Students try to blockade Bulgaria’s parliament, five detained
SOFIA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Bulgarian students tried to blockade lawmakers inside parliament on Tuesday, escalating their street demonstrations against the Socialist-led government.
Italian anarchists jailed for shooting businessman
MILAN (Reuters) – Two members of an Italian anarchist group were jailed on Tuesday for shooting a businessman in 2012, judicial sources said, a crime that revived fears of a return to the type of political violence common in the 1970s.
European rights body urges Russia to reform judiciary
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A leading European human rights body urged President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to overhaul Russia’s creaking judicial system, long criticized as vulnerable to political meddling and as an obstacle to business.
Pro-Mursi students, police, residents clash at Egyptian university
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police fired tear gas on Tuesday at student supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi who were protesting at the university in the Nile Delta town of Mansoura, witnesses said.
Three Eritrean officers defect to Saudi Arabia-website
DUBAI (Reuters) – Three Eritrean military officers have asked for political asylum in Saudi Arabia after Saudi air force jets forced their aircraft to land in the southern part of the kingdom, the local news website Sabq reported on Tuesday.
China vows ‘decisive’ role for markets, results by 2020
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s leaders pledged to let markets play a “decisive” role in the economy as they unveiled a reform agenda for the next decade on Tuesday, looking to secure new drivers of future growth.
China to revamp security in face of threats at home, abroad
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will set up a new “state security committee” as it seeks to tackle growing social unrest and unify the powers of a disparate security apparatus in the face of growing challenges at home and abroad, the government said on Tuesd…
Russia can seize Putin foe Navalny’s assets: court
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia can seize assets of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, a Moscow court ruled on Tuesday, in connection with embezzlement charges that the activist says is an attempt by the authorities to intimidate opponents.
Special Report: Khamenei’s conglomerate thrived as sanctions squeezed Iran
(This is the second story in a three-part series, Assets of the Ayatollah: http://www.reuters.com/investigates/iran/#article/part2)
Britain’s Cameron could persuade skeptical voters to stay in EU: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – A majority of British voters would choose to stay in the European Union if Prime Minister David Cameron succeeds in renegotiating London’s ties with the 28-nation bloc, a poll found on Tuesday.
