Rescue of Rio slums shaky on failed promise of basic services
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – In the three years since hundreds of police stormed the hills that her family calls home, Caroline Oliveira has been waiting for things to get better.
China angrily denounces Japan for Russia-Crimea analogy
BEIJING (Reuters) – China denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday for drawing an analogy between Russia’s behaviour in Crimea and China’s actions in the disputed East and South China Seas, accusing Abe of hypocrisy.
Dutch police arrest Balkan war crimes suspect: prosecutors
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A man wanted in Croatia on suspicion of war crimes during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s has been arrested in the Netherlands, the public prosecutor said on Friday.
Japan’s Fukushima cleanup halted after ditch digger dies
TOKYO (Reuters) – A worker at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant died on Friday after being buried under gravel while digging a ditch, prompting the operator to suspend cleanup work for safety checks.
South Korea proposes aid for North if it halts nuclear arms program
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye proposed a broad range of economic aid for impoverished North Korea on Friday if it agrees to give up its nuclear program.
Pistorius murder trial adjourned until April 7
PRETORIA (Reuters) – The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius was adjourned on Friday until April 7, when the South African Paralympic and Olympic track star is expected to take the stand in his own defense in a high-stakes bid to prove his innocence and av…
Masked gunmen shoot policeman in Lebanon’s Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Masked gunmen shot dead a policeman on Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said, the second killing of a member of the security forces in two days.
Indian Air Force cargo plane crashes, killing all five crew
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian Air Force cargo plane crashed on Friday, killing its crew of five, in the latest of a string of accidents to spotlight poor safety standards across the country’s armed services.
Three killed in raid on militants in south Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – Two al Qaeda militants and a Yemeni soldier were killed on Friday in a raid by security forces on a residential building in the southern city of Dalea, local officials said.
Kazakhstan halts Russian missile tests on its land after rocket crash
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan said on Friday it had suspended rocket and missile tests by Russia at military testing sites rented by Moscow on Kazakh territory after a Russian rocket crashed near a village.
