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BBC:DR Congo: UN to sanction M23 rebels
DR Congo: UN to sanction M23 rebels
The UN Security Council says it intends to impose sanctions against leaders of the M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It said it would also target those who violate an arms embargo in DRC.
This week a UN panel of experts said Rwanda and Uganda were supplying M23 with weapons and other support - allegations those countries deny.
On Thursday, Rwanda was elected to a temporary seat on the Security Council.
BBC:Beirut blast kills intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan
Beirut blast kills intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan
Lebanon's head of internal intelligence has been killed in a massive car bomb attack in central Beirut.
Wissam al-Hassan was among eight people who died in the attack. He was close to opposition leader Saad Hariri, a leading critic of the government in neighbouring Syria.
Dozens were wounded in the blast, which Mr Hariri blamed on Damascus. Syria's government condemned the bombing.
Tension in Lebanon has been rising as a result of the Syrian conflict.
BBC:Canadian Sayfildin Tahir Sharif faces US extradition
Canadian Sayfildin Tahir Sharif faces US extradition
A Iraqi-born Canadian citizen should be extradited to the US on charges he was linked to at least two deadly suicide bombings in Iraq, a judge has ruled.
The judge in Edmonton, Alberta, said intercepted calls and emails suggested Sayfildin Tahir Sharif's involvement.
He is a accused of helping a group of Tunisian jihadists kill five American soldiers and seven people at an Iraqi police station in two separate attacks.
His lawyer said they would appeal against the extradition ruling.
BBC:Afghan roadside bomb kills 18 wedding guests
Afghan roadside bomb kills 18 wedding guests
A massive roadside bomb has killed at least 18 people, mostly women and children, on their way to a wedding in northern Afghanistan.
At least 15 others were wounded in what a BBC correspondent called one of the worst such attacks for some time.
The victims were on a minibus, heading to the wedding in the Dawlatabad district of Balkh province, when it was struck at about 06:00 local time.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack.
BBC:Panama protests over land sale in Colon free trade zone
Panama protests over land sale in Colon free trade zone
Hundreds of demonstrators in Panama burned tyres and clashed with police hours after the National Assembly approved legislation allowing the sale of land in the duty-free zone of Colon.
Protesters fear the new legislation will cost jobs and cut incomes.
More than 2,000 companies operate in the lucrative free trade port area, at the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal.
President Ricardo Martinelli appealed for calms and said the sale of state-owned land will benefit the region.
He said "agitators" and "small-minded interests" were behind the protests in the city of Colon.
BBC:Two more Germans held over Dominican Republic 'sect' shootout
Two more Germans held over Dominican Republic 'sect' shootout
The Dominican Republic authorities have arrested two more German suspected doomsday cult members over a deadly shootout earlier this week.
Daniel Brunck and Isabella Dietrich were ordered by a judge to stay in preventative detention while a police investigation continued.
They joined Peter Brunck, Daniel's father, who had been held earlier.
Peter Demetrick, also a German citizen, was killed in the shootout in the northern town of Sosua on Wednesday.
Police later seized rifles, grenades and crossbows in the exclusive neighbourhood in the seaside town popular with German immigrants.
Reuters:GE, McDonald's give Wall Street a black eye on '87 crash date
GE, McDonald's give Wall Street a black eye on '87 crash date
(Reuters) - Stocks ended the week on Friday with their worst day since late June after Dow components General Electric and McDonald's, both barometers of the overall economy's health, added to a disappointing earnings season.
Technology shares kept up a pattern of recent weakness, hurt by anemic results from Microsoft (MSFT.O) and another losing day for Google (GOOG.O). The Nasdaq closed down 2.2 percent.
For the Dow, Friday's slide marked its biggest loss since June 21 - with the sell-off coming on the 25th anniversary of Black Monday, when the Dow plunged 22.6 percent in its worst single-day percentage drop ever.
For the week, though, the Dow still managed to squeak out a gain of 0.1 percent, while the S&P 500 gained 0.3 percent despite Friday's losses.
Reuters:CEOs' rosy spin whitewashes weak results
CEOs' rosy spin whitewashes weak results
(Reuters) - Corporate America has been talking a good game this earnings season, but a closer look shows the results are not nearly as strong as CEO optimism might lead investors to believe.
In fact, a number of companies are coming up short on either earnings or revenue as measured against Wall Street estimates, even as their leaders try to paint a picture of steady returns and solid prospects for 2013. Some investors say earnings expectations have been managed so low they are easy to beat, even if sales come up short.
The 24 hours through Friday morning - the busiest period yet in this earnings season - serve as a good example of the phenomenon.
Between Thursday morning and Friday morning, nearly 40 companies in the S&P 500 reported quarterly results.
