Mafia hurt by asset seizures but still too strong to beat
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – Syringes litter the floor of an abandoned school in the crime-plagued Scampia district of northern Naples, alongside tin foil used for crack cocaine, a filthy mattress and piles of clothing.
Australia’s new government aims to re-boot mining boom
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s incoming conservative government promised to re-boot a stalled mining boom and revive an appetite for investment on Sunday after leader Tony Abbott swept into office on a platform to scrap a mining tax and run a stable …
China premier calls for ‘human focus’ to urbanization plan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s premier, Li Keqiang, wants his plan to turn more Chinese into city dwellers to be “humanity-centered”, focusing on quality of life and the environment and driven by job creation, the official China Daily newspaper reported o…
Mexican tax reform to avoid sales tax on food, medicine – officials
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government has decided against levying a controversial sales tax on food and medicine as part of a key fiscal reform it will present on Sunday, officials in the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, said …
Obama appeals for backing to hit Syria, Europeans urge delay
WASHINGTON/VILNIUS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to back him in launching an attack on Syria, as diplomatic pressure grew on the United States to wait for a U.N. report expected in a week’s time before beginning militar…
Ousted Nasheed faces Maldives run-off after split poll results
MALE (Reuters) – Former Maldivian leader Mohamed Nasheed will face a run-off election on September 28 after his win in the presidential poll ended without a majority, provisional results showed on Sunday, nearly 20 months after his removal ignited mont…
Egypt army attacks Sinai Islamists as militancy spreads
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian army launched an attack against Islamist militants in North Sinai on Saturday, killing at least nine people, security officials said.
More than 160 anti-Islamist and rival protesters arrested in London
LONDON (Reuters) – Police arrested more than 160 people in east London on Saturday during rival protests by hundreds of anti-Islamist activists and thousands of counter-demonstrators near an area home to one of Britain’s largest Muslim communities.
Obama appeals for backing to hit Syria, Europeans urge delay
WASHINGTON/VILNIUS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to back him in launching an attack on Syria, as diplomatic pressure grew on the United States to wait for a U.N. report expected in a week’s time before beginning militar…
Tunisia opposition rallies to street, pressures government over crisis
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Tunisians took to the streets on Saturday to renew their demands that the Islamist-led government step down and end a political deadlock threatening the North African country’s fledgling democracy.
