EgyptAir plane diverted after ‘fire’ threat
CAIRO (Reuters) – An EgyptAir jet heading to New York from Cairo was diverted and landed in Scotland on Saturday after a passenger found a note in a toilet containing a threat to set the plane on fire, the Egyptian airline told Reuters.
South Africa’s Mandela ‘recovering very well’, grandson says
QUNU, South Africa (Reuters) – Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is recovering well from a lung infection which has kept him in a serious condition in hospital for a week, his grandson said on Saturday.
Czech PM in survival struggle after court keeps aide in custody
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Coalition partners of Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said they were considering whether they could stay in government with him on Saturday after a court ordered the detention of his close aide on corruption charges….
Mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills three
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp killed three people in Baghdad on Saturday, police sources said, and the Mujahidin-e-Khalq (MEK) group said Iran was probably to blame, with Iraqi complicity.
Sudan rebels say hit area where peacekeeper killed
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese rebels said they attacked a city where a United Nations peacekeeper was killed on Friday but that they hit only government military targets in the oil-rich area.
Protesters confront tight security in Belfast G8 rally
BELFAST (Reuters) – More than 1,000 trade unionists, environmentalists and anti-poverty campaigners confronted heavy security in Belfast on Saturday to voice their anger at G8 leaders who meet in Northern Ireland next week.
Southern African leaders discuss Zimbabwe election crisis
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Southern African leaders gathered on Saturday to try to draw up a road map for elections in Zimbabwe, amid high tension between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the timing of the vote.
Young Turks seek greater liberty, not revolution
ANKARA (Reuters) – Ask the younger protesters who have taken to Turkey’s streets over the past two weeks what they are fighting for, and the response is simple: “More freedom”.
Tea shop bomb in Somali town kills at least seven
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed when a bomb exploded in a tea shop popular with government troops in the Somali town of Wanlaweyn on Saturday, officials and residents said.
Two killed in mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two people were killed in a mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp in the Iraqi capital on Saturday, police sources said.
