China questions officials linked to ex-strongman in graft probe: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese investigators have questioned more than a dozen senior officials, including the country’s top prosecutor, about links to retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, who is the subject of a corruption probe, sources said.
Nippon Steel Nagoya plant shut after flames, smoke seen
TOKYO (Reuters) – Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp’s entire Nagoya steel plant in central Japan was shut after smoke and flames were seen billing out of one of the plant’s units earlier on Friday.
Pussy Riot duo “pay tribute” to Russia government for award nomination
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Pussy Riot’s nomination for an arts award in Singapore should be extended to the Russian government for giving prominence to the protest collective by jailing members over their “Punk Prayer” video, two of the women said with heav…
Honeymoon threatens to be brief for India’s anti-graft party
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – From a rally that nearly ended in a stampede, to a rebellious lawmaker and a minister openly dueling police over drug gangs, the honeymoon could be short-lived for an anti-corruption party that shook up India’s politics last month…
China rules out promotion for officials with family overseas
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese officials whose spouses and children have emigrated will not be considered for promotion, state media reported, in the latest move to crack down on pervasive corruption.
Bodies of 14 kidnapped Sunni tribesmen found in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The bodies of 14 Sunni Muslim tribesmen were found in date palm groves north of Baghdad on Thursday, a day after they were kidnapped by uniformed men in security forces vehicles, Iraqi police and medics said.
In lair of Mexico drug boss, vigilantes hold sway
NUEVA ITALIA, Mexico (Reuters) – His AK-47 tossed onto a pristine leather sofa in the plush lair of a leader of one of Mexico’s most feared drug cartels, vigilante fighter “El Love” says he is longing for an end to a grinding cycle of extortion and mur…
Mexican official pledges swift return to order in troubled state
APATZINGAN, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico will deliver “immediate change” to a troubled state in the west of the country that has been shaken by conflict between a powerful drug gang and heavily armed vigilantes, a newly named government official said on T…
NSA collects millions of text messages globally: Guardian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text messages a day from around the world, gathering data on people’s travel plans, contacts and credit card transactions, Britain’s Guardian newspaper repor…
‘Seeds of genocide’ in Central African Republic, U.N. warns
BANGUI/GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior U.N. official warned of the risk of genocide in Central African Republic without a more robust international response to communal bloodshed in which at least 20 more people were killed on Thursday.
