China ex-rail minister gets suspended death sentence for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China handed down a suspended death sentence on a former railways minister for corruption on Monday, state media said, a case seen as a test of President Xi Jinping’s resolve to crack down on pervasive graft.
Insight: Threat of protest vote casts long shadow over European elections
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In the diplomatic parlor games popular in Brussels, few issues are generating more gossip or being talked about more animatedly than next year’s elections to the European Parliament.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says 34 of its supporters killed
CAIRO (Reuters) – A spokesman for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said 34 of its supporters were killed on Monday when they were fired upon at a sit-in outside the military facility where toppled President Mohamed Mursi is being held.
Earthquake strikes El Salvador, no damage reported
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A strong earthquake struck the Pacific coast of El Salvador on Sunday evening, shaking buildings in San Salvador, and sending residents running out into the street.
Asiana says pilot of crashed plane was in training
SEOUL (Reuters) – Asiana Airlines Inc said the pilot in charge of landing the Boeing 777 that crash-landed at San Francisco’s airport on Saturday was training for the long-range plane and that it was his first flight to the airport with the jet.
Huge crowds rally in Egypt, political talks stalled
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi gathered in Cairo and Alexandria on Sunday, two days after similar gatherings led to nationwide clashes that claimed more than 30 lives.
Gunmen attack Sinai checkpoints close to Israel border
CAIRO (Reuters) – Armed men launched a series of attacks on Sunday on security checkpoints in the North Sinai towns of Sheikh Zuweid and El Arish close to Egypt’s border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, and one soldier was killed.
Syrian opposition head expects advanced weapons to reach rebels
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The new president of the opposition Syrian National Coalition said on Sunday he expected advanced weapons supplied by Saudi Arabia to reach rebel fighters soon and change their military situation, which he described as weak.
Pope Francis visits Lampedusa as migrant arrivals pick up
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis makes his first official trip outside Rome on Monday with a visit to Lampedusa, the tiny island off Sicily that has been the first port of safety for untold thousands of migrants crossing by sea from North Afri…
Cuba’s Raul Castro criticizes U.S., backs allies on Snowden
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro on Sunday backed offers of asylum by Venezuela and other Latin American countries to fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and criticized the United States for what he described as bullying ot…
