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| Bookkeeper of Auschwitz says he can only ask God for forgiveness |
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 A former bookkeeper at Auschwitz who is accused of assisting in the mass murder of at least 300,000 people told a German court on Wednesday he could only ask God to forgive him as he was not entitled to ask this of victims of the Holocaust. Oskar Groening, 94, did not kill anyone himself while working as a clerk at the notorious Nazi death camp but prosecutors say his role made him a part of the machinery that allowed the systematic killing to take place. "I can only ask my Lord God for forgiveness," Groening said in a statement read out by one of his lawyers at what is likely to be one of the last big Holocaust trials in Germany.
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| Tunisia identifies hotel attack victims, 30 British - official |
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 Thirty Britons and 8 other foreigners were killed in the Tunisian hotel attack last Friday when a gunman opened fire on holidaymakers, Tunisia's health ministry said on Wednesday completing last formal identification. The massacre at the Sousse resort, claimed by Islamic State militants, was the worst such attack in Tunisia's modern history, delivering a serious blow to the North African country's vital tourist industry. The health ministry said all 38 victims had been formally identified, including the 30 Britons, three Irish citizens, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian national.
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| China says retired officials can be punished for pollution |
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 Even officials who have retired will be held accountable and punished for pollution which occurred under their watch, state media said on Wednesday after a government meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping. Facing mounting public pressure, leaders in Beijing have declared a war on pollution, vowing to abandon a decades-old growth-at-all-costs economic model that has spoiled much of China's water, skies and soil. Beijing has repeatedly promised to strengthen monitoring and law enforcement, and a new environmental law in force since Jan. 1 gives it the clout to impose unlimited fines and jail sentences on repeat offenders.
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| Rajapaksa launches comeback bid in Sri Lanka poll for PM |
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 By Shihar Aneez MEDAMULANA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, regarded as a hero by some and a war criminal by others for the brutal defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels six years ago, announced on Wednesday that he would stand in an election for prime minister next month. The parliamentary election comes after months of deadlock in the legislature, as a six-month-old coalition government cobbled together by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickramassinghe has struggled to pass key political reforms in the island state. Together they had sought to curb presidential powers which they had accused Rajapaksa of abusing during his decade in power, and depoliticise state institutions such as the police, judiciary and public services.
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