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| Hong Kong protests at crossroads as traffic, frustration pile up |
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 By Donny Kwok and John Ruwitch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's dwindling pro-democracy protesters relaxed blockades of key places on Tuesday, allowing some business supplies in and out, although traffic was still largely snarled and talks with the government offered little hope of a quick solution. Hundreds of protesters in the second week of their campaign for greater democracy were camped out on the road leading into Hong Kong's main government and business districts, the last holdouts after days of rallies that attracted tens of thousands at their peak. ...
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| Thai police chief defends investigation of murder of British tourists |
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 By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's police chief defended on Tuesday the arrest of two Myanmar men for the murder of two British tourists amid concern the pair may have admitted to the murders under duress. The bodies of Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, were found on a beach on the southern island of Koh Tao, a normally tranquil spot famous for its coral reefs and diving, last month. Miller died from drowning and blows to the head, while Witheridge died from severe head wounds, examinations by Thailand's forensics department found. ...
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| Myanmar says it will release more than 3,000 prisoners |
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 By Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar on Tuesday pledged to release thousands of prisoners a month before a Southeast Asian summit, which U.S. President Barack Obama and other leaders from outside the region are expected to attend. President Thein Sein pardoned 3,073 prisoners for the sake of "peace and stability" and "the rule of law", the government said on the Information Ministry website. The government did not identify the prisoners but virtually all of them were believed to have been jailed for ordinary crimes, not for their political activity. ...
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| Brother of beheaded British hostage calls for troops to fight militants |
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| LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should put troops on the ground in the Middle East to fight Islamist militants who have taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria and killed Western hostages, the brother of a beheaded British aid worker has said. Insurgents who are seeking to establish a caliphate in the region beheaded 47-year-old British aid worker Alan Henning last week, a killing condemned by Western leaders and British Muslim groups alike. Britain ordered air strikes against targets in Iraq last month though Prime Minister David Cameron has not yet proposed strikes against Syria. ... |
| India wields the axe on Her Majesty's "laughable" laws |
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| If you happen to unearth treasure worth even as little as 10 rupees (16 U.S. cents) in India, don't even think of pocketing it - that's because under a law introduced by the former British colonial rulers, it still belongs to "Her Majesty". Now, however, the Treasure Trove Act of 1878 and nearly 300 other outdated laws are set to be repealed in the largest-ever cull of rules that make India one of the most puzzling places in the world to do business. ... |
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