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| Maine nurse defies state Ebola quarantine, leaves home | |  (Reuters) - A nurse in Maine vowing not to be bullied by politicians and threatening to sue the state over an Ebola quarantine she calls unscientifically sound, defied the order and left her home for a bike ride on Thursday, according to television images. Kaci Hickox left her home in Fort Kent to take a morning bicycle ride with her boyfriend, MSNBC and other networks reported. Hickox, 33, who tested negative for Ebola after returning from treating patients in West Africa, said that she plans to take the issue to court if the state did not lift the quarantine by Thursday.
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| Zimbabwe's state media attacks deputy president Mujuru | | | By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's state media accused Vice-President Joice Mujuru of extortion and abuse of office on Thursday in what observers say is a stepped-up campaign to discredit her in a battle to succeed ageing President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe, 90, and in power since independence from Britain in 1980, has not indicated a preferred political heir, but his advanced age and rumours of ill health have escalated succession fights in the ruling ZANU-PF party. The race has been shaken up in recent weeks by first lady Grace Mugabe, 49, who has emerged as a potential successor. She has launched withering attacks on Mujuru, accusing her of plotting to oust the president at a party congress in December. |
| Libya's armed factions may have committed war crimes - Amnesty | | | Human rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday it had satellite pictures indicating that rival factions in Libya had committed war crimes by shelling densely populated residential areas in the west of the oil-producing country. Libya plunged into anarchy when an armed faction from the western city of Misrata seized Tripoli in August after fighting with militiamen from Zintan who had held the capital's airport since the 2011 revolt that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi. Citing satellite images shown on its website, Amnesty said that fighters from both sides had indiscriminately fired rockets and artillery shells into hospitals and residential districts in parts of Tripoli and the western Warshafena region. "Lawless militias and armed groups on all sides of the conflict in western Libya are carrying out rampant human rights abuses, including war crimes," Amnesty said in a statement. |
| Tunisia's Islamists down but not out after election defeat | |  By Patrick Markey and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - After Tunisia's Islamist party Ennahda conceded defeat in Sunday's parliamentary elections, there were no fireworks, concerts or cheering rallies outside the headquarters of its rival, the secular Nidaa Tounes alliance. Instead it was Ennahda's leader Rached Ghannounchi who appeared before jubilant supporters to give what looked morelike a victory address than a concession speech. Ennahda's defeat was a blow to the first Islamist party to come to power after the Arab Spring revolts of 2011, and Ghannounchi may have been putting on a brave face after a loss attributed to his party's performance in government.
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| Ukraine says EU to be guarantor in any Russia gas deal | |  By Alastair Macdonald and Pavel Polityuk BRUSSELS/KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine and the European Union have agreed that the EU's executive arm will serve as guarantor in any agreement for Russia to supply Ukraine with gas, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Thursday. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, meanwhile, said Moscow and Kiev could sign a gas deal later in the day if all necessary documents were finalised. EU-hosted talks to unblock deliveries of Russian gas to Ukraine will resume on Thursday, the European Commission said, as Moscow reiterated its demand for advance payment for future supplies.
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| Cipla asks India to revoke Novartis patents on respiratory drug | |  By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Cipla Ltd said on Thursday it has asked the Indian government to revoke five patents held by Swiss firm Novartis AG on respiratory drug Onbrez and has launched a cheaper copy to boost access in the local market. Cipla alleged that Novartis has had patents on the medicine since 2008 but instead of producing it in India has imported a "negligible quantity" from Switzerland, leading to a shortage of supplies in the Indian market. Big international pharma companies have been hit by wide-ranging government-imposed price cuts and legal battles over patent protection in recent years in India, a vital growth market. Cipla, India's fourth-largest drugmaker by revenue, said because there was an urgent but unmet need for the respiratory treatment in India it has started to sell a copy of the drug in Delhi priced at a fifth of the cost of Novartis's product.
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| Alibaba plays trademark card to protect lead as China's $8 billion e-commerce spree nears | |  A trademark spat between Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and rival JD.com flared into public view after JD published an Alibaba letter urging publishers to be careful about advertising in promotions for China's annual "Singles' Day" spree, the world's largest online shopping day. In the letter, dated Oct. 16 and published on Thursday on a JD social media account, Alibaba's Tmall.com marketplace warned Chinese publishers against running ads with the "Double Eleven" motif that are not official Alibaba promotions. Tmall said in the letter that "Double Eleven" is a registered trademark. The letter highlights fierce competition among e-commerce firms in China over their marketing efforts around Nov. 11, a day that has proved an online shopping bonanza.
