In Libya’s east, a former rebel commander tests Tripoli
BREGA, Libya (Reuters) – For Libyan militia leader Ibrahim al-Jathran, shutting down half the country’s oil production with an armed militia is not a crime, it is the start of a just battle for a fair share of the country’s petroleum wealth.
Pakistani assailant knifes 25 women victims this month
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A young man has stabbed at least 25 women this month in a small Pakistani town, police said on Monday, and many women and girls are afraid to leave their homes.
Poland’s first post-communist PM Mazowiecki dead at 86
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish statesman Tadeusz Mazowiecki, whose appointment in 1989 as the first non-communist prime minister in the Soviet bloc helped usher in democratic change across eastern Europe, died on Monday aged 86.
Berlusconi’s daughter denies planning to enter politics
ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi’s oldest daughter Marina denied speculation on Monday within her father’s party that she could replace him as center-right leader due to the billionaire former prime minister’s legal difficulties.
Special Report: As Egypt’s Brotherhood retreats, risk of extremism rises
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) – In Egypt’s second city, medical student Ahmed Nabil lives in fear that the police may come and arrest him any day. As a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, he is part of a movement facing an onslaught by the security forces …
Five killed as car ploughs into crowd in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square
BEIJING (Reuters) – Five people were killed and dozens injured on Monday, the government said, when a car ploughed into pedestrians and caught fire in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the site of 1989 pro-democracy protests bloodily suppressed by the milita…
Trial adjourned for China anti-graft activists
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three Chinese anti-graft activists who agitated for officials to disclose their assets went on trial on Monday in the first case of its kind, underscoring the limits of government tolerance of challenges to its authority.
India opposition urges tighter safety for top candidate Modi after blasts
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main opposition party demanded on Monday protection for its candidate for prime minister, Narendra Modi, after a series of small blasts killed six people shortly before he addressed a weekend rally.
Bangladesh poll protest violence kills 15 in four days
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 15 Bangladeshis have been killed and hundreds wounded in all-too familiar political violence, police said on Monday, the second day of a strike led by opposition supporters demanding elections be held under a non-partisan adm…
Election shows Georgia’s democracy maturing: observers
TBILISI (Reuters) – European observers on Monday gave Georgia’s presidential election a clean bill of health, saying it was “positive and transparent” and respected freedoms of expression, movement and assembly.
