World powers on ‘right track’ on Syria chemical arms: Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday global powers were “on the right track” with a plan to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons and could avert military intervention in the conflict if they worked together.
Berlusconi U-turn secures Italian government survival
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday after Silvio Berlusconi, facing revolt in his own center-right party, backtracked on threats to bring down the government.
Sudan unrest a warning to government to seek dialogue: Britain
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A week of deadly unrest in Sudan should serve as a warning to the government to solve conflicts through national dialogue, a senior British official said on Wednesday, in the strongest foreign criticism of Khartoum’s crackdown on p…
More remains found at site of cruise ship wreck in Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Divers have recovered what could be more human remains from the sea where the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank last year off the Italian island of Giglio, the head of Italy’s civil protection agency said on Wednesday.
Mali frees Tuareg rebel prisoners in bid to revive peace process
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s government freed 23 rebel prisoners on Wednesday under terms of a June ceasefire deal in an effort to revive a stalled peace process after Tuareg separatists pulled out last week.
Indonesia anti-graft agency arrests top judge for alleged bribery
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s main anti-graft agency arrested the chief justice of the constitutional court for alleged bribery on Wednesday, an agency official said, the latest high-profile corruption case to hit Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Greece’s Golden Dawn lawmakers freed before trial
ATHENS (Reuters) – Three senior lawmakers from Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn were freed on Wednesday pending trial on criminal charges, an unexpected setback to the government’s efforts to clamp down on a party it has labeled a neo-Nazi criminal gang….
Belarus leader says Obama surprises him, ‘blacks were slaves’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, a frequent critic of the United States, said recent comments by President Barack Obama about American ‘exceptionalism’ had surprised him, given the country’s history of slavery.
Uganda president dares exiled general to try to remove him by force
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni dared a dissident general in exile on Wednesday to try to overthrow him and said anyone seeking to use violence to seize power would be eliminated.
Lithuania frees Irish man sentenced over gun-running to Real IRA
VILNIUS (Reuters) – An Irish citizen sentenced to 12 years in prison in Lithuania for trying to arm a Northern Irish Republican militant group was freed on Tuesday by a court of appeal.
