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| Actress Shailene Woodley set for January trial in pipeline protest | |  Actress Shailene Woodley will stand trial in January on charges stemming from her arrest with more than two dozen other activists while protesting construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, court documents showed on Monday. Woodley, 24, who has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanour charges of trespassing and engaging in a riot, faces up to two months in jail and a $3,000 fine if convicted. The actress, who had been live streaming the Oct. 10 protest at a Dakota Access pipeline construction site 2 miles (3.2 km) south of St. Anthony, North Dakota, was seen on camera being taken into custody and narrated her own arrest.
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| Subject of debunked Rolling Stone rape article stands by interviews | | | By Gary Robertson CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - The subject of a Rolling Stone article on a rape at the University of Virginia that the magazine has since retracted because the attack appeared not to have happened, testified on Monday she believed she had told the reporter the truth. The woman, identified only as "Jackie," gave a videotaped deposition for a civil lawsuit filed by a former associate dean of students at the school who has sued Rolling Stone for $7.9 million, claiming defamation. "I stand by what I told Rolling Stone. |
| Venezuela, opposition to hold dialogue as protests brew | |  By Diego Oré and Anggy Polanco CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist government and opposition will hold surprise talks on Sunday amid a worsening political standoff and protests since the suspension of a referendum drive to remove unpopular President Nicolas Maduro. The two sides will meet on Margarita island to talk amid the oil-rich country's brutal economic crisis, the government, opposition, and the Vatican's envoy to Venezuela said on Monday. "This dialogue is now crystallizing," Socialist Party official Jorge Rodriguez told reporters.
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| Brazil's police seek corruption charges against ex-finance minister | |  By Eduardo Simões and Brad Brooks SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police on Monday sought corruption charges against former finance minister and presidential chief of staff Antonio Palocci and accuse him of running a bribery scheme that funnelled money to the former-ruling Workers Party's (PT). Police said in their investigation sent to federal prosecutors that Palocci conspired with construction firm Odebrecht SA [ODBES.UL] to pay 128 million reais ($41 million) from 2006 to 2013 to the party, politicians and other officials in return for winning bloated contracts from state-run oil company Petrobras . Police are also seeking corruption charges against former Odebrecht Chief Executive Officer Marcelo Odebrecht and powerful political strategist Joao Santana, the force behind the PT's presidential campaigns.
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| Four killed in anti-U.N. unrest in Central African Republic - U.N. | | | Four civilians were killed and 14 other people injured in Central African Republic on Monday when U.N. peacekeepers exchanged fire with armed men during a protest against the U.N. military presence, the United Nations said. The clashes occurred as hundreds of protesters gathered to call for troops from the U.N. mission (MINUSCA) to leave the country. A Reuters witness saw protesters, carrying anti-U.N. posters, throwing stones and shouting at the troops who responded with warning shots. |
| Embraer reaches $205.5 million graft settlement with U.S., Brazil | |  By Brad Haynes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA on Monday reached an agreement with U.S. and Brazilian authorities to settle a six-year corruption investigation, paying $205.5 million to turn the page on signs of graft in four foreign contracts. Embraer and U.S. investigators said an investigation had found evidence of wrongdoing in deals with Saudi Arabia, India, Mozambique and the Dominican Republic from 2007 through 2011. The fine due to U.S. and Brazilian authorities is in line with a $200 million provision Embraer made in July.
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| Three protesters killed as U.N. peacekeepers exchange fire with crowd in CAR | | | BANGUI (Reuters) - Three people were killed and six wounded in Central African Republic's capital Bangui on Monday when U.N. peacekeepers exchanged fire with armed men during a protest against the U.N. mission, the local Red Cross said. The dead and wounded were among hundreds of protesters gathered to call for the U.N. troops to leave the country, Antoine Mbao-Bogo, president of the CAR Red Cross, said. A Reuters witness saw protesters, carrying anti-U.N. posters, throwing stones and shouting at the troops who responded with warning shots. ... |
| Police arrest man, but say London airport incident not "terrorist-related" | | | British police said on Monday that they had arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with an incident that led to the evacuation of hundreds of passengers from London City Airport on Friday, but that the matter was not "terrorist-related". "The man ... was arrested on suspicion of using a noxious substance to cause serious damage, an offence under section 113 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001," London's Metropolitan Police said on Monday. Police said the arrest took place at a residential address in east London on Saturday, and that the man was held at a west London police station and then released on bail pending further enquiries. |
| UK police: London City Airport incident not being treated as a terrorist-related matter | | | British police said an incident at London City Airport on Friday was not being treated as a terrorist-related matter, after a 25-year old man was arrested and later bailed on suspicion of using a noxious substance to cause serious damage. London City airport was briefly closed on Friday as police and firefighters in protective equipment swept the terminal building of the airport with chemical detectors after several people were taken ill, some of them coughing violently. "The incident is not being treated as a terrorist-related matter and the investigation is being led by officers from the Aviation Policing CID (Criminal Investigation Department)," London's Metropolitan Police said in statement on Monday. |
| South Africa opposition party challenges ICC withdrawal in court | | | By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's main opposition party has filed papers with the Constitutional Court to challenge the government's decision to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), it said on Monday. South Africa will become the first country to quit the Hague-based court next year, after formally declaring its departure last week, saying ICC membership conflicted with its diplomatic immunity laws. The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) hopes the Constitutional Court, the final arbiter on constitutional issues, can intervene. |
| Polish women protest again as ruling party heats up abortion row | |  By Marcin Goettig WARSAW (Reuters) - Hundreds of women marched again in Polish cities on Monday to oppose proposals for tight restrictions on abortion after earlier protests effectively scuttled a near-total ban on terminating pregnancies. Television reports showed hundreds of women dressed in black protesting on the streets of major Polish cities including Katowice, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Warsaw and Bialystok. The renewed protest was organised by a group called The Nationwide Women's Strike and was aimed at the PiS government and its close ally, the influential Roman Catholic Church.
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| Myanmar army forces hundreds of Rohingya villagers from homes - witnesses | | | By Wa Lone YANGON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Myanmar's Rohingya villagers are facing a second night hiding in rice fields without shelter, after the army on Sunday forcibly removed them from a village in a crackdown following attacks on border security forces. Four Rohingya sources contacted by Reuters by telephone, said border guard officers went to Kyee Kan Pyin village on Sunday and ordered about 2,000 villagers to abandon it, giving them just enough time to collect basic household items. The move marks an escalation in violence which has destabilised Myanmar's most volatile state located in the remote northwest. |
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