U.N. rights chief says Sri Lanka heading in ‘authoritarian direction’
COLOMBO (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay hit out against the Sri Lanka government on Saturday, saying that four years after the end of civil war people were still suffering amid signs the country was headed in an authoritarian direction….
Mandela still in hospital, not discharged: South Africa government
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who has been receiving medical treatment for three months for a lung ailment, is still in hospital in Pretoria in a critical but stable condition, the government said on Saturday.
Top Indonesian energy official barred from travel in latest government scandal: media
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A top Indonesian energy official has been banned from overseas travel, media reported on Saturday, in the latest graft case this month which threatens to further tarnish President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s final year in office.
U.N. inspectors arrive at Beirut international airport – witness
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The team of United Nations inspectors that was investigating the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria arrived at Beirut International Airport on Saturday, a Reuters witness said.
U.N. chemical weapons inspectors arrive in Lebanon: witness
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations team tasked with investigating alleged chemical weapons strikes in Syria arrived in Lebanon on Saturday, a Reuters witness said.
Mexico leftist vows to block reforms, warns oil firms
CATEMACO, Mexico (Reuters) – Fiery Mexican leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has vowed to stop the government’s energy and tax reforms and hopes to lead even bigger protests than when he brought central Mexico City to a standstill after narrowly losi…
Sixth U.S. ship now in eastern Mediterranean ‘as precaution’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A sixth U.S. warship is now operating in the eastern Mediterranean, near five U.S. destroyers armed with cruise missiles that could soon be directed against Syria as part of a “limited, precise” strike, defense officials said lat…
U.N. investigators to exit Syria, chemical probe may take weeks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A team of U.N. experts finished gathering evidence of a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people in suburbs near Damascus last week, the United Nations announced on Friday, though envoys said analyzing…
In shadow of Iraq, U.S. has ‘high confidence’ Syria carried out chemical attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies publicly disclosed on Friday some of the information that led to a “high-confidence” assessment that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a chemical weapons attack on neighborh…
U.S. says world cannot let Assad get away with chemical attack
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – The United States made clear on Friday that it would punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the “brutal and flagrant” chemical weapons attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week.
