Philippines needs to think smart to attract private sector to rebuilding
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines is compiling a typhoon reconstruction plan which needs to win budget support from Congress and attract funds from the private sector and donors with ideas likely to shape President Benigno Aquino’s legacy.
Indian police investigate editor after sex assault claim
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The editor-in-chief of India’s leading investigative magazine is being probed over claims that he sexually assaulted a woman colleague, a senior police official said on Friday, after the media, activists and politicians urged a cr…
Czech police search Lufthansa flight after bomb threat
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech police were searching a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt that landed at Prague Airport, due to an anonymous bomb threat, an airport spokeswoman said on Friday.
China’s education institutes cash in on deciphering reform plan
BEIJING (Reuters) – The impact of China’s ruling Communist Party’s reform plan may not be known for some time but one clear winner has already emerged: schools that are charging officials up to $1,400 to “interpret” the lengthy document.
Israel’s opposition Labour party elects new leader
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s struggling opposition Labour party has elected a new leader seen as a potential moderate ally for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightist cabinet, results of a party poll showed on Friday.
Indonesia, Australia spy claim tension spreads to corporate world
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Rising diplomatic tension between Australia and Indonesia spread into the corporate world on Friday, after a state-owned Indonesian firm suspended talks with Australian cattle ranchers, citing trust issues between the neighbors.
Eleven killed in South African bus crash: police
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A bus crash in South Africa killed at least 11 people and injured several others on Friday, police said, barely two weeks after another accident took the lives of nearly 30 people.
Thousands protest against tough new official secrets law in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in Tokyo on Thursday against a proposed secrets act that critics say would stifle information on issues such as the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Al Qaeda affiliate captures Syrian town on border with Turkey: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – An al Qaeda affiliate has captured a northern Syrian town on the border with Turkey after ousting a moderate Islamist rebel unit and detained its leader, activists said on Thursday.
Honduras candidate Hernandez says currency devaluation ‘not an option’
By Gabriel Stargardter, Miguel Gutierrez and Gustavo Palencia
