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| Michigan Uber driver switched cars during deadly shooting rampage | |  By Mark Kauzlarich KALAMAZOO, Mich. (Reuters) - The Michigan Uber driver charged with murdering six people changed vehicles after sideswiping a car at the start of the shooting spree, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that they hoped his phone would help establish a motive for the killings. Jason Dalton, 45, was denied bail on Monday after a court in which a detective testified that Dalton admitted to the five-hour shooting rampage over the weekend in Kalamazoo, about 150 miles (240 km) west of Detroit. Searching for a motive for the violence, investigators are now focusing on a gun and a cell phone seized from Dalton and reports that he drove fares for the Uber car-hailing service in between the shooting episodes, said Paul Matyas of the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department.
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| U.S. Senate committee chairman questions Pakistan F-16 deal | |  The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday sharply questioned U.S. plans to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, questioning Pakistani actions he described as threatening U.S. troops as they try to stabilize Afghanistan. "They continue to support the Taliban, the Haqqani network and give safe haven to al Qaeda," Republican Senator Bob Corker said to Secretary of State John Kerry, who was testifying to the committee about the State Department's annual budget request. The U.S. government said on Feb. 12 it had approved the sale to Pakistan of up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment in a deal valued at $699 million.
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| Khaleda Zia issues rare rebuke of Hindu priest's killing | |  The leader of Bangladesh's biggest opposition party on Tuesday issued a rare condemnation of a recent Islamist killing, a sign the party may be trying to avoid accusations that it is sympathetic to the Islamists as violence increases. Begum Khaleda Zia, chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said this Sunday's killing of a Hindu priest was "evil".
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| Obama plan to close Guantanamo proposes 13 potential U.S. transfer sites | |  By Jeff Mason and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon plan to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would transfer detainees to any of 13 potential sites on U.S. soil but does not identify the facilities or endorse a specific one, administration officials said on Tuesday. President Barack Obama has pledged to close the prison and move the detainees since before his election in 2008, but his plans are unlikely to gain traction in Congress where lawmakers are largely opposed to moving detainees to the United States. Obama was due to deliver a statement on the issue at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT.) The prisoners, held at a U.S. naval station in southeastern Cuba, were detained by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| Swiss examine 152 suspicious transfers linked to FIFA probe | |  ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities are reviewing more than 150 reports of suspicious financial activity linked to FIFA's decision to award Russia and Qatar the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, a spokesman for the attorney general said on Tuesday. That is up from 133 cases the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) had reported in December. "As of today, 152 suspicious transaction reports have been filed to the ...(OAG) via the Swiss Financial Intelligence Unit, MROS, in the context of the ongoing criminal proceedings regarding football," the spokesman said in an emailed statement. ...
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| Britain neglects trafficking victims with children, charities say | | | Human trafficking victims who are pregnant or have children are routinely overlooked by the British authorities, who do not recognise them as being a particularly vulnerable group, a group of charities said on Tuesday. Between a quarter and a half of trafficking victims in Britain are pregnant or have children with them in the U.K. or in their home countries, the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, whose members include Anti-Slavery International, Amnesty International and UNICEF UK, said in a report. |
| Swedish doctor gets 10 years in prison in bunker kidnap case | |  A Swedish doctor was sentenced to 10 years in jail for kidnapping a woman and keeping her in a specially constructed sound-proof bunker. Martin Peter Trenneborg, who held the woman for six days, had admitted to kidnapping her but denied and was acquitted of a rape charge. Stockholm's District Court said in the verdict the doctor had meticulously planned the deed for a long time.
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| Man arrested over West Brom coin-throwing incident | | | Police have arrested a man in relation to a coin-throwing incident after the FA Cup fifth-round tie between Reading and West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. Albion midfielder Chris Brunt was struck by a coin when he went to hand his shirt to a young supporter after his team's 3-1 defeat by the Championship (second tier) club. The object was thrown from the area housing West Brom fans and Brunt suffered a cut just below his left eye. |
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