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| Around 60 killed in Brazil prison riot - state official | | | By Alonso Soto BRASILIA (Reuters) - Around 60 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot sparked by a war between rival drug gangs in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, officials said on Monday, in some of the worst violence in years in Brazil's overcrowded penitentiary system. The head of security for Amazonas state, Sergio Fontes, told a news conference that the death toll could rise as authorities get a clearer idea of the scale of the rebellion sparked by a fight between rival drug gangs. Manaus' Em Tempo newspaper reported that several of the dead had their decapitated bodies thrown over the prison wall. |
| In Istanbul nightclub, gunman picked off the wounded | |  By Yara Abi Nader and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Shot in the arm and slumped behind a table, Francois al-Asmar played dead as the gunman walked through the exclusive Istanbul nightclub shooting the wounded as they lay on the ground. Like most of the 39 people killed at a New Year's party in Reina, a hang-out for the Turkish jet set and moneyed foreigners, the Lebanese radio and TV graduate was a visitor to Istanbul, enjoying a city reputed in the Middle East for its diversity and tolerance.
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| Daughter of S.Korean leader's friend arrested in Denmark amid graft probe | |  By Christine Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - The daughter of one of the central figures in a South Korean influence-peddling scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment will face extradition proceedings in Denmark after Danish police arrested her on an Interpol request from Seoul. Danish police said they had held Chung Yoo-ra on Sunday evening in the northern Danish city of Aalborg after identifying her as someone "wanted by the police for extensive financial economic crime in South Korea". Chung, a 20-year-old equestrian competitor, is the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, a friend of Park accused of colluding with the president to pressure businesses to contribute to non-profit foundations.
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| New land laws to expedite projects hurt farmers, activists say | | | By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmers and activists are protesting legislative efforts in two south Indian states that would make it easier to acquire land for infrastructure projects, as the battle for scarce land in the country becomes more contentious. Andhra Pradesh state will introduce a law to accelerate land acquisitions for "public purposes", Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said over the weekend. Neighbouring Telangana state last week passed a law that drops the federal requirements for public consensus and a social impact study for land acquired for infrastructure projects. |
| Egyptian judge facing corruption charge hangs himself - lawyer | | | A senior Egyptian judge arrested on corruption charges was found dead in his cell on Monday having hanged himself, his lawyer said. Wael Shalaby, a deputy chief justice in the country's administrative courts system, resigned on Saturday shortly before he was arrested and was charged the following day with taking a bribe. "It is very hard to be a big important judge and suddenly you lose everything and sit in front of an investigator being accused of taking a bribe." State news agency MENA also said Shalaby had killed himself, and that the public prosecutor had ordered an autopsy. |
| Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers' Somali HQ, at least three dead | | | Suicide bombers attacked the main peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital on Monday, killing at least three Somali security officers, police said. One bomber drove a car into a checkpoint outside the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping force AMISOM, killing three Somali officers stationed there, police officer Mohamed Ahmed said. Civilian buildings were damaged," AMISOM said on its Twitter feed. |
| Israeli police to question Netanyahu over alleged gifts - media | |  By Luke Baker JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Police are expected to question Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official residence in Jerusalem on Monday on suspicion of receiving gifts from businessmen in breach of his role as a public servant, Israeli media reported. The move was authorised by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, who decided after a preliminary probe that there was sufficient evidence for a criminal investigation, Haaretz newspaper reported. The questioning will take place on Monday evening, Israel Radio said.
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| Islamic State claims Istanbul attack, gunman remains at large | |  CAIRO/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year's Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large. The attack, it said, was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria. "The apostate Turkish government should know that the blood of Muslims shed with airplanes and artillery fire will, with God's permission, ignite a fire in their own land," the Islamic State declaration said.
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| Obama to deliver farewell address in Chicago on Jan. 10 | |  By Jeff Mason HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address on Jan. 10 to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to his supporters, he said in an email statement released on Monday. Obama, noting that the first president of the United States, George Washington, had penned a farewell address in 1796, said he would deliver his speech in his hometown of Chicago. Republican Donald Trump will be sworn in to office on Jan. 20.
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| Supreme Court bans politicians from using religion, caste to win votes | |  Supreme Court on Monday prohibited politicians from using religion and caste to garner votes, a verdict that could force political parties to change their strategy in upcoming elections. "No politician can seek vote in the name of caste, creed or religion," said Chief Justice T.S. Thakur in an order, adding that election process must be a "secular exercise".
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| Myanmar vows action on police abuse after video of beating emerges | | | By Shwe Yee Saw Myint YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has promised to take action against policemen who beat Muslims after footage of villagers being treated violently appeared online amid tension over a government crackdown aimed at rooting out suspected insurgents. Troops have poured into Rakhine State on Myanmar's northwestern border with Bangladesh since gunmen attacked border posts on Oct. 9, killing nine officers. The Myanmar army sweep has sent some 34,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh, the United Nations says. |
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