Quake of 6.4 magnitude causes minor damage on Crete
ATHENS (Reuters) – An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude off the coast of Crete caused minor damage on the Greek island on Saturday, but there were no reports of casualties or serious destruction, police and fire brigade said.
Merkel’s conservative ally warming to coalition with Greens
BERLIN (Reuters) – A powerful conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel refused on Saturday to rule out an unorthodox coalition with the Greens party ahead of further exploratory talks next week.
Congo rebels fire on United Nations helicopter
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Insurgents in eastern Congo fired at a United Nations helicopter on Saturday after threatening to attack U.N. aircraft, further raising fears of a return to fighting in the volatile region.
U.S. says captures senior commander of Pakistani Taliban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Afghanistan have captured senior Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud in a military operation and detained him under a law authorizing use of force against al Qaeda following the 2001 attacks, the Pentagon said…
U.N. panel says Japan nuclear workers may have got higher radiation: report
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities may have underestimated by 20 percent the radiation doses workers got in the initial phase of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a Japanese newspaper reported on Saturday, citing a U.N. panel.
Britain’s Osborne to sign nuclear plant deal with China: FT
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne will sign a deal in China next week allowing a Chinese state-run nuclear power company to help build a new plant in Britain, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
African Union calls for more African troops in Somalia
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union has backed a call to boost by about a third the number of troops in an African peacekeeping force in Somalia to reinforce a campaign against Islamist militants there who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall last mo…
Dominican court ruling renders hundreds of thousands stateless
LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic (Reuters) – For four generations Banesa Blemi’s family, descendants of Haitian immigrants, put down roots as low-wage sugar cane cutters in their adopted homeland, and came to consider themselves Dominicans.
Lawyers say NSA eavesdropping on U.S. citizen may have led to strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence officials may have used National Security Agency data collected by eavesdropping on U.S. citizens or residents to target a Somali militant leader in a lethal missile strike, defense lawyers in a California terro…
Canadians detained in Egypt return to Toronto
TORONTO (Reuters) – Two Canadians held in Egypt for more than six weeks without charge arrived in Toronto on Friday to cheers, hugs and celebration, ending a high-profile campaign by friends and family to return the doctor and filmmaker.
