Tunisia’s main secular party open to Islamist coalition
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s main secular party that helped push ruling Islamists out of office last year is open to governing with them if 2014 elections do not produce a clear majority, its party chief said.
Mafia member wins battle against extradition to Italy from Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – A fugitive Sicilian mafia member arrested in Britain last year after living a quiet, suburban life for two decades will not be extradited back to Italy, a London court ruled on Monday.
Insight: Swedes tire of tax cuts as welfare state shows strains
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – To glimpse Swedish angst under its picture postcard prosperity, look no further than film director Lisa Ohlin, who has enjoyed years of tax cuts in an economy the envy of Europe. Homes in her Stockholm neighborhood cost around $1 …
Lebanese army blows up suspect car close to Syrian border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s army blew up a car on Monday in the border region with Syria which they suspected contained explosives and was being prepared for use in a bomb attack, security sources said.
China warns Philippine against ‘occupation’ of disputed shoal
BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned the Philippines on Monday to abandon a disputed shoal in the South China Sea after Manila said it planned to challenge a Chinese naval blockade of the area by sending supplies to its troops stationed there.
Defiant Chinese bishop dies at 97 while under house arrest
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Shanghai bishop who was imprisoned for decades by Chinese authorities died Sunday evening at his home, a Catholic group said in a statement.
China denies dead dissident refused medical treatment
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry denied on Monday that prominent human rights activist Cao Shunli died because she was refused medical treatment while in detention, in a case which has attracted concern in the United States and Europe.
China says too soon to say if Thai trafficking victims Uighur
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it was too soon to say if a group of about 200 people rescued by police from a human smuggling camp in southern Thailand were Uighurs from China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang.
Tunisia police kill three suspected militants in raid near Algeria border
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia police shot and killed three suspected Islamist militants in a raid near the Algerian border, a security official said on Monday, days after Algerian troops reportedly killed seven militants on the other side of the frontier.
New Thai “red shirt” leader may escalate fight to save PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The new leader of Thailand’s pro-government “red shirt” movement said on Monday that his supporters would take to the streets in support of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra if the elite or the courts dared try to oust her.
