Insight: Water, wealth and whites – South Africa’s potent anti-fracking mix
NIEU-BETHESDA, South Africa (Reuters) – Stretching across the heart of South Africa, the Karoo has stirred emotions for centuries, a stunning semi-desert wilderness that draws artists, hunters and the toughest of farmers.
Spain summons U.S. ambassador over spying
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday to discuss allegations of spying on Spanish citizens that it said could break the climate of trust between the two countries if proved true.
Britain’s G4S denies South Africa prisoner abuse allegations
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – British security group G4S denied that its workers had electrocuted and drugged prisoners at South Africa’s Mangaung prison, the maximum security facility it ran before the government stepped in to restore order earlier …
U.S. says renewed Congo fighting risks engulfing region
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and M23 rebels risked dragging neighboring countries into the conflict and it urged all sides to return to the negotiating tabl…
High-profile British phone-hacking trial begins
LONDON (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch’s former British newspaper chief and Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media head went on trial for phone hacking on Monday at the start of one of Britain’s most high profile court cases in years.
India opposition urges tighter safety for top candidate Modi after blasts
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main opposition party demanded on Monday protection for its candidate for prime minister, Narendra Modi, after a series of small blasts killed six people shortly before he addressed a packed weekend rally.
In Libya’s east, a former rebel commander tests Tripoli
BREGA, Libya (Reuters) – For Libyan militia leader Ibrahim al-Jathran, shutting down half the country’s oil production with an armed militia is not a crime, it is the start of a just battle for a fair share of the country’s petroleum wealth.
Pakistani assailant knifes 25 women victims this month
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A young man has stabbed at least 25 women this month in a small Pakistani town, police said on Monday, and many women and girls are afraid to leave their homes.
Poland’s first post-communist PM Mazowiecki dead at 86
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish statesman Tadeusz Mazowiecki, whose appointment in 1989 as the first non-communist prime minister in the Soviet bloc helped usher in democratic change across eastern Europe, died on Monday aged 86.
Berlusconi’s daughter denies planning to enter politics
ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi’s oldest daughter Marina denied speculation on Monday within her father’s party that she could replace him as center-right leader due to the billionaire former prime minister’s legal difficulties.
