AP – Italian paramilitary police blocked a boulevard leading to the Vatican to prevent a march Sunday by some 100 survivors of clergy sex abuse from reaching St. Peter’s Square, but later allowed two protesters to leave letters from the abused at the Holy See’s doorstep.
AFP – Russian police arrested dozens of opposition activists at unauthorised human rights rallies denouncing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Saint Petersburg on Sunday.
Reuters – Over a thousand anti-government protesters were allowed to rally on Sunday in Moscow’s central Triumph Square for the first time in years as authorities granted their opponents a moment to air their grievances.
AP – A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday beside a police vehicle in a major Istanbul square near tourist hotels and a bus terminal, wounding 32 people, including 15 policemen.
AP – Europe’s last big violent political militancy has been decimated by arrests and dwindling support. Its outlawed political wing wants to create a new party that rejects violence and turns its leaders into legitimate politicians.
AP – Nearly 2,000 people gathered in central Moscow on Sunday demanding freedom of assembly in a rare sanctioned rally.
AP – Nearly 2,000 people gathered in central Moscow on Sunday demanding freedom of assembly in a rare sanctioned rally.
Reuters – Briton Lee Westwood is to take over as world number one when the new rankings are published on Monday after Ryder Cup team mate Martin Kaymer finished down the field at the Andalucia Masters.
Reuters – A Saudi bombmaker believed to be working with al Qaeda’s Yemen-based wing is a key suspect in the parcel bomb plot against the United States, a U.S. official said on Saturday.
Reuters – Pakistan players Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir had their provisional suspensions over allegations of spot-fixing upheld by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday.