China releases blogger on bail, jails another amid rumor crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese-American venture capitalist known for his controversial blogs has been released on bail after nearly eight months in detention because of a “serious illness”, Beijing police said amid a crackdown on online dissent.
Graft trial of son of Senegal’s ex-president to start in June
DAKAR (Reuters) – Karim Wade, son of Senegal’s ex-president, will go on trial in two months to face corruption charges, a year after he was accused of illegally amassing a fortune of $1.4 billion during his father’s rule, a government official said.
U.S. calls for more investment-friendly Indian government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday urged the Indian government that emerges from ongoing elections to follow economic policies that encourage investment, saying Washington would like to see bilateral trade grow to $500 billion a year…
Survivors still alive on South Korean ferry: father
JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) – Several people appear to have survived in an air pocket of a capsized South Korean ferry, the father of one of the school children aboard the boat told a Reuters reporter accompanying families out to the scene of the disa…
Putin risks upstaging talks on defusing Ukraine crisis
GENEVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from East and West will try to defuse the Ukraine crisis on Thursday in Geneva, once frequently the scene of Cold War negotiations, but will risk being upstaged by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Nigerian military says most of abducted schoolgirls freed, eight still missing
MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Wednesday its forces had freed most of the more than 100 teenage schoolgirls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram militants and were continuing the search for eight students still missing.
Brazil’s leader holds wide lead six months from election: survey
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Despite a mushrooming scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras and bad news on the economic front, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is still the hands-down favorite to win the elections in October, according to a new poll on Wed…
Guinea-Bissau run-off vote pits ex-finance minister Vaz against Nabiam
BISSAU (Reuters) – Jose Mario Vaz, Guinea-Bissau’s former finance minister, will face Nuno Gomes Nabiam, a candidate seen closest to the army, in a May 18 presidential run-off due to complete the country’s return to civilian rule.
El Salvador to use terror charges against gangs
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s government on Wednesday said it would charge gang members who attack police and military personnel under anti-terrorism laws, which impose longer prison sentences, to crack down on rising homicides in the poor Cen…
Ex-finance minister Vaz to face Nabiam in Guinea-Bissau presidential run-off
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s former finance minister, Jose Mario Vaz, will face Nuno Gomes Nabiam, an independent candidate, in a May 18 presidential run-off after no candidate secured a majority in the first round, the election commission said.
