Legalization won’t fix world’s drugs problem: U.N. official
VIENNA (Reuters) – Legalization will not solve the world’s narcotics problem, the U.N. anti-drugs chief said on Monday, indicating disagreement with a decision by Uruguay to allow the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana.
Senior Palestinian official killed in Lebanon: state media
AIN EL-HILWEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – A high-ranking military official from the Palestinian group Fatah was killed on Monday by gunmen in southern Lebanon, Lebanese state media said.
Turkish ‘coup’ convicts freed amid political turmoil
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey ordered the release of 19 men convicted of plotting a coup, days after an ex-military chief was freed in a case now entwined in a power struggle between Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and a U.S.-based Muslim cleric.
Ex-British PM Brown favors more powers for Scotland, not independence
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown emerged from the shadows on Monday to argue for more powers for Scotland rather than independence, stepping up the opposition Labour party’s fight to prevent a Scottish breakaway from the Un…
El Salvador election result favoring Sanchez Ceren ‘irreversible’: Tribunal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – El Salvador presidential election results favoring former Marxist guerrilla leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren are irreversible, the head of the country’s electoral tribunal said on Monday.
Cyprus central bank head who led Cyprus through bailout quits
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cypriot Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades, whose testy relations with the island’s government dogged a tumultuous tenure when Cyprus teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, resigned on Monday.
Saudi Arabia rejects Maliki’s charges on funding Iraqi militants
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Monday rejected accusations by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that Riyadh and Qatar are funding Sunni Muslim insurgents his troops are battling in Iraq’s western Anbar province.
Spurning Gulf Arab pressure, Qatar says foreign policy ‘non-negotiable’
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar on Monday again dismissed demands by three fellow Gulf Arab states for changes to its foreign policy, calling its independence “non-negotiable” in a further sign that it will continue to aid Islamists such as Egypt’s Muslim Broth…
Inspections highlight safety risks at Bangladesh factories
BERLIN (Reuters) – Initial inspections of Bangladesh garment factories organized after the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex have found safety problems including overloaded ceilings, exposed cables and locked fire escapes, an industry-backed group sai…
Netanyahu, showing seized rockets, says Iran fooling the world
EILAT, Israel (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, displaying on Monday what Israel said were seized, Iranian-supplied missiles bound for militants in Gaza, urged the West not to be fooled by Tehran’s diplomacy on its nuclear program.
