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| Nepal makes headway in path to choose new PM | |  Social democrat Sushil Koirala was named as candidate for the Himalayan nation's prime minister by the Nepali Congress party on Sunday, clearing a major hurdle for the formation of a new government two months after an election. Koirala, who is also the party head, defeated three time former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in a vote by party legislators. "Our priority is to form a government of national consensus, including all major political parties in the parliament. This is necessary to draft the constitution within one year," said Dilendra Prasad Badu, a senior Nepali Congress leader.
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| Four Egyptian soldiers killed in attack on bus in Sinai -security sources | | | ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Four soldiers were killed and nine wounded when gunmen attacked a military bus on Sunday that was travelling in the Sinai Peninsula, security sources said. Sinai-based militants have stepped up violence against the state since Islamist President Mohamed Mursi's ouster in July, and the attacks have become more brazen in recent months, spreading to Cairo and other cities. (Reporting by Yusri Mohamed; Writing by Maggie Fick; Editing by Louise Ireland) |
| Gang rape victim, family placed under police protection | |  By Sujoy Dhar KOLKATA (Reuters) - A 20-year-old woman who says she was gang-raped in an tribal region on orders of a village court has been placed under police protection, along with her family, and will be relocated after being ostracised by villagers, officials said on Sunday. The case has made waves in India, underscoring how sexual violence has become a huge social and political issue after the rape and murder of a physiotherapist on a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012, an attack that sparked nationwide demonstrations. The tribal woman, recovering in hospital, has told police she was assaulted on Monday night in the Birbhum district of West Bengal as punishment for having a relationship with a man from a different community. The girl's family is also under protection of the police now." Many villagers have denied the girl was raped, according to local media reports.
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| At least 49 killed in Saturday's protest clashes in Egypt - ministry | | | The death toll from clashes during protests in Egypt on Saturday rose to 49, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, in violence that erupted on the third anniversary of the popular uprising which toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. While thousands rallied in support of army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who overthrew Egypt's first democratically elected president in July, others protested against the military-backed government, underscoring deep and persistent divisions. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that it had arrested 1,079 "rioters" in possession of rifles, petrol bombs, fireworks, and other weapons. It said that a number of policemen were injured in clashes. |
| Himachal prisoners take part in R-Day parade | | | Shimla, Jan 26 (IANS) Thirteen prisoners set themselves 'free' this Republic Day by marching and playing to the tunes of 'Sare Jahan se Accha Hindustan Hamara' here Sunday. The prisoners, from two open jails of Himachal Pradesh, marched for the first time as a 13-member band contingent. "It's a proud moment for all of us to get ourselves associated with the patriotic day," murder convict Ram Kishan, who led the group, told IANS. Donning white dress with a striped band on waist, the band was the main attraction at the parade where Governor Urmila Singh took the salute. |
| Suicide bomber kills four in Kabul attack on Afghan army bus | |  A suicide bomber attacked an Afghan army bus in Kabul on Sunday, killing four people and wounding up to 22, police said, the latest incident in a worrying surge of violence in the Afghan capital over the past 10 days. The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, the worst since a devastating assault on a popular restaurant on January 17 killed 21 foreigners and Afghans. Hashmat Stanikzai, the chief spokesman for police in Kabul, said an investigation into the latest attack was under way. The Afghan capital was hit by at least two other attacks in the previous 24 hours, according to security officials.
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| China jails prominent rights activist for four years | |  By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced one of China's most prominent rights advocates to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. Xu Zhiyong's jailing will send a stark warning to activists that the Chinese Communist Party will crush any challenge to its rule, especially from those who seek to organise campaigns. It also diminishes hopes for meaningful political change, even as China pledges to embark on economic reforms. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court found Xu guilty of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order", the court said on its official microblog.
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| Three dead, including gunman, in Maryland mall shooting | | | By Bill Trott COLUMBIA, Maryland (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire with a shotgun in a skate shop at a crowded shopping mall near Baltimore on Saturday, killing two store employees and wounding another person before apparently killing himself, police said. Howard County police said they did not know the motive for the shooting at the large mall in Columbia, Maryland, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Baltimore. Police identified the victims as Brianna Benlolo, 21, of College Park, Maryland, and Tyler Johnson, 25, of Mt. Airy, Maryland. Both were employees of Zumiez, a skate shop where the shooting took place. |
| Twelve dead in fresh violence in China's Xinjiang | | | By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police shot dead six people during a "terrorist" attack in the restive western region of Xinjiang and six more died when explosives they were carrying detonated, state media said, as officials accused a prominent academic of aiding militants. Police came under attack on Friday by a group throwing explosive devices in Xinhe county, the official news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, citing regional authorities, the latest violence to jolt an area with a large Muslim population. Xinjiang has been the theatre of numerous incidents of unrest in recent years, which the government often blames on the separatist East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), although experts and rights groups cast doubt on its existence as a cohesive group. Around 100 people, including several policemen, have been killed in violence in Xinjiang since last April, according to state media reports. |
| 'Professional autonomy, external oversight vital for better policing' | | | Agartala, Jan 26 (IANS) Professional autonomy, non-interference and an external accountability mechanism are imperative to make policing in India more effective, experts say. At a national level seminar here Friday on police reforms, police accountability and community policing, judges, accountability commission chiefs, senior lawyers, top police officials, bureaucrats and NGO leaders advocated reforms in policing and voiced concern over the people losing trust in the police. Tripura High Court Chief Justice Deepak Gupta said: "Police must be given a free hand and professional autonomy to deal with the crimes and law and order situations. Tripura police chief C. Balasubramanian, supporting an external accountability mechanism, said that the national conviction rate of all types of crime is around 38 percent. |
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