presidential Palace in Santiago on February 1, 2016Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he was in Latin America to pursue a "strategy of opening" as he kicked off a three-country regional tour in Chile. "Chile is a key country for our opening in Latin America and the Caribbean. This strategy of opening of the past 10 years has gotten a very important boost," he said after meeting Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.


Venezuela's UN envoy: Not concerned about US investigations

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 04:17 PM PST

FILE- In this June 11, 2014, file photo, Venezuela's Rafael Ramirez, Minister of Popular Power of Petroleum and Mining, speaks to journalists prior to the start of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Ramirez, Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, dismissed the possibility of cooperating with U.S. investigations into a billion-dollar bribery schemes that allegedly occurred at the country's state-run oil company while he was in charge. The allegations surrounding corruption at the PDVSA oil company cast a pall over Ramirez as Venezuela took over the rotating presidency of the Security Council on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations dismissed the possibility of cooperating with U.S. investigations into billion-dollar bribery schemes that allegedly occurred at the country's state-run oil company while he was in charge.


Syria refugee women in Lebanon face abuse, exploitation: Amnesty

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 04:08 PM PST

Syrian refugees take advantage of the sunshine after a storm at an unofficial refugee camp in Bar Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on January 26, 2016Tightened restrictions and plummeting international aid have left Syrian refugee women in Lebanon more vulnerable to exploitation including sexual harassment, rights group Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. Released ahead of a key donor conference for Syria in London this week, the report urges greater financial support and more resettlement opportunities for Syrian refugees from the international community. Amnesty said 70 percent of the more than one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon were living well below the local poverty line.


Interview: Infantino consults Platini during FIFA campaign

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:58 PM PST

FIFA Presidential Candidate Gianni Infantino speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after he unveiled his 90 day plan that he will implement if he is elected FIFA President, at Wembley Stadium in London, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)LONDON (AP) — Although banished from power in world football, Michel Platini remains a guiding voice for Gianni Infantino as the FIFA presidential campaign enters the final stretch.


Transfer deadline day: Mid-ranking Everton, Stoke spend $45M

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2013 file photo, Marseille's Giannelli Imbula reacts after scoring against Saint-Etienne, during their League One soccer match, at the Velodrome Stadium, in Marseille, southern France. Stoke broke its transfer record by paying 18.3 million pounds ($26.4 million) to land Giannelli Imbula, a 23-year-old defensive midfielder from Porto on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Imbula has played for the France under-21s but never the senior side. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, file)LONDON (AP) — The heaviest spending as European football's transfer window closed on Monday was not by traditional powers but mid-ranking English clubs Stoke and Everton collectively paying around $45 million on two players.


Trump, Greek islanders in running for Nobel Prize

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:37 PM PST

Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize award, won last year by four Tunisian groups that led the country's transition to democracy, must be posted to Norway by February 1 at the latestDonald Trump, Greek islanders helping desperate migrants, Angela Merkel and the pope -- some may seem more likely than others but all are understood to be in the running for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. Nominations for the award, won last year by four Tunisian groups that led the country's transition to democracy, must be posted to Norway by February 1 at the latest. An online petition had on Monday picked up some 630,000 signatures calling for the Nobel to go the residents of Greek islands on the front line of Europe's migrant crisis, who have come to the aid of refugees turning up on their shores after perilous sea journeys from neighbouring Turkey.


Snedeker winds up a winner at Torrey Pines

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:36 PM PST

Brandt Snedeker holds the Framers Insurance Open trophy and a ceremonial surfboard after the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in San Diego. Snedeker finished his final round Sunday before it was suspended because of inclement weather and did not have to play Monday. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)SAN DIEGO (AP) — With his glove tucked in his back pocket and a putter in his hand, Brandt Snedeker walked off the green pumping his arms to celebrate a six-shot comeback to win the Farmers Insurance Open. That was the only part of his victory that looked normal.


Haiti president attacks critics in carnival hit

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:22 PM PST

Haitian President Michel Martelly, pictured on June 19, 2015, is out with a new carnival song that takes particular aim at a famous Haitian female journalist and is loaded with sexual innuendo and double entendrePort-au-Prince (AFP) - Outgoing Haiti President Michel Martelly, a former music star, has found fresh success with a sexually loaded song attacking his critics, amid a political crisis over who will succeed him. The popular six-minute carnival song by Sweet Micky -- the president's stage name -- takes particular aim at a famous Haitian female journalist and is loaded with sexual innuendo and double entendre. It also had success with listeners checking out carnival hits, racking up more than 100,000 plays online in less than 24 hours.


