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| Protect common land: Indian classical singer makes unusual appeal | | | 'Chennai Poromboke Paadal', or Chennai common land song, sung by Carnatic music vocalist T.M. Krishna, is about the destruction of Ennore creek in the southern Indian city. "Poromboke is in the margins, and people who are dependent on them are also relegated to the margins," said environmental activist Nityanand Jayaraman, who drew attention to the destruction of the creek, which activists say is being polluted by thermal power stations and a port. |
| U.S. vice-president calls for Russia sanctions to stay as Trump moots deal | |  By Alessandra Prentice KIEV (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Monday for sanctions on Russia to stay, urging the world to stand up to its "coercion and aggression" after President-elect Donald Trump mooted ending the measures under a possible deal with Moscow. Speaking on a swan song visit to Kiev, Biden said the G7 nations and European Union should lift the sanctions only after Russia had fully implemented a peace deal on ending a separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine and returned control of Crimea. Trump, who will be inaugurated on Friday, raised the prospect that he would propose offering to end the sanctions imposed over Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and its role in the rebellion in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal.
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| Man injured in shooting near Scottish school, say police | | | EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A 35-year-old man was injured in a shooting near a primary school in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday morning, police said. No one else was hurt in the incident that took place in the Penilee district at the start of the day when it was busy with parents dropping off their children. "Although it would appear that there was an intended victim, anyone could have been injured as a result, putting young children and innocent people at risk," police said. ... |
| In final ruling, Egypt court rejects transfer of Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia | |  By Haitham Ahmed and Mostafa Hashem CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court rejected on Monday a government plan to transfer two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in a final ruling that prompted cheers in the courtroom but could deepen tensions with the country's erstwhile financial backer. Egypt's government announced during a visit by the Saudi king in April a maritime demarcation accord that would see it cede control of Tiran and Sanafir. It has become a source of tension between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which showered its ally with tens of billions of dollars in aid in recent years but suspended petroleum supplies in September amid growing differences.
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| Interview: Russian "scrotum protest" artist seeks asylum in France | |  By Alessandra Prentice and Margaryta Chornokondratenko KIEV (Reuters) - Russian dissident artist Pyotr Pavlensky, whose protests against the state have included nailing his scrotum to Moscow's Red Square, has said he plans to seek asylum in France. Pavlensky, 32, fled to Ukraine with his partner last month to avoid being sent to prison on what he said were trumped-up allegations of committing a sex crime. In his first interview since leaving, he said the Russia of President Vladimir Putin had become increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of dissenting voices.
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| Istanbul nightclub attack involved an intelligence organisation - deputy PM | |  The mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Eve was carried out professionally with the involvement of an intelligence organisation, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. "It appears the Reina attack is not just a terrorist organisation's act, but there was also an intelligence organisation involved. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack in which 39 people were killed, saying it was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.
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| South Korea prosecutor seeks arrest of Samsung chief for bribery | |  By Ju-min Park and Se Young Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday sought a warrant to arrest the head of Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate, accusing him of paying multi-million dollar bribes to a friend of President Park Geun-hye. Investigators had grilled Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee for 22 straight hours last week as a suspect in a corruption scandal, which last month led to parliament impeaching Park. The special prosecutor's office accused Lee of paying bribes totalling 43 billion won ($36.42 million) to organisations linked to Choi Soon-sil, a friend of the president who is at the centre of the scandal, in order to secure the 2015 merger of two affiliates and cement his control of the family business.
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| Spain arrests Moroccan accused of leading Islamist militant cell | | | Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man suspected of leading an Islamist militant cell which recruited volunteers to travel to Turkey for training by Islamic State, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. The man, who held Spanish residency, was detained in the northern city of San Sebastian and was said to be working on recruiting potential combatants in person and over the internet since 2010. New recruits would be sent to Turkey where they would receive training and instructions for potential attacks in Europe, it said. |
| China's top judge warns courts on judicial independence | | | China's courts must firmly resist the Western idea of judicial independence and other ideologies that threaten the leadership of the ruling Communist Party, the country's top judge was reported as saying by the official China News Service. Courts in China are not independent and ultimately answer to the party leadership, although legal reforms unveiled in recent years have aimed to give judges more independence and rein in local officials' influence over courts. Authorities in Beijing say China requires a different kind of legal system from Western models, one in keeping with a system of "socialism with Chinese characteristics", where reforms strengthen, rather than weaken, Party leadership. |
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