Woman shot dead in police crackdown on Cambodian labor protest
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian riot police used sticks, tear gas and guns to break up a garment workers’ strike on Tuesday, killing one woman and wounding eight people in one of the most violent crackdowns on labor unrest in years.
Thailand’s Yingluck on shaky ground as protests gather steam
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An escalation of mass street rallies in Bangkok could deepen divisions in polarized Thailand and threaten the stability of a government feeling the backlash of a political gambit that it might now be regretting.
Western-backed Syrian opposition names cabinet for rebel areas
ISTANBUL/AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian National Coalition named a provisional government for rebel-held areas on Tuesday, despite U.S. misgivings, members of the fractious Western-backed opposition grouping said in Istanbul.
Japan’s ex-PM Koizumi urges Abe to abandon nuclear power
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Japanese premier Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday urged his old deputy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to abandon nuclear power, adding to pressure on the government to re-consider its position on unpopular atomic energy.
Japan readies additional $30 billion for Fukushima clean-up: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government is finalizing plans to borrow an additional 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) to pay for compensating Fukushima evacuees and cleaning up the area outside the wrecked nuclear plant, said people with knowledge of the situa…
Congo blames mediator Uganda for collapse of rebel talks
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The Congolese government delegation has left Ugandan-hosted talks with M23 rebels after the two sides failed to agree on the wording of a document due to officially end the insurgency.
Lebanese pro-Hezbollah cleric killed in drive-by shooting
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a Lebanese Sunni Muslim cleric who supported the Shi’ite militant Hezbollah group in the northern city of Tripoli on Tuesday, security sources said.
One killed after Tunisia police, Islamist militants clash
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police killed an Islamist militant and wounded two others on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said, after clashes in a southern city close to the border with Libya, where authorities say Tunisian militants are being trained and…
Twenty nine dead in South Africa truck, bus smash
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Twenty nine people died and several others were injured after a bus collided with a truck in South Africa, the government said on Tuesday.
Russia demands Poland apology over embassy violence
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia demanded an apology from Poland on Tuesday after far-right rioters threw firecrackers at the Russian embassy in Warsaw, reviving tension between countries that have long been at odds.
