Racist scandals hit French far-right election ambitions
PARIS (Reuters) – A candidate for the far-right National Front has been banned from its election ticket for belittling the Holocaust, another sign of racism in its ranks jeopardizing its bid to enter town halls across France in next year’s local electi…
Arafat’s widow awakens old ghosts with murder charge
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Yasser Arafat’s widow first cried murder as her husband lay dying in 2004. Nine years later, she has raised her voice once more, accusing someone from the Palestinian leader’s own inner circle of poisoning him.
Britain’s Cameron to demand Sri Lanka war crimes investigation
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday he will demand that Sri Lanka investigates allegations of war crimes and human rights abuses when he visits the country for a meeting of Commonwealth leaders next week.
Brazilian leader’s strategy bolsters re-election chances: poll
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is coasting into an election year as clear favorite, but she must do more to curb violence and corruption to maintain her popularity, a poll showed on Thursday.
Egyptian Islamist group to rally against protest law
CAIRO (Reuters) – A hardline Egyptian Islamist group has said it will rally in defiance of a new law designed to regulate protests that the government is expected to pass next week.
U.S., Jewish leaders condemn Hungary far-right for protest
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday strongly condemned a far-right party for unveiling a statue of wartime leader Miklos Horthy, who allied Hungary with Nazi Germany, an event which stoked concerns about a wave of anti-Semitism in the co…
Syrian army breaks rebel hold on southern Damascus suburbs
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian army and loyalist fighters on Thursday captured a strategic southern suburb of Damascus, threatening rebel control of the wider area and cutting off a supply route for insurgents around the capital, opposition activists sai…
Boycotting Commonwealth summit may help Sri Lankan Tamils: Tutu
NEW DELHI, Nov 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A boycott of a meeting of Commonwealth leaders this month in Sri Lanka could help pressure Colombo to address alleged war crimes against minority Tamils, South African peace campaigner and Nobel Laureate …
Pope meeting Putin, could help mend Catholic-Orthodox relations
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 25, an encounter that could help mend strained relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Acid attack made life of Bolshoi ballet chief a misery: family
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet “destroyed everything” in his life and brought misery on him and his family, a relative told a court on Thursday.
