U.S. judge denies request to appoint lawyer for captured al-Liby
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in New York on Friday declined to assign a court-appointed attorney to Abu Anas al-Liby, the senior al Qaeda figure captured in Libya last weekend, saying it was premature because he has apparently not yet been form…
Don’t blame Europe, stick with reform: Danish PM
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s center-left prime minister, accused by her left-wing parliamentary backers of veering too far to the right, said on Friday the country had got through the worst of its economic crisis and should persevere with unpopular…
South Africa’s Transnet says obtains court order to halt strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African logistics firm Transnet said on Friday it had obtained a court order to prevent a strike that a union threatened to launch this week.
Kenya charges man with terrorist plot, links him to mall attack
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Friday charged a man suspected of links to last month’s attack on a Nairobi shopping mall with plotting to commit terrorist acts in the port city of Mombasa.
One person killed in Islamist protests in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – One person was killed in clashes during protests in Egypt on Friday, state news agency MENA reported, as Islamists pressed on with demonstrations against the army-backed government.
Libyan PM calls brief abduction a ‘coup’ by foes
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Friday former rebels who abducted him briefly were part of an attempted “coup” by his opponents in the country’s legislature, accusing them of seeking to undermine his government.
Guyana says Venezuela navy evicted survey ship from its waters
BRIDGETOWN (Reuters) – Guyana’s government said on Friday the navy of neighboring Venezuela had evicted a ship used by a U.S. oil exploration company from Guyanese waters, calling the move unprecedented and a serious threat to security.
Berlusconi asks to do community service instead of jail term: source
MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has formally asked to do a year of community service rather than be jailed or put under house arrest after his conviction for tax fraud, a legal source said on Friday.
Tunisia Islamists ready to hand over power, see spring election
TUNIS (Reuters) – A black and white photograph on Rached Ghannouchi’s desk shows him as a young activist proclaiming the birth of a Tunisian Islamist movement that three decades later would win the first elections after the Arab uprisings.
Air raids and clashes near Syrian chemical weapons site
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian air force warplanes bombarded rebel-held targets close to a major chemical weapons facility on Friday in fighting that highlights the perils facing an international mission to eliminate President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical ars…
