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| Boko Haram kills 15 in northeast Nigerian town - witnesses | | | By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants opened fire in a town in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 15 people, witnesses and a security source said. The attack on Monday night targeted Kautikari, near the Cameroon border, just 10 km (6 miles) from the village of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April. They remain captives. "The were about twenty, well-armed. They came in four-wheel drive vehicles and some motorcycles. Initially, I thought they were soldiers," survivor Jonah Umaru said by telephone. ... |
| Ex-Korean Air executive detained in 'nut rage' case | |  By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Tuesday ordered that a former Korean Air Lines executive be detained for delaying a flight following an outburst over the way she was served nuts, in a case that prompted both outrage and ridicule. Heather Cho, the daughter of the airline's chairman and head of in-flight service before she resigned after the incident, had demanded the chief steward be removed from the flight at John F. Kennedy airport in New York on Dec. 5 for serving macadamia nuts in a bag, not a dish. ...
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| Suicide bombing outside Libyan parliament in Tobruk wounds 11 - spokesman | | | By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives in front of a hotel where Libya's elected parliament was in session in the eastern city of Tobruk on Tuesday, wounding three deputies and eight others, the assembly's spokesman said. The bombing is the biggest attack on the parliament since it set up in Tobruk, near the Egyptian border. The assembly, which was elected in June, shifted its seat to Tobruk for security reasons after violence in its planned location, the eastern port city of Benghazi, worsened. ... |
| Kremlin critic Navalny given suspended sentence, brother jailed | |  By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended sentence on Tuesday for embezzling money but jailed his brother for three and a half years in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent. Navalny led mass protests against President Vladimir Putin three years ago, when tens of thousands took to the streets in Moscow and St Petersburg to protest against corruption in his government and inner circle. Opposition figures say jailing Navalny risked a new wave of protests so he was being punished through his brother instead. ...
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| Soldiers lock down Gambian capital after overnight shooting | | | BANJUL (Reuters) - Gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in Gambia's capital Banjul overnight and soldiers blocked a bridge leading to the centre of town but the government denied reports of an attempted coup. A diplomat said unknown gunmen had attacked State House during the night but shooting had died down later. Local diplomats and media said President Yahya Jammeh was abroad, either in France or Dubai, when the violence broke out. ... |
| Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa loses minority support ahead of polls | |  By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO (Reuters) - Political parties mainly representing Sri Lanka's minority Tamils and Muslims, who account for a quarter of the total vote, have said they will back President Mahinda Rajapaksa's challenger in a Jan. 8 presidential poll. Tamil National Alliance (TNA), former political proxy of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, said in a statement on Tuesday "the values of democracy, good governance, and rule of law have suffered unprecedented assault" under Rajapaksa. ...
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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi says "too early" to commit to 2015 election | |  By Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on the government on Tuesday to hold a transparent election next year and said her party was waiting for a poll date to be set before deciding whether to run. The Nobel laureate said it was "too early" to commit, when asked at a news conference if her party would contest the ballot scheduled for the end of 2015. "As I'm not an astrologer, I cannot say what the situation will be," she said. "I'm just a politician. As politicians we can calculate, but we can't assume the situation will happen as we calculate. ...
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