Gunmen attack school in Pakistan, one dead: police
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen attacked a school in Pakistan on Monday and killed a guard, police said, raising fears of a repeat of a deadly school attack five months ago that toughened Pakistan’s resolve to fight militants.
Gangnam Style: South Korea set to demolish slum in shadows of Seoul glitz
SEOUL (Reuters) – Close by the luxury high-rises of Seoul’s most expensive neighborhood, 80-year-old Kim Ok-nyo burns charcoal to heat her two-room shack in Guryong, a shantytown of 2,000 residents.
Indonesian regency separates sexes in schools, next up motorbikes
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian regency has passed legislation requiring schools to teach boys and girls separately and hopes to follow that up with a ban prohibiting the two sexes from riding motorcycles together.
Win or lose, Cameron’s political career hangs by a thread
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron is Britain’s most popular major party leader and his Conservative Party the most trusted on the economy after helping revive it. But win or lose a knife-edge election this week, his career hangs by a thre…
China’s Xi calls for ‘equal’ political talks with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping offered the head of Taiwan’s ruling Nationalist Party on Monday “equal” talks to resolve their political differences, but only if Taiwan accepts it is part of China, a concept many Taiwanese balk at.
China’s Xi calls for “equal” political talks with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping offered the head of Taiwan’s ruling Nationalist Party on Monday “equal” talks to resolve their political differences, but only if Taiwan accepts it is part of China, a concept many Taiwanese balk at.
China, Taiwan to seek cooperation as heads of ruling parties meet
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – (This story correct time frame to 6 years not 60 years in the May 1 story.)
Mounted police charge Ethiopian-Israeli anti-racism protesters
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Police on horseback charged hundreds of ethnic Ethiopian citizens in central Tel Aviv on Sunday as an anti-racism protest descended into one of the most violent demonstrations in Israel’s commercial capital in years.
Philippines says Islamist militant was killed by followers
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ most wanted Islamist militant, whose death at the weekend could boost peace efforts in the country’s south, was killed by his own bodyguards in pursuit of a bounty offered by the United States, the head of the milita…
South Korea urges North to release its detained citizens
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea on Monday urged Pyongyang to release four of its citizens being held by the North, including two men who told CNN they spied for the South, and a 21-year-old New York University student.
