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.
Megaupload’s Dotcom, facing legal threat, launches political party
AUCKLAND (Reuters) – Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom holds court while bathing in the pool of a sprawling New Zealand mansion, fist bumping and chatting with some of the 700 guests gathered to celebrate the political party he launched last month to promote …
Afghan woman MP shot, deputy minister kidnapped in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – A woman Afghan member of parliament was shot and wounded shortly after several gunmen kidnapped a deputy minister in separate incidents in the capital Kabul, officials said on Wednesday.
Remote, oil-rich Shetland elbows way into Scotland’s independence vote
LERWICK, Shetland Islands (Reuters) – Twelve hours by ferry from the Scottish mainland, hundreds of miles from Edinburgh and closer to Oslo than London, the windswept Shetland islands have their own aspirations about Scottish independence.
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.
EU struggles to unpick the knot of Russia-Ukraine gas logistics
(This April 14 story was corrected to change year of previous supply cuts in third paragraph to 2006 from 2007)
Yemen’s al Qaeda leader vows to attack America in new video
DUBAI (Reuters) – The leader of Al Qaeda’s wing in Yemen has vowed to attack the United States, in a video apparently showing a gathering of the group celebrating a mass jailbreak of fighters.
Ocean floor search for missing Malaysia plane cut short again
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – The search for a Malaysia Airlines jetliner deep in the Indian Ocean was again cut short on Wednesday when technical problems forced a U.S. Navy underwater drone to surface without finding anything, officials said.
