Mubarak trial unseals new evidence on crackdown
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian court retrying Hosni Mubarak for conspiracy to murder hundreds of demonstrators unsealed new evidence on Monday, including CCTV video and logbooks taken from Cairo security forces’ armories.
France won’t recognize Madagascar vote unless candidates withdraw
PARIS (Reuters) – France will not recognize the results of proposed presidential elections in Madagascar until three candidates, including the interim president, withdraw from the process, foreign ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said on Monday.
Qatari leaders expected to step down: sources
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s powerful prime minister is preparing to step down as part of a wider power transition that may also see the country’s ruler ceding power to his son, Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim, Arab and Western diplomats said on Monday.
IMF thinks Morocco is too hesitant over reforms, Prime Minister says
RABAT (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund has told Morocco it is too hesitant in implementing reforms to improve its public finances, Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said, but he pledged to move ahead with planned subsidy cuts and other meas…
Mandela’s condition remains ‘serious but stable’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela remained in hospital for a third day on Monday with a lung infection and his condition was “serious but stable”, unchanged from the weekend, the government s…
UK’s Cameron defends spy agencies over PRISM cyber-snooping
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday Britain’s spies acted within the law following revelations the intelligence agencies had received data collected secretly by the United States from the world’s biggest internet companies.
Insight: Turkish troubles highlight cultural divide
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan stands before a sea of cheering faithful waving Turkish flags and, to shouts of “Allahu Akbar”, God is Greatest, summons the spirit of pious Ottoman poets in denouncing protesters who challenge his pow…
Kazakhs launch ‘Silk Road’ China-Europe rail route
ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakhstan has launched a new transit railway linking China to Europe, aiming to beat rival routes for journey time in the competition to handle a growing flow of goods along the ancient Silk Road trade route.
Letta hopes for morale lift from weary Italian voters
ROME (Reuters) – Italian local elections that end on Monday could give a morale boost to Prime Minister Enrico Letta and confirm that support for the populist 5-Star Movement is waning.
Malta rules out legal action against former EU Commissioner
VALLETTA (Reuters) – Malta does not have enough evidence to start criminal proceedings against former EU Health Commissioner John Dalli in a bribery case, Malta’s Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit said on Monday.
