World News

• Canadian police looking into cold cases
  Authorities say they will look into unsolved murder and sexual assault cases after charging the commander of Canada's largest Air Force base with the murder of two women and the sexual assault of two others.

• A glance at developments 28 days after Haiti quake
  A look at the latest developments in Haiti on Tuesday, 28 days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince:

• Relatives in eastern Cuba say woman has turned 125
  Relatives in eastern Cuba claim to have held a 125th birthday party for a woman named Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, but it is not clear if she is really that old.

• Canada to take injection site case to top court
  Canada's government says it will appeal a British Columbia court ruling that sanctioned North America's first safe injection site for drug users.

• Iran sentences another activist to death
  Iran has convicted another opposition activist on charges related to the country's post-election turmoil and sentenced him to death, the judiciary said Tuesday, bringing to at least 10 the number of those facing the death penalty for the unrest following June's disputed presidential election.

• Irish abuse victims ask pope to replace bishops
  Prominent Irish victims of Catholic sexual abuse have written to Pope Benedict XVI asking him to take responsibility for the church's concealment of child molestation by forcing out bishops implicated in the decades of cover-up.

• Uruguay floods prompt more than 5,000 to evacuate
  Flooding in Uruguay has swamped roads and homes, forced thousands to evacuate and cut power and water service.

• Netanyahu's government tries to save settler house
  The Israeli government has stepped in to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking.

• It's a wrap! Hospitals test new, more modest gown
  The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty.

• A meal fit for a King? No, but the plate is!
  A British woman says she's shocked that a dusty dish on her shelf has been identified as a very valuable 260-year-old antique made for the King of Prussia.

• Ivory Coast opposition protests voter list probe
  Protesters torched a police station in western Ivory Coast while claiming their names had been removed from voter rolls in advance of this year's presidential election.

• 2nd German traveler camps out in Brazil airport
  A German man who went to Brazil for a woman he met on the Internet has been camping out in an airport for more than a month after thieves took all his money and possessions, authorities said Tuesday.

• Italian Catholic scandal draws in Pope Benedict
  A scandal in Italy's Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest.

• Somali pirates release cargo ship with 26 crew
  The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have freed a Panama-flagged cargo ship and its crew of 26 after a ransom was paid.

• Nigeria footage: uniformed men shoot unarmed men
  An international news channel is showing chilling footage of men in uniforms shooting unarmed men after they purportedly were arrested during clashes last year with Muslim militants in northern Nigeria.

• Dubai tower shut after visitors stuck in elevator
  Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors.

• Protesters burn library in southeastern S.Africa
  Protesters have torched a library in an impoverished area of South Africa in what began as a march to call for more jobs.

• Witness: Demjanjuk's statements inconsistent
  A top German investigator testified Tuesday that John Demjanjuk has given conflicting stories about where he spent the rest of World War II after being captured by the Germans in 1942.

• Sri Lankan parliament dissolved ahead of new vote
  Sri Lanka's president dissolved parliament Tuesday to make way for spring elections a day after authorities arrested a key opposition leader, crippling the only serious threat to the ruling party's stifling grip on power.

• Life imitates art in Oscar-nominated Israeli film
  There's a reason for the gritty feel of reality in "Ajami," an Oscar-nominated Israeli film about the lives of Arabs and Jews in the impoverished, crime-ridden neighborhoods of this Mediterranean city: Its amateur actors' lives eerily mirror their art.

• Iranians protest at Rome's Tehran embassy
  About 100 Iranians protested Tuesday in front of the Italian embassy in Tehran, shouting "Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi, " Italy's foreign minister said. Protests were also held outside the French and Dutch embassies.

• Palestinian refugee agency warns of funding gap
  The head of the U.N. agency aiding Palestinian refugees is warning of a looming funding shortfall and appealing for another $100 million.

• Russian military calls US missile defense a threat
  U.S. missile defense plans are a threat to Russian national security and have slowed down progress on a new arms control treaty with Washington, Russia's top military officer said Tuesday.

• Fire at South African orphanage kills 13 children
  A South African official says 13 children are dead after a fire tore through an orphanage early Tuesday.

• Bad liquor kills 8 on Indonesia's Java island
  Indonesian police say eight people have died after drinking liquor laced with methanol on the country's main island of Java.