Reuters:Meningitis toll rises; pharmacy owners sued
Meningitis toll rises; pharmacy owners sued
(Reuters) - Executives at the Boston-area pharmacy whose steroid shots have been linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak have been sued in a bid to freeze their personal assets, while the death toll in the scandal rose to 21, with 268 cases of infection reported.
Peter McGrath, a lawyer who is a former federal prosecutor, said he was spearheading a civil case that blames Massachusetts-based NECC and company officers Barry and Lisa Cadden and Greg Conigliaro for the tainted drugs. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of an unnamed plaintiff in Middlesex County Superior Court in suburban Boston, court records show.
"We want to pierce the corporate veil and go after the individuals," McGrath said Friday in a telephone interview.
Fourteen new cases of fungal meningitis in patients who received the contaminated shots for back pain were reported on Friday, bringing the total to 268, and the death toll rose by one to 21, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Reuters:Russia's Yandex targets Google with expansion abroad
Russia's Yandex targets Google with expansion abroad
(Reuters) - Russia's leading internet search engine, Yandex, will take the fight to Google in emerging markets like Turkey in a bid to offset the inroads made by the U.S. giant in its home market.
Yandex founder and chief executive Arkady Volozh told Reuters on Friday the firm was likely to use its own experts to expand into new countries, but would not rule out acquisitions or partnership deals.
"We are focusing on the markets with Google dominance in search ... where they have 90-plus percent market share," Volozh said in an interview in Dublin, adding Yandex would stress to consumers the dangers of one firm dominating the internet.
Yandex is currently focusing on Turkey, where it has eked out a 1 percent market share since it entered the market last year. It describes this as a base for a significant expansion and says it will look to other large markets where it sees no real competition to Google, though Volozh refused to name them.
Reuters:Okada appeals Wynn shutout, drops board-member election bid
Okada appeals Wynn shutout, drops board-member election bid
(Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada has appealed a court ruling shutting him out of Wynn Resorts Ltd's (WYNN.O) November 2 annual meeting, but will drop attempts to nominate two independent members to the board of the casino giant.
The Asian pachinko mogul is trying to reverse a forced redemption of his 20 percent stake in Wynn, imposed after an internal investigation concluded that Okada had violated anti-corruption laws. His stake is to be redeemed at a hefty 30 percent discount, valuing it at $2.7 billion.
Okada says the forced action tramples all over his rights as a major shareholder in Wynn, through his Universal Entertainment Corp (6425.OS) and its Aruze USA subsidiary. But on October 2, Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ruled against Okada's motion to reverse that redemption.
On Thursday, Aruze said it will abandon efforts to nominate two directors, because it did not expect a decision on its appeal to come before the shareholders' meeting in any case.
Reuters:Credit-card fee settlement sent for U.S. judge's approval
Credit-card fee settlement sent for U.S. judge's approval
(Reuters) - A proposed $7.2 billion settlement between merchants and Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc over credit-card fees was submitted Friday for approval by a federal judge, setting in motion what will be a contentious and closely watched battle over the fate of the potentially historic pact.
If it receives preliminary and then final approval from U.S. District Judge John Gleeson in Brooklyn, it would be the largest federal antitrust settlement in U.S. history, resolving seven years of price-fixing litigation brought on behalf of nearly 8 million merchants.
Visa, Mastercard and banks that issue their cards would pay $6.05 billion and offer $1.2 billion in temporary relief on interchange, or swipe, fees paid by merchants to process credit and debit transactions. The card companies will also revise their no-surcharge rules to let stores charge customers extra for paying with certain cards.
Since it was announced in July, the proposal has been opposed by some of the largest U.S. retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc, and trade groups like the National Retail Federation. Ten of the 19 original stores and trade groups leading the litigation have also come out in opposition. They have argued that the settlement offers no meaningful reform and would force them to give up the right to sue over swipe fees in the future.
CTV:Sunscreen recalled amid reports of users catching on fire, including a Canadian
Sunscreen recalled amid reports of users catching on fire, including a Canadian
TORONTO -- The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some of its spray-on products in Canada and the U.S. following reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the lotion and coming into contact with an open flame.
Energizer Holdings Canada said there have been five reports of people catching fire after applying the sunscreen in the last year. Four burn cases were reported in the U.S. and one in Canada.
The company is pulling two types of continuous spray Banana Boat sun care products from stores across Canada -- Banana Boat Ultra Defense SPF 60 Spray Sunscreen and Banana Boat Sport Performance SPF 60 Spray Sunscreen.
The company says there is a "potential risk of product igniting on the skin if contact is made with a source of ignition before the product is completely dry."
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