Mexico conflict of interest scandal snares finance minister
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s finance minister on Friday denied he faced a conflict of interest after he became embroiled in a scandal engulfing President Enrique Peña Nieto, and welcomed an investigation into his purchase of a home from a government contractor.
International court’s prosecutor shelves Darfur case for lack of U.N. support
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said on Friday that she had shelved an investigation into war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region for lack of action by the United Nations Security Council to push for arrests.
Merkel condemns racism as Dresden anti-Islam marches grow
BERLIN/NUREMBERG (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday condemned anti-Muslim demonstrations centered on the eastern city of Dresden, saying there was “no place in Germany” for hatred of Muslims or any other minority.
South Sudan children survive on waterlilies as crisis escalates
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Around 1 million children in South Sudan have been forced to flee their homes since conflict erupted a year ago, some are surviving on waterlily roots, and there may be famine next year, the U.N. children’s agency …
EU could consider new Libya sanctions if it helps talks: diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union could consider imposing new sanctions on Libya if U.N. Special Envoy Bernardino Leon thought it would help his efforts to end the political crisis there, EU diplomats said on Friday.
Mali freed four militants in exchange for French hostage: minister
DAKAR (Reuters) – Mali freed four Islamist militants with ties to al Qaeda in north Africa in exchange for the release of Serge Lazarevic, a French national who was being held by the group, Mali’s justice minister said on Friday.
Italy seizes 556,000 euros in fake coins minted in China
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – Italian police on Friday seized 556,000 euros ($692,000) in fake euro coins minted in China from a ship container in the port city of Naples, investigators said.
After U.S. torture report, Poland asks what its leaders knew
WARSAW (Reuters) – The disclosure of details about the CIA’s brutal interrogation program could provide new leads for Polish prosecutors investigating how much Poland’s leaders at the time knew about a secret jail the agency was running in a Polish for…
Russia says will not follow U.S. ‘diktat’ over missile treaty
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday it would not follow “American diktat” over the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Treaty between the two countries.
Burkina Faso’s deposed leader Compaore returns to Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s deposed president Blaise Compaore arrived in Ivory Coast on Friday on the latest stage of an odyssey which has taken him to several countries since he was toppled.
