Thai rubber farmers protest again to demand government intervention
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Rubber farmers in Thailand took to the streets again on Monday to demand that the government buy their produce at prices higher than the market, rejecting a subsidy offered last month and threatening violence if their demands are no…
Three Egypt policemen killed in attack in Nile Delta town
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three Egyptian policemen were killed on Monday when masked men attacked a checkpoint in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, security sources said.
Stung by scandal, South Korea weighs up cost of curbing nuclear power
SEOUL (Reuters) – It started with a few bogus safety certificates for cables shutting a handful of South Korean nuclear reactors. Now, the scandal has snowballed, with 100 people indicted and Seoul under pressure to rethink its reliance on nuclear powe…
China criticizes ‘self-deceiving’ Japanese politicians
BEIJING (Reuters) – Japanese politicians are being provocative and are deceiving themselves about a territorial dispute, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, a day after Japan’s prime minister said it was ready to be more assertive towards China.
Colombia’s FARC frees ex-U.S. marine after four months in jungle
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC guerrillas have freed a former U.S. marine who was kidnapped in June while he trekked through the jungle in a known guerrilla area, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the U.S. government said on S…
Stray shell from Syria kills man in Turkey: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A 35-year-old man was killed in the southeastern Turkish town of Ceylanpinar early on Monday when a stray mortar shell fired across the border from Syria struck a house near the frontier, security sources said.
German paper says Obama aware of spying on Merkel since 2010
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German newspaper said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama knew his intelligence service was eavesdropping on Angela Merkel as long ago as 2010, contradicting reports that he had told the German leader he did not know.
Fernandez’s allies thumped in Argentina mid-term vote
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s allies took a beating in mid-term elections on Sunday, shrinking her majority in Congress, ending chances of a constitutional change to allow her a third term and kicking off the contest…
Congo army says it captured rebel stronghold; peacekeeper killed
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Government forces said they captured the rebel stronghold of Rutshuru on Sunday in a third day of fierce fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in which one U.N. peacekeeper was killed and another injured.
Fernandez coalition loses clout but keeps majority in midterm
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez’s allies took a beating in Sunday’s midterm election, shrinking her congressional majority, snuffing out chances of a constitutional change to allow her a third term and kicking off the conte…
