Berlusconi postpones message on future after tax conviction
ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has postponed until Wednesday an announcement likely to steer away from moves to bring down the government following his tax fraud conviction, political sources said.
African immigrants rush barrier into Spain’s Melilla enclave
MADRID (Reuters) – Hundreds of Africans seeking to enter Europe made a coordinated assault on the triple wall that divides Spanish enclave Melilla from Morocco on Tuesday, with about a hundred of them getting over.
Ballet director returns to Russia’s Bolshoi after acid attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wearing dark glasses over his damaged eyes, artistic director Sergei Filin returned to the Bolshoi Ballet on Tuesday to guide its troupe through a new season, eight months after he was nearly blinded in an acid attack.
Bahrain opposition leader summoned by police
DUBAI (Reuters) – A leading Bahraini opposition figure was taken by police to the public prosecutor on Tuesday, in what his party said was an attempt to suppress dissent in the U.S.-allied island kingdom.
Close ally of Kosovo PM cleared of war crimes for third time
PRISTINA (Reuters) – A close ally of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci was acquitted of war crimes by a court in Pristina on Tuesday in a case marked by the suicide in 2011 of the prosecution’s chief witness.
Austrian poacher kills policemen and paramedic, house under siege
MELK, Austria (Reuters) – A suspected poacher shot dead three policemen and a paramedic in Austria, then barricaded himself in his farmhouse and opened fire on special forces outside, police and media said.
Car bomb explodes at Syria-Turkey border crossing
AMMAN (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded on the Syrian side of the main Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and wounding 20, the Turkish news agency Dogan said.
Sierra Leone’s deputy education minister charged with rape
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s Deputy Education Minister Mamoud Tarawali has been charged with raping a university student, police said.
Sudan says seeking U.S. visa for wanted President Bashir
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan confirmed on Tuesday it had applied for a U.S. visa for its president to let him attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York, despite international arrest warrants out against him over charges of masterminding war crimes in …
Central African Republic peace force not to fully deploy before 2014
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Reinforcements have begun arriving for an African peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic but the planned 3,600-strong force will not be fully deployed before 2014, an official involved in talks on the crisis said.
