Lawmakers urge firm U.S. line on China in bilateral talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers influential on trade policy urged the Obama administration on Tuesday to press China in talks this week to halt the theft of intellectual property and curb practices that discriminate against American companies.
Police open criminal probe into Canadian blast, say terrorism unlikely
LAC MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) – Canadian police said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal probe into Saturday’s fatal fuel train blast in the town of Lac-Megantic, an explosion they said was unlikely to have been caused by terrorism.
Egypt’s liberal bloc says rejects constitutional decree
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s main liberal coalition rejected on Tuesday a constitutional decree issued by the state’s interim president, and asked for more changes and wider consultation on the document vital to the country’s political transition.
British lawmakers recall Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers said on Tuesday they would recall media mogul Rupert Murdoch to clarify evidence he gave to them last year after he was secretly recorded belittling a police inquiry into alleged crimes committed by journalists on h…
Colombia sends suspected drug kingpin to United States
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Colombia has extradited suspected drug kingpin Daniel Barrera to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday.
U.S. says encouraged by Egyptian transition plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday cautiously welcomed a plan from Egypt’s interim government to hold quick elections but did not address “the elephant in the room” of whether a military coup had taken place.
Remains of rocket fired from Egypt found in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops found the remains on Tuesday of the first rocket to be fired from Egypt since the July 3 overthrow of the Islamist government there, a military official said.
Russia: Syria rebels likely behind Aleppo chemical attack
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russian scientific analysis indicates a deadly projectile that hit a suburb of the Syrian city of Aleppo on March 19 contained the nerve agent sarin and was most likely fired by rebels, Russia’s U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.
Snowden has not yet accepted asylum in Venezuela: WikiLeaks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said on Tuesday after a Russian lawmaker posted a statement to that effect on Twitter and then delet…
As Japan PM Abe weighs labor reform, IBM emerges as test case
TOKYO (Reuters) – When 27-year IBM veteran Martin Jetter came to Tokyo last year, the new president of the technology giant’s Japanese arm had a radical idea: hold workers accountable for performance.