Top 10 Premier League transfer window deals

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:19 PM PST

Holding midfielder Giannelli Imbula arrives at Stoke City in the January transfer window from Porto after failing to settle following a close-season move from MarseilleLondon (AFP) - AFP Sport lists the 10 biggest incoming Premier League transfers of the January transfer window after the deadline passed on Monday (* denotes fee approximate and as reported by British media):


TV cash scramble pushes Premier League spending past £1bn

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:13 PM PST

Chelsea celebrate winning the 2014/15 Premier League titleFear of missing out on the English Premier League's huge television money bonanza in 2016 has propelled transfer spending beyond £1 billion ($1.43 billion, 1.3 billion euros) for the first time. England's 20 elite clubs have collectively spent more than £1 billion on new players in the season's two transfer windows, financial consultants Deloitte revealed before the mid-season transfer deadline fell on Monday. "We've seen Premier League clubs again use the January window to invest significantly in playing talent," said Dan Jones from Deloitte's Sports Business Group.


Iowa votes to kick off long 2016 White House race

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:03 PM PST

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters as she arrives to speak at Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa on January 31, 2016, one day before the much anticipated state caucusesIowans were set to vote Monday in the opening test of the US presidential race, with Republican Donald Trump looking to capitalize on his stunning campaign success and Hillary Clinton defending her status as the Democratic favorite. At most, a few hundred thousand people are expected to attend, highlighting the importance of voter turnout in an Iowa race where success can be the bedrock to a candidate's long-term success. After months of rallies, several debates and millions of dollars worth of advertising from the 12 Republicans and three Democrats in the race, it is the moment of truth for the hopefuls in Iowa.


Coach says Lionel Messi will skip Rio de Janeiro Olympics

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:49 PM PST

FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez, right, reacts after scoring with his teammate Lionel Messi against Atletico Madrid during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi will skip the Rio de Janeiro Olympics because his coach Gerardo Martino says he needs some rest.


4 ex-Blackwater contractors appeal convictions in shootings

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:49 PM PST

FILE - In this June 11, 2014 file photo, former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten leaves federal court in Washington. Slatten, found guilty for his role in a deadly Baghdad shooting has appealed his murder conviction. Slatten argued in an appeal filed Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, that the Justice Department's prosecution of him was WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former Blackwater security contractors found guilty in a deadly Baghdad shooting appealed their convictions on Monday, saying a key witness against them had changed his testimony after the trial and that prosecutors lacked jurisdiction to even bring the case.


Haiti opposition alliance declining to meet with OAS mission

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:48 PM PST

A demonstrator holds up a sign that reads in Creole "Martelly has to leave the power before Feb. 7, 2016" during a protest demanding the resignation of President Michel Martelly, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Haiti had been scheduled to hold a runoff presidential vote last weekend. But less than 48 hours before the vote, electoral authorities postponed it indefinitely amid violent opposition protests and suspicion that the first round was marred by rampant fraud in favor of Martelly's chosen candidate. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian opposition alliance is declining to meet with a regional mission that traveled to this troubled Caribbean nation to help ease a political crisis that has postponed elections indefinitely.


Two ex-soldiers tried in Guatemala for sex slavery, murder

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:44 PM PST

Former army officer Steelmer Francisco Reyes Giron (R), accused of keeping 11 indigenous women as sex slaves during the country's bloody 36-year civil war, sits during a hearing, in Guatemala City on February 1, 2016Two retired soldiers were in court Monday facing charges of murder, forced disappearance, and forcing 11 indigenous women into sexual slavery during Guatemala's 1960-1996 civil war. Earlier in the trial, indigenous women with their faces and heads covered told the court of what they had suffered as sexual slaves.


