Lebanese TV shows footage of abducted Turkish pilots
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two Turkish pilots abducted in Beirut two months ago appeared in a video broadcast by Lebanese television on Tuesday, saying they were both well and wanted to return home.
Gay candidate blazes new trail in Israel mayoral race
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – As a candidate to become the Middle East’s first openly gay mayor, Nitzan Horowitz is hoping his bid to run Israel’s famously liberal city of Tel Aviv will help homosexuals across a region where they are widely frowned upon.
Senate vote on Berlusconi unlikely before November: party official
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian Senate is unlikely to vote on expelling center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from parliament over his tax fraud conviction until at least November, an official in the media tycoon’s People of Freedom (PDL) party said on Tu…
Angola’s Dos Santos says relations with Portugal unhealthy
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said on Tuesday relations with Portugal were unhealthy, reflecting tensions in a planned “strategic partnership” between Africa’s number two oil producer and its former colonial ruler.
Angola’s Dos Santos says relations with Portugal unhealthy
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said on Tuesday relations with Portugal were unhealthy, reflecting tensions in a planned “strategic partnership” between Africa’s number two oil producer and its former colonial ruler.
EU to fault Turkey over protests but urge new talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A keenly awaited European Union report will criticize excessive use of force by Turkish police in tackling protests this year but urge the EU to breathe new life into Turkey’s faltering bid to join the 28-nation bloc.
Russian official rules out Arafat polonium poisoning
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The head of a Russian forensics agency said on Tuesday that samples from the body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had revealed no traces of radioactive polonium, a Russian news agency reported.
Russian official rules out Arafat polonium poisoning
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The head of a Russian forensics agency said on Tuesday that samples from the body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had revealed no traces of radioactive polonium, a Russian news agency reported.
France’s lower house squeezes through pension reform
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s lower house of parliament narrowly passed a reform intended by President Francois Hollande to bolster the finances of the country’s indebted pension system on Tuesday, under pressure from the European Union.
France in demand again as Central Africa crisis deepens
BANGUI (Reuters) – France, whose troops this year halted an Islamist assault towards Mali’s capital, is now in demand from another of its former African colonies.
