Italy’s top court begins crucial Berlusconi case hearing
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s supreme court began considering on Tuesday Silvio Berlusconi’s last appeal against a jail sentence and ban from public office for tax fraud in a case which could threaten the survival of a shaky coalition government.
EU’s Ashton says Mursi well, has access to media
CAIRO (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Tuesday she found that deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was well and had access to television and newspapers when she visited him.
Japan envoy meets China foreign minister amid strained ties
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top career diplomat met China’s foreign minister on Tuesday in the latest bid to ease strains between Asia’s two biggest economies over a bitter territorial row, while a Chinese official newspaper said Beijing had rule…
Ghana police find three children locked in house for years
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana police are questioning a couple who locked their three children in a house in Accra for years possibly to try to protect them from society’s evil, a police inspector said on Tuesday.
FAO urges developing nations to cut hazardous pesticides
MILAN (Reuters) – Developing countries should speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from their markets following the death of 23 children from contaminated meals in India, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization said on T…
Turkish troops fire tear gas on fuel smugglers at Syrian border
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers shot into the air and fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of around 1,000 fuel smugglers trying to cross into Turkey from Syria, the Turkish military said.
Mandela still critical but improving- government
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition at a Pretoria hospital but “continues to show improvement,” the government said on Tuesday.
Thai oil spill having “extreme” impact on tourism – minister
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An oil spill that has blackened beaches at a Thai holiday island was having an extreme impact on tourism and could spread to the coast of the mainland and affect the fishing industry, officials and an environmental group said on Tue…
Worker shot dead near Lonmin’s South Africa mine- police
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A 49-year-old worker was shot dead at the weekend near Lonmin’s Marikana mine in South Africa, stirring worries of new labor tension in the troubled platinum mining belt which has been racked by a violent union dispute over the…
China’s foreign minister meets Japan’s vice foreign minister
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister met Japan’s top diplomat on Tuesday and discussed problems clouding relations between the two countries as a state-run newspaper said Beijing has ruled out the possibility of a proposed bilateral summit.
