JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The family of Reeva Steenkamp says her body is back in her hometown of Port Elizabeth and a private funeral has been planned for Tuesday. Libya militia linked to U.S. attack returns to Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – An Islamist militia linked to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and kicked out of the city by locals is back openly manning checkpoints and building up support promising mu ch-needed security. Heavily bearded youths from Ansar al-Sharia control the western entrance into Libya's second biggest metropolis, patrol a hospital and check cars and trucks passing through another checkpoint in the south. Witnesses say the group's members were at the scene of the September 11 attack that killed the U.S. … Netanyahu backs Israel's spies as Australian mystery simmers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed on Sunday for the public spotlight on Israel's Mossad spy agency to be turned off after news of the jailhouse suicide of a reported Australian recruit. The affair was kept under wraps for two years until it emerged last week with an Australian television expose that identified the dead man as 34-year-old Ben Zygier, a possible Mossad operative detained on suspicion of security offences. … White House presses ahead on immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's chief of staff says the White House hasn't proposed "anything to Capitol Hill yet" on immigration even as a leading Republic an criticizes a reported draft proposal regarding illegal immigrants. France blames Spanghero bosses as UK probes horsemeat warning
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – France said on Sunday managers at French firm Spanghero were responsible for passing off horsemeat as beef, while Britain said it would investigate claims tha t warnings about horsemeat entering the food chain were raised in 2011 but ignored. Revelations that some beef dishes actually contained horsemeat has caused a scandal across Europe, leading to products being removed from sale and police investigations. … French leader Hollande's approval rating dips: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande's approval rating slipped to 37 percent in February as pessimism about the economy overtook satisfaction with his military intervention against Islami st rebels in Mali, a poll showed on Sunday. The IFOP survey published in weekly paper JDD showed that Hollande's backing had dropped by one percentage point since the previous month, giving him the same popularity rate as that of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. … Zimbabwe voter awareness campaigners arrested
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- A community group in Zimbabwe says a pastor and three activists were arrested for holding a voter education meeting a day after President Robert Mugabe announced March 16 as the date for a referendum on a new constitution.
Egypt chief of staff says army will avoid politics
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Egypt's armed forces, for decades at the center of power, will avoid involvement in politics but could have a role if things became "complicated", the chief of staff said on Sunday. It also expects rival political groups to solve disputes by dialogue, Major General Sedki Sobhi told Reuters The military ran Egypt for six decades from the end of the colonial era and through an interim period after the overthrow of former air force chief and president Hosni Mubarak two years ago. … Iran will never shut down Fordow enrichment plant: MP
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will never shut down its Fordow uranium enrichment plant, a senior legislator was quoted as saying on Sunday, brushing off a demand from world powers who fear Tehran is working to develop an atomic weapons capability. The Islamic republic, which insists its nucl ear program is purely peaceful, started building the plant inside a mountain in secret as early as 2006, to protect it from air strikes. … 
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