Quebec crash probe to transform rail sector, official says
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) – The train derailment that demolished the heart of a small Canadian town last weekend will likely spur tougher regulations for rail-car hand brakes, tanker cars and possibly train crew size, according to one of the lead …
Islamist protests in Cairo grow, U.S. seeks Mursi release
CAIRO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Egyptians packed into squares and marched along streets in Cairo on Friday to protest against the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, and the United States called for the first time for him to …
Violence flares around Northern Ireland marches
BELFAST (Reuters) – Protestant marchers in Belfast threw bricks and bottles at police, who responded with water cannon and rubber bullets as Northern Ireland’s annual parade season descended into violence on Friday.
At least six dead as French train derails
BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (Reuters) – At least six people died and 22 were seriously injured when a train derailed and hit the platform at a station in central France on Friday, leaving several carriages torn open and one lying on its side, officials s…
Pakistan’s Malala, shot by Taliban, takes education plea to U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban last year for demanding education for girls, marked her 16th birthday with a passionate speech at the United Nations on Friday in which she said edu…
U.N., EU pledge aid for ‘forgotten crisis’ in Central African Republic
KAGA-BANDORO, Central African Republic (Reuters) – UN and EU aid chiefs promised help on Friday to victims of a “forgotten crisis” in Central African Republic, where armed groups are preying on civilians four months after a rebel takeover plunged the c…
Red Cross calls for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Syria’s Homs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Red Cross appealed on Friday for a halt in the fierce fighting between President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels in the Syrian city of Homs, to bring in life-saving supplies to trapped residents.
Zimbabwe PM party tries to stop early police vote in election
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party sought on Friday to prevent an early vote taking place by police officers who will be on duty during the actual election later this month, saying the number voting was vastly in…
Snowden case shows leakers need protection: U.N. rights chief
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay gave guarded support for fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Friday, saying his case showed the need to protect people who uncovered abuses.
UK police investigate suspected nail bombing at mosque
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Friday they were investigating a suspected nail bomb attack on a mosque in central England and were treating the incident as a suspected terrorist act.
