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Kenya police fire teargas to disperse Odinga supporters
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Police fired teargas to disperse supporters of Kenya's defeated presidential contender Raila Odinga gathered in front of the Supreme Court on Saturday, hours before his lawyers were...
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Zimbabweans vote to clip president's power
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans were expected to vote for a new constitution on Saturday that would clip presidential powers and pave the way for an election to decide whether...
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China keeps central bank chief Zhou on in reform push
By Sui-Lee Wee and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China kept Zhou Xiaochuan on as governor of the central bank on Saturday in a bid to speed up market-based reforms needed to sustain long-term growth in...
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Bulgaria will not take lead in blacklisting Hezbollah - PM
By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's new interim prime minister said on Saturday he would not initiate any move to impose EU sanctions on the Islamist group Hezbollah, even though the...
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Thousands of Tunisians call for Islamist government to quit
By Tarek Amara Tunis (Reuters) - Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of the capital Tunis on Saturday to call for an end to an Islamist government they blame for the assassination of a leading...
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Congolese rebels surrender, flee after defeat by rivals
By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Congolese rebels loyal to warlord Bosco Ntaganda have fled into neighbouring Rwanda or surrendered to United Nations peacekeepers after being routed by a...
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Cameron tells fractious party to stay focused
By Tim Castle LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron sought to quell talk of a leadership challenge after a run of political setbacks, telling activists in his Conservative party on Saturday...
View ArticleSyrian general, 20 soldiers defect - opposition
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A brigadier general and about 20 soldiers defected from the Syrian army in two separate incidents on Saturday, activists said, in another sign that the strength of President Bashar...
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Bulgarian centre-right hold lead in March, poll shows
SOFIA (Reuters) - Support for Bulgaria's centre-right GERB led by ex-Prime Minister Boiko Borisov fell in March after protests about living standards but it held a lead over the Socialists ahead of May...
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Argentina's dictatorship economy chief Martinez de Hoz dies
By Helen Popper BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz, economy minister during the most brutal years of Argentina's "dirty war" dictatorship and architect of some of the crisis-prone...
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Berlusconi clashes with "stupid" protesters as tensions rise
ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, facing trial on tax fraud and sex charges, abused protesters who whistled and jeered as he entered parliament on Saturday to vote in an...
View ArticleGerman finance minister asks Bundestag to agree Cyprus deal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's finance minister said on Saturday he would ask parliament to agree the outline of a euro zone bailout for Cyprus as soon as possible, to allow the island's international...
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Britain to close offshore payroll tax loophole
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will close a loophole that has allowed some employers to avoid paying payroll taxes by routing wages through overseas intermediaries, the Treasury said on Saturday. It said...
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Labour party calls for tax cuts to boost economy
LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne should cut payroll taxes in a budget next week to boost a stagnant economy teetering on the edge of its third recession in four years, the Labour party said...
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MP hits back at 'alcoholic' claims
The MP arrested after an alleged brawl in a parliamentary bar denied he was drunk at the time and has hit out at false claims he was an alcoholic.
View ArticleRebels fight Sudanese government troops in south Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels said on Saturday they had killed more than 200 soldiers in South Darfur, but the government said its troops had suffered only a "number" of casualties and repulsed...
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Pakistan government ends unprecedented full term amid criticism
By Mubasher Bukhari and Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's elected government completed its full five-year term on Saturday, the first in the country's turbulent history to do so,...
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Greece seeks buyers for local units of Cypriot banks
ATHENS (Reuters) - Athens has started exploring local lenders' interest in taking over the Greek units of Cypriot banks, as part of the island's international bailout agreed earlier on Saturday,...
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Libyan embassy suspends work in Cairo after protest
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Libyan embassy in Cairo on Saturday suspended work for security reasons, days after Egyptians protested in front of the building over the death of an Egyptian Copt in Libya....
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Italy parliament elects speakers as tensions continue
By James Mackenzie and Roberto Landucci ROME (Reuters) - Italy's centre-left alliance scraped a narrow victory in a vote to appoint the new speakers of parliament on Saturday but the fragile margin of...
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