Sudan says seeking U.S. visa for wanted President Bashir
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan said on Tuesday it had applied for a U.S. visa for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, despite the International Criminal Court arrest warrant out against him over charges of masterminding genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
China reminds hospitals not to push baby milk
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Health Ministry reminded hospitals on Tuesday that they are not allowed to push the sale of baby milk to new mothers after Chinese state television said Danone had bribed hospital staff to give its milk powder to new-born ba…
Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn takes on Serbia advisory role
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn began work on Tuesday as economic adviser to the Serbian government, his latest incarnation since a sex scandal cost him his job and ruined his French presidential ambitions.
Iran ends brief social media access, calls it glitch
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranians had a few hours access to Facebook and Twitter before a Web firewall went back up by Tuesday and Tehran scotched talk of new Internet freedoms by blaming a technical glitch for the brief opening of access.
Family of slain Turkish-Armenian writer sees state-linked plot
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A retrial over the murder of a Turkish-Armenian journalist that triggered huge protest rallies in Turkey opened on Tuesday with demonstrators outside the court accusing authorities of covering up a conspiracy by nationalist element…
Syria says Western powers are forestalling peace talks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria accused Western powers on Tuesday of trying to wreck prospects for a negotiated settlement to the country’s 2-1/2-year conflict by imposing preconditions on the peace process and supporting rebel fighters.
Russia Supreme Court chairman hurt in Ghana car crash
ACCRA (Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev was in intensive care but in a stable condition in Ghana’s capital after being involved in a car accident on Monday, officials said on Tuesday.
U.N. inspectors’ report shows Assad government behind attack: France
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A report by U.N. inspectors who investigated an August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria leaves no doubt about the responsibility of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.
Fire on Russian sub injured 15: investigators
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Fifteen seamen were in hospital on Tuesday after a fire on a Russian nuclear submarine, federal investigators said, contradicting earlier reports that nobody was hurt in Monday’s blaze.
Philippine army says Muslim rebels fleeing southern city
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine forces freed scores of civilian hostages on Tuesday as fighting subsided in a port city where hundreds of rogue Muslim guerrillas have been battling for more than a week.
