Tear gas, shooting at Cairo square during protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – Tear gas was fired and shooting was heard on Friday at the main Cairo square where thousands of supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi were protesting against a crackdown on Islamists, a Reuters witness said.
Student’s death touches nerve in austerity-hit Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – A 19-year old Greek student who died after an argument with a bus ticket inspector has come to symbolize the plight of a population ground down by worsening poverty and unemployment.
Syrian refugees pour into Iraq at new crossing, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) – Thousands of Syrian refugees poured into the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Thursday, taking advantage of a new bridge along the largely closed border, the United Nations said on Friday.
As Egypt lionizes police, activists worry
CAIRO (Reuters) – As the bodies of hundreds of people killed by security forces lay at a Cairo mosque, ignored by Egyptian media, four of the policemen who died in the violence were feted as heroes in a funeral broadcast live on state television.
Bulgarian parliament overturns presidential veto on looser budget
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s parliament cleared the way on Friday for the government to boost spending, overturning a presidential veto as demonstrators from both sides of the country’s political divide rallied in downtown Sofia.
Four protesters killed in Egypt’s Ismailia
(Reuters) – Four protesters were killed in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Friday in clashes with security forces, medical sources said.
Vietnam court cuts jail terms for dissidents in rare move
HANOI (Reuters) – A Vietnam appeals court on Friday halved the eight-year jail term of a dissident and cut the six-year term of another to three years of house arrest, sources familiar with the verdict said, in a rare step welcomed by human rights acti…
Police decline to launch probe into BBC pay-offs
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Friday they would not launch a criminal investigation into allegations the publicly funded BBC broadcaster broke the law by giving departing executives huge pay-offs.
Egyptian army, police to deal firmly with violations of law: TV
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army and police will deal firmly with any violation of the law, state television reported on Friday, as security was tightened ahead of protests over a crackdown on Islamists.
Germany extends travel alert to Red Sea resorts
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany advised its citizens not to travel to the Red Sea tourist resorts of Egypt, toughening its previous travel advice but stopping short of a full travel warning that would mean tourists being evacuated.
