Russia's top Orthodox clerics on Saturday asked for mercy for the punk band Pussy Riot for its anti-government protest in a Moscow cathedral, but the church's forgiveness is unlikely to change the band's punishment in a case that caused an international furor over political dissent. Report: Czech police arrest Breivik sympathizer
Czech police say a man believed to be a sympathizer of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested for building up a stash of weapons, explosives, a detonator and an automatic rifle at his home. More work needed on Zimbabwe draft constitution: Mugabe
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Saturday said more work was still needed on a long delayed draft constitution that would set the country on the path to new elections. Palestinian government debt hurts private sector
Palestinian drug importer Ghassan Mustaklem says he can't afford to work with the West Bank's Palestinian government anymore. He recently halted supplies to his biggest client, which now owes $12 million in unpaid bills, or more than half his annual turnover. Somalia names 202 members of new parliament
Somalia on Saturday took a step toward electing a new president after a committee overseeing the war-torn country's transition to a replacement government named more than 200 parliamentarians. Britain, Ecuador seek friendly solution amid diplomatic stalemate over WikiLeaks' Assange
LONDON – Britain is seeking an amicable solution with Ecuador to their diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a U.K. official insisted Saturday, as the secret-spiller prepared to make his first public statement since the Latin American nation confirmed it would offer him asylum.
EU's Ashton condemns "hateful" Iran remarks on Israel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU foreign policy chief said on Saturday that comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called Israel a “cancerous tumour” with no place in a future Middle East, were “outrageous and hateful”. Catherine Ashton’s language was unusually forthright for the West’s chief negotiator over Iran’s nuclear program. Ashton “strongly condemns the outrageous and hateful remarks threatening Israel’s existence by the Supreme Leader and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said a statement by her spokesman. …
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