New law drives Uganda’s embattled gays deeper into shadows
KAMPALA (Reuters) – With a World Bank scholarship and top grades in the first year of her masters degree in agriculture, 27-year-old Cleo Kambugu should be well on the road to her goal of an academic career in Uganda.
Iraqi PM Maliki says Saudi, Qatar openly funding violence in Anbar
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding the Sunni Muslim insurgents his troops are battling in western Anbar province, in his strongest such statement since fighting started there ea…
Ex-guerrilla favorite to win El Salvador’s presidential election
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A former Marxist guerrilla leader is expected to win El Salvador’s presidency on Sunday after promising to expand social programs for the poor and fending off his opponent’s claims that he will impose radical policies.
Colombians to vote for congress ahead of FARC peace accord
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombians vote on Sunday for a new congress that will tackle legislation for the next president and play a historic role in creating laws to end five decades of conflict if peace is reached with Marxist FARC rebels.
One killed in accident at Indian nuclear submarine building yard
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – One worker was killed and two injured in an accident at shipyard building a nuclear submarine in Visakhapatnam in southern India on Saturday evening, the third fatal navy related accident in a month.
Libya threatens to bomb North Korean tanker if it ships oil from rebel port
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya threatened on Saturday to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tried to ship oil from a rebel-controlled port, in a major escalation of a standoff over the country’s petroleum wealth.
Warning shots fired to turn monitors back from Crimea
KIEV/SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Shots were fired in Crimea to warn off an unarmed international team of monitors and at a Ukrainian observation plane, as the standoff between occupying Russian forces and besieged Ukrainian troops intensified.
Malaysian plane presumed crashed; questions over false IDs
KUALA LUMPUR/HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew was presumed to have crashed off the Vietnamese coast on Saturday, and European officials said two people on board were using false identities.
Pope names top economists, finance experts to Vatican body
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis named top laymen from the worlds of finance and economics on Saturday to a new Vatican Council for the Economy, intended to improve scrutiny of the Holy See’s scandal-plagued accounts.
Red Cross worker killed in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – A Red Cross worker was killed on Saturday in the north of the Central African Republic, amid escalating religious violence that peacekeepers have been powerless to stop.
