Portugal PM wins confidence vote, vows to meet bailout goals
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s prime minister ruled out any backtracking on its bailout terms on Tuesday as his revamped government easily won a confidence vote intended to show it has repaired an internal rift over austerity.
‘Boxing’ Mugabe lays down the gloves on Zimbabwe election eve
HARARE (Reuters) – Setting aside weeks of campaign trail acrimony, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe buried the hatchet with political rival Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday, the eve of a hotly contested election that remains too close to call.
Security headaches dampen investor enthusiasm in Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The men, some of them armed, arrived at the gates of the Al Hani General Construction Company compound on the outskirts of the Libyan capital and forced their way into the site.
Turkish troops use teargas to stop smugglers entering from Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers shot into the air and fired teargas this week to prevent hundreds of people described by the military as smugglers from trying to cross into Turkey from Syria.
Colombia’s FARC wants leftist involved in freeing U.S. captive
BOGOTA/HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels said on Tuesday they are waiting for the government to allow a leftist politician to be involved in coordinating the release of a former U.S. marine kidnapped last month before setting him free.
Quartet urges Israelis, Palestinians to avoid undermining talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators urged Israelis and Palestinians on Tuesday to avoid actions that undermine new peace negotiations.
Tunisia’s biggest union tells Islamist-led government to quit
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s largest labor union called on Tuesday for the dissolution of the Islamist-led government and the interior minister offered to resign as a political crisis deepened.
Rwanda dismisses U.S. charges it backs Congo rebels
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Rwanda dismissed on Tuesday U.S. charges that it was supporting M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and said leveling accusations would not help pacify the region.
Israelis, Palestinians to meet again within two weeks: Kerry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will hold their next round of peace talks within the next two weeks in Israel or the Palestinian territories, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
Car bomb defused outside hotel in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan security forces defused a dozen bombs found in a car parked outside a luxury hotel in the capital Tripoli, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
