Sudan plane crash in south kills all 32 on board
The office of the Sudanese president says all 32 people on board died when a plane carrying a government delegation crashed in the country’s south.
ECB mulling interest rate threshold for bond buys: magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is considering setting interest rate thresholds for any purchases of struggling euro zone country's bonds so that it would buy such bonds if their interest rates exceeded a certain premium over German bonds, a German magazine reported. Germany's weekly Spiegel magazine, which did not name its sources, said on Sunday that the ECB would decide whether to implement such thresholds at its September meeting. The measure would signal to investors what interest level the ECB considers appropriate. … Report: Merkel ally rejects concessions to Greece
A senior ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted that there is no room for concessions to Greece on fulfilling the conditions of its aid program and said in an interview published Sunday that he sees little chance of Germany’s governing coalition supporting a third rescue package.
Insight - Workers to warriors: union war batters South Africa mines
LYDENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa's platinum promise of prosperity has turned into a heap of broken dreams for Vusimuzi Mathosi, one of 2,000 workers laid off by Aquarius Platinum at its Everest Mine. "This place can only be sustained with platinum. What can we do now?," he told Reuters near the one-room box he and his family call home in a dilapidated township on the outskirts of Lydenburg, 300 km (180 miles) east of Johannesburg. … Philippines widens sea search for missing interior minister
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has widened a search for the interior minister and two pilots a day since they went missing after a twin-engine light plane carrying them plunged into the sea off the central island of Masbate, the navy commander said on Sunday. Five navy and coastguard ships, nine aircraft and eight teams of divers searched waters off Masbate for the wreckage of a six-seat Piper Aircraft Seneca plane carrying Interior Minister Jesse Robredo on Saturday. Security officials said Robredo, 54, was aboard with his bodyguard and two pilots. … Anti-UN rally in Myanmar over Rohingya aid
A group of about 50 demonstrators from violence-hit western Myanmar gathered in Yangon on Sunday to protest against UN assistance for stateless Rohingya Muslims. 
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