Former UK editor Brooks said ‘easy’ to hack phones-witness
LONDON (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks, former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group, told Eimear Cook, the ex-wife of golfer Colin Montgomerie, it was “easy” to listen to other people’s voicemails, Cook told a London court on Monday.
Thai protesters occupy Finance Ministry in bid to oust government
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters forced their way inside Thailand’s Finance Ministry and burst through the gates of the Foreign Ministry compound on Monday, in an escalating bid to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Honduras leftist disputes Sunday vote count, vows legal challenge
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Leftist Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro refuses to accept partial official results that show her conservative rival on course to win Sunday’s election, setting the stage on Monday for a drawn-out conflict.
Wary of war, Israeli public gives Iran deal a chance
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Going about their business on Monday, Israelis seemed more accepting than their leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, of a nuclear deal with Iran that he rejected as a historic mistake.
Analysis: Iran nuclear deal gap may allow off-site reactor work
VIENNA (Reuters) – Sunday’s agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program contains an apparent gap that could allow Tehran to build components off-site to install later in a nuclear reactor where it has promised to halt work, experts said.
Insight: Tunisia stumbles to democracy in a troubled neighborhood
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia offers perhaps the last hope for Arab Spring democracy; only in the small nation that inspired revolts from Cairo to Tripoli has the negotiating table won out over the gun, so far.
Israel approves plans for more than 800 more settler homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel approved on Monday plans to build more than 800 settler homes on occupied land, in a move Palestinians said was aimed at venting Israeli anger toward a historic deal Western powers have struck with Iran over its nuclear pro…
Italian government confidence vote over budget will test post-Berlusconi strength
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s coalition government said on Monday it would call a confidence vote on its 2014 budget, a move that will give the first clear proof of its strength since Silvio Berlusconi’s party split this month….
Swiss government urges voters to reject immigration quota plan
BERN (Reuters) – The Swiss government urged voters on Monday to reject quotas on immigrants from European Union countries in a planned referendum, saying the plan would harm the economy and strain relations with the 28-nation bloc.
Bangladesh to hold election on January 5, opposition likely to object
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh will hold a general election on January 5, the Election Commission said on Monday, in an announcement likely to anger the opposition which is demanding a neutral caretaker government to oversee the polls.
