Algeria ex-oil minister says ready to face graft trial at home
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Former Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil, wanted in connection with a suspected corruption case involving Algeria’s Sonatrach and Italy’s Eni, said he was ready to return home to be tried but demanded a fair hearing.
Strong chance Italy’s Berlusconi will request pardon: lawyer
ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi is likely to request an official pardon for a tax fraud conviction, his lawyer said on Wednesday, after President Giorgio Napolitano warned his party to stop its threats to bring down Italy’s government over the sente…
France’s ‘Buy French’ campaign a costly proposition, survey shows
PARIS (Reuters) – French households would have to spend up to 300 euros ($400) a month more if they shunned imports for goods made in their own country, according to a report that highlights the downside of a government drive to promote patriotic consu…
U.N. chief condemns violence used to clear Cairo demonstrations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned violence used by Egyptian security forces on Wednesday to clear Cairo of protesters demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
Death toll from Egypt protest raid, clashes hits 95
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s health ministry said on Wednesday that 95 people had been killed on Wednesday in a police raid on supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi at a Cairo protest camp and clashes nationwide.
Egypt declares one-month state of emergency
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian presidency announced a one-month state of emergency across the country on Wednesday and ordered the armed forces to help the Interior Ministry enforce security.
Turkey urges U.N. to stop Egypt ‘massacre’, Iran fears ‘civil war’
(Reuters) – Turkey urged the U.N. Security Council and Arab League on Wednesday to act quickly to stop a “massacre” in Egypt, and Iran warned of the risk of civil war, after Egyptian security forces killed dozens of Islamist demonstrators.
South Africa’s NUMSA union plans auto sector strike
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s biggest union for manufacturing plans to launch an open-ended nationwide strike on Monday in the country’s key auto sector in a dispute over pay affecting over 30,000 assembly line workers.
U.N. Chief Ban condemns violence used to clear Cairo demonstrations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned violence used by Egyptian security forces to clear Cairo of protesters demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
Kazakhstan jails Muslim radicals for anti-government plot
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan jailed six men on Wednesday for conspiring to assassinate government officials, the Supreme Court said, indicating a possible rise of Islamist violence in the oil-rich country.