A lot going wrong for Gary Neville, but not all his fault

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 file photo, Valencia's head coach Gary Neville arrives for a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Real Madrid at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain. Gary Neville knew that coaching at a high level wasn't going to be easy. He certainly didn't expect to be struggling so badly so early. Less than two months into his first head-coaching job, the former England great is already in danger of being fired. Publicly, the club is backing up Neville despite the disappointing results and the increased pressure from supporters unsatisfied with the coach. "Gary arrived when we were going through a difficult situation," Valencia's sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch said Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. "We know he can overcome this situation. We have to be patient." (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz, File)MADRID (AP) — Gary Neville knew that coaching at a high level wasn't going to be easy. He certainly didn't expect to be struggling so badly so early.


Israel lifts post-attack restrictions on access to Ramallah

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:38 PM PST

An Israeli soldier stands guard as he checks Palestinians' vehicles on their way out of the West Bank village of Ein Sinya, northern Ramallah on February 1, 2016Israel late Monday lifted day-long restrictions on access into and out of the Palestinian political capital Ramallah on the occupied West Bank, imposed after a checkpoint shooting that wounded soldiers, in a stepped-up response to such attacks. It was the first time such a step was taken by Israel since the wave of Palestinian attacks that began in October, according to Israeli media. The move kept commuters from leaving or exiting the West Bank city and led to frustration as lengthy queues formed in some areas.


U.S. judge orders explanation of Iran prisoner deal

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST

By Yeganeh Torbati and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge has challenged the U.S. government's move to drop charges against an Iranian man accused of sanctions violations as part of a U.S. prisoner trade agreed with Iran last month. Federal prosecutors filed a motion on Jan. 16 to drop the case against Alireza Moazami Goudarzi, an Iranian man accused in 2012 of trying to buy aircraft parts for Iran, including those for military aircraft engines. The dismissal was part of a wider deal which also saw U.S. officials move to drop international arrest orders and any charges against 13 other Iranians outside America.

Baghdatis reaches 2nd round in Montpellier

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:24 PM PST

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — Eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis advanced to the second round of the Open Sud de France on Monday with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Lukas Lacko.

Belgium, France agree to boost anti-terror cooperation

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:19 PM PST

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (R) is welcomed by his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel at the start of a mini-summit on terrorism, in Brussels, February 1, 2016The Belgian and French prime ministers on Monday agreed on the need to boost counter-terror cooperation, after Belgium came under fire for failing to help prevent November's Paris terror attacks. Prime Minister Charles Michel of Belgium and French counterpart Manuel Valls were keen to present a united front following a row over alleged Belgian intelligence failings ahead of the jihadist attacks that killed 130 people in the French capital. "The main message is that we stand side by side and are determined to work to increase the level of security for our citizens," Michel told a joint press conference after the two leaders met in Brussels.


Mexico OKs 2 more permits to import medicinal cannabis

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:10 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is letting the parents of two more sick girls import a cannabis-derived medicine for their treatment.

France and Netherlands seal historic 160 mn euro Rembrandt purchase

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:07 PM PST

Dutch Minister of Education Jet Bussemaker (L) and French Minister of Culture and Communication Fleur Pellerin pose in front of portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, painted by Rembrandt van Rijn, at the Louvre in Paris on February 1, 2016France and the Netherlands signed a historic deal Monday acquiring two large Rembrandt portraits for 160 million euros ($174 million), the French culture ministry announced. The agreement, signed by French culture minister Fleur Pellerin and her Dutch counterpart Jet Bussemaker seals the multi-million dollar deal agreed upon in September for two of the Dutch master's works. The acquisition -- costing the Louvre 80 million euros -- is the largest ever made by a French museum.


The Latest: Fletcher joins Marseille on loan

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:07 PM PST

Milton Keynes Dons' Joe Walsh, right, competes for the ball with Chelsea's Ruben Loftus-Cheek during the English FA Cup fourth round soccer match between Milton Keynes Dons and Chelsea at Stadium mk in Milton Keynes, England, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — The Latest on European soccer transfer deadline day (all times local):


What we know: WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:07 PM PST

En esta imagen del miércoles 27 de enero de 2016, mosquitos Aedes aegypti en una placa de petri en el instituto Fiocruz de Recife, en el estado de Pernambuco, Brasil. El mosquito es un vector para la proliferación del virus del zika que se extiende por Latinoamérica. Nuevos datos del Ministerio brasileño de Salud muestran que el brote del virus del zijano ha causado tantos casos confirmados de un poco común defecto cerebral de nacimiento como se temía en un principio. (AP Foto/Felipe Dana)The World Health Organization has declared a global emergency over the rapidly spreading Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, saying it is an "extraordinary event" that poses a threat to the rest of the world. Here is what we know about the mosquito-borne virus:


