Bailed Russian opposition leader vows to become Moscow mayor
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny told cheering supporters on Saturday he wants to contest and win an election to become Moscow mayor after being freed on bail while he fights a five-year jail sentence.
Five people sentenced to jail for Costa Concordia disaster
ROME (Reuters) – Four Costa Concordia crew members and a company official were sentenced to jail in Italy on Saturday for their part in the 2012 cruise ship disaster that killed 32 people, leaving only the captain still on trial.
Algeria kills two deputies to AQIM leader: source
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian special forces have shot dead four Islamist militants, including two deputies to the leader of al Qaeda’s North African wing AQIM, a security source told Reuters.
Dozens of child migrants sleeping on bare earth at Italy’s Lampedusa
ROME (Reuters) – Dozens of African child migrants are having to sleep on the bare earth outside the reception center on Italy’s Lampedusa following an upsurge in the number of boats reaching the tiny island, agency Save the Children said on Saturday.
Venezuela says it ends efforts for better U.S. ties
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said it was ending efforts to improve ties with Washington after the Obama administration’s nominee for envoy to the United Nations vowed to oppose what she called a crackdown on civil society in the “repressive” OPEC nati…
Fatal Indian school meal contained pesticide, police confirms
PATNA, India (Reuters) – An initial forensic report has confirmed that the free school lunch that killed 23 children this week in India’s eastern state of Bihar was contaminated with a pesticide, a senior police official said on Saturday.
Disgruntled man hurt after detonating explosion in Beijing airport
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in a wheelchair detonated a home-made explosive in Beijing airport on Saturday, injuring himself and sending smoke billowing through the exit area of the international arrivals section of Terminal 3.
India court sentences six to life in prison in rape of Swiss woman
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) – An Indian court on Saturday sentenced six men convicted of the gang rape of a Swiss woman to life imprisonment, a lawyer in the case said.
Four election officials seized by gunmen in north Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Five people, including four election officials, were kidnapped by gunmen in northern Mali on Saturday close to the town of Tessalit, army and local government sources said, ahead of a presidential vote next weekend.
Mali says separatists break peace deal after ethnic clashes
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s government accused northern Tuareg separatists on Saturday of violating a ceasefire deal signed last month after 4 people were killed in ethnic violence in the northern town of Kidal, a week ahead of elections.
