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| Little sign of protest on anniversary of Egypt's uprising | |  By Ahmed Aboulenein CAIRO (Reuters) - About 100 people gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday, not to celebrate those who instigated the revolt there five years ago that overthrew Egypt's longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak but to praise the police who tried to stop them. In the weeks that followed, hundreds of Mursi's supporters were killed in the streets and thousands were locked up in the bloodiest crackdown in Egypt's modern history.
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| France set to redefine 35-hour working week, PM says | |  France will give companies the right to negotiate longer working weeks and overtime pay, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday, changes to the 35-hour week that face resistance from increasingly vocal rebel Socialist lawmakers and unions. Fiercely guarded by the workforce, and a flagship reform of the Socialist government during a boom in the late 1990s, the relatively short working week was meant to stoke job creation. "Exemptions to the legal duration of working time at 35 hours is no longer a violation of the law," Valls said after receiving a report with reform proposals from former Justice Minister Robert Badinter.
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| Former Bangladesh PM to appear in court accused of sedition | |  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, head of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was ordered on Monday to appear in court to answer the charge of sedition, a move her supporters said was driven by politics. It was filed by Momtaz Uddin Ahmad Mehdi, a lawyer with the Bangladesh Supreme Court and a supporter of the ruling Awami League. Politics in poverty-stricken Bangladesh has for decades been marred by violent protests, nationwide strikes and bickering between supporters of Khaleda and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who have taken it in turns to lead the country.
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| Pakistan's powerful army chief says to step down when term ends | |  By Kay Johnson ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's influential army chief on Monday said he would step down at the end of his three-year term in November, the military's public relations wing said, breaking a precedent of military leaders seeking to extend their terms. General Raheel Sharif is considered by many to be Pakistan's most powerful man. Elements of Pakistan's army have in the past been accused of tacitly supporting Islamist armed groups that launch attacks in Afghanistan and India as a way to pressure both neighbours.
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| Myanmar falls short of releasing all political prisoners | |  By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Timothy Mclaughlin YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar freed 101 political prisoners last week, bringing the number of political detainees released by President Thein Sein to more than 1,200 since his semi-civilian government took power in 2011, a watchdog group said on Monday. "The government has released all 101 political prisoners who were supposed to be released starting last week. Most of them protested against the government, including the Letpadaung copper mine, land grabs and other cases," said Bo Kyi, joint secretary of political prisoner watchdog Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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| Belgian mayor seeks to ban male asylum seekers from pool | | | A Belgian mayor said he would propose banning male refugees from a swimming pool for a month on Monday after complaints from female bathers, earning a swift rebuke from the migration minister who said it would be ill-advised. The proposal underlined an increasingly highly-charged debate over immigration in Europe, particularly since authorities in neighbouring Germany accused gangs of migrants of sexually assaulting women in Cologne on New Year's Eve. The town recently took in 300 asylum seekers. |
| Scandal prompts Adidas to cut short IAAF sponsor deal - BBC | |  By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - German sportswear company Adidas AG is to end its sponsorship deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) almost four years early because of the scandal surrounding the sport, the BBC reported on Sunday. The BBC said Adidas, whose 11-year deal made it the biggest sponsor of athletics' governing body, decided against continuing with the contract as a direct result of the doping and corruption allegations that emerged in December. The BBC also said Adidas considers the accusations of corrupt practices within the organisation a breach of their agreement with the IAAF.
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| Turkey detains 10 on suspicion of recruiting for Islamic State -state media | | | Turkish police have detained 10 people suspected of recruiting for Islamic State, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Monday, although it was not clear if the detentions were linked to a suicide bombing in Istanbul this month. Anti-terror police launched an early morning raid on a street in the capital Ankara after monitoring of the group determined that members were in communication with people in the conflict zone, Anadolu said. Militant group Islamic State, which controls large areas of neighbouring Syria and Iraq, has been blamed for four bombings in Turkey since June. |
| Malaysia says Islamic State threat "very real" as video warns of attacks | |  By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Islamic State is a "very real" threat to the country, hours after a video from the regional wing of IS warned of attacks in the Muslim-majority nation for arresting its supporters. Police said the video, featuring operatives from the militant group Katibah Nusantara speaking under the IS logo, was significant because it was the first from Islamic State in Malay. "This threat is very real and my government takes it very seriously," Najib told a conference on extremism.
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| Indonesia province bans small Islamic sect from "spreading faith" | | | A tiny Indonesian province has banned a minority Islamic sect from conducting religious activities, a move activists say raises concerns over intolerance in the Muslim-majority nation. The move by Bangka-Belitung, made up of two main islands off South Sumatra, is the latest in a series in which religious minorities including Christians and Shi'ite Muslims have faced harassment and complained of a lack of protection. "The Ahmadiyah have a right to live in Bangka," Fery Insani, a senior official in the local government, told Reuters. |
| Chinese suspect in Los Angeles murders says wants to return to U.S. | |  By Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Chinese national sought by the United States on suspicion of murdering two nephews in Los Angeles told a Hong Kong court on Monday that he would surrender to U.S. authorities. Deyun Shi is suspected of having killed two of his teenage nephews, aged 14 and 15, at a home in Arcadia, a city in Los Angeles county. The victims were found on Friday and Shi was arrested on Saturday at Hong Kong airport.
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| Match-fixing concerns return as former player pleads guilty | |  By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Allegations of corruption in world tennis were reignited on Monday when a former Australian professional tennis player pleaded guilty to match-fixing just hours after a top global bookmaker suspended betting on a suspicious match at the Australian Open. The case against former 187-ranked player Nick Lindahl reached court after reports surfaced last week that tennis authorities had failed to deal with widespread match-fixing, marring the opening of the year's first Grand Slam tournament. Lindahl pleaded guilty in a Sydney court to one charge related to match-fixing in a minor 2013 tournament but will contest a separate evidence-tampering charge on technical grounds.
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