Spanish court declines to investigate Cuban dissident’s death
MADRID (Reuters) – An attempt by the family of a Cuban dissident to get a Spanish judicial investigation into the car crash that killed him was dismissed by judges on Monday.
Labour seeks to shore up economic credentials, unveils bank tax hike
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour party sought on Monday to convince voters that it can be trusted with the economy by promising iron discipline on spending and pitching higher taxes on bankers as a way to pay for welfare if it …
Poland declines once again to answer questions on alleged CIA jails
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s government has, for a second time in 12 months, declined a request from the European Court of Human Rights to provide information about the alleged existence of secret CIA jails on its soil.
Kerry to take part in major powers’ talks with Iran this week
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a meeting of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany this week, a U.S. official said on Monday.
Merkel’s humiliated allies look to change of leader for revival
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s outgoing coalition partners, the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), pinned their hopes on a new leader on Monday to rescue them from oblivion, a day after crashing out of Germany’s parliament for the first time in their hi…
Jailed member of Russia’s punk band on hunger strike
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A jailed member of Russia’s Pussy Riot punk band said she was starting a hunger strike on Monday to protest against “slave labor” in her penal colony and said she had received a death threat from a senior prison official.
Greece orders probe into police force after rapper’s death
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s government ordered a probe into possible police connections with the far-right Golden Dawn party on Monday and replaced several top officers after the killing of an anti-racism rapper turned the spotlight on the force.
Costa Concordia captain looks to spread blame for accident
GROSSETO, Italy (Reuters) – The captain of the Costa Concordia told a court on Monday that a junior officer who was at the wheel at the time shared the blame for the cruise liner disaster that killed 32 people last year.
France cleared the use of frozen funds to export food to Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – France has cleared the use of frozen Syrian bank assets to fund the export of food to the country as part of a European Union system that allows such funds to be used for humanitarian ends, a spokeswoman at the French trade ministry s…
Clashes in Guinea’s capital kill one, wound 50: government
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and more than 50 wounded in Guinea’s capital in clashes between supporters of rival political parties, the government said on Monday.
