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Sri Lanka orders top judge to attend impeachment case - AFP
"The PSC (Parliamentary Select Committee) in a majority decision asked the Chief Justice to be present at the opening of a hearing on Friday at the parliament," an MP who declined to be named told AFP on Monday. The 54-year-old chief justice has ...
Kenya grenade attack wounds four - AFP
MOMBASA, Kenya — A grenade attack in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa Friday left four people seriously wounded, including a local chief, a government official said. "A grenade from a speeding vehicle was thrown into a local chief's compound in ...
Gunmen kill Guinea official - AFP
Aissatou Boiro, 58, was gunned down in Conakry late Friday by "a man wearing a Guinean army uniform", a relative told AFP on condition of anonymity. Boiro was responsible for foiling a plot to embezzle around 1.5 million euros ($1.9 million) from the ...
Lover's jealous emails led to CIA chief's downfall - AFP
"It didn't start with Petraeus, but in the course of the investigation they stumbled across him," an unnamed congressional official briefed on the matter told The New York Times. The threatening and harassing emails from Broadwell, a married mother of ...
8000 more Syrian refugees flee to Turkey - AFP
The latest influx brought the total number of Syrian refugees in Turkey to more than 120,000, the official added on condition of anonymity. "Five thousand Syrians were taken to a camp in Akcakale town near the Syrian border and the others were to stay ...
Egypt Salafists ordered off Coptic church land: report - AFP
"The Banha prosecution wrapped up its investigation late Wednesday night and instructed police to guard the plot of land and prevent trespassers," the source said. "Investigations by the prosecution and the police ruled that the church is the rightful ...
Security increase reported after Tibet protests - AFP
They have increased their patrols and they stay out for 24 hours a day," a shop owner in the town centre who refused to give her name told AFP by phone. Police in Tongren refused to comment when contacted by AFP. Tibetan anger at Beijing's control has ...
Spain blocks ECB nominee as gender row deepens - AFP
BRUSSELS — Spain blocked Monday the appointment of another man to the all-male ECB's executive board but a source said Madrid's decision was motivated by a desire to regain influence at the top of the eurozone's central bank. Spanish Finance Minister ...
China files WTO complaint against EU over green energy: source - AFP
GENEVA — China has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against the European Union over renewable energy subsidies, a source close to the world trade body said Monday. "I can confirm we have received a complaint from China against ...
Syrian ex-PM in opposition talks with Ankara - AFP
"The ways to address the Syrian crisis and a reorganisation among the Syrian opposition ranks were discussed," in the meeting, the source said on condition of anonymity. The deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria was also addressed, the same ...
'Militia attack' kills 13 in Sudan's Darfur - AFP
"Basically it was a tribal clash between local militia and Zaghawa," the source said, adding that five people were also reported missing. Since July, civilians have been increasingly at risk from inter-communal fighting, harassment by militia groups ...
Europe must support Greece reforms: US official - AFP
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Obama administration has been following the discussions between Greece and the so-called "troika" of international lenders -- the IMF, the EU and the ECB -- "very closely." "The troika and ...
Mali extremists head to Burkina, Algeria for talks - AFP
BAMAKO — One of the radical Islamist groups controlling northern Mali, Ansar Dine, on Friday sent delegations to Algeria and Burkina Faso to hold peace talks, a source close to the extremists said. "Currently we have a delegation on its way to ...
Putin 'cancels trips due to injury' - AFP
The president is now undergoing treatment for the injury but the main recommendation of doctors is to refrain from flying which has a negative effect on the spine, the Vedomosti daily said, citing sources close to the Kremlin. It also quoted a manager ...
Sudan protesters bite back over 'mosquito' farm - AFP
One resident, who asked not to be named, said people in four communities had been affected by the rise in mosquito numbers which they blame on the large rice farm operated by United Arab Emirates investors. "They have complained many times to ...
Saboteurs blow up Yemen gas pipeline: company - AFP
A Yemeni official who requested anonymity told AFP that the assailants had placed an explosive device on the pipeline 30 kilometres south of the Safer gas fields in the eastern province of Marib. Similar explosions struck gas pipelines that also feed ...
Iran to top Israel PM's agenda at Paris talks - AFP
The two-day trip is important because it will be Netanyahu's "first opportunity to talk with President Hollande, and he hopes to build a good working relationship with the French leader," a source close to the Israeli leader told AFP. Since taking ...
Bahraini prince to visit Gaza on Thursday - AFP
"Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa will come on Thursday to open two schools in Gaza City which have been funded by the Bahrain Royal Charity Organisation," a source close to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said Tuesday. The visit ...
Violent protests in Kenya after murder of local politician - AFP
A senior police officer, who requested anonymity, told AFP that three people "died from either burning or suffocation after teargas was lobbed into a hardware shop they were hiding in". Nyanza provincial police officer Joseph Oli Tito confirmed the ...
10 dead as Nigeria church bombing sparks revenge attacks - AFP
The church attack left at least seven people dead in addition to the bomber, while at least three people were killed in reprisal violence, a rescue official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to provide figures. According to ...
Top ETA leader arrested in France - AFP
They were arrested at 2:00 am (0100 GMT), a source said. Both of them were in possession of weapons. Lesaka had been on the run since 2005 and was sentenced to seven years in France in January. Born in Pamplona in 1975, she often used to stay in ...
Google chief to meet French president amid pay row - AFP
Schmidt's meeting with the president will be preceded by one with Communication and Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti, the source said on condition of anonymity. Google has warned that it would exclude French media sites from its search results if ...
French magazine's appeal on Kate photos to be heard in April - AFP
PARIS — French gossip magazine Closer's appeal against a court injunction ordering it to hand over all forms of pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine sunbathing topless will he heard next April, a source said Friday. The hearing will take place ...
Iraq looks to reinstate disbanded army officers - AFP
said the ex-officer, who is also applying to be reinstated but declined to be identified. Hamed al-Mutlak, an MP who sits on parliament's security and defence committee who once served under Saddam, said he believes Maliki has good intentions but that ...
WTO appoints panel to probe China, US auto dispute - AFP
In the dispute, one of many involving the world's two biggest economies, the US described China's actions as having "profound procedural and substantive deficiencies," a source close to the organisation said. The duties were also in breach of ...