In Burkina Faso, some Mali refugees want to grow up to serve
GOUDEBOU, Burkina Faso (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – T en-year-old Atahib goes to school in the Goudebou refugee camp in the savannah of Burkina Faso, not hoping to become a teacher or a doctor like his classmates. He wants to learn so he can better s…
Darfur rebel says peacekeepers turning blind eye to new violence
PARIS (Reuters) – A veteran rebel leader from Sudan’s Darfur region accused international peacekeepers on Friday of turning a blind eye to what he called a renewed campaign of ethnic cleansing by government-backed Arab militias.
Slim majority of Swiss oppose buying Saab fighters: poll
ZURICH (Reuters) – A slim majority of Swiss voters are against the purchase of 22 Gripen fighter jets from Swedish defence firm Saab, a poll showed on Friday, though the number who oppose the deal has fallen.
Ukraine looks to Europe for gas as Russia ups pressure
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Friday it would turn to Europe for gas and won a promise of help from Brussels after Russia warned it could cut supplies over Kiev’s refusal to pay Moscow’s “political, uneconomic price” for supplies.
Egypt violence kills three; group names suicide bomber
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two members of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed in an exchange of gunfire with Egyptian security forces in the Nile Delta on Friday, the Interior Ministry said, and the Islamist group said another of its supporters was shot dead in …
Longtime Berlusconi ally declared fugitive ahead of mafia verdict
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – A longtime political ally, business associate and friend of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has left the country ahead of a final ruling on mafia collusion charges, a Palermo prosecutor said on Friday.
Two Kenyans kidnapped by Somali militants in 2011 freed
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two Kenyans kidnapped by Somali Islamists in 2011 have been found alive in Somalia, officials said.
Indian election gets personal, rivals attack Modi over marriage
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Rahul Gandhi on Friday laid into opposition candidate Narendra Modi for acknowledging for the first time only this week that he is married, the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter fight to form the next government.
Moody’s, Turkish court decisions mark twin setback for Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan suffered a double blow on Friday when a court rolled back his government’s efforts to tighten its grip on the judiciary and Moody’s cut its outlook for the economy on which for many his reputatio…
Australian PM says searchers confident of position of MH370’s black boxes
PERTH/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Search and rescue officials in Australia are confident they know the approximate position of the black box recorders from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday.
