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| Myanmar military retains veto after constitution change vote fails | | | By Hnin Yadana Zaw NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - A move to amend Myanmar's constitution to remove the military's legislative veto on key decisions fell short of the required 75 percent support in parliament on Thursday, preserving the armed forces' powerful political role in the Asian nation. The result was no surprise given that a quarter of the seats in the house are, by law, held by the military, which ruled Myanmar for half a century until 2011. The proposal aimed to trim the share of house votes needed to amend the constitution to 70 percent. |
| Rapper Rick Ross arrested near Atlanta on assault charges - officials | |  By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Rapper Rick Ross and his bodyguard were arrested at his home near Atlanta on Wednesday on charges they kidnapped a man, beat him and threatened him with a handgun earlier this month at the rapper's mansion, authorities and media reports said. Ross, 39, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II, and his bodyguard Nadrian Lateef James, 42, were being held at the Fayette County Jail in Georgia on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said. Police went to Ross's mansion in Fayetteville, about 20 miles south of Atlanta, which he bought last year and was once owned by boxer Evander Holyfield, at about 6:30 a.m. and initially were denied entrance.
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| China reveals misuse of $2.7 billion in lottery funds | | | China has uncovered widespread misappropriation of 16.9 billion yuan ($2.72 billion) of funds from its state lottery programme, underscoring the extent of official corruption as the country tries to root out graft. Funds were misappropriated through the buying and building of office buildings and hotels or embezzled, the National Audit Office said in a report on its website. The state auditor said the irregularities accounted for a quarter of the total of lottery funds received in its 2012-2014 investigation that spanned 18 provinces. |
| China probes deputy minister on Olympic panel for discipline breach | |  By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A deputy sports minister who sits on China's Olympic committee is being investigated for suspected "serious breaches of discipline and the law", the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog said using a term often employed to denote corruption. China's sports bodies are in the international spotlight, as Beijing competes with Almaty in Kazakhstan to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2022. China, which is aggressively seeking to stamp out graft in Party and government ranks, has also sought to eject corrupt elements from its sports establishment, especially within soccer, which has been hit by match-fixing scandals.
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| Police search Ryanair jet in Poland after hoax bomb call | | | Polish police acting on a tip-off from a hoax caller searched a Ryanair jet for an explosive device on Thursday but found nothing, police and the airline said. "This was an irresponsible prank," the spokesman, Mariusz Mrozek, told Polish broadcaster TVN24. Ryanair said the jet was on the tarmac at Warsaw's Modlin airport, waiting to board for a flight to Oslo, when the call came in. |
| Insight - "Paving paradise": Scientists alarmed over China island building in disputed sea | |  By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Concern is mounting among some scientists that China's reclamation work in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has done severe harm to one of the most important coral reef systems in Southeast Asia. China's use of dredged sand and coral to build artificial islands on seven reefs had also damaged reef systems beyond the outposts, meaning the affected area could be greater than first thought, several scientists who have studied satellite images of the Spratlys told Reuters. John McManus, a prominent University of Miami marine biologist who has worked with Philippine scientists to research the South China Sea, told fellow experts this month that China's reclamation "constitutes the most rapid rate of permanent loss of coral reef area in human history".
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