South Africa’s NUMSA union plans auto sector strike
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s biggest union for manufacturing plans to launch an open-ended nationwide strike on Monday in the country’s key auto sector in a dispute over pay affecting over 30,000 assembly line workers.
U.N. Chief Ban condemns violence used to clear Cairo demonstrations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned violence used by Egyptian security forces to clear Cairo of protesters demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
Kazakhstan jails Muslim radicals for anti-government plot
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan jailed six men on Wednesday for conspiring to assassinate government officials, the Supreme Court said, indicating a possible rise of Islamist violence in the oil-rich country.
Egypt stock exchange, banks not to open on Thursday
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s stock exchange and banks will not open on Thursday following violence sweeping the country, a bourse statement and an official at the central bank said.
Hope fades for 18 on Indian submarine after blasts, fire
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s navy chief held out little hope for survivors on a submarine after some of its weapons detonated accidentally and fire swept through it. The likely deaths and damage are the worst blow to the navy since a 1971 war with Pakist…
EU deplores Egypt deaths, calls for restraint
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union deplored the killings in Egypt of dozens of demonstrators in Egypt on Wednesday as security forces cleared protest camps and it called for maximum restraint by all sides.
At least 60 dead in raid on Cairo protest camp: hospital nurse
CAIRO (Reuters) – The death toll from an Egyptian police raid on supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi at a Cairo protest camp has climbed to 60 at one hospital, according to a nurse who said she counted the bodies.
Cameraman from Britain’s Sky News killed in Egypt violence
LONDON (Reuters) – A television cameraman working for Britain’s Sky News was shot and killed in Cairo on Wednesday as violence flared in Egypt, Sky News said.
Tunisia ruling party leader calls for non-partisan cabinet
TUNIS (Reuters) – The secretary general of Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party said on Wednesday he favored a non-partisan cabinet in what may be a significant concession to the secular opposition after weeks of anti-government unrest.
Death toll in Egypt’s Fayoum climbs to 17
CAIRO (Reuters) – The death toll from clashes in the Egyptian province of Fayoum between supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi and the security forces climbed to 17, the state news agency reported.
