Obama’s bid to Congress on Syria part of push for global backing: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional approval for possible military action against Syria can be seen as part of an effort to forge a global consensus on responding to the use of chemical arms anywhere,…
Egypt expels Al Jazeera journalists in crackdown on Qatari channel
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt deported three Al Jazeera journalists on Sunday, days after the Qatari-owned channel carried appeals from leaders of ousted President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood to stage protests against the army-backed government.
In sweatshops, the ‘Brazilian dream’ goes awry
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – When Margot Alarconciles woke up one morning last year and found her son sick with what appeared to be a cold, there was little she could do but wrap him in an extra blanket, walk down the hallway and start her workday: sewing clo…
Portugal PM: no need to change constitution for bailout drive
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s constitutional court is complicating Lisbon’s already fraught attempts to meet its EU/IMF bailout goals but Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said on Sunday he had no intention of limiting its power by changing the consti…
Syrians relieved, disappointed at Obama strike delay
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Senegal’s President Sall fires PM Abdoul Mbaye
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall fired Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye on Sunday just over a year after naming the former banker to head the government, an official said.
Iranian agency drops Rafsanjani remarks critical of Syrian government
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian news agency quoted former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as saying Syria’s government had attacked its own people with chemical weapons, but later replaced the report with a different version that did not attribute blam…
Analysis: Libya protests threaten stability as oil output dives
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – No end is in sight to the worst disruption to Libya’s oil industry since the civil war in 2011 as armed groups, security guards and oil workers with tribal loyalties shut down pipelines and oil ports across the country.
Attackers torch Saudi religious police building
DUBAI (Reuters) – The entrance of a Saudi religious police building has been set on fire, Saudi media reported on Sunday, in a rare attack on a force criticized by the public for its heavy-handed tactics.
Saudi Arabia says it backs U.S. strikes if Syrian people do
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it was time for the world to do everything it could to prevent aggression against the Syrian people, and that it would back a U.S. strike on Syria if the Syrian people did.