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| U.N. watchdog urges Israel to probe possible Gaza war crimes | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel should investigate all alleged violations committed by its forces during three recent wars in Gaza and ensure military commanders are brought to justice for any crimes, a U.N. human rights watchdog said on Thursday. A panel of independent experts urged Israel to halt construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, stop confiscating land for their expansion, prevent violence against Palestinians and take measures to withdraw all settlers. The U.N. Human Rights Committee, chaired by British expert Sir Nigel Rodley, issued its conclusions and recommendations after examining Israel's compliance with an international treaty on civil and political rights. Israel's latest land and aerial attacks on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in July-August caused a "disproportionate number of casualties among civilians, including children", the panel said.
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| Protesters march on Burkina presidency after burning parliament | |  By Mathieu Bonkoungou and Joe Penney OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched on Burkina Faso's presidential palace after burning the parliament building and ransacking state television offices on Thursday, forcing President Blaise Compaore to scrap a plan to extend his 27-year rule. Emergency services said at least three protesters were shot dead and several others wounded by security forces when the crowd tried to storm the home of Compaore's brother. Security forces also fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters near the presidency in the Ouaga 2000 neighbourhood.
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| German man charged with murder, membership of Syrian "terror group" | | | A 27-year-old German man has been charged with membership of a "terrorist organisation", murder and incitement to murder during the Syrian conflict, the federal prosecutor's office said. The indictment against Harun P., who was extradited back to Germany in April, accused him of joining Junud al Sham, described as an Islamist group with several hundred fighters in Syria aiming to depose President Bashar al-Assad. Harun P. travelled to Syria at the end of September 2013 and became a member of the group, which trained and armed him, the prosecutor's statement said. He is also accused of trying to incite the group to murder a 16-year-old German girl in Syria, whose relatives were trying to retrieve her. |
| Ex-Libyan rebel leader allowed to sue Britain over torture claim | |  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A former Libyan Islamist commander won the legal right to sue Britain for damages over the years of torture he says he suffered at the hands of Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after being illegally handed to Libya by British and U.S. The ruling on Thursday by the Court of Appeal in London could open the way for litigation against the British government in similar torture or rendition cases. Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a rebel leader who helped topple Gaddafi in 2011 and is now leader of the Libyan al-Watan Party, says he and his pregnant wife Fatima were abducted by U.S. Britain and the United States had been keen to build relations with Gaddafi at the time, following his 2003 pledge to give up sponsoring terrorism and to end Libya's chemical and nuclear weapons programmes.
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| France investigates mystery drone activity over nuclear plants | | | France has launched an investigation into unidentified drones that have been spotted over nuclear plants operated by state-owned utility EDF , its interior minister said on Thursday. Seven nuclear plants across the country were flown over by drones between Oct. 5 and Oct. 20, an EDF spokeswoman said, without any impact on the plants' safety or functioning. "There's a judicial investigation under way, measures are being taken to know what these drones are and neutralise them," Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told France Info radio on Thursday, without specifying the measures. The drone sightings may renew concerns about the safety of nuclear plants in France, the world's most nuclear-reliant country with 58 reactors on 19 sites operated by EDF. |
| Nigeria kidnappers free German Julius Berger staff - company | | | Nigerian gunmen have freed a German citizen working for construction firm Julius Berger less than a week after they kidnapped him and killed another German citizen in a raid on their vehicles, the company said on Thursday. The kidnappers attacked the staff and a contractor for the firm in southwest Nigeria's Ogun state on Friday as they were making their way to work in a quarry. "Julius Berger Nigeria...is pleased to...announce the release of the company's member of staff," a statement said. "The company would like to thank the all those who assisted in achieving a swift and safe release, especially government authorities and security services." Nigeria is one of the world's worst countries for kidnapping, a multimillion dollar criminal enterprise seen as one of several major security headaches in Africa's top oil producer and biggest economy. |
| China's growth-obsessed officials ignoring green policies - parliament | |  Local officials determined to make their economies bigger at any cost are ignoring Beijing's push to cut hazardous air pollution, opting instead to expand heavy industries and cut clean energy from the grid, a Chinese parliamentary report said. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, dispatched a team of inspectors to 10 cities and provinces from May to September to oversee the implementation of new pollution policies. The team found some local officials continued to pursue GDP growth at the expense of the environment, according to details published on China's parliament website (www.npc.gov.cn). "Some local governments have not fulfilled their responsibilities to improve air quality," the report said.
