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Iran warns of consequences if Arabs back oil sanctions
TEHRAN, (Reuters) - Iran warned Gulf Arab neighbours yesterday they would suffer consequences if they raised oil output to replace Iranian crude facing an international ban.
Two more bodies found on ship, three people rescued
GIGLIO, Italy, (Reuters) - Three survivors and two more dead bodies were pulled from the partially submerged wreck of a cruiseliner off the Italian coast, while a search continued though thousands of cabins for 15 people still missing.
Liberian opposition leader flees angry party backers
MONROVIA, (Reuters) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s main rival fled his party headquarters in the capital Monrovia yesterday when it was besieged by dozens of supporters angry at his decision to recognise her government after a disputed November election.
Pakistan Taliban leader believed dead-intelligence officials
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) - The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, is believed to have been killed by a U.
Russian military says spacecraft debris falls in ocean
MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Pieces of a failed Russian Mars probe plummeted into the Pacific Ocean far off the Chilean coast yesterday, Russian news agencies cited a military official as saying.
Trini farmers say Guyanese ‘squeezing them out’
(Trinidad Guardian) An invasion of Guyanese farmers in the food basket of Aranguez is stirring up a hornet’s nest among local farmers who claim they are forced to pay exorbitant rent for agricultural lands and are being denied a livelihood, the result of the outsiders’ presence.
Three die amid panic as cruise ship wrecked in Italy
PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) - Passengers leapt into the sea and fought over lifejackets in panic when an Italian cruise ship ran aground and keeled over, killing at least three and leaving dozens missing.
Italy ship captain arrested on suspicion of multiple manslaughter
PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) - The captain of the Italian cruise liner that ran aground off Italy was arrested on suspicion of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship, police said yesterday.
Iran sends rare letter to US over killed scientist
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said yesterday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country’s nuclear programme have escalated to their highest level ever.
Qatar emir suggests sending Arab troops to Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) - Qatar has proposed sending Arab troops to halt the bloodshed in Syria, where violence has raged on despite the presence of Arab League monitors sent to check if an Arab peace plan is working.
Merkel vows faster eurozone reform after S&P downgrades
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - European leaders promised yesterday to speed up plans to strengthen spending rules and get a permanent bailout fund up and running as soon as possible, a day after US agency S&P cut the ratings of several eurozone countries’ creditworthiness.
Why development aid is not enough
Erik Solheim is Norway’s Minister for Development and Environment.
Myanmar frees more political prisoners, US lauds move
YANGON, (Reuters) - Myanmar freed at least 200 political prisoners yesterday in an amnesty that prompted the United States to upgrade diplomatic relations as one of the world’s most reclusive states opens up after half a century of authoritarian rule.
Kenyan judge faces suspension over gun threat
NAIROBI, (Reuters) - Kenya’s top judge called yesterday for his deputy to be suspended while she is investigated for threatening a shopping mall security guard with a pistol.
Peru court sentences Van der Sloot to 28 years for murder
LIMA, (Reuters) - Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison by a Peruvian court yesterday for killing a woman in Lima in 2010, exactly five years since 18-year-old Alabama native Natalee Holloway disappeared after spending time with him.