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| Only three political prisoners among thousands released in Myanmar |
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 By Paul Mooney and Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Only three political prisoners were among thousands of people granted amnesty by the Myanmar government this week and rights group said the release was apparently aimed at improving the country's image before a visit by the U.S. president. Myanmar said on Tuesday it was releasing 3,073 prisoners for the sake of "peace and stability" and "the rule of law", but it gave no details of who they were or why they had been imprisoned. ...
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| Kenya's Kenyatta becomes first president to appear at global court |
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 By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Kenya's president became the first sitting leader to appear at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday as supporters gathered outside, calling for his crimes against humanity trial to be scrapped. President Uhuru Kenyatta was summoned to the Hague-based tribunal to answer questions about his indictment on charges of orchestrating a wave of deadly violence that swept Kenya after contested elections in 2007. He denies the charges. ...
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| Kenyan president arrives at global court as allies call for trial delay |
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 By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Kenya's president arrived at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday for a hearing over his indictment on charges of crimes against humanity, making him the first sitting leader to appear at the global tribunal. Dozens of President Uhuru Kenyatta's supporters waited outside the court in The Hague and broke into song as his convoy arrived. His allies have called for his trial to be postponed to allow him to focus on the militant threat in East Africa. ...
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| U.S. court to hear appeal over keeping U.S. demands for telecom records secret |
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 By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday on whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation can force Internet and telecommunications firms to turn over customer records without revealing the government's demands. A lower court judge in San Francisco previously ruled such gag orders were unconstitutional in a lawsuit filed by an undisclosed telecom company. The government's appeal of that decision will be heard by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Tech companies have sought to clarify their relationships with U.S. ...
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| Singapore extends orders to hold four over match-fixing |
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| SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has extended detention orders that allow it to hold four people accused of being involved in a global soccer match-fixing syndicate without charge, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday. The four Singaporeans were arrested in 2013, together with 10 others, for their alleged roles in trying to rig soccer matches around the world and had been detained for the past year. The original order held until Oct 2. ... |
| Mitt Romney for president in 2016? Not entirely out of the question |
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 By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney, day in and day out, hears it wherever he goes, whether at campaign events for Republican congressional candidates, restaurants, or private dinners, the message is the same - run for president in 2016. Romney associates say he is flattered by the attention and believes he would have done a better job if he had defeated the Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama in 2012 when he was the Republican nominee. But Romney typically insists in public that he is not going to run for a third time after losses in 2008 and 2012. ...
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| Australian PM orders crackdown on visas for radical preachers |
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 By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday that he was ordering a crackdown to prevent radical Islamist preachers entering the country, amidst rising tension with the Muslim community following a series of security-related raids. Abbott, who recently warned that the balance between freedom and security "may have to shift" to protect against radicalised Muslims seeking to carry out attacks, said hate preachers would now be "red-carded" during the visa process. ...
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| Hong Kong protests dwindle, but talks with govt likely to go nowhere |
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 By Diana Chan and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy protests that brought tens of thousands on to the streets last week dwindled to a few hundred on Wednesday after activist leaders agreed to talks with the government which are all but certain to go nowhere. The student-led protests have calmed since clashes with police more than a week ago and the number of protesters calling for universal suffrage has fallen dramatically since violent scuffles broke out at the weekend between demonstrators and pro-Beijing opponents. ...
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| Captain of doomed S.Korean ferry apologises for failure to rescue |
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 SEOUL (Reuters) - The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April killing about 300 people, most of them school children, apologised in court on Wednesday for his failure to rescue passengers in the country's worst maritime disaster for decades. "I have committed a grave crime. I am sorry," Lee Joon-seok, the 68-year-old captain, was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency. Anger and grief gripped the nation after the disaster, and President Park Geun-hye's government was heavily criticised for what was seen as a botched rescue operation. ...
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