The family of an American freelance journalist who has been missing in Syria since mid-August says they still don't know who is holding him or where he is. Ex-BBC head payoff "tough to justify" - government
LONDON (Reuters) – The 450,000-pound payoff for ex-BBC Director General George Entwistle who resigned at the weekend just two months into the job, is “tough to justify,” Culture Secretary Maria Miller said on Monday. Entwistle quit after the publicly-funded broadcaster aired mistaken allegations of child sex abuse against a former leading politician. He would have been entitled to six-months’ salary as a payoff but instead has been awarded a full year’s pay, the BBC said. …
Official: Uganda to pass anti-gay bill this year
Uganda’s anti-gay bill will be passed before the end of 2012 despite international criticism of the draft legislation, the speaker of the country’s parliament said Monday, insisting it is what most Ugandans want.
Dissident group says killed Northern Irish prison officer
BELFAST (Reuters) – A group of militant Irish nationalists said it shot dead a Northern Irish prison officer as he drove to work earlier this month, and linked the attack to a dispute over prison conditions. Belfast-based newspaper The Irish News on Monday said it had received a statement claiming responsibility for the shooting from the IRA, a coalition of dissident groups formed earlier this year. The group says it is the successor of the much larger Provisional IRA, which fought British forces in the 1970s and 1980s but disbanded after the 1998 Good Friday peace deal. …
UN: NKorea has better harvest but faces shortages
North Korea increased its staple foods production for the second year in a row but its citizens are still suffering from a serious lack of key proteins and fats in their diets, a U.N. report said Monday.
Tripoli attack points to Lebanon's Sunni rivalries
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fire on the house of a Sunni leader in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Monday, the latest eruption of violence in a city where political and sectarian fault lines have been exposed by the civil war in Syria. The Syria conflict has revived old animosities in northern city between an Alawite minority loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and members of the majority Sunni community who support the 19-month-old uprising. …
Insurgents kill NATO soldier in Afghanistan
The international military coalition in Afghanistan says a service member has been killed in an insurgent attack in the country’s east.
Ex-Malawi president's son leaves cabinet
The son of Malawi’s former president has resigned his post as a minister in current President Joyce Banda’s administration after announcing his own presidential bid.
Libya postpones trial of former prime minister
The spokesman for Libya’s prosecutor general says Moammar Gadhafi’s last prime minister has been charged with embezzlement and his trial has been postponed until December to give the defense more time to prepare.
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