China to crack down on family planning fines after abuses found
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will crack down on penalties paid by families flouting strict family planning rules after a National Audit Office probe found $260 million in fines had been levied illegally, state media reported.
Rouhani says Iran willing to forswear nuclear arms: TV interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Wednesday that his government would never develop nuclear weapons, his strongest signal yet that he may be seeking a diplomatic thaw with the West after decades of acrimony.
Chemical weapons disposal will cost $1 billion, take a year: Assad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday it would cost about $1 billion to get rid of Syria’s chemical weapons under a U.S.-Russian deal reached last week.
Rouhani says Iran willing to forswear nuclear arms: TV interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Wednesday that his government will never develop nuclear weapons, his strongest signal yet that he may be seeking a diplomatic thaw with the West after decades of acrimony.
Berlusconi vows to stay in politics as ban approaches
ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi defiantly vowed to stay at the center of Italian politics on Wednesday despite his expected expulsion from parliament over a fraud conviction, and accused leftist judges of plotting against him to pervert democracy.
Analysis: Brazil and U.S., like star-crossed lovers, foiled again
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Every time Brazil and the United States get to the altar, the roof of the church seems to collapse.
Brazil presidential hopeful pulls away from Rousseff government
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Eduardo Campos, one of Brazil’s most popular state governors, came one step closer to a presidential bid on Wednesday when his party withdrew from President Dilma Rousseff’s 17-party coalition government.
Former Guantanamo prisoner killed in Syria after joining Islamist brigade
(Reuters) – A former prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base died fighting for anti-government rebels in Syria, according to an Islamist opposition group which posted a video of his funeral on YouTube.
Assad says will abide by chemical weapon agreement: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that his government would abide by an agreement to dispose of Syria’s chemical weapons and hand them over to whatever nation was willing to take them.
Brazil’s top court OKs retrials in landmark corruption case
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top court voted narrowly on Wednesday to allow retrials in the country’s biggest-ever political corruption case, a decision seen by many as a major setback for efforts to hold Brazilian officials accountable for wrongdoing…
