ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo has said he will reject a demand by African heads of state today that he cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara or face force.
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GLADSTONE, Australia – Military aircraft flew supplies to an Australian town slowly disappearing under floodwater, as authorities warned today that record floods that have devastated the northeast were far from over.
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CAIRO – Angry Coptic Christians clashed with police yesterday as they demanded more protection for Egypt’s Christians following a New Year’s Day church bombing that killed 21 of their brethren.
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WASHINGTON – A fight over the U.S. budget loomed yesterday as a top aide to President Barack Obama warned of catastrophic consequences if Republicans follow through on threats to reject an increase in the nation’s borrowing limit.
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MOSCOW – Three Russian opposition leaders received short jail terms yesterday for “disobedience towards police” after a rally, a party spokesman said, a sign of a new crackdown on critics of the Kremlin.
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MADRID – Bar and restaurant owners in Spain, until now one of Europe’s most smoker-friendly countries, fear that a ban on smoking in public places that takes effect this weekend will hit them hard and worsen the economic crisis.
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LAGOS – Nigeria’s main militant group, which claimed responsibility for October car bombings in Abuja, said it was not behind the New Year’s Eve blast in the capital.
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WASHINGTON – The prospects for cooperation between the United States and China in space are fading even as proponents say working together in the heavens could help build bridges in often-testy relations on Earth.
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