Protests in Rome as Nazi war criminal celebrates 100th birthday
ROME (Reuters) – Dozens of demonstrators, including members of Rome’s Jewish community, protested outside the apartment building where the former SS officer responsible for one of Italy’s worst wartime massacres celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday….
Egypt’s new top general stirs echoes of Nasser
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army is recasting the country’s political drama, giving a popular general the starring role in a change with echoes of the past that could undermine democracy in the Arab world.
Afghan women’s rights at risk in peace process: U.N. watchdog
GENEVA (Reuters) – Women’s rights in Afghanistan risk being further undermined in the fragile country’s peace process due to entrenched patriarchal attitudes, a United Nations watchdog warned on Monday.
Party in Tunisia’s ruling coalition calls to dissolve government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Ettakatol party, part of the ruling coalition led by the Islamist Ennahda party, called on Monday for the dissolution of the government to stave off a growing political crisis.
Indian minister, Ratan Tata, may give evidence in Finmeccanica trial
BUSTO ARSIZIO, Italy (Reuters) – Indian defense minister A.K. Antony, together with a former UK defense minister and ex-chairman of Tata Group, have been lined up as witnesses in a trial of former bosses of Italy’s Finmeccanica over corruption in a hel…
Syria says army retakes Homs district from rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops drove insurgents from central Homs on Monday, tightening their siege on remaining rebel bastions in the city, which links Damascus to the Mediterranean heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect.
Egypt to push ahead with smart cards for gasoline
CAIRO (Reuters) – The new Egyptian government will press ahead with a smart card program for distributing fuel products that its predecessor had started before it was ousted by the military, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.
Italian bus crash kills 39; second European transport disaster in five days
MONTEFORTE IRPINO, Italy (Reuters) – Thirty-nine people were killed and around 10 injured when a bus plunged off a viaduct in southern Italy in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta described on Monday as a huge tragedy.
China military puts best foot forward, plays down tensions
LINTONG, China (Reuters) – With handshakes and smiles, China’s military put its best foot forward on Monday as it opened a secretive base to a rare visit by journalists, in an effort to allay Asia’s growing fears about the country’s strategic intention…
Kurds could help shift course of war in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The head of Turkey’s main Kurdish party has welcomed contacts between the Ankara government and Syria’s Kurds, saying it could step up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and help change the course of the civil war,
