Azeri police beat, detain demonstrators after vote protest rally
BAKU (Reuters) – Police beat and detained demonstrators in the capital of Azerbaijan on Saturday after a protest against a disputed presidential vote that gave President Ilham Aliyev a third consecutive term in the oil-producing former Soviet republic….
Gay rights protest in St. Petersburg ends in clashes, arrests
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Police arrested 67 people after a fight broke out between gay rights activists and their opponents at a demonstration in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Saturday.
Brazil’s Rousseff seen beating likely 2014 challengers: poll
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff would win re-election against her most likely challengers without a runoff if ballots were cast today, according to a Datafolha opinion poll published by newspaper Folha de S.Paulo on Saturday.
Quake of 6.4 magnitude causes minor damage on Crete
ATHENS (Reuters) – An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude off the coast of Crete caused minor damage on the Greek island on Saturday, but there were no reports of casualties or serious destruction, police and fire brigade said.
Merkel’s conservative ally warming to coalition with Greens
BERLIN (Reuters) – A powerful conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel refused on Saturday to rule out an unorthodox coalition with the Greens party ahead of further exploratory talks next week.
Congo rebels fire on United Nations helicopter
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Insurgents in eastern Congo fired at a United Nations helicopter on Saturday after threatening to attack U.N. aircraft, further raising fears of a return to fighting in the volatile region.
U.S. says captures senior commander of Pakistani Taliban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Afghanistan have captured senior Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud in a military operation and detained him under a law authorizing use of force against al Qaeda following the 2001 attacks, the Pentagon said…
U.N. panel says Japan nuclear workers may have got higher radiation: report
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities may have underestimated by 20 percent the radiation doses workers got in the initial phase of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a Japanese newspaper reported on Saturday, citing a U.N. panel.
Britain’s Osborne to sign nuclear plant deal with China: FT
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne will sign a deal in China next week allowing a Chinese state-run nuclear power company to help build a new plant in Britain, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
African Union calls for more African troops in Somalia
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union has backed a call to boost by about a third the number of troops in an African peacekeeping force in Somalia to reinforce a campaign against Islamist militants there who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall last mo…
