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| Rajapaksa ventures into Sri Lanka's Buddhist heartland in comeback bid |
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 By Douglas Busvine and Shihar Aneez KURUNEGALA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ventured out of his southern power base and into Sri Lanka's Buddhist heartland in his bid to regain power in Monday's parliamentary election, eight months after crashing to defeat in a presidential vote. A 27-metre statue of Buddha gazes from atop Elephant Rock over the provincial city of Kurunegala where the 69-year-old strongman is running, a reminder of his appeal to Sinhala-speaking Buddhists who make up more than seven in 10 voters nationwide. The capital of Sri Lanka's Northwestern Province also has a concentration of army personnel, veterans and widows of the 26-year civil war.
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| Myanmar gags media linked to ousted ruling party leader, adding to concerns about reforms |
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| By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar has gagged media linked to parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann after he and his allies were dramatically purged from the leadership of the ruling party by President Thein Sein on Thursday months before a historic general election. The suspension of media connected to Shwe Mann comes after the heavy-handed involvement of security forces in his ousting this week and will add to concern about the progress of democratic reforms as the government uses tactics reminiscent of military-era purges. Shwe Mann angered the military by supporting an attempt in parliament in June to amend the constitution to limit the military's political role. |
| Indonesia frees international school teachers jailed for student abuse |
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 By Angie Teo and Mohamad Mahdiza JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Friday freed two teachers who had been jailed for sexually abusing students at an international school in a case critics say was fraught with irregularities and put the country's justice system under the spotlight. Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman and Indonesian teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong were found guilty in April of abusing kindergarten students at the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS). "The truth has finally come out," a tearful Neil Bantleman announced before kissing his wife upon his release from an East Jakarta prison, where he and Tjiong were met by dozens of cheering family members and supporters.
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| Greek lawmakers bicker on bailout hours before euro zone verdict |
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 By Lefteris Papadimas and Michele Kambas ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek lawmakers bickered through the night over a new bailout deal to keep the country afloat, only hours before euro zone finance ministers are due to decide on Friday whether to approve the vital aid for Athens. With the ruling Syriza party apparently heading for a split over the 85 billion euro ($95 billion) programme, parliament finally began debating whether to accept the package which demands yet more austerity and economic reform at 3:45 a.m. (0045 GMT), with no vote likely until well after daybreak. Parliament is expected to approve the agreement with Greece's euro zone and International Monetary Fund creditors by a comfortable margin when it finally votes, since opposition parties have promised to back Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to ensure that Greece does not return to financial chaos.
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| Australian court curbs "Dallas Buyers Club" piracy punishment |
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 By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian court on Friday forced makers of the film "Dallas Buyers Club" to cap penalties for illegal downloaders, a ruling welcomed by Internet companies as a "knockout blow" to the controversial tactic of threatening pirates into paying fines. The ruling puts Australia at odds with the United States, Britain, Canada and Germany where content owners have been allowed to send letters to suspected illegal downloaders demanding thousands of dollars to drop legal action, a measure known as "speculative invoicing". In a lawsuit seen as a test of whether the practice will be allowed in Australia, where a third of adults admit to stealing online, the studio behind the triple Oscar winner, Voltage Pictures, wanted iiNet and five smaller Internet companies to hand over the addresses of 4,276 suspected offenders.
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