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| Pakistan PM chairs joint parliament session as crisis deepens |
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 By Sheree Sardar and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a joint session of parliament on Tuesday as a deepening crisis over mass protests demanding his resignation prompted fears of an army intervention. Sharif had called the session and he had been expected to address it on Tuesday but as members of parliament streamed into the assembly, his office clarified that the proceedings would last all week. Pakistan has been in turmoil since mid-August when tens of thousands of protesters led by Imran Khan, a former hero cricket player, and outspoken cleric Tahir ul-Qadri gathered in the capital Islamabad refusing to leave unless Sharif resigns.
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| British rights activist faces libel trial in Thailand |
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| The trial comes as civil society groups voice increasing concern over what they say is a rise in the number of criminal defamation cases brought by the military against rights workers and journalists in an attempt to silence them. The military has ruled in Thailand since a May 22 coup. Tuesday's trial concerns the first of four cases brought against Andy Hall, 34, by Natural Fruit Co. Ltd, one of Thailand's largest pineapple processors and a major supplier of fruit drinks to the European market, to go to court. Natural Fruit accuses Hall of libel in a report published in 2013 that he helped author for Finnwatch, a Finland-based watchdog group. |
| CORRECTED - U.S. business lobby says concerned China antitrust probes unfair |
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 By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - (Corrects expert's title in fifth paragraph) Foreign companies are increasingly concerned they are being targeted by Chinese regulators, a U.S. There are growing perceptions that multinational firms are under "selective and subjective enforcement" using "legal and extra-legal approaches", the Chamber said in a report. A survey of 164 members showed 49 percent of respondents felt foreign companies were being singled out in recent pricing and anti-corruption campaigns, compared to 40 percent in a late 2013 survey of 365 members.
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