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| HSBC board to meet, China's role in Hong Kong a factor in HQ debate | |  By Lawrence White HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC's board meets on Wednesday to consider moving headquarters to Hong Kong, and concerns about China's increasing influence over the financial hub and its independent status may be a factor in the decision, said a senior source at the bank. Reuters reported that a relocation to Hong Kong is unlikely to save the British bank much tax, and may actually increase its bill, while signs Beijing is encroaching on Hong Kong's partial autonomy are further playing on directors' minds. "The situation in Hong Kong appears to be getting worse.
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| Senegal interrogates 900 people in counter-terrorism operation | | | Senegal said on Tuesday it had interrogated some 900 people over a three-day period as part of efforts to prevent attacks by Islamist militants following a series of strikes in the region. The former French colony has a reputation for stability in an otherwise turbulent region, having never suffered a major attack, despite sharing a border with Mali where al Qaeda-linked fighters have been active in desert areas for years. "Nearly 900 people were called in for questioning in the context of the security campaign led by national police amid the terrorist threat," said police spokesman Henry Boumy Ciss, referring to a weekend campaign in the capital Dakar and the nearby city of Thies. |
| Kenyan troops abandon Somali camp to al Shabaab militants | | | Kenyan soldiers have abandoned a camp in the southern Somali town of El Adde following an attack by al Shabaab, a military spokesman said, and the islamist militants said they had taken full control of the base on Tuesday. The Kenyan troops, part of an African Union (AU) force in Somalia (AMISOM), took heavy losses when al Shabaab launched a dawn raid on the camp near the Kenyan border on Jan. 15. David Obonyo, spokesman for the Kenya Defence Forces, said the troops had vacated the camp, and were now stationed nearby. |
| U.N. has invited Syria's warring sides to Geneva peace talks | | | GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations has invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks set to start in Geneva on Friday, a U.N. statement said on Tuesday, without giving any details of who had been invited, or how many groups might participate. "The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, has addressed invitations to the Syrian participants today, 26 January 2016, in accordance with the parameters outlined in Security Council resolution 2254 (2015)," the statement said. "The intra-Syrian talks will start as of 29 January 2016 in Geneva. ... |
| Canada discriminated against Aboriginal children - tribunal | | | Canada discriminated against aboriginal children by underfunding welfare services on reserves, a human rights tribunal ruled on Tuesday, in a decision that could affect the way Ottawa funds education, health and housing for indigenous Canadians. The ruling comes nearly nine years after aboriginal groups opened a human rights complaint against Ottawa over its funding formula for child welfare on reserves, and adds to a litany of problems in the relationship between the nation's 1.4 million aboriginals and the federal government. |
| Malaysian PM cleared of graft after funds in account declared a Saudi gift | |  By Rozanna Latiff and Emily Chow KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's attorney-general cleared Prime Minister Najib Razak of any criminal offences or corruption on Tuesday, closing investigations into a murky multi-million-dollar funding scandal that his opponents had hoped would bring him down. Najib was buffeted last year by allegations of graft and mismanagement at the debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and by a revelation that about $681 million was deposited into his personal bank account. Najib, who denied any wrongdoing and said he did not take any money for personal gain, welcomed the attorney general's statement.
