AP - Iceland's state-run Kaupthing bank will sue the British government for its decision to force the bank's British subsidiary into a form of bankruptcy, the Icelandic Prime Minister's office said Tuesday.
AP - Drugmaker AstraZeneca submitted a new drug application with European Union authorities to market a nasal spray vaccine against the flu, the company said Tuesday.
AFP - Woolworths, a century-old retail institution buckling under the weight of the economic crisis, will close its remaining 200 stores for the final time at the end of trading on Tuesday.
AP - British retailers Debenhams and Next saw sales drop over the Christmas season, but both companies said profits held up well as they had prepared for one of the toughest retail periods in a long time.
AFP - Cutting off Gaza's smuggling tunnels from Egypt could secure an immediate ceasefire, Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair said Tuesday, while warning that Israel was otherwise in for a protracted campaign.
AFP - The number of suicides in England and Wales fell by about 40 percent after the July 2005 bombings on London, scientists revealed Tuesday, echoing a trend also seen after the September 11 attacks.
AP - An explosion at a natural gas facility in northeastern British Columbia forced the site to shut down,in what appeared to be the fourth attack in four months on one of Canada's largest energy companies.