Bulgaria’s ousted center-right extends lead before May poll
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s center-right GERB party, which was forced from power by nationwide protests in February, has extended its lead ahead of elections in May which are likely to produce a hung parliament, an Alpha Research poll showed on Monday…
Private dailies re-emerge in Myanmar, face difficulties
YANGON (Reuters) – Four private dailies hit the newsstands for the first time in almost 50 years in Myanmar on Monday, but many others failed to appear, hamstrung by poor financing, archaic equipment and a dearth of reporters.
Suicide bomber in fuel truck kills nine in Iraq’s Tikrit
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove an oil tanker packed with explosives into a local Iraqi government compound on Monday, killing at least nine people, mostly policemen, in the northern city of Tikrit.
Kenya looks for economic peace dividend after calm vote
NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s tourism industry may be a swift winner from the election of Uhuru Kenyatta, owner of hotels and a vast business empire, as east Africa’s biggest economy seeks to benefit from a vote that avoided a re-run of bl…
Mali troops hunt for rebels after Timbuktu clash
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian troops searched house-to-house in Timbuktu on Monday morning following hours of fighting with Islamist rebels who had infiltrated the northern desert town.
Adviser to Libyan PM seized in Tripoli: source
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – An adviser to Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was grabbed from his car by unknown assailants on the outskirts of Tripoli on Sunday evening, a government source said.
Death toll hits 34 in Tanzania building collapse
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – The death toll from the collapse of a multi-storey building in Tanzania has risen to 34 after more bodies were pulled from the rubble, a senior government official said on Monday.
Kuwait executes three men convicted of murder
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait executed three men on Monday who had been convicted of murder, the first executions in the Gulf Arab state since 2007, state news agency KUNA reported.
U.S. F-22 stealth jets join South Korea drills amid saber-rattling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea.
Iran sanctions spur boom for Pakistani diesel smugglers
JOGAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Some of the contraband is spirited across the mountains in Pepsi bottles carried by child smugglers. Yet more is loaded into pick-up trucks or siphoned into barrels and strapped onto mules.
