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| China, India named on U.S. piracy, patents black list | |  By Krista Hughes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States named China and India on a watch list for countries that aren't doing enough to fight intellectual-property crimes, warning of trade-secret theft in China and the proliferation of generic drugs and counterfeiting in India. The U.S. Trade Representative resisted lobbying by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and pharmaceutical industry to censure India with the "worst offender" tag in its annual scorecard on how well countries protect U.S. patents, copyrights and other intellectual property (IP) rights. The United States instead kept India, which is in the midst of elections, on its Priority Watch List along with China and eight other countries.
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| Former NSA contractor Snowden expects to remain in Russia | |  Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who fled to Moscow last year after revealing details of massive U.S. intelligence-gathering programs, expects his asylum status in Russia to be renewed before it expires this summer, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Snowden and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, who worked with Snowden to reveal NSA documents he took from his job, were given the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling, an award to promote transparency and whistle-blowing, at a ceremony in Washington on Wednesday. Snowden appeared on a video link-up from Russia and Poitras appeared from Berlin. Jesselyn Radack, an attorney for Snowden, said his temporary asylum in Russia will expire at the end of June but that "prospects are good" for it to be renewed.
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| Iraqis vote as violence grips a divided country | |  By Ned Parker and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq held a democratic vote to choose a leader with no foreign troops present for the first time on Wednesday, as Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought to hold power for a third term in a country again consumed by sectarian bloodshed. Since the last American soldiers pulled out in 2011, eight years after toppling dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraq has descended back into extreme violence, with hundreds of civilians killed each month by al Qaeda-inspired Sunni insurgents, and with Shi'ite militia once more taking fearsome revenge. Voters chose from nearly 10,000 candidates for 328 seats in parliament, from political parties that range from zealous Islamists to liberals and communists. The commission hopes to declare final results by the end of May. Non-Shi'ite parties complained of obstacles to voting in the outer suburbs of Baghdad and saw in it a deliberate effort by Maliki to keep their numbers down in the next parliament.
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| Ukraine's restive east slipping from government's grasp | |  By Marko Djurica HORLIVKA Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Moscow separatists seized government offices in more Ukrainian towns on Wednesday, in a further sign that authorities in Kiev are losing control of the country's eastern industrial heartland bordering Russia. Gunmen who turned up at dawn took control of official buildings in Horlivka, a town of almost 300,000 people, said a Reuters photographer. The heavily armed men wore the same military uniforms without insignia as other unidentified "green men" who have joined pro-Russian protesters with clubs and chains in seizing control of towns across Ukraine's Donbass coal and steel belt. Some 30 pro-Russian separatists also seized a city council building in Alchevsk, further east in Luhansk region, Interfax-Ukraine news agency said.
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| Chile keeper cleared for World Cup after dodging jail | |  Goalkeeper Johnny Herrera will be eligible for Chile's World Cup squad after being given a suspended sentence for drink driving rather than a jail term, media reported on Wednesday. Herrera, a likely reserve for manager Jorge Sampaoli, was given a 150-day suspended sentence, a $740 fine and two year suspension from driving. He was caught driving over the alcohol limit during Chile's annual independence day celebrations in September 2012 despite an already existing suspension. The prosecution had pressed for the 33-year-old Universidad de Chile player to receive a two year jail sentence, newspaper La Tercera said.
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| Modi in police trouble as election nears climax | |  By Aditi Shah AHMEDABAD India (Reuters) - Police opened an investigation against Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, tipped to be the next prime minister, after he flashed his party's symbol and made a speech in a violation of election rules after he cast his ballot. About 139 million people were registered to vote in the eighth round of a marathon contest pitting Modi against the ruling Congress party, led by the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. Voting in his home state of Gujarat, the opposition leader, whose pro-business policies have delighted investors, brandished a white cutout of a lotus flower and made a scathing speech against Congress heavyweights - taunting them for shying away from the fight. The finance minister is not fighting the election.
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