Italian ministers asked to post salaries, assets online
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s office said on Saturday it had asked all the ministers in his cabinet as well as junior government officials to declare their salaries and assets online in an effort to boost transparency.
North, South Korea officials hold talks on joint industrial zone
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korean officials held talks on Saturday seeking a way to reopen a jointly run industrial zone, a rare source of steady cash for the impoverished North, a month after their last attempt at dialogue collapsed in acrimony…
Mohamed ElBaradei to be named Egypt’s interim PM: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, will be named Egypt’s interim prime minister later on Saturday, a presidential source told Reuters.
Gunmen kill 28 in attack on northeast Nigeria school
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist gunmen killed 27 students and a teacher in a boarding school in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Saturday, a police source said.
Leading Sunni cleric says in fatwa Egyptians should back Mursi
RIYADH (Reuters) – Egyptians should support ousted President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood and the military should withdraw from the political scene, leading Qatar-based cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi said in a religious edict, or fatwa, on Satur…
Islamist coalition calls for protests across Egypt on Sunday
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Islamist coalition led by the Muslim Brotherhood called on people to protest across Egypt on Sunday against the military overthrow of elected President Mohamed Mursi.
France detains former Moscow official accused of fraud: Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French authorities have detained a former Russian politician who has been on an Interpol wanted list since November, accused of fraud worth 3.5 billion roubles ($105 million), Russia’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Hurricane Erick forms in Pacific along Mexico’s coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hurricane Erick formed on Saturday off Mexico’s Pacific coast and it was expected to crawl along offshore, weaken and may bring tropical storm-force winds to the southern Baja peninsula by late Sunday.
Italy’s most wanted drug trafficker arrested in Colombia
ROME (Reuters) – A suspected Italian mafia boss described as Europe’s most wanted drug trafficker and the world’s biggest cocaine importer has been arrested in Colombia, the government there said on Saturday.
Bomb blast kills three soldiers in Yemeni capital
ADEN (Reuters) – A roadside bomb in Yemen’s capital Sanaa killed three soldiers and injured two others during a security patrol early on Saturday, a security official said.
