YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan was on course to secure a new five-year term wi th about 58 percent of the votes cast in a presidential election on Monday, an exit poll showed. The exit poll by the Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, reported by Armenian television after voting ended, put Sarksyan's nearest rival, U.S.-born Raffi Hovannisian, on 32 percent. (Reporting By Hasmik Mkrtchyan, Writing by Thomas Grove, Editing by Timothy Heritage) Round-the-world UK cyclists killed in Thailand
LONDON (AP) -- A British couple's round-the-world cycling odyssey ended in tragedy when both of them were killed in a road accident in Thailand. Workers and police clash at airport during Iberia strike
MADRID (Reuters) – Striking union workers clashed with police at Madrid's Barajas airport on Monday on the first day of a week-long strike over more than 3,800 pending job cuts at Spain's flagship airline Iberia. Hundreds of workers demonstrated outside Barajas, Iberia's hub, and inside the airport's Terminal 4 where they carried out a sit-in and chanted and whistled. Outside the terminal police beat some strikers with truncheons. At least two protesters were arrested. … Firm: 9 South African miners injured in shooting
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Anglo American Platinum says nine South African miners were injured when its guards opened fire with rubber bullets to stop a fight between rival unions.
Cuban dissident blogger met by small protests in Brazil
RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) – Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani San chez, was greeted on Monday by a small group of protesters calling her a CIA agent upon arriving in Brazil, the first stop on a whirlwind tour that will take her to a dozen countries. A smiling Sanchez brushed off the student demonstrators who sympathize with Cuba's communist government, saying she wished Cubans had the same freedom to protest back home. Sanchez's arrival in Brazil kicked off her first trip abroad since the Cuban government finally granted her a passport after more than 20 refusals in the past five years. … EU launches military training mission in Mali
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Less than a year after it triggered international condemnation by seizing power in a coup, the Malian military will start receiving advice from European experts on how to maintain control of its vast territory. A look at the murder case facing Oscar Pistorius
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa's prosecutors will begin explaining Tuesday why they accuse Olympian Oscar Pistorius of committing murder in the Valentine's Day shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Draghi says euro exchange rate important for growth, prices
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro's exchange rate is not a policy target for the European Central Bank but it does pose a "downside risk" to inflation that t he ECB will have to assess, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Monday. The euro hit a 15-month high against the dollar earlier this month, complicating the ECB's policy-making tasks by weighing on growth and feeding expectations that it may have to take fresh policy action, which some ECB members oppose. … New research finds at least 3,000 confirmed Indian residential school deaths
TORONTO – New research has found at least 3,000 children are now known to have died during attendance at Canada’s disgraced Indian residential schools.
Pistorius' longtime coach says he's 'in shock'
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius' longtime coach says he's still in shock following the "heart-breaking events" of Reeva Steenkamp's shooting death, which he calls an accident. Metro billionaire founder Otto Beisheim commits suicide
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – German billionaire Otto Beisheim, one of the founders of German retail group Metro , took his own life after being diagnosed with an incurable illness, his family company said on Monday. He was found dead at his home near the Tegernsee lake in Bavaria on Monday morning. The Beisheim Group said Otto Beisheim, 89, had lost hope after his diagnosis. He helped introduce to Germany in the 1960s the concept of “cash and carry”, where trade customers such as hotels and restaurants go to buy products in bulk. …
Shoppers buy less meat after horsemeat scandal
LONDON (Reuters) – The discovery of horsemeat in products sold as beef has shocked many British consumers into buying less meat, a survey showed on Monday. The furore, which erupted in Ireland last month and then spread quickly ac ross Europe, has led to ready meals being pulled from supermarket shelves and damaged people's confidence in the food on their plate. It raised concerns over food labelling and the complex supply chain across the European Union, putting pressure on governments to explain lapses in quality control. … EU ministers reject arming Syrian rebels
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union foreign ministers have announced that they are keeping current sanctions against Syria in place for three months, rejecting any attempt to ease the arms embargo so military aid could be funneled to rebels fighting President Bashar Assad. IOC makes 1st visit to Rio de Janeiro after issuing warning to Olympic organizers
SAO PAULO – IOC inspectors are making their first visit to Rio de Janeiro since telling 2016 Olympic organizers that time is ticking and preparations need to be speeded up.
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