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| Ferguson demonstrators to march 120 miles to Missouri state capital | |  By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Missouri (Reuters) - Activists gathered in Ferguson, Missouri, on Saturday to begin a 120-mile march to the state capital Jefferson City to protest the killing of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer, a case that has rekindled a national debate over U.S. race relations. About 100 people were expected to take part in the seven-day march organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with more joining segments of the long walk, NAACP staff member Jamiah Adams told Reuters. ...
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| Egyptian court drops case against Mubarak over 2011 protest deaths | |  By Ali Abdelaty and Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court has dropped its case against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule and symbolised hopes for a new era of political openness and accountability. Mubarak, 86, was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for conspiring to murder 239 demonstrators, sowing chaos and creating a security vacuum during the 18-day revolt, but an appeals court ordered a retrial. ...
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| Two killed in Taliban raid in Kabul, Camp Bastion under fire | | | By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces overcame Taliban insurgents attacking a guest house for international aid workers in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday and were still fighting gunmen inside former U.S. and British base Camp Bastion. Foreign troops left the camp in the south of Afghanistan just a few weeks ago. Taliban attacks are intensifying as the U.S.-led coalition prepares to withdraw most of its soldiers by the end of 2014. At least two civilians were killed in the second attack in three days on expatriate aid workers' housing in Kabul. ... |
| Arabs to present draft on Palestinian state to U.N. Security Council within days | | | By Lin Noueihed and Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League foreign ministers endorsed on Saturday a draft resolution setting a timeframe for the creation of a Palestinian state and said they would formally present it to the United Nations Security Council for a vote within days. The ministers said in a statement after their meeting that a follow-up committee including Jordan, an Arab member of the Security Council, would begin to seek international backing for the resolution. Arab League chief Nabil al-Araby said Jordan would present the draft to the Security Council within days. ... |
| Taliban attack on foreign workers' compound ends, three gunmen dead - official | | | KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban attack on a foreign aid workers' guest house in the Afghan capital ended Saturday night with all three gunmen dead, an army commander said. At least two civilians died in the assault in the city's western district of Karte Seh, said Qadam Shah Shaheem, commander of the Afghan army's 111 Military Corps Kabul. He said eight people were rescued from the guest house. The attack, the second in three days on expatriate aid workers' housing, led to a four-hour battle with army and police. (Reporting by Kay Johnson; editing by Ralph Boulton) |
| Arabs to push for U.N. Security Council resolution on Palestinian state | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League foreign ministers agreed on Saturday to formally present a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council that will set a timeframe for the creation of a Palestinian state. The ministers set up a committee comprised of Kuwait, Mauritania, Jordan and Arab League chief Nabil al-Araby to begin seeking international backing for the resolution, they said in their closing statement. ... |
| Bahrainis vote in second round of parliamentary election | |  MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrainis voted in the second round of a parliamentary election on Saturday, a poll boycotted by the tiny Gulf monarchy's Shi'ite-led opposition which accuses the government of gerrymandering and says parliament lacks powers. Voters have returned to the polls in 34 of Bahrain's 40 constituencies for the parliament, which has limited direct powers in a country where ultimate decision making resides with the Sunni Muslim al-Khalifa family. Al Wefaq, the main opposition group which has widespread support among the country's Shi'ite majority, said on Oct. ...
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| Taliban fighters breach Afghan army base, exchange fire with troops | | | By Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants breached the perimeter of a huge former U.S. and British base handed over to the Afghan army last month and were fighting soldiers there on Saturday, officials said. The attack highlights the challenges facing Afghan security forces as foreign troops are gradually withdrawn and the emboldened Taliban launch more attacks. The militants and army forces were exchanging sporadic gunfire Saturday at Camp Bastion in the southern province of Helmand as fighting continued for a third day, said Gen. ... |
| Arabs set to call for U.N. Security Council vote on Palestinian state | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers met on Saturday to agree a draft resolution setting a deadline for the creation of a Palestinian state and to agree on a date to present it to the United Nations Security Council for a vote. In October, the Palestinians informally shared a draft resolution with Arab states and some council members, calling for an end to Israeli occupation by November 2016. The text was not formally circulated to the full 15-nation Security Council, a move that can only be done by a council member. It was unclear at the time if it would be put to a vote. ... |
| Fifteen dead, 14 hurt in attack in China's Xinjiang - Xinhua | | | SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed when a group threw explosives into a crowded street where vendors were selling food in China's restive region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Eleven were attackers who were killed by the police, the agency said, and 14 people were injured. The attackers also stabbed people in Friday's attack in Shache County, state-owned Xinjiang news website Tianshan News said. It said police found detonation devices, large knives and axes at the scene. ... |
| Gunmen storm compound in Afghan capital, exchange fire with police | | | KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a compound in the Afghan capital on Saturday and were exchanging fire with security forces, police said. The assault in Kabul's western Karte Seh district was the latest round in a particularly violent week for the capital as Taliban insurgents have stepped up operations ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign troops from Afghanistan at the end of next month. The target of Saturday's attack was not immediately clear, city police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said. ... |
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