Italy to revoke expulsion of Kazakh oligarch’s wife
ROME (Reuters) – Italy said on Friday it would revoke a deportation order against the wife and daughter of Kazakh oligarch and dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov, criticizing serious failings in a procedure it maintained was conducted without its knowledge.
Egypt turns back flights from Syria after tighter visa rules: U.N.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has turned back several flights carrying hundreds of Syrians after tightening visa rules following the toppling of President Mohamed Mursi, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.
Nine Senegalese freed by Casamance rebels: media
DAKAR (Reuters) – Nine Senegalese working for a demining organization were freed on Friday in Guinea-Bissau after being held captive by separatist rebels in Senegal’s restive southern region of Casamance, the state news agency reported.
Egypt’s divide turns brother against brother
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islam Ibrahim has no idea if his older brother Nasim was one of the Republican Guardsmen shooting at him when he and hundreds of other Egyptians were wounded and more than 50 killed.
Egyptian army helicopter briefly enters Gaza airspace
GAZA (Reuters) – An Egyptian military helicopter briefly crossed into Israeli-controlled airspace over the Gaza Strip on Friday, in a possible sign of increased security jitters a week after Egypt’s army toppled President Mohamed Mursi.
U.S. joins German call for Egypt’s Mursi to be released
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday that it agreed with a German call for deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi to be released after avoiding answering the question since his ouster by the military last week.
Thomson Airways says Dreamliner forced to return to UK
LONDON (Reuters) – A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Britain’s Thomson Airways, flying to the United States from northwest England, was forced to return to Britain due to technical problems as a precaution on Friday, the airline said.
U.N. rights chief warns on undue surveillance in Snowden case
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay made her first comment on the Edward Snowden case on Friday, saying people needed to be sure their communications were not being unduly scrutinized and calling on all countries to respect the right…
Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner was parked for eight hours before fire
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines said on Friday smoke was detected coming from its aircraft with registration number ET-AOP after it had been parked at Britain’s Heathrow airport for more than eight hours.
Gathering thousands, Egypt’s Brotherhood shows passion and power
CAIRO (Reuters) – They came in their thousands, bussed in across the desert from thousands of kilometers down the Nile, marching into the square with toddlers on their shoulders, insisting they were prepared to die.
