Rights groups dismayed by Afghanistan's return to executions
By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Human rights groups reacted with dismay on Wednesday to Afghanistan's resumption of executions after a near-four-year moratorium on a penalty that characterised...
View ArticleIvory Coast's Ouattara names ex Foreign Minister as PM
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has named Daniel Kablan Duncan, a member of his allied PDCI party, as his new prime minister, Ouattara's office said on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleKenyan nationals attack Somalis in Nairobi over bomb attack
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas to disperse Kenyan nationals who threw stones and broke into the homes and shops of Somalis in Nairobi's Somali-dominated Eastleigh neighbourhood on Monday to...
View ArticleIndia hangs Mumbai attacker Kasab - government
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has hanged Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the only militant to have survived the 2008 attacks on the financial capital Mumbai, the home ministry said on Wednesday. In August,...
View ArticleNigeria violence story withdrawn
(Reuters) - Please be advised that the Nigeria story issued on November 18, 2012, reporting that a video showed Nigerian troops shooting unarmed captives, is withdrawn. The story is withdrawn because...
View ArticleNYPD finds gun that may be tied to potential serial killings
By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police have found a rifle and ammunition in a duffle bag belonging to a man being questioned in connection with the shooting deaths of three...
View ArticleAt least two Kenyan soldiers killed in Garissa gun attack
NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least two Kenyan soldiers who are part of the African Union(AU) peacekeeping force in Somalia were killed in Garissa, a base for security forces in Kenya fighting insurgents in...
View ArticleGerman churches, union both claim victory in strike case
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's main churches and a union that represents their employees have both claimed victory after the Federal Labour Court issued a Solomonic...
View ArticleYemeni transport plane crashes near Sanaa airport, 10 killed
SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni military transport plane crashed near Sanaa airport on Wednesday, killing ten of its crew members, an airport official said. The plane came down in the Hasba district near...
View ArticleMortars hit Syria info ministry, clashes erupt in capital
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two mortar rounds struck Syria's Information Ministry building in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, state television said, causing some damage but no casualties. Syrian TV blamed...
View ArticleUnited not liable for alleged 9/11 security lapse - judge
By Jonathan Stempel and Basil Katz NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines bears no responsibility for suspected security lapses at a Maine airport, which allowed hijackers to board the American Airlines...
View ArticleCongo rejects rebel demand for talks - spokesman
DAKAR (Reuters) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday rejected a 24-hour ultimatum from rebels in the east of the country to open talks or face an onslaught, accusing...
View ArticleIran opposition leader Karoubi taken to hospital - website
DUBAI (Reuters) - Leading Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi, under house arrest since 2011, was hospitalised briefly after showing symptoms including weight loss, dizziness and nausea, his...
View ArticleUnited Airlines not liable for alleged 9/11 security lapse - judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines bears no responsibility for suspected security lapses at a Maine airport that allowed hijackers onto the American Airlines plane that crashed into one of the World...
View ArticleEgypt's cabinet agrees to curb fuel subsidies
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's cabinet on Wednesday approved the ending of subsidies on 95-octane gasoline and said it would set quotas for the sale of other subsidised fuel from April, the planning...
View ArticlePutin says Russia's economy to suffer from WTO entry
By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's energy-based economy will take a serious blow from membership of the WTO coupled with a global slowdown, President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday,...
View ArticleFrench prosecutors appeal parole for Lebanese militant
PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors said on Wednesday they were appealing a Paris court's decision to grant parole to a Lebanese far-left militant jailed for attacks on U.S. and Israeli diplomats in...
View ArticleSudan security thwarts "sabotage attempt:" state-linked media
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's security services have thwarted a "sabotage attempt," state-linked media reported on...
View ArticleSudan security thwarts "sabotage attempt" - state-linked media
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's security services have thwarted a "sabotage attempt," state-linked media reported on...
View ArticleFillon cries foul anew in French right leadership contest
By Nicholas Vinocur PARIS (Reuters) - Former French premier Francois Fillon contested results of his party's leadership race on Wednesday, plunging conservatives deeper into turmoil just hours after...
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