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| "I can't explain the joy each time I've freed a child" - Nobel winner Satyarthi | |  By Nita Bhalla and Antonio Zappulla NEW DELHI/LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the 34 years since Kailash Satyarthi gave up his job as an electrical engineer to campaign for children's rights, the Nobel Peace Prize winner has been beaten, seen his home attacked and his colleagues killed. Yet attempts on his life have not deterred Satyarthi from a mission to save children from slavery and end trafficking in India where he estimates 60 million children, or 6 percent of the population, are forced to work. "I strongly believe ... that freedom is divine. Freedom is godly. God made us free. ...
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| Colombia says FARC rebel chief traveled twice to Cuba for peace talks | | | BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono has traveled to Cuba twice to meet with his negotiating team holding talks with the Colombian government on ending five decades of war, the government said on Friday. Colombian Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo said in a statement the trips were made to guarantee agreements made so far in the negotiations and to push the talks forward. Londono did not meet with government representatives or take a place at the negotiating table, Cristo said. ... |
| Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes actress Angelina Jolie a Dame | |  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth made actress Angelina Jolie an honorary Dame at a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday in recognition of her campaigning to end sexual violence in war zones and for services to UK foreign policy. The queen presented Oscar-winning Jolie, who is special envoy to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George. ...
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| Indian peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi to "join hands" with Pakistan's Malala | |  By Krista Mahr NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Kailash Satyarthi dedicated the Nobel Peace Prize that he shared on Friday to children in slavery, pledging to "join hands" with fellow laureate Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan as their two countries fought over the territory of Kashmir. The 60-year-old children's rights campaigner was recognised for his battle against child trafficking with Bachpan Bachao Andolan - or Save the Childhood Movement - a group he founded in 1980 after quitting his job as an electrical engineer. ...
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| Pakistan's Malala - idol to the world, outcast at home | |  By Maria Golovnina ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, is hailed around the world as a champion of women's rights who stood up bravely against the Taliban to defend her beliefs. But in her deeply conservative homeland, many view her with suspicion as an outcast or even as a Western creation aimed at damaging Pakistan's image abroad. Malala, now aged 17, became globally known in 2012 when Taliban gunmen almost killed her for her passionate advocacy of women's right to education. ...
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| Families of MH17 victims to seek damages from Dutch state - lawyer | |  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch relatives of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, downed over Ukraine in July, will hold the Dutch government liable for damages for its handling of the aftermath of the crash, a lawyer representing families said on Friday. There were 196 Dutch nationals onboard the Boeing 777 when it crashed on July 17 over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew. ...
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| China offers incentives for criminals overseas to give themselves up | |  BEIJING (Reuters) - Corrupt Chinese officials who have fled abroad are being offered reduced sentences and other incentives to give themselves up and return home, state media said on Friday, as the government continues its sweeping campaign against deep-seated graft. Beijing has long grappled with the issue of so-called "naked officials" - government workers whose husbands, wives or children are all overseas - who use foreign family connections to illegally shift assets out of China or to avoid investigation. ...
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| Thai PM stands by investigation into murders of British tourists | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha defended a police investigation into the murder of two British tourists on Friday, amid criticism of shoddy forensic work and concern that two arrested Myanmar men may have admitted the crimes under duress. Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, both 21, were arrested last week for the murders of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24. The bodies were found on a beach on the southern island of Koh Tao, or Turtle Island, famous for its coral reefs and diving. ...
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| Anonymous threatens China, Hong Kong authorities with website blackout | |  BEIJING (Reuters) - Anonymous, the nebulous online activist group that uses hacking to further causes it supports, has threatened a major blackout of Chinese and Hong Kong government websites, and to leak tens of thousands of government email address details. The group, under the banner of 'Operation Hong Kong' or '#OpHongKong' and '#OpHK' on Twitter, said on Friday it will launch a mass effort against Chinese government servers to bring down their websites via Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Saturday. ...
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