Three held after protest at Polish embassy in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three people were detained in Moscow on Wednesday after throwing firecrackers at the Polish embassy, two days after a similar attack on Russia’s embassy in Warsaw, an opposition group said.
Le Pen, Wilders eye eurosceptic alliance for EU elections
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Eurosceptics Geert Wilders of the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen of France will discuss closer cooperation on Wednesday in a bid to capitalize on voter frustration with mainstream politics before 2014 European parliament elections….
Hong Kong activists barred from setting off on ‘protest’ voyage
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong blocked a group of Chinese activists from embarking upon what was believed to be a voyage to disputed islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, preventing a diplomatic run in with Japan.
UK police believe ‘spy in the bag’ case was an accident
LONDON (Reuters) – Police said on Wednesday they had found no evidence that anyone else was involved in the bizarre death of a British intelligence officer whose body was found in a padlocked bag in his bath in 2010.
China implies domestic focus for new security council
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government implied on Wednesday that a new “state security committee” would have a domestic focus, saying its establishment should strike fear into the heart of extremists, separatists and others who wish to harm the cou…
Analysis: German coalition talks take British turn on Europe
PARIS (Reuters) – Is Germany becoming more British about Europe?
Bangladesh garment factories close amid violent protests
DHAKA (Reuters) – Violent protests shuttered some 250 Bangladesh garment factories near the capital Dhaka on Wednesday, as thousands of workers demanded higher wages at the outlets providing cheap clothing for retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Libya’s Berber to boycott committee drafting constitution
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Berber minority will boycott a committee to draft a new national constitution, Berber leaders and the election commission said, in a move that complicates attempts to end oil and gas protests.
Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier on bus: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A 16-year-old Palestinian stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli soldier on a bus in northern Israel on Wednesday in an attack apparently motivated by Israel’s jailing of his relatives, police said.
Analysis: Yemen fighting risks deepening sectarian divisions
DUBAI (Reuters) – A deadly assault by Shi’ite Houthi rebels on a Salafi Islamic school planted in their mountain heartland could ignite wider sectarian conflict in Yemen, where instability has already helped al Qaeda militants to take root.
