Japan PM’s China overture at risk if cabinet minister visits shrine
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to improve strained ties with China by staying away from a Tokyo shrine to war dead could be thwarted if cabinet members and a ruling party executive pay their respects there next week.
Taliban reject Afghan elections, vow to fight until troops leave
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban will not take part in next year’s presidential elections and will wage war until foreign troops leave the country, the group’s elusive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, said in a message released on Tuesday.
Indictment of Pakistan’s Musharraf adjourned over security fear
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A court in Pakistan delayed the indictment of former leader Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday because it was too dangerous for him to attend the proceedings due to threats to his life.
Marginalized poor on Tunis outskirts cling to embattled government
ETTADAMEN, TUNIS (Reuters) – Faisal the repairman doesn’t have time for the anti-government protests shaking the capital 10 kilometers away. Just as before Tunisia’s 2011 revolution, his main preoccupation is keeping food on the table.
Norway’s opposition lead shrinks before election: poll
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s ruling Labor Party and its allies are closing in on the center-right opposition, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday, suggesting a close race in next month’s parliamentary election with small parties the kingmakers.
Pakistan denies firing on Indian troops on Kashmir border
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security officials denied any involvement on Tuesday in the deaths of Indian soldiers on the disputed and heavily militarized border in Kashmir.
Opposition vows mass protest over Cambodian election deadlock
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – The result remains hotly disputed, but Cambodia’s recent general election has put long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen on a collision course with a resurgent opposition and revealed widespread unhappiness with his iron-fisted rule…
Australia PM Rudd criticizes Rupert Murdoch role in election race
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has waded into Australia’s election race, calling a key ruling party platform unaffordable and drawing accusations from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd that he was trying to oust his struggling governmen…
Syrian rebels capture military airport near Turkey
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels captured a main military airport near the border with Turkey on Tuesday, consolidating their hold on a key supply route north of the city of Aleppo, opposition activists said.
One Sudanese soldier killed in clash with South Sudan
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – One Sudanese soldier was killed on Monday in a clash with troops from South Sudan after a patrol from the south crossed the border, a Sudanese military spokesman said.
