Tunisian authorities say third bomb scare was a hoax
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s interior ministry said on Saturday that a suspected bomb placed near a colonel’s home in Tunis was fake and came with a letter, purporting to be from al Qaeda, demanding the army stop its offensive near the Algerian border.
Moroccans protest against pardon of Spanish pedophile
RABAT (Reuters) – Riot police broke up a protest by hundreds of Moroccans late on Friday against a royal pardon for a Spanish pedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping and filming children as young as four.
Egyptian government appeals to Mursi supporters to leave camps
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-installed government on Saturday promised supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi a safe exit from their protest camps and urged them to rejoin the political process.
Jailed Vietnam blogger ends hunger strike after five weeks
HANOI (Reuters) – A Vietnamese dissident jailed for criticizing the country’s rulers has ended a hunger strike after five weeks when judicial authorities agreed to accept his complaint about poor treatment, his son said on Saturday.
Turkish man killed by stray bullet fired from Syria
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A Turkish man was killed on Saturday by a stray bullet fired across the border from Syria into the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar, security sources said.
Australia enlists Nauru to aid in crackdown on boat refugees
PERTH (Reuters) – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, facing an imminent election, enlisted the help of the Pacific Island nation of Nauru in his hardline policy of denying asylum seekers arriving by boat the right to settle in Australia.
Moroccan police break up protest against royal pardon of Spanish pedophile
Rabat (Reuters) – Riot police broke up a protest by hundreds of Moroccan demonstrators late on Friday against a royal pardon for a Spanish pedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping and filming children as young as 4.
Indian row over poverty and policy extends to Harvard and Columbia
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian government figures showing that poverty has been cut by a third since 2004 has set off a row between the country’s main political parties on whether the data is accurate, and a slanging match between two of the world’s best…
Al Qaeda leader tells Mursi supporters democracy not the way
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters to abandon democracy and seek to govern through the full implementation of Islamic law.
China rights scenario deteriorating, says United States
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States got few answers to questions about detained activists during its annual rights dialogue with China, and believes the situation in the country continues to deteriorate, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
