Venezuela’s Maduro vows stricter business inspections
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said a stricter wave of inspections for suspected price-gouging would begin on Saturday in an aggressive pre-election “economic offensive” aimed at taming the highest inflation in the Americas.
Ukraine’s Yanukovich vetoes EU push to save trade deal
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich vetoed last-minute attempts by the European Union to rescue a trade deal that could have been signed at a summit on Friday and would have signaled a historic shift away from Russia, EU diplomats…
Helicopter crashes into Glasgow pub, multiple casualties: BBC
(Reuters) – A helicopter crashed into a pub in Glasgow on Friday, causing multiple injuries, the BBC reported on its website.
China scrambles jets to new defense zone, eyes U.S., Japan flights
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China scrambled jets on Friday in response to two U.S. spy planes and 10 Japanese aircraft, including F-15 fighters, entering its new air defense zone over the East China Sea, state news agency Xinhua said, raising the st…
Malian separatist rebels end ceasefire after clashes
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Separatist Tuareg rebels said on Friday they were ending a five-month-old ceasefire with Mali’s government and taking up arms following violence in the northern city of Kidal.
Yemen president rules out southern split, separatists call rallies
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s president ruled out ever allowing the partition of the country, challenging southern separatists who called for demonstrations across their territory to press for independence.
Tents, refugees crowd Lebanese valley – just don’t call it a camp
ARSAL, Lebanon (Reuters) – White tents with “The U.N. Refugee Agency” written on them flap in the wind outside the Lebanese mountain town of Arsal. Children run past latrines and water points. In all respects, it is a refugee camp, but you must not cal…
Benin says frees Nigerian ex-militant after Jonathan intervenes
COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin freed a former militant leader from Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region on Friday after a personal intervention by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, a government spokesman said.
Libya’s coastguard picks up almost 300 African migrants
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya stopped three boats off its coast packed with almost 300 African migrants apparently trying to reach Europe, the state news agency Lana said on Friday.
Men tried to behead soldier on London street, court hears
LONDON (Reuters) – Two men tried to behead a British soldier in broad daylight on a London street, hacking at his body “like a butcher attacking a joint of meat” in what one said was “eye for an eye” revenge for Britain’s wars against Muslims, a court …
