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| Australian PM seeks re-think on parliament burqa ban after backlash |
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 SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott asked officials on Friday to re-think restrictions on members of the public wearing face-coverings such as burqas in parliament following a public backlash against the measures. The restrictions, which would have forced women wearing head coverings to view chambers of parliament from a glassed-in gallery, had sparked criticism that the government was inflaming tensions with the Muslim community following a series of security-related raids. ...
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| INSIGHT - Bingham lawyers who grew through mergers face undoing by merger |
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| By Casey Sullivan and David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - In 2011, Boston-based law firm Bingham McCutchen was hailed in a Harvard Law School case study as a model of how lawyers can get rich by merging with other firms. Led by Chairman Jay Zimmerman, the 123-year-old firm had emerged from roots in the local maritime industry to acquire at least 10 other firms in little more than a decade. It opened offices around the world, launched a splashy ad campaign and represented clients in sectors ranging from Wall Street litigation to telecommunications regulation. ... |
| Two Myanmar workers admit to British murders in Thailand - police |
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 By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two workers from Myanmar have admitted to killing two British tourists on an island in southern Thailand, police said on Friday, in a case that has threatened to further damage the Southeast Asian nation's already bruised tourism sector. The bodies of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, were discovered on a beach on the island of Koh Tao, or Turtle Island, on Sept. 15 close to the hotel where they were staying. ...
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