Madagascar names new prime minister, eyes World Bank aid
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar named Kolo Christopher Laurent Roger, a radiologist who lived abroad for decades, as its new prime minister on Friday, part of a process aimed at ending prolonged political turmoil on the Indian Ocean island.
Darfur rebel says peacekeepers turning blind eye to new violence
PARIS (Reuters) – A veteran rebel leader from Sudan’s Darfur region accused international peacekeepers on Friday of turning a blind eye to what he called a renewed campaign of ethnic cleansing by government-backed Arab militias.
U.S. charges nine in international hacking conspiracy; two extradited from UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nine people have been charged in an alleged international conspiracy that used malicious software to gather bank account details and use the information to steal millions of dollars, including from accounts held at a Nebraska ban…
Germany’s Merkel praises Greece, wants joint European response to Putin letter
ATHENS (Reuters) – Germany will continue to back Greece, whose reforms are paying off but still has a long way to go to overhaul its economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Athens on Friday.
In Burkina Faso, some Mali refugees want to grow up to serve
GOUDEBOU, Burkina Faso (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – T en-year-old Atahib goes to school in the Goudebou refugee camp in the savannah of Burkina Faso, not hoping to become a teacher or a doctor like his classmates. He wants to learn so he can better s…
Darfur rebel says peacekeepers turning blind eye to new violence
PARIS (Reuters) – A veteran rebel leader from Sudan’s Darfur region accused international peacekeepers on Friday of turning a blind eye to what he called a renewed campaign of ethnic cleansing by government-backed Arab militias.
Slim majority of Swiss oppose buying Saab fighters: poll
ZURICH (Reuters) – A slim majority of Swiss voters are against the purchase of 22 Gripen fighter jets from Swedish defence firm Saab, a poll showed on Friday, though the number who oppose the deal has fallen.
Ukraine looks to Europe for gas as Russia ups pressure
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Friday it would turn to Europe for gas and won a promise of help from Brussels after Russia warned it could cut supplies over Kiev’s refusal to pay Moscow’s “political, uneconomic price” for supplies.
Egypt violence kills three; group names suicide bomber
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two members of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed in an exchange of gunfire with Egyptian security forces in the Nile Delta on Friday, the Interior Ministry said, and the Islamist group said another of its supporters was shot dead in …
Longtime Berlusconi ally declared fugitive ahead of mafia verdict
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – A longtime political ally, business associate and friend of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has left the country ahead of a final ruling on mafia collusion charges, a Palermo prosecutor said on Friday.
