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| University of Oklahoma transfers title of painting looted by Nazis | | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 4:14 AM | |
| | By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A fight over an impressionist painting at the University of Oklahoma that was looted by the Nazis during World War Two came to an end when the university announced a settlement on Tuesday to return it to the Jewish family it was stolen from. Title to the 130-year-old painting, "Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep" by Camille Pissarro, will be transferred to the family of Leone Meyer. The settlement calls for the painting to be displayed at the university's Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and a yet-to-be-named museum in France on a rotating, five-year basis. |
| Book penned by Canadian serial killer pulled by publisher | | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 4:12 AM | |
|  A book by one of Canada's most infamous serial killers, Robert Pickton, who was convicted in 2007 of killing drug addicts and prostitutes and butchering their remains at his pig farm, has been pulled by its publisher. News of the book and its availability through online retailer Amazon.com Inc had sparked outrage in Canada and government officials had pledged to stop Pickton, 66, from profiting from its sale. Colorado-based Outskirts Press said it has ceased publication of the book and has asked Amazon to remove the book from its website.
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| Notorious Canada serial killer pens book, sparks outrage | | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 4:12 AM | |
| | One of Canada's most infamous serial killers, Robert Pickton, who was convicted in 2007 of killing drug addicts and prostitutes and butchering their remains at his pig farm, has released a book proclaiming his innocence. The book, published on January 29 and available through the online retailer Amazon.com Inc, is listed as a personal memoir by Pickton, 66, who is serving a life sentence at a prison in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Calling himself "the fall guy" on the book's jacket, Pickton notes he is accused of murdering "between 6 and 49 women" and is finally telling his story. |
| Classical Indian dance helps trafficking victims to heal, study shows | | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 3:34 AM | |
|  By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Classical Indian dance could be an effective form of therapy for victims of human trafficking and sexual violence, helping them to overcome their traumatic experiences and gain confidence, a pilot study has shown. The six-month study of 50 female survivors in Kolkata and Mumbai found that dance movement therapy helped ease anxiety, depression, anger and post-traumatic stress when used alongside traditional counselling and other rehabilitation efforts. "Often, in the rehabilitation of victims of trafficking and sexual violence, the impact on the body can be overlooked," said Sohini Chakraborty, the founder and director of Kolkata Sanved, a charity which carried out the research.
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| Indonesia looks to close all red-light districts by 2019 - Jakarta Post | | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 2:37 AM | |
| | Indonesia aims to shutdown all of the country's red-light districts by 2019 in a bid to eradicate prostitution in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, the Jakarta Post said late Tuesday quoting the social affairs minister. The government had already closed 68 red-light districts, while another 100 would be closed down within three years, said Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa. Jakarta's governor has started closing down a major prostitution hub in the northern part of the capital, with evictions planned for Sunday. |
| U.S. Senate Republicans rule out action on Obama high court pick | | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 1:02 AM | |
|  By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Tuesday ruled out taking action on any nominee put forth by President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court in a political power move intended to thwart his ability to change the court's ideological balance. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will not hold hearings or vote on any nominee to replace long-serving conservative Justice Antonin Scalia until after the next president takes office next January. Scalia died on Feb. 13.
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| Judge orders Clinton aides to be questioned under oath on emails | | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 12:58 AM | |
|  A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that U.S. State Department officials and aides to Hillary Clinton should be questioned under oath about whether the former secretary of state's use of a private email system was an effort to skirt open records laws. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan is likely to add to the uncertainty hovering over Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for the November U.S. presidential election, about the legal consequences of her decision to exclusively use a private email server in her New York home for her government work. The State Department and Judicial Watch, the conservative watchdog group that sought the depositions as it sues for records about the employment of a senior Clinton aide, must agree on a plan for the depositions by April, Sullivan said in his order on Tuesday, according to court documents.
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| Michigan Uber driver swapped cars during deadly shooting spree | | Wednesday, February 24, 2016 12:36 AM | |
|  By Mark Kauzlarich KALAMAZOO, Mich. (Reuters) - The Michigan Uber driver charged with murdering six people switched vehicles after sideswiping a car at the start of the shooting spree, authorities said on Tuesday, adding they hoped his phone would help establish a motive for the killings. It was also disclosed that the suspect, Jason Dalton, who was reported to have obtained a community college degree in law enforcement two decades ago, visited a gun shop shortly before the shootings and bought a heavy-duty jacket that could conceal a small pistol. Dalton, 45, was denied bail on Monday after a court hearing in which a detective testified that he admitted to the five-hour shooting rampage over the weekend in Kalamazoo, Michigan, about 150 miles (240 km) west of Detroit.
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| FIFA candidate Salman denies British MP's allegations | |  By Simon Evans ZURICH (Reuters) - British Member of Parliament Damian Collins used parliamentary privilege on Tuesday to accuse FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of taking development project funds to finance an election bid. The claims, made in a speech in the U.K. House of Commons, were swiftly rejected by Salman who is battling Gianni Infantino, the Swiss general secretary of European soccer body UEFA and three other candidates, for the top job in world football. Conservative MP Collins, a supporter of the campaign group 'New FIFA Now' made the allegations relating to Salman's attempt in 2009 to be elected to the FIFA executive committee and his 2013 successful election to the presidency of the Asian Football Confederation.
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| Silence may not be golden as Modi lays low during unrest | |  By Andrew MacAskill and Douglas Busvine NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amid the clamour of unrest sweeping university campuses and the state of Haryana near New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided on a strategy that risks emboldening political opponents: silence is golden. Advisers describe a leader who is on top of events, but who prefers not to get sucked into rowdy debate on India's public square. In recent weeks, thousands of students have protested across the country over the arrest of a student leader for alleged sedition, while anger among the powerful Jat community over caste-based job quotas spilled into deadly clashes in Haryana.
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| Colombia drug cartel leader gets 25 years in U.S. prison | | | By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former leader of a violent Colombian drug cartel was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years in a U.S. prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to import massive amounts of cocaine into the United States. Ericson Vargas Cardona, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan, after pleading guilty last April of conspiring to traffic in cocaine and using a semiautomatic assault weapon in the process. Vargas, who authorities said by the time of his capture by Colombian authorities in 2012 had risen to the top of the leadership of the drug cartel La Oficina de Envigado, said he had only himself to hold responsible for why he was in court. |
| Obama makes last attempt to persuade Congress to close Guantanamo | |  By Jeff Mason and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched a final push on Tuesday to persuade Congress to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite strong opposition from lawmakers who do not want detainees transferred to the United States. The Pentagon-authored plan proposes 13 potential sites on U.S. soil to hold some 30-60 detainees in maximum-security prisons but does not identify the facilities. U.S. law bars transfers to the United States, and lawmakers are unlikely to lift those restrictions, especially in an election year.
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