Swiss government urges voters to reject cap on executive pay
BERN (Reuters) – The Swiss government urged voters on Friday to reject a proposal to limit monthly executive pay to no more than what the company’s lowest-paid staff earn in a year, saying it could hurt the attractiveness of Switzerland as a business d…
Strike hits Amplats South African mines
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Fewer than one in five workers turned up for work at Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) South African platinum mines around the city of Rustenburg, it said on Friday, in protest against planned job cuts.
Italian PM returns home to political tension
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta returned to Rome on Friday preparing for a showdown over the future of his warring coalition government following threats by Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right allies to walk out of parliament.
Russia kills five suspected militants in North Caucasus
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian security forces killed five suspected militants in the North Caucasus province of Dagestan on Friday including one believed to be a local Islamist insurgent leader, law enforcement authorities said.
ICC judges say Kenyan deputy president’s trial must resume next week
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday rejected a bid by Kenyan deputy president William Ruto to have his trial adjourned until mid-October to allow him to deal with the aftermath of the attack on a Nairobi shopping …
Refugee boat sinks on way to Australia, 21 dead: Indonesian TV
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia, most of them from the Middle East, has sunk off the Indonesian coast killing at least 21 people, Indonesian television reported on Friday.
Senegal seeks French, Chinese help as water crisis hits capital
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal has appealed to France and China for help to repair damage to a water pipeline that has deprived much of the capital of running water for two weeks, triggering pockets of violent protests.
Seven Sunni worshippers killed in Baghdad bomb attacks: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bombs planted at the entrance to two mosques in predominantly Sunni districts of the Iraqi capital killed at least seven worshippers as they left Friday prayers, police and medical sources said.
U.N., Iran to hold more nuclear talks on October 28
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency held “constructive” talks on Friday about Iran’s disputed atomic program and said they would meet again on October 28.
Two men plead not guilty to killing British soldier on London street
LONDON (Reuters) – Two men pleaded not guilty on Friday to murdering a British soldier whose killing in broad daylight on a busy London street in May horrified the nation.
