SANTA MARIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Relatives of the 231 p eople who died in a Brazilian nightclub fire demanded answers on Monday as to how it could have killed so many people, while police questioned the club's owner and members of the band whose pyrotechnics show allegedly caused the tragedy. Several coffins, many draped with flags of the victims' favorite soccer teams, lined a gymnasium that has become a makeshift morgue since the fire in the early hours on Sunday, one of the world's deadliest such incidents in a decade. … Bahrain opposition gives cautious nod for talks
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Bahrain’s main opposition groups say they are willing to open dialogue aimed at easing the Gulf nation’s two-year political crisis, but they seek more clarity on the scope of the possible talks.
Several Australian towns flooded, 3 people killed
Torrential rain over the weekend flooded several towns in eastern Australia, and three deaths were reported Monday.Downtown businesses in the Queensland state capital Brisbane were inundated while 1,200 …
Putin fires head of Russia's restive Dagestan region
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir P utin has dismissed the head of Russia's southerly Dagestan province, the Kremlin said on Monday, signaling concern over mounting Islamist violence, corruption and political rivalries in the Caucasus. Putin appointed Magomedsalam Magomedov, 49, to a role in the presidential administration, the Kremlin statement said, removing him from a post that he had held since 2010. Ramzan Abdulatipov, 67, a veteran politician elected last year as deputy head of the ruling United Russia party in the lower house of parliament, was named acting head of Dagestan. … Two thousand flee as battle engulfs South Sudan town
JUBA (Reuters) – Two thousand people were forced to flee to a U.N. base after a battle between South Sudanese soldiers and the guards of a former rebel commander laid waste to a small town, the United Nations and witnesses said on Monday. South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011 but the government has been struggling to assert control over an impoverished country the size of France that is full of weapons after decades of civil war with the north. …
TSX may open higher on brighter economic prospects
(Reuters) – Canadian stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Monday, mirroring expected Wall Street gains, after recent global economic data suggested the world's biggest economies are on their way to recovery. TOP STORIES Caterpillar Inc reported a 55 percent drop in quarterly profit as customers sold off existing inventories rather than buy new machines. Yield-hungry investors bought 6.63 billion euros of two new Italian bonds at an auction, just less than the top-targeted amount, shrugging off uncertainty ahead of next month's election. … Rebel comic aims to exorcise Italian politics' walking dead
POMEZIA, Italy (Reuters) – Comic Beppe Grillo calls four- time Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi a "dwarf zombie", outgoing premier Mario Monti "rigor Montis" and Italy's political class "the walking dead". Grillo, founder of a movement that will rival even the biggest parties at elections next month, hopes to wipe out the old guard: "We will bring some exorcists to parliament," he said in an interview after a rain-drenched rally south of Rome. The 64-year-old Grillo is quick with wisecracks but the his 5-Star Movement is no joke. … Russia tries whistleblower, despite his death
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia is preparing to put lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on trial, even though he died in 2009, in the latest twist in a case that has become a byword for rampant Russian corruption and has severely strained U.S.-Russian relations. Egypt opposition cool to Morsi's offer of talks amid state of emergency
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Egypt: opposition rejects president's dialogue
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's main opposition coalition has rejected the Islamist president's call for dialogue to resolve the country's political crisis, unless their conditions are met. Congo deal delayed at African Union meeting
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon says an agreement to end violence in Congo was delayed over “procedural issues.”
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