Iranians hold rare political protest at cleric’s funeral : videos
DUBAI (Reuters) – A funeral for a dissident Iranian cleric turned into a rare anti-government protest, videos posted online showed, with thousands of mourners chanting for the release of detained opposition leaders.
Israeli judge resigns after rape comments
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli judge resigned from a government appeals board on Wednesday after public uproar over reports he had told a courtroom that some girls “enjoy rape”.
Nigeria charges four Lebanese suspected of Hezbollah ties
ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court charged four Lebanese men suspected of having links to the Islamist militant group Hezbollah with terrorism and possession of illegal arms on Wednesday, after authorities said they found heavy weapons in one of their …
Rwandan genocide suspects face UK extradition battle
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of Rwandans accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide appeared in court in London on Wednesday at the start of a second legal battle by four of them to avoid extradition to Kigali.
Bulgaria says Hezbollah’s role in bus bombing unproven
SOFIA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Bulgaria backed down on Wednesday from charges it made a few months ago that Hezbollah was behind a deadly bus bombing on its territory, complicating a British push for the EU to blacklist the militant Shi’ite Muslim group.
U.S. says Iran’s nuclear reactor plans ‘deeply troubling’
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday it was “deeply troubled” by Iran’s plans to start a reactor in 2014 that could yield nuclear bomb material while failing to give U.N. inspectors necessary design information about the plant.
NATO fleshes out details of smaller, post-2014 Afghan mission
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO fleshed out plans on Wednesday for the smaller training and advisory mission it will leave in Afghanistan once it ends combat operations at the end of 2014, including which allies will take charge of the mission in each region…
Merkel’s coalition rejects proposal for dual citizenship
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government blocked legislation on Wednesday that could have granted dual citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants even though it is trying to recruit skilled foreigners to alleviate a labor shortage.
Sudan says Iraq offers to deliver oil and be paid later
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Iraq has agreed to export oil to Sudan and accept deferred payment, the investment minister of the African country, which is battling severe economic crisis, said on Wednesday.
Latvia gets EU green light to adopt euro currency
RIGA (Reuters) – Latvia got the go-ahead on Wednesday to adopt the euro from 2014, crowning the Baltic state’s emergence from an economic crisis and signaling to the world that the often-beleaguered euro zone is still expanding.
