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| Clashes overshadow start of Milan Expo | |  By Sara Rossi MILAN (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas at demonstrators on Friday as protests overshadowed the start of the Milan Expo, a global fair the government had been hoped would help to put a new face on Italy after years of economic decline. Thick clouds of smoke from burning cars filled parts of central Milan, where groups of protesters, their faces masked against the fumes, threw stones and faced off against lines of police in riot gear. The confrontation came hours after a glitzy opening ceremony at the Expo site, with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hailing the start of a six-month-long showpiece of culture and technology, that focused on the theme of sustainable food production. "Today it is as though Italy is embracing the world," he said at the opening, which featured a flight of jets trailing the colours of the Italian flag.
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| Baltimore police officers charged in death of Freddie Gray | |  By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Six Baltimore police officers have been charged, including one with murder, in the death of a black man who was arrested and suffered a fatal neck injury while riding in a moving police van, the city's chief prosecutor said on Friday. Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby said Freddie Gray, who died a week after his April 12 arrest, was in handcuffs and shackles but otherwise was not restrained inside the van. The death of 25-year-old Gray has become the latest flashpoint in a national outcry over the treatment of African-Americans and other minority groups by U.S. law enforcement. After a night of rioting in Baltimore on Monday following Gray's funeral, protests spread to other major cities in a reprise of demonstrations set off by police killings last year of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, New York and elsewhere.
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| Sexual assault in U.S. military has fallen - Pentagon survey | |  By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sexual assault in the U.S. military declined over the past two years, and studies found that men and women experience the crime in different circumstances, offering new insight into curbing the problem, the Pentagon said in an annual report on Friday. Officials said a 27 percent drop in the prevalence of sexual assault, coupled with an increase in the number of people actually reporting the crime was positive news because it showed Pentagon efforts to fight the problem were bearing fruit. The department's annual report on sexual assault in the military said 6,131 people reported the crime in the 2014 fiscal year, an 11 percent increase over the previous year and a 70 percent jump over 2012. At the same time a survey conducted every two years estimated a total 18,900 military personnel experienced unwanted sexual contact in 2014, down from about 26,000 in 2012, a drop of 27 percent.
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| Clashes in Maldives as protesters call for ex-president's release | | | By Daniel Bosley and Tom Miles MALE/GENEVA (Reuters) - Clashes broke out in the Maldives on Friday after thousands of supporters of the tropical archipelago's jailed former president took to the streets to call for his release. A crowd of more than 10,000 people had gathered earlier on Friday, before marching through the streets chanting "Free Nasheed". The protest was the largest since Nasheed was imprisoned in March for his role in ordering the arrest of a judge in a trial the United Nations has said was highly flawed and politically motivated. "People have poured out in record numbers to demand President Nasheed's release." The Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago of fewer than 400,000 people, is increasingly polarised between Nasheed's supporters and those backing President Abdulla Yameen. |
| Burundi president warns of "severe sanctions" against protesters | | | By Edmund Blair and Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza warned on Friday of tough measures against those staging protests against his decision to seek a third term, a move opponents say violates the constitution and endangers a peace deal. Urging protesters to stay off the streets, Nkurunziza said the demonstrations were illegal and announced a new judiciary commission would investigate the "insurrectional movement". The U.N. said it was alarmed by reports intelligence and security agencies had used live ammunition during protests. |
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