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| Thousands protest Burkina Faso army's power grab |
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| By Joe Penney and Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Thousands gathered on Sunday in the centre of Burkina Faso's capital to denounce what they called a military coup, two days after mass protests forced President Blaise Compaore to resign. Compaore's 27 years in charge of the landlocked West African country ended on Friday when his bid to change the constitution to extend his rule was thwarted. A power struggle ensued and on Saturday Presidential Guard commander Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida was appointed as transitional leader, superseding an earlier claim by the army chief of staff. In Ouagadougou's Place de La Nation on Sunday, opposition leaders denounced the power grab to the assembled crowds, while a U.N. official warned of possible sanctions if Zida obstructed a return to civilian rule. |
| Modi vows to bring back "black money" |
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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday he was committed to bring back funds illegally deposited in banks outside the country to avoid tax, widely referred to as "black money". In his second radio address to the nation since coming to power in May, Modi said the money stashed abroad illegally belonged to the poor of the country. Modi said he did not know how much black money was deposited in banks overseas, but Washington-based think-tank Global Financial Integrity has estimated that India suffered $344 billion in illicit fund outflows between 2002 and 2011.
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