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| Khaleda Zia issues rare rebuke of killing of Hindu priest | |  DHAKA (Reuters) - The leader of Bangladesh's biggest opposition party on Tuesday issued a rare condemnation of a recent Islamist killing, a sign the party may be trying to avoid accusations that it is sympathetic to the Islamists as violence increases. Begum Khaleda Zia, chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said this Sunday's killing of a Hindu priest was "evil". "I, in the possible strongest terms, condemn and deplore the attack and the killing of a member of a minority religious community. ...
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| Obama plan to close Guantanamo proposes 13 potential U.S. transfer sites | |  By Jeff Mason and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon plan to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would transfer detainees to any of 13 potential sites on U.S. soil but does not identify the facilities or endorse a specific one, administration officials said on Tuesday. President Barack Obama has pledged to close the prison and move the detainees since before his election in 2008, but his plans are unlikely to gain traction in Congress where lawmakers are largely opposed to moving detainees to the United States. Obama was due to deliver a statement on the issue at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT.) The prisoners, held at a U.S. naval station in southeastern Cuba, were detained by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| Swiss examine 152 suspicious transfers linked to FIFA probe | |  ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities are reviewing more than 150 reports of suspicious financial activity linked to FIFA's decision to award Russia and Qatar the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, a spokesman for the attorney general said on Tuesday. That is up from 133 cases the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) had reported in December. "As of today, 152 suspicious transaction reports have been filed to the ...(OAG) via the Swiss Financial Intelligence Unit, MROS, in the context of the ongoing criminal proceedings regarding football," the spokesman said in an emailed statement. ...
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| Britain neglects trafficking victims with children, charities say | | | Human trafficking victims who are pregnant or have children are routinely overlooked by the British authorities, who do not recognise them as being a particularly vulnerable group, a group of charities said on Tuesday. Between a quarter and a half of trafficking victims in Britain are pregnant or have children with them in the U.K. or in their home countries, the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, whose members include Anti-Slavery International, Amnesty International and UNICEF UK, said in a report. |
| Swedish doctor gets 10 years in prison in bunker kidnap case | |  A Swedish doctor was sentenced to 10 years in jail for kidnapping a woman and keeping her in a specially constructed sound-proof bunker. Martin Peter Trenneborg, who held the woman for six days, had admitted to kidnapping her but denied and was acquitted of a rape charge. Stockholm's District Court said in the verdict the doctor had meticulously planned the deed for a long time.
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| Man arrested over West Brom coin-throwing incident | | | Police have arrested a man in relation to a coin-throwing incident after the FA Cup fifth-round tie between Reading and West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. Albion midfielder Chris Brunt was struck by a coin when he went to hand his shirt to a young supporter after his team's 3-1 defeat by the Championship (second tier) club. The object was thrown from the area housing West Brom fans and Brunt suffered a cut just below his left eye. |
| Turkish PM Davutoglu says remains determined to forge new constitution | |  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's ruling AK Party remains determined to forge a new constitution and a cross-party parliamentary commission which collapsed last week after the opposition walked out should continue work, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday. The main opposition CHP pulled out of the commission, meant to draft the new constitution, in protest at attempts by the AKP to strengthen the role of the presidency, something keenly sought by President Tayyip Erdogan. (Reporting by Ercan Gurses; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Daren Butler)
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| Former Thai PM Thaksin warns on economy, says no deal with military | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra warned Thailand's ruling generals on Tuesday that a prolonged stay in power will only worsen economic hardship in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. The junta, which took power following a May 2014 coup, has struggled to revive Southeast Asia's second-largest economy amid falling exports and high household debt and critics say economic mismanagement is the biggest threat to its hold on power. Speaking to Reuters in Singapore, Thaksin, 66, said the junta lacked the vision and talent to fix an economy in disarray.
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