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Elderly relative lashes out at Beijing's handling of ship tragedy

By John Ruwitch and Megha Rajagopalan JIANLI, China (Reuters) – An irate relative of two passengers missing aboard a Chinese cruise ship which capsized on the Yangtze River publicly accused the government of treating its people like enemies, as officials struggled to contain public anger over the disaster. Seventy-year-old Xia Yunchen burst into a just finished news briefing with senior officials on Friday, screaming and demanding answers. Xia, from the

Pakistan court frees eight men charged with attack on schoolgirl Malala

By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani court has freed eight out of 10 men charged with organizing the shooting of schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, police said on Friday, a move that will raise further questions about the nation’s heavily criticized justice system. Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for attacking Malala in 2012 as she traveled home from school in Swat, northwest of the capital Islamabad. Malala became

Tariq Aziz, Iraqi foreign minister under Saddam, dead

(Reuters) – Tariq Aziz, who was foreign minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, has died in prison, Iraqi officials said on Friday. Aziz surrendered in April 2003 to a U.S. invasion force which overthrew Saddam. Dr. Saadi al-Majid, head of the health department of Dhi Qar governorate where Aziz was being held, confirmed Aziz’s death to Reuters: “Tariq Aziz arrived at al-Nasiriya Educational hospital suffering from a severe heart attack.

Both sides in Ukraine conflict put civilians at risk: OSCE

The security situation in eastern Ukraine has deteriorated in recent days as both sides of the conflict persist in putting civilians at risk by positioning military forces alongside civilian areas, a senior international monitor said on Friday. The deputy head of the special monitoring mission of the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukraine, Alexander Hug, made the remarks at an emergency meeting of the United