BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has sought tirelessly to secure her late husband’s place in Argentina’s pantheon alongside popular leader Juan Domingo Peron and his glamorous wife Evita, the country’s most influential politicians of the 20th century.
At least 7 killed in attack on Shi'ite procession in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed at least seven people near a Shi'ite procession in Pakistan on Saturday, police s aid, with security forces on high alert over fears of large-scale sectarian attacks on the minority sect across the country. Pakistan, a nuclear-armed U.S. ally, is suspending phone coverage in many cities this weekend, an important one in the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, after a series of bomb attacks on Shi'ites triggered by mobile phones. Hardline Sunnis have threatened more attacks as the Shi'ite mourning month of Muharram comes to a climax. … Argentine leader puts Kirchner on Perons' pedestal
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has sought tirelessly to secure her late husband's place in Argentina's pantheon alongside popular leader Juan Domingo Peron and his glamorous wife Evita, the country's most influential politicians of the 20th century. UK foster row sparks political furor, spotlights anti-EU party
LONDON (Reuters) – British politicians berated a local council in England on Saturday after it removed children from a foster family's care because of its support for a political party that wants the UK to exit the European Union and backs tighter immigration rules. The row has spotlighted the UK Independence Party (UKIP) that has seen its popularity rise in recent months on the back of growing voter disenchantment with Britain's membership of the EU, and has raised hackles among conservative politicians who accuse the left of excessive political correctness. … Foster row sparks political furore, spotlights anti-EU party
LONDON (Reuters) – British politicians berated a local council in England on Saturday after it removed children from a foster family’s care because of its support for a political party that wants the UK to exit the European Union and backs tighter immigration rules. The row has spotlighted the UK Independence Party (UKIP) that has seen its popularity rise in recent months on the back of growing voter disenchantment with Britain’s membership of the EU, and has raised hackles among conservative politicians who accuse the left of excessive political correctness. …
Kabul police: 1 dies in clash at Kabul University
Kabul Police say a one person is dead in a clash at Kabul University where people were marking the Shiite holy day of Ashoura.
Lebanon army seizes men suspected of bomb plot against Shi'ites
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese army said on Saturday it had arrested five Syrian men found with explosives and suspected of planning an attack on a Shi’ite Muslim procession on Sunday. The war in neighboring Syria, pitting majority Sunni Muslim rebels against President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle of Alawites – an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam – has widened rifts in Lebanon, still politically divided along sectarian lines deepened by its own 15-year civil war. …
Nobel literature winner Herta Mueller calls 2012 choice of China's Mo Yan a 'catastrophe'
STOCKHOLM – Herta Mueller, the 2009 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, says the choice to give this year’s award to Mo Yan is a “catastrophe” that never should have happened, and accuses the Chinese writer of praising the Asian country’s tough censorship laws.
Lebanese army: 5 Syrians arrested with explosives
Lebanese soldiers raided an apartment in the country’s south on Saturday and arrested five Syrian nationals for possession of explosives, the army said, the latest incident fanning fears that Syria’s civil war is spilling across the border.
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