Insight: Maliki consolidates power, fails to reconcile Iraqis
BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) – Nuri al-Maliki’s political skills have kept him at the pinnacle of power in Iraq since 2006, but the Shi’ite Muslim leader has yet to heal the wounds of a country traumatized by tyranny, occupation and communal strife.
Recession-weary Italians catch nostalgia for lira
ROME (Reuters) – Twelve years since Italy introduced the euro, the national mint is still stamping Italian lire – and recession fatigue means nostalgia for the retired national currency is going strong.
Truck hits schoolbus in Pakistan: 17 children dead
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A truck slammed into a bus bringing schoolchildren home from an outing in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 pupils and three adults, police said.
Erdogan tells Turkish ambassadors to spread word of ‘treacherous’ plot
ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ordered his ambassadors to redouble efforts in “telling the truth” to allies that a graft investigation shaking Ankara was nothing other than a treacherous plot to sabotage Turkey’s international standin…
French companies, unions question Hollande’s new vision
PARIS (Reuters) – French business raised doubts on Wednesday over Socialist President Francois Hollande’s plan for public spending cuts and structural reform to revive the euro zone’s second largest economy.
Thai PM stands firm on election, says protests flagging
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s government stuck to a plan for a February election on Wednesday despite mounting pressure from protesters who have brought parts of Bangkok to a near-standstill, and said it believed support for the leader of the agitatio…
Danish tourist says was gang-raped in Indian capital: police
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Police were questioning a group of men on Wednesday after a Danish tourist said she was robbed and then gang-raped in the heart of the Indian capital’s tourist district, putting sexual violence in India further into the spotlight….
Britain says no evidence yet of SAS role in Golden Temple attack
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he had not so far seen any evidence that the government of Margaret Thatcher had helped India plan a deadly attack against Sikh separatists in the Golden Temple at Amritsar in 19…
EU takes aim at member states seeking migration limits
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission accused European Union countries that seek to limit the free movement of people of chauvinism and pandering to stereotypes, an apparent reference to Britain’s increasingly firm views on migration.
Trial of Kenya Westgate mall attack suspects begins
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Four men charged with helping al Qaeda-linked militants launch a murderous attack on a Kenyan shopping mall appeared in court on Wednesday at the start of their trial.
