TACOMA (Reuters) – A shooting rampage in March that left 16 Afghans dead in two villages was the work of more than one person, an Afghan police investigator testified on Sunday, contradicting the U.S. government’s account. Military prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accusing him of killing the villagers, mostly women and children, when he ventured out of his remote camp on two revenge-fueled forays over a five-hour period in March. …
On streets of Athens, racist attacks increase
The attack came seemingly out of nowhere. As the 28-year-old Bangladeshi man dug around trash bins one recent afternoon for scrap metal, two women and a man set upon him with a knife. He screamed as he fell. Rushed to the hospital, he was treated for a gash to the back of his thigh. Syrian helicopters bombard town near Turkish border: witness
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) – Syrian helicopters bombed the town of Ras al-Ain near the border with Turkey on Monday, a Reuters witness said, days after the town fell to rebels. Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bombarded Ras al-Ain over the weekend after it fell to the Free Syrian Army on Thursday, sending 9,000 fleeing the area in a 24-hour period. (Reporting by Jonathon Burch; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by John Stonestreet)
Wind-whipped rains lift Venice tide to 6th highest
Heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds have flooded Venice and brought the lagoon city's high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began being kept 150 years ago. Deadly quake collapses bridge, mine in Myanmar
A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining region said mines collapsed and as many as 12 people were feared dead. Iran launches air drills in country's east
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran launched large-scale air defense drills in the country’s eastern half on Monday, Iranian media reported, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over a military incident in the Gulf reported last week. The “Velayat-4″ maneuvers being held this week will span 850,000 square kilometers in Iran’s northeast, east, and southeast regions, or about half its total land mass. The maneuvers will include about 8,000 troops, drawn both from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its regular military, several media outlets said. …
Analysis: European austerity protests far from revolution
PARIS (Reuters) – In a cafe near the former site of Paris’s Bastille prison, activists held a meeting last month to decide whether to join unions in protesting the French government’s belt-tightening. Only five people turned up at Cafe Maldoror, a favored haunt of the radical left. Even in the city whose revolutionary credentials date back to the 1789 uprising that began at the gates of its famous gaol, calls to build a European-wide popular front against the toughest budget cuts in a generation are falling on deaf ears. “In France people… …
US in tough contest for Human Rights Council seat
The United States is competing with four Western countries for three seats on the Human Rights Council in the only contested election on the U.N.’s top human rights body.
Myanmar quake death toll at 11, aftershocks rumble
YANGON (Reuters) – Aftershocks rattled central Myanmar after an earthquake that killed at least 11 people, with that toll likely to rise on Monday as several workers were missing after a half-built bridge collapsed on the Irrawaddy River. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake early on Sunday struck about 60 km (37 miles) northwest of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city, near the town of Shwebo. It was felt in Thailand and other neighboring countries. Several large aftershocks were felt during the day and state television said one of 5.7 magnitude hit just after midnight. …
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