SOFIA, Bulgaria – Bulgaria’s prime minister says his centre-right government will resign amid nationwide social protests.
Bulgaria government resigns after national protests
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria's government resigned from office on Wednesday after nationwide protests against high electricity p rices, joining a long list of European administrations felled by austerity. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov had tried to calm protests by sacking his finance minister, pledging to cut power prices and punish foreign-owned companies but the measures failed to defuse discontent and protests continued on Tuesday. Many Bulgarians are deeply unhappy over high energy costs, power monopolies, low living standards and corruption in the European Union's poorest country. … British PM regrets "deeply shameful" colonial Indian massacre
AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) – David Cameron on Wednesday became the fir st serving British prime minister to voice regret about one of the bloodiest episodes in colonial India, a massacre of unarmed civilians in the city of Amritsar in 1919. The killings, known in India as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, were described by Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Indian independence movement, as having shaken the foundations of the British Empire. A group of soldiers opened fire on an unarmed crowd without warning in the northern Indian city after a period of unrest, killing hundreds in cold blood. … Oscar nominee 'Zero Dark Thirty' garners little audience, much criticism in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan stars in “Zero Dark Thirty,” from early scenes at a detention site to the dramatic closing minutes as Navy SEALs assault the hideout of Osama bin Laden. But the Academy Award-nominated film about the hunt for the al-Qaida leader has sparked a controversy here about its portrayal of the country, and it will likely not be shown on the local big screen anytime soon.
Olafioye's return to Lions makes off-season rebuilding job easier for Buono
SURREY, B.C. – Jovan Olafioye is grateful that the B.C. Lions have welcomed him back with open arms after he considered a number of NFL options.
Protesters clash with Japanese whalers, call for naval intervention
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Anti-whaling act ivists called on Wednesday for Australia to send a naval vessel to the Southern Ocean after a confrontation in which they said a Japanese whaling ship collided with two of their protest vessels, damaging their flagship. "The Nisshin Maru has rammed the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker, but both vessels continue to hold their positions," Paul Watson, the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society which runs the protest boats, said in a statement. … Shiites bury their dead in troubled Pakistani city
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani Shiites have buried 60 people killed in a bombing last weekend in the southwestern city of Quetta but the event was marred by gunfire as both protesters and police fired into the air. Greece's weakened workforce starts to crack
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Looking out across a room full of reporters gathered to welcome French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday, Greece's President Karolos Papoulias gave a stark warning about the state of the country after three harsh years of government spending cuts, joblessness and tax hikes. Prosecution to outline argument as Pistorius arrives for 2nd day of bail hearing
PRETORIA, South Africa – Oscar Pistorius arrived at the court building in a police car with a blue blanket covering his head Wednesday as prosecutors prepared to outline in more detail why they believe the double-amputee Olympian murdered his girlfriend and should be denied bail.
Greece hit by new strikes as jobless rate soars
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Unions have launched another general strike against austerity measures in Greece, amid predictions unemployment in the crisis-hit country will reach 30 percent this year.
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