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VANDALIA — Aptalis Pharmatech is in a hiring mode, and within a month, should know exactly how many employees it will be adding to its local plant. The company recently had its Ohio Tax Credit Authority Job Creation Tax Credit increased from 35 percent for seven years to 45 percent for 10 years. The company website lists 25 jobs for the 110,000-square-foot Vandalia warehouse and plant on Center Drive, seven of them full-time, the rest temporary. However, the tax credit...

The number of mobile devices is projected to surpass the world’s population in the next five years, and many wireless carriers are cashing in on the skyrocketing demand for mobile data. Verizon Wireless and AT&T;, the nation’s top two wireless carriers, have phased out their unlimited data plans in favor of new shared-data plans that charge for a monthly data allotment that can be used by up to 10 devices. “Unlimited data plans are not a sustainable business model for the future,” said Laura Merritt, a Verizon Wireless spokeswoman. With the new shared-data plans, customers don’t have to purchase a separate data allowance for every device they want to connect....

Police in the southern French city of Marseilles are investigating the 20th murder there in...

CAIRO — Libyan authorities announced late Saturday that any armed groups not authorized by the state would be disbanded, and the Libyan military took control of militia bases in Benghazi that had been abandoned during clashes between paramilitary groups and protesters demanding the dissolution of the groups. The plan to rein in the militias was announced by National Assembly President Mohamed Magariaf, who toured the city after protesters stormed the militias' headquarters late Friday night, furious over the previous week's killing of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans when a group of heavily armed men attacked the U.S. Consulate. At least 14 people were...

The request was an unusual one, and President Obama himself made the confidential phone call to Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president. Related U.S. Senator Warns Iraq Over Flights Into Syria (September 20, 2012) Obama Nominates Envoy to Iraq (September 11, 2012) Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Enlarge This Image Doug Mills/The New York Times President Obama with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki in 2011. Marshaling his best skills at persuasion, Mr. Obama asked Mr. Talabani, a consummate political survivor, to give up his post. It was Nov. 4, 2010, and the plan was for Ayad Allawi to take Mr....

The Be-Free Centre plans to hold a series of workshops for young children to enhance their relations with others. The centre, which is dedicated to promote the rights of children and protect them from all types of maltreatments and abuse, will organise these workshops for free under the basic theme of “I and the other�. The centre targets preschool children in the age group of 5 to 6 years and primary students from first to third grades. The first workshop...

MONACO: As the world's biggest yacht, codenamed Project Azzam, nears completion under a veil of secrecy in Germany, the trend for ever larger floating palaces was on full display at the Monaco Yacht Show this week. Considered the most prestigious event of its kind in the world, this year's show, which wrapped up on Saturday, included a record six megayachts, notching up an average length of 80.11 metres (263 feet). These giants of the seas are around twice the size of the average superyacht, already around 45 metres in length....

Beijing: A top Chinese security official has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan, the first leader from the country to do so in nearly half a century. Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the nine member Political Bureau of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, arrived at Kabul on Saturday. In Kabul,...