Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams urges calm after release
BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland police released Gerry Adams from custody on Sunday and the Sinn Fein leader sought to calm fears that his four-day detention could destabilize the British province by pledging his support to the peace process.
Panama president’s deputy-turned-rival takes early election lead
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s vice-president, running as an opposition candidate, took an early lead in Sunday’s presidential election after a campaign in which he took credit for outgoing President Ricardo Martinelli’s policies but vowed cleaner go…
Maiteeq installed as Libya’s new PM but dismissed by speaker
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Businessman Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn in as Libya’s new prime minister on Sunday after chaotic voting but parliament’s deputy speaker hours later declared the election invalid as a power struggle erupted in the assembly.
Earthquake jolts Tokyo, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.2 jolted Tokyo and vicinity early Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There was no tsunami warning and no immediate reports of major damage.
Afghan boy relives terror of ‘bomb-like’ landslide
AAB BAREEK, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Six-year-old Abdul Maqsood stood outside his neighbor’s simple mud-brick home, staring aghast at the damage caused by a landslide which had slammed into his village in remote northeast Afghanistan. Then the rumbling …
Pro-Russians storm Odessa police station, PM slams local police
ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian militants stormed a Ukrainian police station in Odessa on Sunday and freed nearly 70 fellow activists as the country’s leaders lamented a police force they said was widely undermined by graft or collaboration wit…
Three killed in bus blasts on second day of violence in Kenya
NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least three people were killed when two buses driving on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi were struck by explosive devices on Sunday, the day after attacks in Mombasa.
Five killed as boulder crushes house in Sierra Leone capital
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Five people, including two children, were killed on Sunday when a boulder dislodged by heavy rains crushed a house in a poor area of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, witnesses said.
India’s Modi rails against illegal immigrants after Muslim killings
KOLKATA/NARAYANGURI, India (Reuters) – Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial front-runner in India’s mammoth general election, on Sunday reiterated his strong stance against illegal immigrants, just days after a wave of sectarian killi…
U.S. pushes Congo on term limits, pledges aid
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The United States urged Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to stick to its constitution that sets terms limits for the president, as speculation grows that Joseph Kabila may seek a third term.
