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| Greek minister signals Tsipras to call confidence vote |
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 By George Georgiopoulos and David Stamp ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek minister gave on Monday the strongest indication yet that the government will call a confidence vote following a rebellion among lawmakers from the ruling Syriza party over the country's new bailout deal. Energy Minister Panos Skourletis described such a parliamentary vote as "self-evident" following Friday's rebellion when almost a third of Syriza deputies abstained or voted against the agreement. With Syriza's left wing showing little sign of returning to the party fold, Skourletis also alluded to possible early elections should Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras lose a confidence motion.
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| Sri Lankans go to polls in 'referendum' on Rajapaksa comeback |
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 By Shihar Aneez and Douglas Busvine COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankans went to the polls on Monday to elect a new parliament in what amounts to a referendum on ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa's comeback bid, with the reformist alliance that swept him from power seeking a stronger mandate. The nationalist strongman has set his sights on becoming premier of a government led by his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). Sirisena, in a cross-party alliance with a government led by the United National Party (UNP), has sought to break with that troubled past by passing reforms to weaken his own presidency and make the government more open and accountable.
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| Fukushima operator's mounting legal woes to fuel nuclear opposition |
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 By Kentaro Hamada IWAKI, Japan (Reuters) - Four and a half years after the Fukushima disaster, and as Japan tentatively restarts nuclear power elsewhere, the legal challenges are mounting for the crippled plant's operator. Also, class actions against Tepco and the government now have more plaintiffs than any previous Japanese contamination suit and, overruling reluctant prosecutors, criminal charges have been levelled against former Tepco executives for failing to take measures to prevent the 2011 meltdowns and explosions. Radiation from the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986 forced 160,000 people from their homes, many never to return, and destroyed businesses, fisheries and agriculture.
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| Protesters demand compensation for Tianjin blasts amid chemical clean-up |
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 By Megha Rajagopalan TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents displaced by huge explosions last week in China's port city of Tianjin demanded compensation on Monday, as authorities worked to complete a sweep of the blast site for dangerous chemicals. More than 700 people were injured and 70 are still missing, most of them fire fighters, the official Xinhua news agency said. Xinhua reported there had been another small explosion on Monday.
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| Myanmar ruling party meets ahead of parliamentary showdown |
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 By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's President Thein Sein made a rare appearance at the ruling party headquarters on Monday as his newly installed leadership team prepared for a showdown in parliament with his rival, ousted party chairman Shwe Mann. Members of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), made up mostly of former military officers, made an appeal for unity at the meeting, with the country's first free elections in 25 years due in three months. The party, which took power in 2011 to end almost half a century of military rule, is expected to fare poorly against Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy in the vote.
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| Five Nicaraguan police officers killed in attack |
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| MANAGUA (Reuters) - Five Nicaraguan police officers were killed on Sunday in the south of the country after being attacked by a criminal group trying to free one of its members that had been detained, police said. Police said they would give more details about the incident, which took place in Punta Gorda in the south of the country on the Caribbean side, on Monday. (Reporting by Ivan Castro) |
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