After Angie, Uschi? – some Germans ponder life after Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – It is heresy even to pose the question to the chancellor’s supporters before Sunday’s general election and, if she does win a third term, the answer will remain evasive. But some Germans are asking anyway: who can succeed Angela Merk…
In public shift, Israel calls for Assad’s fall
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel wants to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad toppled, its ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, in a shift from its non-committal public stance on its neighbor’s civil war.
Britain’s coalition might not survive to next election: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – British Business Secretary Vince Cable has said it is “possible” that the coalition between his Liberal Democrats and Prime Minister David Cameron’s center-right Conservatives could break up before the next election in 2015.
Rwanda’s ruling party heads for easy poll win: early results
KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda’s ruling party was cruising to a widely expected landslide win in parliamentary elections on Tuesday, early results showed, reinforcing President Paul Kagame’s firm grip on power.
North Korean inmates starved and tortured, abuse widespread: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Inmates in North Korea’s prison camps have suffered starvation, torture and other “unspeakable atrocities”, U.N. human rights investigators said on Tuesday in their first report on violations in the reclusive state.
Car bomb explodes at Syria-Turkey crossing: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded on the Syrian side of the main Bab al-Hawa crossing with Turkey on Tuesday and at least a dozen people were taken to nearby hospitals, Syrian opposition activists on the border said.
Sudan says seeking U.S. visa for wanted President Bashir
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan said on Tuesday it had applied for a U.S. visa for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, despite the International Criminal Court arrest warrant out against him over charges of masterminding genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
China reminds hospitals not to push baby milk
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Health Ministry reminded hospitals on Tuesday that they are not allowed to push the sale of baby milk to new mothers after Chinese state television said Danone had bribed hospital staff to give its milk powder to new-born ba…
Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn takes on Serbia advisory role
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn began work on Tuesday as economic adviser to the Serbian government, his latest incarnation since a sex scandal cost him his job and ruined his French presidential ambitions.
Iran ends brief social media access, calls it glitch
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranians had a few hours access to Facebook and Twitter before a Web firewall went back up by Tuesday and Tehran scotched talk of new Internet freedoms by blaming a technical glitch for the brief opening of access.
