Convicted rogue trader Kerviel arrested in southern France
MENTON, France (Reuters) – Convicted rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was arrested in southern France late on Sunday to serve a three-year jail sentence in a high-profile case he has depicted as one individual’s struggle against high finance.
Suicide car bomb kills 5 in bar district of north Nigeria’s Kano
KANO (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed five people on a street of popular bars and restaurants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday evening, in an area mostly inhabited by southern Christians, police said.
Gunmen loyal to ex-general storm Libyan parliament, demand suspension
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Heavily armed gunmen loyal to a renegade Libyan general stormed parliament on Sunday demanding its suspension and a handover of power to purge the North African country of Islamist militants.
Greece’s leftist Syriza party fares well in key local races
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist Syriza party performed strongly in key races in the first round of local elections on Sunday, as voters poured out their anger at the government’s austerity policies.
Mali sends troops to retake town from Tuareg separatists
KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) – Mali sent in troops on Sunday to retake Kidal from Tuareg separatists after six government workers and two civilians were murdered, according to the United Nations, during an attack on the regional governor’s office.
Turkey keeps three suspects in custody in mine disaster probe
SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) – A Turkish court ordered three suspects to be kept in custody on Sunday on a provisional charge of “causing multiple deaths” in last week’s mine disaster, as the last of the 301 victims were buried.
As many as 26 Colombian children killed in fire on church bus
BOGOTA (Reuters) – As many as 26 people, most believed to be children, were killed and others injured in northern Colombia when fire broke out on a bus taking them to a church event, local media reported.
Balkans flooding threatens Serbia power plants, 37 dead
KOSTOLAC, Serbia/DOBOJ, Bosnia (Reuters) – Soldiers, police and villagers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday as the death toll from the Balkan region’s worst rainfall in more than a century reached 37.
Tamils say barred from commemorating war dead, Sri Lanka denies
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Minority ethnic Tamils said on Sunday they had been banned from commemorating the deaths of their relatives five years ago in the final battle of a 26-year war with Sri Lanka’s military, a charge denied by the army.
Voting ends in Guinea-Bissau post-coup presidential run-off
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s presidential frontrunner sought to dispel fears of potential meddling by the chronically unstable nation’s army as voters cast their ballots on Sunday in a run-off election meant to draw a line under a 2012 military c…