Guatemala tries 2 for alleged abuse of women in civil war

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:06 PM PST

Victims of sexual violence cover their faces as they listen to an interpreter, left, on the first day of hearings for a trial against a former military officer and former paramilitary fighter accused of sexual violence during Guatemala's civil war in Guatemala City, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Military forces are accused of subjecting indigenous Q'eqchi women to systematical sexual and domestic slavery in 1982 after repeatedly attacking Sepur Zarco, a small village in northern Guatemala, where community leaders were killed or disappeared. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A retired military officer and a former paramilitary went on trial Monday for alleged abuses against women during this Central American nation's long and bloody civil war.


Bid to tow stricken ship away from French coast a 'success'

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:05 PM PST

This picture taken and obtained from the Marine Nationale on February 1, 2016 shows the Modern Express cargo ship being towed away from FranceMaritime experts on Monday successfully managed to tow a stricken South Korean cargo ship away from France and prevent it from crashing into the country's picturesque Atlantic coast. Spanish maritime authorities confirmed they had accepted a request from the vessel's owner, South Korean firm Cido Shipping, to take it to the northern port of Bilbao, where it will be stabilised. A French maritime official said weather conditions were "favourable" as the cargo ship was dragged slowly towards the Spanish coast, where it is due to arrive Wednesday morning.


Tunisia police, Islamist militants clash, two dead: government

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 02:02 PM PST

Tunisian police have clashed with Islamist gunmen in a remote mountainous area in the southern region of Gabes, killing at least two militants, the interior ministry said on Monday. Tunisia's security forces are on a campaign against Islamist militants who have targeted military checkpoints and patrols in outlying areas. Islamic State has also claimed three deadly urban attacks last year that hit Tunisia's tourism industry.

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Monday

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:56 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market was able to recover from steep losses to close slightly lower on Monday as investors looked past another steep drop in the price of oil and renewed concerns about economic growth in China and the U.S. Oil and gas companies remained in the red.

WHO declares international health emergency over Zika

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:47 PM PST

Dominican Air Force personnel fumigate various locations in Santo Domingo against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, on January 23, 2016The World Health Organization on Monday said a surge in serious birth defects in South America was "strongly suspected" of being caused by the Zika virus and constituted an international health emergency. The WHO is under pressure to move swiftly to tackle Zika, after admitting it was slow to respond to the recent Ebola outbreak that ravaged parts of west Africa.


Deportivo La Coruna held 2-2 by Rayo in La Liga

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:47 PM PST

MADRID (AP) — Deportivo La Coruna twice came from behind to draw 2-2 against visiting Rayo Vallecano on Monday, extending its winless streak in the Spanish league to six games.

Syrian child labour found in Turkey clothes factories: charity

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:46 PM PST

High-street clothes retailers Next and H&M found Syrian refugee children being employed in Turkish factories that supply themHigh-street clothes retailers Next and H&M found Syrian refugee children being employed in Turkish factories that supply them, according to a survey by a British charity released on Monday. The report by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, a corporate responsibility watchdog, said both companies had acted to tackle the problem after finding Syrian children working in three of their suppliers. The charity says an estimated 250,000 to 400,000 Syrian refugees are working illegally in Turkey, from around 2.2 million who have fled the almost five-year civil war at home.


Canada protects ancient coastal forest from logging, hunting

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:31 PM PST

An activist chains himself to logging equipment as part of a protest by the international environmental group Greenpeace against clearcutting Canadian rainforests, in the Great Bear Rainforest on Roderick Island, British ColumbiaDecades of protests and then negotiations that brought together loggers, natives and environmental activists resulted Monday in a landmark deal to protect a huge swath of forest on Canada's Pacific coast. The agreement to ban logging in 85 percent of the Great Bear Rainforest and put an end to a commercial trophy hunt in the region for a rare white Kermode bear was announced by the government of British Columbia. The remaining 15 percent of the ancient forest will be subject to the most stringent standards in North America for commercial logging.


FIFA halts payments to confederations in Americas

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:25 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — FIFA has halted payments to the regional soccer bodies of the Americas during ongoing investigations into corruption.

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