LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal's parliament approved the biggest tax increases in the country's modern history on Wednesday, paving the way for a court battle over a budget which the government s ays is vital for keeping its international bailout afloat. The government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has searched for ways to guarantee revenues in order to meet budget goals set under the 78-billion euro ($101 billion) bailout deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund. … Official: Gunmen kill 20 in north Nigeria village
A government official says gunmen suspected to belong to a violent robbery gang attacked a village in northern Nigeria, killing 20 people.
Myanmar must protect Muslims and halt discrimination, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights investigators called on Myanmar on Wednesday to halt deadly sectarian violence and warned it not to use the conflict as a pretext to remove Rohingya minority Muslims. Some 89 people have been killed in clashes between Buddhist Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas in western Myanmar in the past 10 days, according to the latest official toll. “This situation must not become an opportunity to permanently remove an unwelcome community,” said a joint statement issued by Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. …
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