Canada asks for new WTO review of U.S. labeling rules
(Reuters) – Canada has asked the World Trade Organization to form a compliance panel to review the United States’ rules for labeling meat based on its country of origin, Canadian agriculture and international trade ministers said on Monday.
Merkel cancels campaign rallies after hostage taking
MUNICH (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel cancelled two election rallies in the southern German state of Bavaria on Monday after a 24-year-old man took three people hostage in Ingolstadt, one of the cities where she had been due to speak.
German SPD ties itself in knots over tax pledge
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition Social Democrats (SPD) scrambled on Monday to contain a damaging debate over their tax hike plans as new opinion polls showed the party falling further behind Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives before next …
More than 20 rescued after coal ship runs aground off South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – More than 20 crew members were rescued by helicopter from a cargo ship carrying coal that ran aground in rough seas off of South Africa’s Richards Bay port, maritime authorities said on Monday.
Nigerian navy says kills 12 pirates in gun battle
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – The Nigerian navy killed 12 pirates in a gun battle as they tried to flee from a fuel tanker they hijacked off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea last week, the navy said on Monday.
EU foreign ministers to discuss how to press Egypt over bloodshed
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss how to force Egypt’s army-backed rulers into finding a peaceful compromise with supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
European Union sets Gibraltar mission as tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission is to send a fact-finding mission to Gibraltar to examine the legitimacy of border controls imposed by Spain in a growing dispute over the British Mediterranean enclave.
Four-finger salutes as Turks back Egypt protesters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – From Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to the national soccer captain, Turks are showing solidarity with followers of Egypt’s deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi by adopting their four-finger salute.
Saudi prince pledges to fill financial gap from any Western sanctions on Egypt
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Monday pledged to fill any financial gaps left by Western countries withdrawing aid from Egypt over an army crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protesters that has left hundreds dead since …
Insight: In Egypt, flickers of a new Islamist insurgency
CAIRO/MINYA PROVINCE (Reuters) – Gunmen who fired rocket-propelled grenades at a police station near Cairo and slit an officer’s throat daubed the wall with a warning before they left: “This is the penalty for the oppressors.”