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| Northern Ireland police arrest man over Jean McConville murder | |  Police in Northern Ireland on Thursday said they had arrested a man for questioning over the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, months after Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams was questioned about the same crime. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said in a statement on Thursday that it had arrested a 73-year-old man in Dunmurry, a town just south of Belfast, for questioning about the murder. Northern Ireland police detained 66-year-old Adams for four days in May in relation to the murder of McConville, who was abducted by the Irish Republican Army in front of her children from a nationalist area. The detention of Adams, who said he was "innocent of any part" in the murder, raised tensions among Northern Ireland's power-sharing government and its fragile peace.
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| Malaysia's Anwar says hopeful, lawyers question DNA evidence | |  By Trinna Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he was a victim of a conspiracy but was hopeful of winning an appeal against a sodomy conviction and five-year prison term that could stymie his political ambitions for good. Anwar was the ruling party's rising star in the mid-1990s before he fell out with then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
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| One year after devastating super typhoon, Philippines approves rebuilding plan | |  Almost a year after a super typhoon devastated wide areas of the central Philippines killing thousands, President Benigno Aquino only this week approved a $3.74 billion master plan to rebuild housing, social services and public infrastructure. "The recovery plans are based on the principle of 'build back better' by focusing on long-term, sustainable efforts to reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen capacities of communities to cope with future hazard events." Apart from housing concerns, data from the Office of Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery showed the government had rebuilt only six km of 116 km of damaged major roads.
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| Milosevic widow 'laughs' at EU decision to unfreeze assets | |  The widow of late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic has dismissed news the European Union had lifted a 15-year freeze on family assets, telling a local newspaper that they owned nothing outside of Serbia. Tuesday's decision by the EU triggered speculation that the family and several close associates of the man who presided over the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s may now get their hands on millions of euros that Milosevic's opponents say his regime smuggled abroad during a decade of war and sanctions. "Neither I, my late husband, nor our children ever had or have any kind of property in the European Union. Everything we have is in Serbia." Markovic, 72, said the family had a house in her and Milosevic's hometown of Pozerevac, where Milosevic was buried in 2006 after he died in his cell in The Hague while standing trial for war crimes, and a house in the capital Belgrade that they had rented out.
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| Myanmar calls meeting of political, military heavyweights | |  By Aung Hla Tun and Paul Mooney YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president and powerful military chief will hold an unprecedented high-level meeting on Friday with major political parties and ethnic minority groups as cracks widen in the fledgling democracy ahead of an election next year. The talks are the first of their kind in Myanmar and will see opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet for the first time with the powerful armed forces chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing - talks that the Nobel laureate has sought since she became a lawmaker in 2012. Friday's hastily arranged get-together in the capital Naypyitaw comes as a complex peace process with armed ethnic rebels teeters on the brink of collapse and tensions linger over moves by Suu Kyi's party - backed by five million petitioners - to amend the constitution and reduce the political clout of a military that ruled Myanmar brutally for 49 years. President Barack Obama prepares to visit Myanmar next month for a regional summit amid growing U.S.
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| Egypt bans pro-Mursi pressure group | | | Egypt on Thursday banned a pressure group that has pushed for the reinstatement of President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was overthrown by the army last year, dealing a new blow to the country's oldest Islamist movement. Egypt banned the Muslim Brotherhood itself last year and dissolved its political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, in August precluding it from running in parliamentary elections expected to take place in the next few months. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb issued a decree on Thursday dissolving the National Coalition to Support Legitimacy and Reject the Coup as well as its political arm, the Independence Party, in line with an earlier court ruling. The Coalition, which included Brotherhood supporters and other Islamist groups, was set up after then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew Mursi in July 2013 following mass protests against his rule. |
| Protesters storm Burkina Faso parliament - witness | |  OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters stormed Burkina Faso's parliament building on Thursday, forcing police to withdraw, ahead of a vote on a motion to allow the president to stand for re-election, a Reuters witness said. He said the protesters stormed the building and had got inside and that the police had run away. (Reporting by Mathieu Bonkoungou; Writing by Joe Bavier; Editing by Alison Williams)
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