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| As hard times hit, Egyptians at last find fault with Sisi | |  "Not one single issue has been solved since you took over." After years of hearing little but enthusiastic applause for Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and vilification of his enemies, the tens of millions of Egyptians who watch the country's pugnacious talk shows are suddenly being presented with the president's faults. The former military chief who overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood to take power in 2013 is facing the first sustained public criticism of his rule. After years of publicly lionising Sisi as the saviour of the nation, many of the country's most influential figures have emerged to blame the president for an economy in crisis, an Islamist insurgency raging in the Sinai peninsula and the brutality of an unreformed police force.
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| MPs to seek smaller health warnings on cigarette packs - sources | |  By Aditya Kalra and Nigam Prusty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A panel of lawmakers will call for smaller health warnings on cigarette packs, saying the government's requirement of 85 percent of surface area is too harsh on the tobacco industry, sources who have seen the panel's draft report said. The decision is the latest twist in a tussle between the health ministry, which wants to step up an anti-smoking campaign, in line with the rest of the world, and members of parliament who fear lower sales will hurt tobacco farmers. Tobacco use is linked to 900,000 deaths every year in India, and the government had ordered manufacturers to print health warnings covering 85 percent of the surface of a cigarette pack, up from 20 percent now.
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| Sensex, Nifty edge higher; post second weekly gain | |  MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indians stock markets edged higher on Friday in a volatile session as energy companies such as Reliance Industries rallied after the country simplified oil and gas licensing rules, while property developers gained after parliament passed a real estate bill. The broader Nifty rose 0.32 percent to end at 7,510.20 after spending the day swinging between gains and losses as investors also booked profits in recent outperformers. For the week, the broader index rose 0.33 percent, marking a second consecutive weekly gain. The benchmark BSE Sensex rose 0.38 percent to end at 24,717. ...
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| China's internet regulator responds to apparent blocking of HK newspaper sites | | | By Megha Rajagopalan and Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) - China's internet regulator, asked about the apparent blocking of some online accounts of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, said on Friday that internet service providers were responsible for online content and had the right to shut down websites. The comment came in response to a Reuters enquiry about reports that the social media accounts of Hong Kong's biggest English-language daily newspaper had been blocked and that a critical online Chinese-language Caixin magazine article had been deleted. "The state internet information office has enforcement responsibility, in accordance with the law, to carry out internet information content management and supervision," the Cyberspace Administration of China said in a faxed statement. |
| Philippines rejects talks with militants for release of captives | | | The Philippines will not negotiate with Islamist militants demanding ransom within a month for the release of three foreign men and a Filipino woman kidnapped from a beach resort nearly six months ago, a military spokesman said on Friday. Army units pursuing the band of al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants, who are holding the two Canadians, a Norwegian and the Filipino woman, are closing in on them, Brigadier-General Restituto Padilla said. "We're getting closer to them, hence, they needed to expedite the demand for ransom in order for them to escape from the hands of the law, which is closely catching up." The four hostages were kidnapped from a beach resort on a southern island in September last year. |
| China must further purge energy sector of Zhou scandal "poison", former top official says | | | China needs to further purge its oil industry of the "poison" of disgraced security chief Zhou Yongkang to ensure healthy development that lets the sector compete internationally, a former top energy executive said on Friday. Zhou was jailed for life for corruption last year in one of the country's most dramatic graft scandals since the 1949 revolution. Dozens of his associates have also been arrested, many in the oil industry that was one of his power bases. |
| Tycoon Mallya denies 'fleeing' India, Delhi left red-faced over exit | |  By Douglas Busvine and Devidutta Tripathy NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tycoon Vijay Mallya, under pressure from banks to repay more than $1 billion owed by his collapsed airline, on Friday refuted claims he had fled India as politicians traded recriminations over how he was able to fly to Britain unhindered. The March 2 departure of Mallya has sparked uproar in parliament and a firestorm in domestic media that pore over the lifestyle one of India's brashest entrepreneurs. Questions centre on how Mallya was allowed to leave even after creditors of his failed Kingfisher Airlines had appealed to the Supreme Court to ensure he stayed in the country.
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| Court upholds easing of restrictions on Benzema | |  A court on Friday confirmed an easing of restrictions on the movements of Karim Benzema, the French striker at the centre of a sex tape blackmail investigation. The Real Madrid striker is suspected of trying to blackmail fellow international Mathieu Valbuena over the sex tape. The Versailles court of appeal upheld a Feb. 18 magistrate's ruling that lifted a ban on Benzema meeting Valbuena.
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| Trump's Islam comments draw attacks as Republicans discover civility | | | By James Oliphant and Luciana Lopez MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump came under fire from his rivals on Thursday for saying Muslims hate the United States at a debate where the gut-punching attacks of earlier forums gave way to a suddenly civil tone with a serious focus on the issues. Trump, who has voiced skepticism about U.S. military involvement abroad in the past, for the first time said America's effort against Islamic State militants might require between 20,000 and 30,000 U.S. troops, a number similar to what some Republican hawks have proposed. The CNN-hosted debate at the University of Miami was crucial, coming days before votes in Florida and Ohio that will determine whether U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and Ohio Governor John Kasich will be able to continue with their increasingly long-shot candidacies. |
| Supreme Court dismisses suits against drug regulators, whistleblower says | |  By Zeba Siddiqui and Suchitra Mohanty MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear two lawsuits filed by one of the country's best-known whistleblowers which accused drugs and health regulators of failing to enforce safety standards, the whistleblower and his lawyer said on Friday. Dinesh Thakur, who exposed dangerous practices in India's drugs industry in 2013, filed the public interest litigations in January, one of which alleges current drugs laws are "unconstitutional". Thakur, on his official Twitter account, said the Supreme Court refused to hear the cases on Friday and that he was "disappointed".
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| Suu Kyi proxy a step closer to Myanmar presidency | |  By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's lower house of parliament voted on Friday to confirm a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as its presidential candidate, bringing the top office a step closer for the man expected to rule as her proxy. The vote in the lower house for the presidential nominee was never in doubt as Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) holds an outright majority following a crushing electoral win in November. NLD candidate Htin Kyaw received 274 of the 317 votes cast.
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| China outdoing developed nations in controlling pollution - minister | |  China, often hit by choking smog that blankets the populous east and north, is doing a better job at controlling pollution than developed countries at similar stages of development, the environment minister said on Friday. China has been under increasing pressure to halt pollution of its air, soil and water caused by more than three decades of economic growth, and at this year's full session of parliament it promised to cap energy use and draft new laws to decontaminate its soil. Beijing frequently features near the top of the list of China's most polluted cities as emissions from vehicles and heavy industry combine with weather conditions to raise smog levels.
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| India's booming cities built from "blood bricks" of bonded labourers | |  By Anuradha Nagaraj PONNERI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When police raided the brick kiln in southern India where Siriya Banchor had been conned into a life of bonded labour - along with hundreds of other poor, illiterate migrants - the 48-year-old seemed more bewildered than relieved. Fumbling in the darkness of a windowless mud-and-brick room she had shared with her family for more than two months, Banchor stuffed her things into a sack, took her child's hand and emerged into the bright glare of the afternoon sun. "We are going back with nothing but at least the suffering will end," Banchor said as she stood amid the crowds at the kiln on the outskirts of Chennai.
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