Zimbabwe poachers kill 80 elephants with cyanide
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean ivory poachers have killed more than 80 elephants by poisoning water holes with cyanide, endangering one of the world’s biggest herds, a minister said on Wednesday.
Greeks stage anti-fascism rallies after rapper’s death
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greeks took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday against the fatal stabbing of an anti-racism rapper by a supporter of the far-right Golden Dawn party, which a new poll found has lost a third of its support since the killing.
Arrested Moroccan editor to face terrorism investigation
RABAT (Reuters) – A Moroccan editor is being investigated on suspicion of helping militants after posting an al Qaeda video on his website, prosecutors said, in a case that rights groups say erodes press freedom.
Cambodia frees men seen as scapegoats in murder of union leader
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A Cambodian court on Wednesday acquitted, and ordered the release of, two men said by rights groups to have been wrongfully convicted and jailed for the 2004 murder of a prominent opposition activist.
Putin says Greenpeace activists not pirates, but did break law
SALEKHARD, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Greenpeace activists arrested for staging a protest at Russia’s first offshore oil platform had violated international law but signaled they should not face charges of piracy.
Leaders of India, Pakistan to meet in New York as Kashmir simmers
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif will meet this week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Singh said on Wednesday, amid heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir.
India-U.S. ties lose shine over economic differences
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last visited the White House in 2009 he was feted at President Barack Obama’s first state dinner, a star-studded affair that reflected the excitement about blooming ties between the two b…
Kurdish militants tunnel out of Turkish prison
BINGOL, Turkey (Reuters) – Security forces were hunting for 18 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) who escaped from prison in Turkey’s southeast by digging a 70-metre-long tunnel, police said on Wednesday.
Right wing strong on Europe fears ahead of Austria poll
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) appears likely to raise its share of the vote in Sunday elections, drawing on fears over bailouts for needier euro zone countries and the cost of supporting asylum seekers.
U.N. chemical weapons inspectors back in Damascus
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – U.N. chemical weapons inspectors returned to Syria on Wednesday to continue investigating allegations of chemical weapons use in the country’s two-and-a-half-year conflict.
