Zimbabwe riot police deploy on eve of tight election
HARARE (Reuters) – Heavily armed riot police deployed in potential election flashpoints in Zimbabwe on Tuesday on the eve of a poll showdown between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai that remains too close to call.
Thousands mourn victims of Italian bus crash
POZZUOLI, Italy (Reuters) – Thousands of people packed into a sports hall in the southern town of Pozzuoli on Tuesday to commemorate 38 people who died when a coach plunged 25 meters (80 ft) off a motorway viaduct in one of the worst road accidents in …
Saudi website editor sentenced to seven years in prison, lashes
DUBAI (Reuters) – The editor of a Saudi Arabian social website has been sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for founding an Internet forum that violates Islamic values and propagates liberal thought, Saudi media reported on Tuesday.
Mass jail break in Pakistan as Taliban gunmen storm prison
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – In an operation carried out with military-like precision, Taliban fighters disguised as police and armed with bombs broke 250 prisoners out of a Pakistan jail on Tuesday with the help of what appeared to be inside…
134 people killed in clashes in Sudan’s Darfur: tribal leader
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Some 134 people have been killed in new clashes between two rival tribes in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, a tribal leader said on Tuesday.
Car bomb kills Syrian Kurdish politician
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A prominent Syrian Kurdish politician was assassinated early on Tuesday outside his home near the Turkish border when a bomb planted in his car exploded, Kurdish political sources said.
French foreign minister urges release of ex-leader Mursi in Egypt
PARIS (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday that Egypt’s deposed leader, Mohamed Mursi, should be released, calling the country’s political situation “very critical.”
Tunisia interior minister says ready to resign
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou said on Tuesday he was ready to resign, as pressure mounted to dissolve the Islamist-led government.
Insight: In the shadow of Mandela, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe fights on
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Both are hailed as African liberation heroes and both preached, and were praised for, messages of reconciliation and unity when their countries threw off the shackles of white minority rule.
Tunisia’s powerful union joins calls for dissolving government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s largest labor union called on Tuesday for the dissolution of the Islamist-led government, increasing pressure on the moderate Ennahda party in the worst political crisis since the country’s autocratic leader was toppled.