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| Paris lycees evacuated after 5 receive bomb threat | | | Police intervened at Paris high schools on Tuesday after five of them received a bomb threat by telephone around mid-morning, the Paris education authority said. "The students are in the schoolyard and we are waiting for the bomb squad," said a spokesman at Louis Le Grand in the Saint-Germain-des-Pres area, one of the schools involved, which included some of Paris' best known elite academies. France is on high alert since militant Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in and around Paris on Nov. 13. |
| Qatar FA sues ex-German soccer chief over World Cup 'cancer' remark | | | Qatar's football association is suing former German soccer chief Theo Zwanziger for calling the Gulf nation a "cancer on world football" following its successful World Cup bid, Duesseldorf's regional court`said on Tuesday. Zwanziger, who headed the German football association (DFB) until 2012, was asked in a television interview last year whether the decision to let Qatar host the 2022 World Cup should be reviewed as corruption allegations hit world soccer's governing body FIFA. |
| Head of China's statistics bureau under investigation - watchdog | | | By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - The head of China's National Bureau of Statistics is being investigated for alleged discipline violations, the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption watchdog said on Tuesday, the latest top official to be implicated in a corruption crackdown. The official, Wang Baoan, was "suspected of serious violation of discipline", the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a short statement on its website. In the past, use of such wording about violations has generally referred to corruption. |
| French protests and strikes disrupt airports, roads, schools | |  French riot police and firefighters intervened to clear a busy Paris ring road at rush-hour on Tuesday after taxi drivers angry about competition from private car ride firms threw tyres across the roadway and set them alight. The nationwide protest by licensed taxi drivers coincided with a walkout by air traffic controllers that forced airlines to cut flights by 20 percent, and another protest by teachers that disrupted schooling. The stoppages by air traffic controllers and teachers were part of a wider labour action by state employees, who are being urged by several unions to flex their muscles ahead of talks on long-running wage restraint measures.
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| Dolphin activist detained in Japan says he's a "political prisoner" | |  By Elaine Lies and Ami Miyazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. activist featured in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove", about a gory Japanese dolphin hunt, has been detained in Japan and said on Tuesday he was a political prisoner for his efforts to save dolphins. Ric O'Barry has been held since being denied entry to Japan on Jan. 18 and faces deportation. O'Barry and his lawyer said he is accused of lying to officials about his activities on a previous trip to Japan.
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| Russia says Litvinenko inquiry will hurt ties with Britain | |  MOSCOW (Reuters) - An inquiry chaired by a British judge into the death in London of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko will seriously complicate Russian-British ties, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference on Tuesday. The inquiry, which concluded it was probable that senior Kremlin officials ordered Litvinenko's killing, contained groundless accusations and left many questions unanswered, Lavrov said. (Reporting by Andrew Osborn and Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Dmitry Solovyov)
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| Thai election in 2017 even if constitution is rejected - PM | |  By Pracha Hariraksapitak BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will hold a general election in 2017 even if a draft constitution does not pass a referendum this year, the prime minister said on Tuesday. Political instability has haunted Southeast Asia's second biggest economy for the past decade and promises on a return to democracy from the military government, which came to power after a 2014 coup, are closely watched. The government had previously made a new constitution a prerequisite for a general election, but Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said a vote would go ahead in mid-2017, even if it had to be held under an old constitution.
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| Ten Afghan police shot dead in insider attack - official | | | A rogue policeman collaborating with insurgents in southern Afghanistan shot dead 10 colleagues on Tuesday after first poisoning their food, an official said. The latest in a long series of so-called insider attacks took place at a checkpoint in the Chenartu district of the volatile southern province of Uruzgan, district chief Faiz Mohmmad told Reuters. "After the shooting, the policeman and Taliban stole their weapons and burnt the checkpoint and a police vehicle," Faiz Mohmmad said. |
| Kuwaiti court overturns conviction of ruling family member - media | |  An appeals court has overturned a suspended prison sentence against Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family and a power broker in international sport, local media reported on Tuesday. A court last month convicted Sheikh Ahmad of disrespect to the public prosecutor and attributing a remark to the country's ruler without a special permission from the emir's court. The Gulf Arab state's constitution describes Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah as "immune and inviolable" and quoting him without permission is punishable under Kuwaiti law.
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| Denmark to vote on tough migrant law as Nordic refugee welcome wanes | |  The measures, which also include delaying family reunification to three years, are the latest sign that the Nordic welcome for refugees is waning as large numbers flee war in Africa and Middle East in what is becoming Europe's biggest migrant crisis in decades. The "jewellery bill" is the latest attempt by Denmark's seven-month-old minority centre-right government to curb immigration to a country that took in a record 20,000 refugees last year. Under the bill, refugees could keep possessions amounting to 10,000 Danish crowns ($1,450), raised from 3,000 crowns after criticism from human rights organisations.
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