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| Congenial new Iraq leader wins allies, but no easy path to save nation | |  By Raheem Salman, Oliver Holmes and Ned Parker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - It is no coincidence that Iraq's new prime minister is more likeable than his predecessor. Haider al-Abadi was handpicked last month to detoxify a political system poisoned to the point of collapse under the dour and mercurial Nuri al-Maliki. A former engineer widely described as an amiable and witty pragmatist, Abadi vindicated supporters at home and abroad by including Sunnis, Kurds and members of his own divided Shi'ite majority in a unity government approved by parliament on Monday. Diplomats and politicians from across Iraq's political spectrum say they believe Abadi is far better suited to bridging differences than Maliki, who was pushed out of office last month with a third of his country in the hands of Islamic State.
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| New York officials face off with Times Square superheroes | |  New York City officials on Monday tackled Spider Man, Elmo and other fictional favorites with a proposal to intensify a crackdown on the costumed street performers who wander Times Square and pose with tourists for tips. If passed, the law would require licensing, background checks and other regulatory measures for the costumed characters in what City Council member Andy King, author of the measure, called a public safety concern. "This is not about violating anybody's First Amendment rights," King said on a busy Times Square sidewalk to jeers from nearby protesters. "Times Square as quirky is fine, but creepy is not," said Tim Tompkins, head of The Times Square Alliance, which promotes area businesses and helped draft the ordinance.
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| Bomb blast in Chile injures eight; government blames 'terrorists' | | | By Felipe Iturrieta SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A bomb blast at a fast-food restaurant next to an underground train station in the Chilean capital of Santiago injured eight people on Monday. "At 1400 (1700 GMT) an explosive device was detonated in the center (mini-mall) by the metro station, and at the moment investigations are being carried out to determine the origin," said Mario Rozas, head of police communications. The blast occurred at lunchtime in a small shopping and eating area next to the Escuela Militar metro station in the affluent residential and shopping neighborhood of Las Condes. "This is an act that has all the hallmarks of a terrorist deed," said Alvaro Elizalde, a cabinet minister and government spokesman. |
| Iraqi parliament sessions begins, expected to vote on next Iraqi government | | | The Iraqi parliament began meeting on Monday night with the intention of voting on the government line-up presented by Prime Minister designate Haider al-Abadi. After the session began, the Kurdish bloc walked in and registered their names in a sign they were likely to approve the government. The Kurdish political bloc had debated for hours on Monday whether or not to participate in the government as the session began, and no Kurds had initially been present at the meeting aside from President Fuad Masum. |
| Obama administration to meet with all members of Congress on Islamic State - sources | | | Obama administration officials will hold briefings this week for all members of the U.S. Congress as the president makes his case for an offensive against Islamic State militants, congressional aides said on Monday. Administration officials will hold a briefing for all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, a House aide said. |
| Three Italian nuns murdered in Burundi - officials | | | By Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Three Italian nuns were found killed, two of them raped and decapitated, over the weekend in the north of Burundi's capital, officials and a priest in the African state said on Monday. Father Mario Pulicini, who is responsible for the parish in a northern suburb of Bujumbura, named two of the nuns as Lucia Pulici, who was 75 and due to celebrate her birthday on Monday, and Olga Raschietti, 82. The third nun, 79-year-old Bernadetta Boggian, was found dead early on Monday morning, he told Reuters. Evidence showed that two of the nuns had been raped before they were killed, police spokesman Hermenegilde Harimenshi said. |
| London's Luton Airport to re-open after suspicious item destroyed | | | British police said Luton Airport would re-open after they carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious item which forced the airport to be evacuated on Monday. All flights to the airport 35 miles north of London, the country's sixth biggest, were suspended and roads leading to the airport were closed, after concerns were raised about the item when it went through the a security search. Bomb disposal experts were called in and a controlled explosion was carried out. "It was confirmed that the item destroyed, although deemed suspicious, did not present a wider danger," Bedfordshire Police said on its website. |
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