Journalists smeared me over Gujarat riots: India’s Modi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian opposition leader and general election frontrunner Narendra Modi accused the media on Wednesday of smearing him over sectarian rioting in 2002 in which more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died.
Algeria’s bloody past, energy wealth keep status quo for now
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Cramped with his young wife and three infants in a shack in Algiers’ Citi Hofra slum, Amin Kerchach could be forgiven for being angry at missing out on Algeria’s gas wealth.
Burundi scoffs at U.N. warning on stoking of political violence
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi accused the United Nations on Wednesday of spreading rumors about planned constitutional changes that critics say could upset the country’s delicate ethnic power balance and possibly lead to civil war.
Russia mulls lawsuit against U.S. in WTO over sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is looking at the possibility of filing a lawsuit against the United States in the World Trade Organisation over sanctions hitting Russian banks, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Wednesday, according to Russian news a…
India’s Modi: No change to ‘no first use’ nuclear weapons doctrine
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Opposition leader Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that he would stick to India’s doctrine of not being the first to use nuclear weapons in a conflict if he wins power in the country’s election.
Speaker calls on Lebanese parliament to elect president on April 23
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri called on Wednesday for parliament to elect a new president on April 23, in a race overshadowed by growing violence and political paralysis.
Egyptian court jails 119 Mursi supporters
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced 119 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood of former president Mohamed Mursi to three years each in prison on Wednesday in connection with protests last October against his overthrow, judicial sources said.
Abductors of Nigerian schoolgirls pretended to be soldiers: witness
MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) – Islamist rebels duped dozens of Nigerian schoolgirls into thinking they were soldiers come to evacuate them before abducting over 100 in their latest anti-government raid, one of the survivors said on Wednesday.
Guinea gold mine collapse kills at least six: local official
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least six people, including women and children, were killed when a small gold mine in Guinea, West Africa caved in on them, a local official said on Wednesday.
Meeting of Israeli, Palestinian peace negotiators postponed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed after the killing of an Israeli in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank.
