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Pope urges peace in Mexico's poor, violent corners
3:04:23 PM

Pope Francis waves while walking with Mexico's   first lady Angelica Rivera and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto after   his arrival in Mexico CityBy Philip Pullella and David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - From the U.S. border to the indigenous south, Pope Francis will visit some of the poorest and most violent corners of Mexico on his five-day trip and celebrates Mass on Saturday before an image of the country's patroness, the Virgin of Guadalupe. Chronic violence and corruption will be themes of his visit to the world's second most populous Roman Catholic country, and he will address the plight of migrants trying to reach the United States with a service at the northern border next week. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join the pope on Saturday afternoon at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, where pilgrims flock from all over Latin America.




Russia warns of new Cold War as east Ukraine violence surges
2:30:40 PM

Member of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's   Republic forces walks on top of self-propelled artillery gun during tactical   training exercises in Donetsk regionBy Robin Emmott and Shadia Nasralla MUNICH (Reuters) - Violence in eastern Ukraine is intensifying and Russian-backed rebels have moved heavy weaponry back to the front line, international monitors warned on Saturday as Moscow responded by accusing Kiev of violating a peace deal. In the latest sign that peace efforts have made scant progress almost two years since Moscow annexed Crimea, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev described East-West relations as having "fallen into a new Cold War" and said NATO was "hostile and closed" towards Russia. Implementation of a deal agreed in Minsk a year ago, which would allow for the lifting of sanctions on Russia, and a lull in violence late last year raised hopes that the conflict that has killed more than 9,000 people could be resolved quickly.




Gunmen kill two in Burundi as marchers rally against Rwanda
1:41:39 PM
Unidentified gunmen shot dead two people in an apparent targeted killing late on Friday in Burundi, where months of violence linked to the president's disputed re-election have left more than 400 people dead. The central African nation has been in turmoil since April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza vowed to run for a third term, sparking protests by the opposition who said his bid was unconstitutional. Celestin Singirankabo, the regional administrator of Gisozi commune in Mwaro province some 60 km (37 miles) east of the capital, Bujumbura, said one of the people killed on Friday was a village administrator.


Afghan appeal after ex-governor kidnapped in Pakistani capital
12:44:01 PM
ISLAMABAD/KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's government on Saturday appealed to Pakistan to take action to find and free a former provincial governor who has been kidnapped in Islamabad. Fazlullah Wahidi, former governor of Afghanistan's western Herat province, was abducted on Friday afternoon in the Pakistani capital, the Afghan foreign ministry said. The motive for the kidnapping was not clear, but the Afghan government asked Pakistani authorities "to use all their tools and possiblities to identify the group of kidnappers and take action to free Wahidi immediately", the foreign ministry said.


Israeli troops kill Palestinian who tried to stab soldier - army
12:13:02 PM
Israeli security forces shot dead on Saturday a Palestinian woman who tried to stab a soldier in the occupied West Bank, Israel's military said. No Israelis were wounded in the attack that happened near the Cave of the Patriarchs in the city of Hebron. A campaign of stabbings, shootings and car-rammings by Palestinians has killed 27 Israelis and a U.S. citizen since the start of October.


Delhi's trafficked sex slaves face "sad" and "horrible" life - official
11:28:04 AM
By Nita Bhalla SILIGURI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Girls and women trafficked from the poorest states in India and sold for sexual exploitation to brothels in the Indian capital face a sad and horrible life with little hope of escaping, a senior Delhi government official said on Friday. Swati Maliwal, head of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), said she had recently visited the city's red light district of Garstin Bastion Road, popularly known as G.B. Road, where she was shocked by the lack of support given to sex workers. "Every day, girls and women are being brought there.


Iraq's Sadr calls for technocratic government, swift reform
11:17:09 AM

Prominent Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr   delivers a statement in NajafPowerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday the country needed a technocratic government, threatening to quit politics if Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi failed to carry out promised reforms. The remarks by Sadr, whose Al-Ahrar bloc holds 34 seats in parliament and three cabinet posts, were the first high-level reaction to the premier's call for politically appointed ministers to be replaced with technocrats. Struggling to show results from reforms he announced six months ago, Abadi said this week he wanted to make the replacements in a cabinet reshuffle, a shake-up that would alter the delicate balance of government in place since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.




Former PM Manmohan Singh says Modi govt failing to boost economic investment
10:53:52 AM

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walks into room   to deliver his speech at hotel in TokyoIndia's former prime minister Manmohan Singh criticised his successor Narendra Modi's government in a rare interview, saying it has failed to capitalise on lower commodity prices to propel growth and is inconsistent in its policy towards neighbouring Pakistan. Speaking to the India Today magazine, Singh said Modi's government should use improving fiscal balances to raise investment in the economy and increase the availability of credit to businesses.




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