Czech left set to win election but new parties cloud outlook
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czechs went to the polls on Friday in an election that will swing the nation toward the left after unpopular budget cuts and graft scandals felled a center-right government.
Rebels and Congo army clash; Rwanda says it was shelled
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo’s M23 rebels clashed with government troops for the first time in nearly two months on Friday, and neighboring Rwanda said Congolese army shells had landed on its territory.
Pakistan extends custody of former dictator Musharraf
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court extended the custody of former dictator Pervez Musharraf on Friday, dampening hopes he would be able to leave the country any time soon following months under house arrest and legal wrangling over his fate.
Hundreds of migrants rescued in sea off Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Italian navy and coast guard vessels rescued more than 700 migrants in waters between Sicily and North Africa overnight as an immigration crisis that has cost hundreds of lives this month showed no signs of abating.
French customs service withers as Europe borders become ‘sieve’
PARIS (Reuters) – Only four customs officers are left at the airport in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, renowned as a bastion of the Calabrian mafia. There used to be 20.
Special Report: Help wanted in Fukushima: Low pay, high risks and gangsters
IWAKI, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Tetsuya Hayashi went to Fukushima to take a job at ground zero of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. He lasted less than two weeks.
North Korea repatriates South Korean citizens at DMZ
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea repatriated six South Korean citizens at a heavily defended border crossing on Friday, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said, in a rare humanitarian gesture amid persistent tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul.
Norway rejects U.S. request to destroy Syrian chemical arms
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway rejected on Friday a U.S. request to help destroy Syria’s chemical arms, arguing that the Nordic nation was an unsuitable site because it lacked suitable staff, equipment and regulations.
Daughter of Iran opposition leader accuses guard of biting her
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian women guards struck the two daughters of reformist opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi and bit one of them after they visited their father under house arrest, one of the daughters said on Facebook late on Thursday.
Chinese doctor stabbed to death in latest hospital attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese man unhappy with the results of an operation on his nose stabbed a doctor to death and wounded two others on Friday, state media reported, in at least the third such attack in a week in which China promised to improve hosp…
