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| Americans not believed among militants detained by Saudis - U.S. officials | | Monday, February 01, 2016 4:06 AM | |
| | U.S. officials said on Sunday they did not believe nine U.S. citizens were among 33 suspects detained on terrorism charges in Saudi Arabia over the past week, as reported by a Saudi newspaper. The English-language daily Saudi Gazette, citing an unnamed source, on Sunday reported that four Americans were detained last Monday, followed by another five in the following days. Saudi authorities also detained 14 Saudis, three Yemenis, two Syrians, an Indonesian, a Filipino, a United Arab Emirates citizen, a Palestinian and a citizen of Kazakhstan, the report said. |
| Zika virus spreads fear among pregnant Brazilians | | Monday, February 01, 2016 3:58 AM | |
|  By Anthony Boadle RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - For scores of women in the epicenter of the Zika outbreak in Brazil, the joy of pregnancy has given way to fear. In the sprawling coastal city of Recife, panic has struck maternity wards since Zika - a mosquito-borne virus first detected in the Americas last year - was linked to wave of brain damage in newborns. In about four-fifths of cases, Zika causes no noticeable symptoms so women have no idea if they contracted it during pregnancy.
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| France's Hollande uses pardon for woman who killed violent husband | | Monday, February 01, 2016 3:45 AM | |
| | French President Francois Hollande on Sunday agreed to reduce the prison sentence of Jacqueline Sauvage, whose conviction for the murder of her violent husband has stirred public opinion, in a rare use of a presidential pardon in France. Sauvage received a 10-year sentence for shooting dead her husband in 2012, and the upholding of the sentence by an appeal court in December led her three daughters to seek a presidential pardon, supported by an online petition that attracted some 380,000 signatures. The sentence reduction granted by Hollande would allow Sauvage to immediately ask to be released on parole, the president's office said in a statement. |
| Trafficked into sex work, Uganda women stunned to be duped by other women | | Monday, February 01, 2016 3:02 AM | |
| | By Yasin Kakande KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At first, Sarah Nakintu was grateful to her friend for alerting her to job opportunities in marketing and retail in Dubai. Nakintu, a 27-year-old woman from the Ugandan capital Kampala, trusted her friend, who had worked in the United Arab Emirates and seemed successful with plenty of money. |
| Barclays, Credit Suisse strike record deals with SEC, NY over dark pools | | Monday, February 01, 2016 2:47 AM | |
|  By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barclays and Credit Suisse have settled federal and state charges that they misled investors in their dark pools, with Barclays admitting it broke the law and agreeing to pay $70 million, federal and New York state officials said on Sunday. The settlements between the banks and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York state attorney general mark the two largest fines ever paid in connection with cases involving dark pools. At the heart of the cases against both Barclays and Credit Suisse are allegations they misled investors in the dark pools, saying they would be protected from predatory high-frequency trading tactics.
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