Bulgarian Socialists face fourth no-confidence vote
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s Socialist-led government is expected to survive a confidence vote in parliament next week, the fourth in seven months filed by the opposition.
China arms giant says never exported chlorine gas to Syria
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s biggest arms maker said on Friday it had never exported any chlorine gas or cylinders to Syria after reports that chlorine gas cylinders used in a suspected toxic gas attack bore the arms giant’s name, “Norinco”.
Three Chinese officials knifed to death in Xinjiang: report
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three Chinese government officials were knifed to death and their bodies dumped in a lake, in the latest incident of violence in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, Radio Free Asia reported.
Yemen says it has foiled al Qaeda attacks in Sanaa
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen said late on Thursday it had foiled a number of al Qaeda attacks on government, military and diplomatic premises in the capital Sanaa and arrested several suspected would-be suicide bombers.
South Africa’s strike-hit Implats says violence is ‘devastating’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Impala Platinum described on Friday as “devastating” the impact on its employees of a 16-week strike at its key South African operations and said it had lost 131,000 ounces of production to the stoppage in the March quarter.
Suspected Liberian gunmen seize Ivorian village, kill eight
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – At least eight people, including five civilians, were killed when gunmen believed to have come from Liberia seized a border village in western Ivory Coast, the parliamentarian for the area said on Friday.
How a stand-off at sea led to mob violence in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) – As a thousand Vietnamese rioters stormed his factory on Tuesday night, smashing windows and ripping down Chinese-language signs, Taiwanese executive Henry Yeh hid with a colleague in the back of a fire truck, clutching the only weapon…
China, Vietnam ministers to hold talks on anti-China riots
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce minister will meet his Vietnamese counterpart on Friday to discuss deadly anti-Chinese riots that have taken a toll of the Asian giant’s business interests in the Southeast Asian nation, a Chinese official said.
U.S. warns China its actions in sea disputes are straining relations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s “provocative” actions in maritime disputes with its neighbors are straining ties with the United States, raising questions over how the world’s two biggest economies can work together, a senior U.S. official said.
Another arrest sought in hunt for South Korean ferry operator owner
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors said on Friday they were seeking a warrant for the arrest of Yoo Byung-un, the head of the family that owns the operator of a ferry that capsized last month.
