Uruguayan ruling party’s Vazquez wins presidential election
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Tabare Vazquez won back his old job as president of Uruguay in a runoff election on Sunday, allowing the leftist ruling coalition to extend its decade in power and roll out a law legalizing the production and sale of marijuana.
Mubarak verdict fuels protests, mockery in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters)- – Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the president whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness.
Moldova’s pro-Moscow socialists hold lead in election after early count
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-Moscow Socialist Party was in the lead after Sunday’s election with 30 percent of votes counted, with the Communist Party running a close second, election authorities said.
Afghan forces ill equipped to fight Taliban without NATO
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan district police chief Ahmadullah Anwari only has enough grenades to hand out three to each checkpoint in an area of Helmand province swarming with Taliban insurgents who launch almost daily attacks on security forces.
Menace or myth, Myanmar frets over Rohingya militant group
MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – The fence stretches as far as the eye can see, its concrete pillars carrying coils of barbed wire across the mountains and marshes of western Myanmar.
Qatar court overturns conviction of U.S. parents in adopted girl’s death
(Reuters) – An appeals court in Qatar on Sunday overturned the convictions of a Los Angeles couple who were sentenced to three years in jail for the death of their adopted African-born daughter, but the government was refusing to let the couple leave t…
Hong Kong protesters clash with police near heart of financial district
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police baton-charged and pepper-sprayed thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in the early hours of Monday who were trying to encircle government headquarters, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of p…
Netanyahu ally says Israel may need early elections
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should seek early elections if his coalition allies continue to bicker in public, Israel’s defense minister said on Sunday.
Blast in eastern Kenya wounds one: police
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – An improvised explosive device wounded one person on Sunday in a market in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa, close to the border with Somalia, police said.
Canada says citizen may have been captured in Syria
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is trying to confirm reports that a Canadian citizen has been captured in Syria, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
