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| Pakistan's MQM party pressures govt, army with list of "executed" | |  (Please note graphic language, paragraph 16) By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The political party ruling Pakistan's biggest city has drawn up a list of 46 members it says were killed deliberately by paramilitary Rangers in Karachi, the first time it has accused the force of a campaign of extrajudicial killings. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party has submitted the list to the office of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, ratcheting up pressure on him to make the force, and the military to which it answers, more accountable. The MQM has accused the military of illegally detaining members before, as the Rangers pursue a major crackdown on crime in the volatile port city of 20 million people.
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| Austria says it has sent over 5,000 migrants back to other EU countries | |  Austria has sent back more than 5,000 migrants to EU countries that they had crossed on their way to Austria, its interior minister said on Thursday. Three weeks ago, Austria and Germany temporarily exempted people fleeing the Syrian war from EU rules requiring refugees to request asylum at the point where they enter the bloc. The move angered neighbours such as Hungary, who said it would merely encourage more migrants to come.
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| Peace prospect brings cheers, cynicism from weary Colombians | |  By Julia Symmes Cobb and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) - A pledge from Colombia's government and FARC rebels to end Latin America's longest war by next March brought both applause and doubts among a people bruised by 51 years of death, disappearances and damage to the economy. Meeting for the first time on Wednesday night, President Juan Manuel Santos and guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londono, better known as Timochenko, shook on a deal to reach peace within six months and disarm the rebels sixty days after. "To see the president shaking hands with Timochenko is a signal that this time it is possible to sign a peace deal," said nurse Patricia Vargas, 33, referring to past failed attempts to reach peace.
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| Ahead of HK protest anniversary, little appetite for another occupation | |  By Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - A year after Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters in scenes that grabbed global headlines, there appears to be little appetite for another mass occupation of the Chinese-controlled city. Instead, a political slanging match is building, with China's top representative in Hong Kong saying this month that leader Leung Chun-ying is above the law, prompting fierce debate and a backlash from pro-democracy activists. This was followed by controversial remarks from a former Chinese official who said the failure of Hong Kong to be "de-colonised" was the cause of many of its problems.
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| Dutch: No sign militants posing as refugees to reach Europe | | | By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch authorities said on Thursday there was no sign of militant groups systematically using Europe's asylum provisions as a way of smuggling attackers into Europe disguised as refugees. Far-right politicians in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe have suggested in recent months that the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa pose a national security threat. "There are no structural signals of refugees coming in with terrorist motives," a spokeswoman for the AIVD intelligence agency told Reuters. |
| Nobel winners urge Obama to press Xi for fellow laureate's release | |  By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 12 Nobel Peace Prize winners have called on President Barack Obama to make a public call for the release of their fellow laureate, Liu Xiaobo, and his wife Liu Xia during a summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The laureates, led by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, wrote to Obama, who is also a recipient of the Noble Peace Prize, on Sept. 2 to urge him to press the issue with Xi, the U.S. advocacy group Freedom Now said. Obama and Xi will meet in Washington on Thursday and Friday.
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| Defence asks Thai court for more time in British backpacker murders | |  By Prapan Chankaew KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Reuters) - Lawyers for two Myanmar migrant workers accused of killing two British tourists on a Thai island appealed for more time on Thursday to prove they were scapegoats innocent of the brutal, high-profile murders. Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, both in their 20s, were beaten to death a year ago on the southern holiday island of Koh Tao, causing outrage in Britain. Lawyers are trying to convince the judge that Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun were framed by police under pressure to solve a case that has caught international attention and hurt Thailand's image as a tourism haven.
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