Nepali official denies labor abuses in Qatar
DOHA (Reuters) – Officials from Nepal and Qatar sought on Monday to play down a news report that Nepali laborers face deadly conditions on the Gulf state’s building sites, holding a joint news conference to say the migrant workers were “safe and fully …
Berlusconi faces obstacles in bid to topple government
ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi on Monday faced dissent within his People of Freedom Party, complicating his plans to bring down Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s coalition government.
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian along Gaza border
(Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian near the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Monday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
Norway’s new government concedes on oil, immigration for support
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Conservative leader Erna Solberg said she would form a minority cabinet with the populist Progress Party after talks with two centrist parties broke down on Monday, giving ground on oil exploration and immigration.
At least 13 drown in migrant boat off Sicily
ROME (Reuters) – At least 13 people on a migrant boat arriving in eastern Sicily drowned, apparently after trying to get off their stranded vessel while it was just a few meters from the shore, Italian authorities said on Monday.
U.N. tells Spain to revoke Franco-era amnesty law
MADRID (Reuters) – The United Nations called on Monday for Spain to overturn a 1977 amnesty law that pardons crimes committed during the 36-year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
UK’s Osborne seeks political capital from recovery before 2015 vote
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne on Monday placed the government’s economic record at the heart of his Conservative party’s campaign for re-election in 2015, offering the promise of welfare reform, tax cuts and a …
Cameroon’s president seeks to strengthen grip in election
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Voters in Cameroon went to the polls on Monday in local and parliamentary elections expected to be dominated by supporters of President Paul Biya, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.
Yemen’s army retakes base seized by Qaeda militants
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni special forces retook an army base and freed several hostages hours after al Qaeda militants disguised as security personnel seized the site in southeast Yemen, killing at least four soldiers, a military official said on Monday….
Sudan arrests 700 people in week of deadly anti-government unrest
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Seven hundred people have been arrested during a week of the worst unrest in central Sudan in years, the government said on Monday, as protests continued against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
