Tunisia’s Islamists, opposition to name premier
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s ruling Islamists and their opponents were set to name a prime minister on Friday to head a caretaker administration until elections next year that would put the nation’s post-revolt transition back on track.
Fukushima contractor sanctioned by Japan labor regulator
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese labor regulators have sanctioned a construction firm involved in the decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power plant for improperly employing workers to repair another nuclear plant, also damaged by the 2011 earthquake.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram claims northeast barracks attack
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram was behind a coordinated attack on military targets this month, the group’s leader has said in a video message lauding the group’s successes against President Goodluck Jonathan’s army.
Britain’s Cameron narrows Labour lead, ahead on economy
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives have halved the opposition Labour Party’s lead to 4 points and are more trusted by voters to handle the economy, a poll showed on Friday.
China formally charges activist who urged officials to reveal assets
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday formally charged a prominent campaigner for officials to reveal their wealth, his lawyer said, after police accused him of breaking the law by organizing demonstrations.
Sex video case lands another China official in jail
BEIJING (Reuters) – An official sacked after a sex scandal was sentenced to 14 years in jail for bribery on Friday, state media said, in the latest fallout from a case that transfixed the country.
Suspects on run after breakout from Baghdad police cell
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 20 Iraqi suspects escaped from a Baghdad detention center after murdering a guard on Friday in the latest of a series of jailbreaks, but some were later recaptured and at least one was killed, officials and police sources …
Japan should embrace nuclear power, government panel says
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan should embrace nuclear power as an “important and fundamental” energy source, a government panel said on Friday, in advice that looks almost certain to be accepted, despite widespread anti-nuclear feeling after the Fukushima dis…
China and U.S. to hold trade talks next week
BEIJING (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and Chinese officials will hold annual trade talks in Beijing next week, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday, as the world’s two largest economies try to iron out an array of long-held tensions.
Insight: In Yemen, al Qaeda gains sympathy amid U.S. drone strikes
SANAA (Reuters) – On January 23, science teacher Ali Nasser al-Qawli had finished supervising school exams in the Yemeni village of Khawlan and was enjoying an afternoon with friends when he encountered the strangers.
