Protesters confront tight security in Belfast G8 rally
BELFAST (Reuters) – More than 1,000 trade unionists, environmentalists and anti-poverty campaigners confronted heavy security in Belfast on Saturday to voice their anger at G8 leaders who meet in Northern Ireland next week.
Southern African leaders discuss Zimbabwe election crisis
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Southern African leaders gathered on Saturday to try to draw up a road map for elections in Zimbabwe, amid high tension between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the timing of the vote.
Young Turks seek greater liberty, not revolution
ANKARA (Reuters) – Ask the younger protesters who have taken to Turkey’s streets over the past two weeks what they are fighting for, and the response is simple: “More freedom”.
Tea shop bomb in Somali town kills at least seven
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed when a bomb exploded in a tea shop popular with government troops in the Somali town of Wanlaweyn on Saturday, officials and residents said.
Two killed in mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two people were killed in a mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp in the Iraqi capital on Saturday, police sources said.
Italy gets stream of migrant boats, one with baby born at sea
ROME (Reuters) – Italy has intercepted more than 400 hundred migrants seeking to enter the European Union by boat in the past 12 hours, including one carrying a baby girl born at sea, and more vessels have been sighted, the coast guard said on Saturday…
Greek coalition partners rebuff PM offer on broadcaster
ATHENS (Reuters) – Both junior partners in Greece’s ruling coalition have turned down a compromise by the prime minister over the shutdown of public broadcaster ERT, raising the prospect that the rift among the parties might be impossible to mend.
Guinea may postpone June 30 parliamentary election: president
LONDON (Reuters) – Guinea could be forced to postpone a long-awaited parliamentary election scheduled for June 30 after opposition parties refused to register candidates, President Alpha Conde said.
Hong Kong rally backs Snowden, denounces allegations of U.S. spying
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A few hundred rights advocates and political activists marched through Hong Kong on Saturday to demand protection for Edward Snowden, who leaked revelations of U.S. electronic surveillance and is now believed to be holed up in the…
Indonesia MPs back budget package that would allow fuel price hikes
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian parliamentarians gave their backing to budget revisions that pave the way for long delayed cuts in fuel price subsidies, blamed for sapping the budget and undermining confidence in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.
