New video of kidnapped Czech women appears in Pakistan
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Two young Czech women kidnapped in southwest Pakistan in March said in a new video released by the Czech government on Wednesday they feared they would soon be killed.
Suicide bomber attacks Tunisian resort town
TUNIS (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Tunisian tourist resort of Sousse on Wednesday, the first such assault in more than a decade in a country now battling Islamist militants boosted by chaos in neighboring Libya.
ANC looters rampage through central Cape Town
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters looted shops, overturned rubbish bins and smashed car windows in Cape Town on Wednesday as police struggled to contain a mob rampaging through the heart of South Africa’s top tourist city.
Poland asks court to hear CIA jails case in private
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s government has asked the European Court of Human Rights to exclude the media and the public from a court hearing next month on whether Poland hosted a secret CIA prison on its territory.
Iraqi PM faces criticism over sectarian violence in Washington visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was due to meet with members of Congress on Wednesday as he seeks increased military aid to fight sectarian violence amid criticism from U.S. lawmakers that his government has contributed to th…
‘Nationalism and xenophobia’ on rise ahead of European elections
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has warned against nationalism, xenophobia and racism ahead of European Parliament elections next year, when anti-EU and protest parties are expected to do well.
Merkel, SPD agree to renew German push for transaction tax
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s next government will renew a push for a financial transactions tax, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed at a second round of coalition talks on Wednesday.
Congo’s army takes border town, closes in on last rebel positions
BUNAGANA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congolese troops entered the eastern border town of Bunagana on Wednesday after M23 rebels abandoned the last major town they were holding, leaving civilians to celebrate in the streets.
Mozambique’s Renamo says leader “hunted”, government cracks down
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique’s Renamo opposition party said on Wednesday the army was trying to hunt down and kill its leader after President Armando Guebuza said the former rebel group was threatening national sovereignty with renewed attacks.
Iran nuclear diplomacy intensifies, Tehran denies enrichment halt
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and six big powers began expert-level talks on Wednesday, building on diplomatic momentum created by a pragmatic shift in Tehran towards negotiating a peaceful solution to the dispute over Iranian nuclear ambitions.
