Police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in Tunis
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police fired tear gas in front of the parliament building on Saturday, a Reuters reporter said, to disperse secular protesters demanding the dissolution of the assembly and Islamists defending the legitimacy of their rule.
Forced to flee war, many Malian refugees to miss vote
DAKAR/MANGAIZE, Niger (Reuters) – When Talhatou Hallahi Maiga heard that Malian officials had dispatched new ID cards to the desert north in preparation for Sunday’s presidential election, he slipped out of a refugee camp in neighboring Niger and went …
Hungarian PM urges ethnic kin, scattered by history, to unite
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, called on ethnic Hungarians around the world on Saturday to unite to build a strong nation, tapping into nostalgia for a country dismembered when Europe’s maps were re-drawn nearly a century …
U.N. and Syria say chemical arms talks were ‘productive’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations and Syria said on Saturday that negotiations between Damascus and the U.N. chemical weapons investigator were “productive”, but did not say if his team would be allowed to probe allegations that such weapons had be…
Egypt’s Mursi likely to go to same prison as Mubarak: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who has been accused of murder and other crimes, is likely to be transferred to the same Cairo prison where former leader Hosni Mubarak is now held, the interior minister said on Satur…
New clashes between army and rebels in Sudan’s main oil state
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – New clashes between the Sudanese army and rebels erupted on Saturday in the country’s main oil-producing state of South Kordofan, bordering South Sudan, witnesses and rebels said.
Russia demands Interpol explain refusal to track down financier
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Interpol must explain why it has rejected Moscow’s two requests to put British hedge fund head and anti-corruption campaigner William Browder on its search list, the Russian Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Libyans vent anger at Islamists after activist’s shooting
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Protesters attacked offices of Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood and the headquarters of a liberal coalition on Saturday after demonstrations sparked by assassinations in the eastern city of Benghazi turned violent, witnesses said.
Bananas thrown at black Italian minister during speech
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s first black minister, a target of racist slurs since her appointment in April, has condemned a spectator who threw bananas towards her while she was making a speech at a party rally.
EU’s Ashton deplores deaths in Egypt, urges halt to violence
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton “deeply deplores” deaths during demonstrations in Egypt and urges all sides to halt violence, the EU said on Saturday.
