Arrested Vatican prelate lived lush life in hometown
SALERNO, Italy (Reuters) – Even though he was known to like to live well, police said they were startled when they entered Monsignor Nunzio Scarano’s apartment after he called them one night in January to report a burglary.
Egypt liberals, leftists rejects exclusion of Islamists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s main alliance of liberal and leftist parties said on Thursday it opposed excluding any Islamist parties from political life after the military-backed authorities arrested Muslim Brotherhood leaders and shut down Islamist-run m…
Obama, Merkel agree to talks on U.S. surveillance program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to allay concerns from German Chancellor Angela Merkel about reported U.S. spying on European allies on Wednesday, and they agreed to hold a high-level meeting on the subject in coming days.
Egypt’s military stages fly pasts over Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s air force staged several fly pasts in a smoggy Cairo sky on Thursday minutes before the country’s interim leader was sworn in, in a vivid reminder of the military’s role in ousting Mohamed Mursi as head of state.
Egypt’s new president says Brotherhood ‘part of nation’: report
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s new head of state said the Muslim Brotherhood were part of the people and were welcome to help “build the nation” a day after the military overthrew president Mohamed Mursi, the website of the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper repo…
British surveillance firm denies bugging Ecuador’s embassy
LONDON (Reuters) – A British private surveillance company denied on Thursday that it had bugged the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living for over a year.
Portugal markets recover as political crisis talks resume
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s bond yields dropped on Thursday and its stock market rose, reversing some of the previous day’s sharp losses, as the prime minister and his junior coalition partner sought to defuse a political crisis.
Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of top Brotherhood leader
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian prosecutor’s office ordered on Thursday the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s top leader, Mohamed Badie, and his deputy, Khairat el-Shater, judicial and army sources said, after the military overthrew President Mohamed M…
Russia criticizes three EU countries for delaying Bolivian leader’s plane
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia criticized France, Spain and Portugal on Thursday for delaying the Bolivian president’s flight home from Moscow this week over suspicions that former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was on his plane.
Egypt’s interim president sworn in
CAIRO (Reuters) – The head of Egypt’s Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, was sworn in as interim president on Thursday, a day after the army ousted Mohamed Mursi as head of state.
