Exclusive: Egypt has less than two months imported wheat left – ex-minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has less than two months’ supply of imported wheat left in its stocks, ousted President Mohamed Mursi’s minister of supplies said, revealing a shortage more acute than previously disclosed.
One injured in toxic gas leak at Total refinery in France
PARIS (Reuters) – A leak of toxic gas from a Total oil refinery in northwestern France in the early hours of Thursday caused the plant to be briefly evacuated, disrupted local train services and injured one worker, Total said.
Brussels says wants a stable Portugal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission supports Portugal’s efforts to avoid any political instability that could derail its return to normal borrowing on financial markets next year, it said on Thursday.
Twin suicide bombs kill five policemen in west Iraq: police
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers attacked a police station in western Iraq on Thursday, killing at least five policemen, police sources said.
Exiled dissidents claim Iran building new nuclear site
PARIS (Reuters) – An exiled opposition group said on Thursday it had obtained information about a secret underground nuclear site under construction in Iran, without specifying what kind of atomic activity it believed would be carried out there.
Egypt condemns Iranian ‘interference’ after army ousts Mursi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt accused Iran on Thursday of “unacceptable interference” in its domestic affairs for having criticized the Egyptian army’s removal of elected president Mohamed Mursi last week.
Egypt unrest could threaten food security: U.N. agency
ROME (Reuters) – Civil unrest and dwindling foreign exchange reserves raise serious food security concerns in Egypt, the United Nations’ food agency said in a report on Thursday.
Asiana flight delayed as oil leak discovered before take-off
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – An Asiana Airlines flight scheduled to leave Shanghai for Seoul on Thursday afternoon was delayed after the Airbus A330 aircraft was found to be leaking oil as it was taxiing toward the runway for take-off, local media reported.
Insight: Ecological risks may spell trouble for Batista’s Brazil port
SÃO JOÃO DA BARRA, Brazil (Reuters) – As Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista breaks up his crumbling EBX Group industrial empire to pay off debt, one of the few assets he’s expected to keep is port-development company LLX Logística SA.
Burn pit at U.S. Marine base in Afghanistan poses health risk -inspector
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Open-air burn pits at a U.S. Marine base in Afghanistan pose a health risk to the 13,500 military and civilian personnel there and are still in use despite the installation of four incinerators at a cost of $11.5 million, an insp…
