Toronto mayor says ‘I’m sorry’ again, to get help for alcohol problem
TORONTO (Reuters) – Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, under huge pressure to quit after he admitted smoking crack cocaine, said on Thursday he was getting help for a drinking problem, but offered no indication that he might step down.
French priest kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon
YAOUNDE/PARIS (Reuters) – Gunmen have kidnapped a French priest working in northern Cameroon, authorities said on Thursday, nine months after Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram seized a French family in the same lawless area.
Letta tells Germans that ‘lazy Italians’ cliche helps populists
LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta warned on a visit to Germany on Thursday that stereotyping his compatriots as “lazy” or Germans as “selfish” would boost support for populists in next year’s European Parliament vote.
Court rejects Polish request to keep CIA jail hearing private
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request from the Polish government to exclude the press and public from a hearing next month into whether Poland hosted a secret CIA jail on its soil, the court said on Thursday.
French troops should hunt Qaeda beyond Mali borders: army chief
PARIS (Reuters) – French troops should be allowed to hunt down al Qaeda-linked militants beyond Mali’s borders, French army chief Admiral Edouard Guillaud said in a rare interview on Thursday.
Netanyahu unimpressed by reports Iran stops expanding nuclear capacity
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was “not impressed” by reports that Iran has stopped expansion of its uranium-enrichment capacity in the past three months.
Donors tell Mozambique to preserve peace like ‘treasure’
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Foreign donors urged Mozambique on Thursday to preserve peace like “a treasure” after an increase in political violence, and they questioned a government-guaranteed $850 million debut bond issue that has raised concerns over financia…
Britain’s Cameron to visit Gulf as UAE ponders $9 billion Eurofighter deal
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will urge Gulf Arab countries to buy the Eurofighter jet system when he visits this week, sources said, as BAE Systems hopes to clinch a $9 billion deal with the United Arab Emirates.
Uranium shipment signals end of US-Russian nuclear deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A 20-year-old deal that has powered American homes while reducing the risk of Russian nuclear material falling into the wrong hands approached its end on Thursday when the final shipment of uranium left St Petersburg for Baltimore.
French priest kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon
YAOUNDE/PARIS (Reuters) – Gunmen have kidnapped a French priest working in a lawless region of northern Cameroon, authorities said on Thursday, nine months after Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram seized a French family in the same area.
