By Caren Bohan
 
LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama arrived in Europe on Tuesday with a hefty agenda for tackling the economic crisis and seeking support for his new Afghanistan strategy on a trip that will test his global leadership.
Flying into Stansted Airport near London to begin his first major foreign trip since taking office in [...]

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CTV.ca News Staff
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is heading to Europe Tuesday to meet with G20 leaders for discussions on how to stimulate the global economy.
Prior to his departure, Harper spoke with U.S. President Barack Obama about their shared priorities going into the summit.
The two leaders also spoke about the auto sector and the upcoming NATO [...]

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JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Three men were convicted Tuesday of murdering South Africa’s internationally acclaimed reggae star Lucky Dube, the SAPA news agency reported.
 
The High Court in Johannesburg found Sifiso Mhlanga, Mbuti Mabe and Julius Gxowa guilty of killing Dube, who was gunned down during a botched hijacking in October 2007, the report said.
The award-winning singer [...]

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By Ishtiaq Mahsud, The Associated Press
 
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would “amaze” the world.
Baitullah Mehsud, who has a US$5 million bounty on his [...]

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Kenya PM now seeks divine intervention
BY PM PRESS SERVICE
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has inspired fellow countrymen to forge ahead and stay focused as the country grapples with crises afflicting the nation.
He asked Kenyans to repent and seek divine intervention to problems affecting the general welfare of the masses, who he encouraged not to despair but [...]

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Raila backs Karua in judicial battle
BY PM PRESS SERVICE
 Prime Minister Raila Odinga has backed Cabinet Minister Martha Karua’s calls for radical reforms in the judiciary to make the body more responsive to the aspiration of Kenyans.
He threw his weight behind the Justice Minister whose demand for reforms in the judiciary put her on a collision [...]

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Sheldon Alberts, Washington Correspondent and Meagan Fitzpatrick, Canwest News Service
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday rejected requests from General Motors and Chrysler for an immediate U.S. government bailout, instead ordering the two ailing automakers to draft more radical restructuring plans in order to justify further taxpayers’ assistance.
In a hardline response that took many in [...]

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By The Canadian Press
 
TORONTO - Supporters of controversial British MP George Galloway say he will not attempt to cross into Canada now that his request for an injunction to enter the country has been denied.
The Federal Court decision prevents Galloway from appearing in person at an event in Toronto this evening, the first of four [...]

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By Michael Rosenthal
BIGGEST WINNER
Eddie Chambers: The pudgy, but athletic heavyweight might not have made many fans but he was in firm control of his fight against once-feared former titleholder Samuel Peter on Friday night in Los Angeles. More important, with the victory, he is in the mix for a shot at a major belt and [...]

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FARGO, North Dakota (AFP) - North Dakota residents watched anxiously on Saturday as freezing waters lapped the top of levees in the worst flooding in 112 years.
President Barack Obama vowed to help after officials warned that 30,000 people could be left homeless in the northern plains if the Red River — swollen by melting snow [...]

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