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| Medecins Sans Frontieres files to block Pfizer patent on pneumonia vaccine in India | |  The charity Medicins Sans Frontieres has formally opposed U.S. firm Pfizer Inc's application for an Indian patent on a highly effective pneumonia vaccine, saying it could deprive many developing nations of cheaper copies of the drug. Some of the world's poorest countries and medical charities such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) depend on India's robust pharmaceutical industry to make cheaper forms of drugs and vaccines developed by big Western pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer. If government granted Pfizer a patent on its Prevnar 13 pneumonia vaccine, Indian firms would not be able to produce affordable versions of it for domestic use or exports, MSF said.
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| Belgium court acquits scientology of organised crime charges | | | A Belgian court acquitted the Church of Scientology on Friday of charges of forming a criminal organisation, and dismissed demands that it should close its Belgian branch and European headquarters. Prosecutors had accused the church's Belgian branch, its European headquarters and a number of church members of forming a criminal organisation over alleged fraud, unlawful medical practice, extortion and invasion of privacy. If you've said that you've said it all," Pascal Vanderveeren, lawyer for the church, told reporters after Friday's ruling. |
| Pakistan arrests 22 tribesmen in "collective responsibility" punishment | | | By Hafiz Wazir and Jibran Ahmed WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities on Friday arrested 22 tribesmen in the troubled northwestern South Waziristan region in a "collective responsibility" punishment a day after eight government officials were kidnapped, officials said. Pakistan's tribal areas, which include South Waziristan, are governed by colonial-era legislation under which relatives, tribesmen and neighbours of suspects can be arrested and detained for years without trial for a crime committed by another. Eight officials of the Fata Development Authority (FDA), the a government organisation for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, were kidnapped in South Waziristan on Thursday. |
| Europe moves closer to imposing Libya sanctions - diplomats | |  By Robin Emmott and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers are considering sanctions on three Libyans they see as blocking efforts by the United Nations to form a government of national unity and may go ahead even if a government is agreed, diplomats said. UN special envoy for Libya Martin Kobler will also attend, although he is not arguing in favour or against sanctions, diplomats told Reuters. The three under the threat of sanctions are Nouri Abusahmain, the head of Libya's General National Congress in Tripoli, one of two rival parliaments, Khalifa al-Ghwell, who heads one of Libya's two rival governments, and Aguila Saleh, the president of Libya's internationally recognised parliament in Tobruk.
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| Myanmar military chooses hardliner to work with Suu Kyi's proxy president | |  By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's military nominated a former junta stalwart who remains on a U.S. sanctions list as its choice for vice president on Friday, pointing to battles ahead for National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her hand-picked president. Myanmar's first democratically elected government for more than 50 years faces a formidable challenge delivering the reform and economic growth demanded by the electorate while working alongside a military that retains much political power. The lower house of parliament voted on Friday to confirm Htin Kyaw, a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, as its presidential candidate.
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| Malware suspected in Bangladesh bank heist - officials | |  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Investigators suspect unknown hackers managed to install malware in the Bangladesh central bank's computer systems and watched, probably for weeks, how to go about withdrawing money from its U.S. account, two bank officials briefed on the matter said on Friday. More than a month after hackers breached Bangladesh Bank's systems and attempted to steal nearly $1 billion from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, cyber security experts are trying to find out how the hackers got in. Investigators now suspect that malware that allowed hackers to learn how to withdraw the money could have been installed several weeks before the incident, which took place between Feb. 4 and Feb. 5, the officials said.
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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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| 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. ... |
| 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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| 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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