Canada not doing enough to tackle problems of aboriginal people: U.N.
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is not doing enough to tackle the social and economic ills facing its large aboriginal population, which is beset by poverty, poor housing and high unemployment, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.
Syrian fighters battle on, ignoring Muslim holiday
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian air force jets and helicopters bombed rebel-held districts across the country on Tuesday, the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al Adha, and rebel fighters fired rockets into the heart of Damascus.
BMW family donation to Merkel’s party stokes lobbying row
BERLIN (Reuters) – German opposition parties on Tuesday accused Angela Merkel of pandering to the car lobby, after her conservatives received major donations from the family that controls BMW, just as Berlin was lobbying against tougher EU caps on carb…
Putin foe Navalny faces prison if appeal is rejected
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Convicted at a trial he describes as Vladimir Putin’s revenge for his political challenge, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faces five years in prison if his appeal against a theft conviction is rejected on Wednesday.
Russian police detain killing suspect after race riot
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police detained hundreds of nationalist youths on Tuesday who gathered to protest over the killing of an ethnic Russian in southern Moscow, hours after authorities arrested a migrant laborer suspected of the slaying.
Amanda Knox says she is paying for Italian police mistakes
ROME (Reuters) – Amanda Knox, the American student facing retrial for the murder of her British roommate in 2007, said on Tuesday she was paying for Italian police errors but was confident the court reviewing the case would find her innocent.
Lebanese TV shows footage of abducted Turkish pilots
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two Turkish pilots abducted in Beirut two months ago appeared in a video broadcast by Lebanese television on Tuesday, saying they were both well and wanted to return home.
Gay candidate blazes new trail in Israel mayoral race
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – As a candidate to become the Middle East’s first openly gay mayor, Nitzan Horowitz is hoping his bid to run Israel’s famously liberal city of Tel Aviv will help homosexuals across a region where they are widely frowned upon.
Senate vote on Berlusconi unlikely before November: party official
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian Senate is unlikely to vote on expelling center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from parliament over his tax fraud conviction until at least November, an official in the media tycoon’s People of Freedom (PDL) party said on Tu…
Angola’s Dos Santos says relations with Portugal unhealthy
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said on Tuesday relations with Portugal were unhealthy, reflecting tensions in a planned “strategic partnership” between Africa’s number two oil producer and its former colonial ruler.
