Special Report: The Darfur conflict’s deadly gold rush
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – With its scrubland, unpaved roads and mud brick huts, the Jebel Amer area in Darfur, western Sudan, can look like a poor and desolate place. Under the ground, though, lies something sought by people everywhere: gold.
Budget impasse forces U.S. to cancel army drill with Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States has cancelled a military exercise with Japan because of the U.S. fiscal standoff, Japan’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, underscoring the extent of the impact of the U.S. congressional deadlock.
Turkey’s first nuclear power plant likely to be delayed
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s first nuclear power plant is likely to be delayed by at least a year, a source close to the plans said on Tuesday, as bureaucratic hurdles hamper the $20 billion project.
Egypt considers security cameras at tourist sites
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt may install security cameras at tourist sites to deter militants from targeting visitors, the Interior Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, just hours after suspected Islamists mounted another fatal attack on police.
Britain’s Cameron ‘playing with fire’ over EU: deputy PM
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s promise to reform Britain’s relations with the European Union is an ill-fated attempt to unite his party that could lead to the “economic suicide” of leaving the bloc, his coalition partner said on Tues…
Nigeria drops arms trafficking charges against Russian sailors
LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian court dropped charges of arms trafficking against seven Russian sailors on Tuesday, their lawyer said, ending a year-long case that has frayed diplomatic relations between Nigeria and Russia.
Blackouts, curfews and protests over India’s newest state
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Blackouts hit emergency services and industry in parts of India’s Andhra Pradesh state on Tuesday, the third day of a strike by public workers protesting against a government decision to split the southern state in two.
India says Pakistan pushing fighters into Kashmir before 2014
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India’s army said on Tuesday that Pakistani troops had helped a group of 30 to 40 insurgents stage the biggest incursion in Kashmir in years, linking it to a plan to push fighters into the region as foreign forces …
U.S. target in Somalia plotted serial Kenya attacks: spy report
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ikrima, the militant targeted by U.S. special forces in a failed weekend raid, is a Somali-based thinker, planner and operator who has relentlessly plotted attacks on neighboring Kenya, intelligence services and analysts believe.
China dismisses worries over Turkey missile deal
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry dismissed concerns about Turkey’s decision to co-produce a missile defense system with a Chinese firm, saying on Tuesday that the United States and others were needlessly politicizing a purely commercial dea…
