Russian judge grants jury trial in murder of Kremlin critic
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Five men accused of killing journalist Anna Politkovskaya were granted the right on Tuesday to be tried by jury for one of post-Communist Russia’s most notorious unsolved murders.
Powers set to press Iran on nuclear inquiry: diplomats
VIENNA (Reuters) – China and Russia are expected to join four Western powers in voicing deep concern about Iran’s atomic activities this week and pressing it to cooperate with a stalled inquiry by the U.N. nuclear agency, diplomats said on Tuesday.
In Afghanistan, grief for a husband who shouldn’t have died
KHOSH GOMBAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Whenever Bibi Laila heard the all-too-familiar sound of a bomb blast in Jalalabad, she did not worry – her husband worked for the famously impartial Red Cross, and would never be a target.
Exiled economist turns down Putin’s offer to return
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Exiled economist Sergei Guriev turned down President Vladimir Putin’s invitation on Tuesday to return to Russia, saying he preferred freedom to the prospect of further harassment at the hands of federal investigators.
Mugabe’s election rush quashes Zimbabwe reform hopes
HARARE (Reuters) – Just after Zimbabwe’s top court told President Robert Mugabe to hold elections before the end of July, he appeared in a documentary combining domestic campaign mode with a diplomatic charm offensive.
Drunk Swiss OECD ambassador arrested in Paris after car chase
PARIS/ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s permanent representative at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, Stefan Flueckiger, has been arrested for drunk-driving by French police after a high-speed car chase, police s…
China and Russia set to press Iran on nuclear issue: diplomats
VIENNA (Reuters) – China and Russia are set to join four Western powers in voicing deep concern about Iran’s atomic activities this week and pressing it to cooperate with a stalled inquiry by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, diplomats said on Tuesday.
Pistorius judge attacks ‘scandalizing’ media coverage
PRETORIA (Reuters) – A South African judge postponed the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday and criticized the media for sensationalist reporting of the Olympic and Paralympic athletics star’s shooting of his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.
Exclusive: China tried to convince North Korea to give up nuclear tests – source
BEIJING (Reuters) – China told an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that Pyongyang should stop conducting nuclear and missile tests, but the North showed little sign of heeding the request, said a source with knowledge of the talks held late las…
Fukushima plant operator reverses claim groundwater not contaminated
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Tuesday it had detected radioactive caesium in groundwater flowing into its wrecked Fukushima Daiichi plant, reversing an earlier finding that any contamination was negligible.
