Berlusconi ordered to do community service for tax conviction
MILAN (Reuters) – A court on Tuesday ordered former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to serve a tax fraud sentence by doing community service with the elderly, in a ruling that restricts his movements but not his political activity.
France’s Hollande would lose election vs. Sarkozy, Le Pen: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande would be beaten at the polls by both his center-right predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy and far-right rival Marine Le Pen if he ran for re-election this week, an opinion survey showed on Tuesday.
Nigeria rebels abduct schoolgirls, government says will protect ‘African Davos’
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist insurgents abducted more than 100 female students in a night raid on a government secondary school in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, a teacher said on Tuesday.
EU aid chief says race against rain to stop famine in South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Humanitarian aid groups are in a “race against the rain to prevent famine” in impoverished South Sudan where violence has displaced more than one million people in the past four months, European Union aid chief Kristalina Geo…
Gandhi daughter steps up to fight for India’s Congress party
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s sister clashed with an estranged cousin running in the election on an opposition ticket on Tuesday, in a new sign of aggression that partymen hope will draw her deeper into active politics to …
France arrests former Egyptian finance minister on Interpol warrant
PARIS (Reuters) – Former Egyptian finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali was arrested in France this week on an international warrant over corruption charges from his time in Hosni Mubarak’s government, the French foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Poland’s PM says daughter gets more security after death threats
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s prime minister said on Tuesday security for his daughter has been increased after she received many death threats vowing to avenge the “murder” of people killed in the 2010 crash of a government jet in Smolensk, Russia.
China angered by Britain’s report on human rights, cancels talks
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) – China accused Britain on Tuesday of interfering in its domestic affairs after the British government criticized Beijing’s human rights record.
Suspected Qaeda militants kill deputy governor in central Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – Suspected al Qaeda militants shot dead the deputy governor of Yemen’s central province of al-Bayda on Tuesday, a security official said.
Suspected Islamist rebels abduct over 100 Nigerian schoolgirls: teacher
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist insurgents have abducted more than 100 female students in a night raid on a government secondary school in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, a teacher said on Tuesday.
