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| Sudan's Darfur votes to keep current multi-state system - referendum commission |
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 The people of Sudan's Darfur have voted not to reunite the multiple states of its conflict-torn western region into one entity, the option favoured by the central Khartoum government, the Darfur referendum commission said on Saturday. The vote was boycotted by major rebel and opposition groups who believe the Sudanese government's splitting of Darfur into three states in 1994, and later into a further five states, led to heavier Khartoum control and helped trigger fighting in 2003. The state referendum commission said 97 percent of voters chose to keep the multi-state administrative system and that 3.08 million people of a total 3.21 million eligible voters turned out.
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| Bangladesh professor killed by suspected Islamist militants |
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| By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants brutally murdered a university professor on Saturday in northwestern Bangladesh, a police official said, the latest in a series of attacks on liberal activists. Two assailants on a motorcycle attacked Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, an English professor at Rajshahi University, slitting his throat and hacking him to death, Rajshahi city police chief Mohammad Shamsudduin told reporters, quoting witnesses. Police said the murder was similar to other recent attacks on secular bloggers by Islamist militants. |
| Severe criminal justice policies hurt U.S. economy - White House |
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 By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longer prison sentences for non-violent criminals and crowded prisons are hurting the American economy more than they are helping it, economists in U.S. President Barack Obama's administration said in a report released on Saturday. The prison population in the United States is 4.5 times larger than it was in 1980, primarily driven by longer sentences and higher conviction rates for nearly all offenses, according to the Council's report. Economists are "of one mind" that packed prisons, excessively long sentences, and insufficient reentry programs "are counter-productive to our economy as a whole in addition to hurting the people involved," Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told reporters in a call on Friday.
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| Let's not overreact to Panama Papers, some EU finmins warn |
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 By Francesco Guarascio AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A European Commission plan to publicly reveal tax and financial data of large companies raised concerns among some European Union finance ministers who on Saturday advised caution after the Panama Paper leaks. Under pressure after the revelations about offshore firms hiding wealth, the EU executive proposed on April 12 a plan to increase tax transparency of multinational companies, including public disclosure of their activities in tax havens. "We would prefer that as a first step, (corporate tax data) should be available to tax authorities, not to the public," Maltese Finance Minister Edward Scicluna told reporters on Saturday before an EU finance ministers meeting in Amsterdam.
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