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| British PM, new opposition leader spar politely in parliament's ritual joust | |  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - The new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, veteran leftist Jeremy Corbyn, confronted Prime Minister David Cameron in parliament for the first time on Wednesday and said the house's raucous weekly question-and-answer session should be less theatrical and more about hearing ordinary people's voices. Kicking off with questions on unaffordable housing, mental health and welfare, Corbyn's low-key performance did little to ruffle Cameron, who gave detailed answers in an unusually muted manner. Corbyn, elected Labour Party leader at the weekend, shrugged off a reference by Cameron to a World War Two remembrance service on Tuesday where he was criticised for not singing the national anthem.
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| Victims and activists back special court on Sri Lanka war crimes | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Victims and activists welcomed a U.N. call on Wednesday for Sri Lankan state forces and Tamil Tigers to face prosecution for alleged war crimes, including mass killings of civilians, by a special court with international judges. Despite pledges by the new government of President Maithripala Sirisena to pursue perpetrators, the criminal justice system was not up to the huge task alone, said the report by the United Nations human rights office. "We hope ... that the security services will understand there must be a sort of reckoning with the past and there must be accountability," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein told reporters.
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| AB InBev seeks to buy SABMiller to tighten grip on beer market | |  By Philip Blenkinsop and Kate Holton BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev has approached rival SABMiller about a takeover that would form a brewing colossus which makes around a third of the beer consumed globally. Belgium's AB InBev - the world's biggest brewer - makes Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona, while Britain-based SABMiller - the No. 2 player - owns Peroni, Grolsch and Pilsner Urquell beers. A merged group would have a market value of around $275 billion, based on current prices, and would combine AB InBev's dominance of Latin America with SABMiller's strong presence in Africa, both fast-growing markets, as well as their breweries in Asia.
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| Japan protesters rally as contentious security bills near passage | |  By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Crowds of protesters rallied on Wednesday as Japan's parliament moved close to passing bills for a defence policy change that could allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, despite opposition by many ordinary voters. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the rain, chanting "Scrap the war bills now" near parliament, where Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was to join final debate on an upper house panel. Protesters jostled with police, who blocked them from swarming into the street with lines of vans.
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| Yemeni government returns to Aden after months in exile - spokesman | | | By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah returned to the southern port of Aden on Wednesday in a step towards restoring a government on home soil after months of working from exile with Gulf Arab allies to fight againt Houthi control of the country. Government spokesman Rajeh Badi said Bahah, who is also vice president, was accompanied by seven ministers when he arrived in Aden, which loyalist fighters backed by Saudi-led troops recaptured from Houthi forces in July. "Khaled Bahah and the ministers who arrived with him are in Aden to stay permanently," Badi said. |
| "How is this justice? My life is not worth $2,000," says acid survivor | |  By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A victim of acid violence in India can expect to wait between five and 10 years on average for justice to be done, according to research by legal experts on Wednesday. The study, facilitated by TrustLaw, the pro bono legal service of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, analysed 55 cases of acid violence in India and found that only nine victims received compensation, ranging from 50,000 rupees ($750) to 5 million rupees ($75,000). Here is her story as told to the Thomson Reuters Foundation: I was 21 years old and was working at a dancer at a hotel in Delhi when it happened.
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| India's acid attack victims face long wait for justice | |  By Katie Nguyen LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India has one of the highest rates of acid violence in the world, yet a backlog of criminal cases means it can take up to a decade for courts to reach a judgment and most victims receive no compensation, legal experts said on Wednesday. Globally, there are as many as 1,500 recorded acid attacks each year with more than 1,000 cases estimated to occur in India alone. The majority of victims are women, attacked over domestic or land disputes, a rejected marriage proposal or spurned sexual advances, the report said.
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