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| Brazil police raid World Cup arena, Odebrecht offices in fraud probe | | | Police raided a stadium in the northeastern city of Recife and other offices around Brazil on Friday as part of an investigation into fraud in contracting for the arena, which was built for the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. In a statement, federal police said contracts for the Arena Pernambuco, built and operated by a consortium led by contractor Odebrecht SA [ODBES.UL], were overpriced by as much as 42.8 million reais ($12.26 million) in 2010, when the project was being developed. Odebrecht also enjoyed more time to prepare its bid for the project than other competitors who sought to take part, investigators said. |
| Former FIFA official Rocha agrees to be extradited to Nicaragua | | | BERNE (Reuters) - Former FIFA soccer official Julio Rocha has agreed to be extradited to his native Nicaragua, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FoJ) said on Friday. "The Nicaraguan criminal prosecution authorities, like their U.S. counterparts, suspect Rocha of having abused his office for personal gain," said the FoJ in a statement emailed to Reuters. It added that the request had come from the Nicaraguan embassy in Berne. (Writing by Brian Homewood in Berne, editing by Pritha Sarkar) |
| Congo charges 34 with genocide in inter-ethnic fighting | | | A prosecutor in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday he had charged 34 people with genocide and crimes against humanity in inter-ethnic violence in the country's southeast. The charges against members of the Luba, a Bantu ethnic group, and Twa, a Pygmy people who inhabit Africa's Great Lakes region, mark the first civilian prosecutions for such crimes in Congo. A law enacted in 2013 authorised civilian courts to try cases of genocide and crimes against humanity, he said. |
| Pakistan protests to India after Swami Aseemanand freed | |  By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan lodged a diplomatic protest with India on Friday over its decision to release a man jailed over a 2007 train bombing that killed 68 people, most Pakistanis. The protest to the Indian Deputy High Commissioner, made as Pakistan celebrated the anniversary of its separation from India and independence from Britain, comes as the two nuclear-armed rivals prepare for a high-level meeting on Aug. 23-24. "The Government of Pakistan expects India to take steps to bring to justice all those involved in the heinous act of terrorism on the Samjhauta Express, in which 42 Pakistani innocent citizens lost their lives," it said in a statement.
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| U.S. says hopeful more FIFA defendants will be extradited soon | | | U.S. authorities are hopeful that more of the former FIFA officials and marketing executives who were indicted in May on bribery and corruption charges could soon be extradited to face the charges in New York, a prosecutor said on Friday. Prosecutor Evan Norris said during a hearing in Brooklyn federal court that discussions were ongoing with lawyers for "a number of other defendants overseas" regarding their possible extradition. |
| Trident-toting "god woman" Radhe Ma questioned by police | | | By Nivedita Bhattacharjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - A trident-toting Indian "god woman" worshipped as a miracle worker was questioned by police on Friday over accusations that she tried to extort dowry money from brides, the latest in a long line of popular gurus to run into legal problems. Named after Hindu god Lord Krishna's consort, Radhe Ma, 50, is one of modern India's many self-styled "god people" who command legions of followers including politicians and Bollywood personalities. Radhe Ma arrived at the police station carrying a small golden trident - a symbol of the goddess Durga, from whom some of her followers believe she is reincarnated. |
| Thai parliament votes not to ban 248 ex-lawmakers from politics | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's army-appointed parliament voted on Friday not to ban 248 former lawmakers from political office, a decision that should avert any immediate unrest. The legislators, many of them allies of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, were accused of supporting an amendment to the constitution in 2013 aimed at making the upper house Senate fully elected. The national anti-corruption commission had said the attempt to change the constitution was tantamount to abuse of power.
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| State of emergency ends in Ferguson, Missouri, as violence recedes | |  REUTERS - St. Louis County on Friday ended the state of emergency it had put in effect earlier this week for Ferguson, Missouri, and surrounding areas due to violent street protests. "After reviewing the events of the past four evenings, under the state of emergency, I am pleased to report our law enforcement officers have established order while preventing further acts of violence in Ferguson," St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger said in a statement. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas; Editing by Eric Beech)
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| Turkey nationalists reject minority government in blow to Erdogan | |  By Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's nationalist opposition made clear on Friday it would not roll over and back a minority government, making President Tayyip Erdogan's aim of taking the country to a snap election with the ruling party in control look increasingly difficult. Talks on forming a grand coalition between the AK Party and the main opposition CHP broke down on Thursday, making an autumn election almost inevitable and leaving the ruling party having to turn to the nationalist MHP for support. The AKP failed to hold its majority in a general election on June 7, leaving it unable to govern alone for the first time since it came to power in 2002 and plunging Turkey into uncertainty not seen since the fragile coalitions of the 1990s.
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| Greek PM faces biggest party revolt yet as bailout approved | |  By Lefteris Papadimas and Deepa Babington ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced the widest rebellion yet from his leftist lawmakers as parliament approved a new bailout programme on Friday, forcing him to consider a confidence vote that could pave the way for early elections. After lawmakers bickered through the night on procedural matters, Tsipras comfortably won the vote on the country's third financial rescue by foreign creditors in five years thanks to support from pro-euro opposition parties.
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