TUNIS (Reuters) – Thousands of Islamists marched in Tunis on Saturday in a show of strength, a day after the funeral of an assassinated secular politician drew the biggest crowds seen on the st reets since Tunisia's uprising two years ago. About 6,000 supporters of the ruling Ennahda movement rallied to back their leader Rachid al-Ghannouchi, who was the target of angry slogans raised by mourners at Friday's mass funeral of Chokri Belaid, a rights lawyer and opposition leader. … New fighting in borderland between Sudan and South Sudan
JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 24 people have been killed in fresh fighting in the volatile borderland between Sudan and South Sudan, the southern army and rebels said on Saturday. South Sudan’s army spokesman Philip Aguer said his troops killed seven fighters from a militia supported by Khartoum which had crossed the poorly-defined border. The South’s army captured a Sudanese army truck used by the fighters during the skirmish in Obed in Upper Nile state in the northeast of the country, Aguer said. Sudan’s army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khalid could not be reached on his mobile phone. …
Britain's PM Cameron urges Scotland not to go it alone
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron conceded on Sunday that Scotland had wh at it takes to be an independent nation, but said it currently enjoyed "the best of both worlds", imploring it not to break the United Kingdom apart. Stepping up his government's campaign to hold Britain together ahead of an independence referendum expected next year, Cameron urged Scotland not to sever a union with England that dates back 306 years. "Put simply: Britain works. Britain works well. Why break it?" he wrote in an article published in Scottish newspapers. … 
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