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| FEATURE - Once reined in, Malaysia's royals flex political muscle |
| Monday, October 06, 2014 3:18 AM | |
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| By Anuradha Raghu and Stuart Grudgings KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - At the murky shore of a fishing village on the Malaysian side of the Singapore Strait, Ghazali Malik cleans out the mud and small stones tangled in his boat's fishing net. He says his daily catch of fish, prawns and crabs has slumped since land reclamation work began this year on a controversial 2,000-hectare man-made island called Forest City, a project between the Sultan of Johor and a Chinese developer. "My net used to last up to years, but nowadays I have to replace it after three months," said the 24-year-old fisherman. ... |
| African Union and Somali forces claim Shabaab stronghold of Barawe |
| Monday, October 06, 2014 2:58 AM | |
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| By Feisal Omar BARAWE Somalia (Reuters) - African Union and Somali troops on Sunday took control of Barawe, a port town used by al Shabaab to bring in arms and fighters from abroad, after the al Qaeda-linked militants fled without a fight, the AU and a Somali official said. The African Union and the Somali military launched a joint offensive in March to drive the Islamist fighters out of towns and areas they control, and stepped up their campaign in August after a surge in gun and bomb attacks in Mogadishu. ... |
| Hong Kong democracy protesters start to pull back, fear government crackdown |
| Monday, October 06, 2014 2:31 AM | |
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 By Clare Jim and Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters remained in a tense stalemate with the Hong Kong government late on Sunday after authorities warned they were determined to get the Asian financial hub back to work after more than a week of unrest. Some protesters left the Mong Kok area of the city, pulling back from the scene of recent clashes with those who back the pro-Beijing government. But many hundreds more remained, disputing reports on social media that their leaders had called for them to leave. ...
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