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- Rightist GERB leads Bulgaria vote on 31.4 percent
- Nineteen shot in New Orleans Mother's Day parade
- Taiwan gives Philippines ultimatum after fatal shooting of fisherman
| Rightist GERB leads Bulgaria vote on 31.4 percent Posted: 12 May 2013 08:58 PM PDT
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian centre-right party GERB is set to be the biggest party in parliament with 31.4 percent of the vote, first official results from an election showed on Monday. The Socialists were second with 27.3 percent, followed by ethnic Turkish party MRF on 9.2 percent and nationalist Attack on 7.6 percent, according to results from a count of 69 percent of ballots cast in Sunday's election. (Reporting by Angel Krasimirov) Copyright © 2013 Reuters | ||
| Nineteen shot in New Orleans Mother's Day parade Posted: 12 May 2013 08:34 PM PDT (Reuters) - Nineteen people including two children were shot in New Orleans on Sunday when gunfire erupted at a Mother's Day parade, and city police said they were searching for three suspects. Ten men, seven woman, a girl and a boy both age 10 were hit when wild gunfire opened up at about 1:45 p.m. as the parade marched along North Villere Street, according to police spokesman Garry Flot.
Two victims are undergoing surgery, Flot said in a statement. The children were grazed and are in good condition, he said. It was unclear if the victims were marching or bystanders watching the parade. Police superintendent Ronal Serpas told reporters that officers saw three suspects running away, with one about age 18 to 22. No arrests were made. "It appears that these two or three people, for reasons unknown to us, started shooting at, towards or in the crowd," Serpas said, adding that the incident was over in "just a couple of seconds." Serpas said a witness reported hearing two different types of gunshot, which he said indicated two weapons were involved. Mayor Mitch Landrieu called the shooting part of "the relentless drum beat of violence" on the streets of New Orleans. "It's a culture of violence that has enveloped the city for a long, long period of time," Landrieu told a news conference outside University Hospital, where three victims were being treated for serious injuries. Photographs of the aftermath in the Times-Picayune newspaper showed a man lying on his stomach beside a pool of blood, being helped by two bystanders. Other photos showed a man in shorts sitting on a cobbled street, his calf bleeding and covered with a bandana. Emergency medical responders took 11 people to Interim LSU Public Hospital in New Orleans, according to hospital spokesman Marvin McGraw Violent crime in New Orleans ranks above the national average in FBI surveys. A poll of city residents in 2010 found crime to be their greatest concern. In February, four people were wounded in a shooting outside a nightclub in the city's French Quarter as crowds gathered for Mardi Gras celebrations. (Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Brendan O'Brien and Tim Gaynor; Editing by Maureen Bavdek, Xavier Briand and Philip Barbara) Copyright © 2013 Reuters | ||
| Taiwan gives Philippines ultimatum after fatal shooting of fisherman Posted: 12 May 2013 08:14 PM PDT TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has issued an ultimatum to the Philippines to make an official apology to the family of a Taiwanese fisherman who died in a fatal shooting by the Philippine Coast Guard in the South China Sea or pay a price. The Philippines and Taiwan, as well as China, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam, are embroiled in diplomatic rows over territory in the South China Sea, potentially rich in oil and gas and criss-crossed by crucial shipping lanes. The disputes have sometimes escalated to confrontation between vessels.
A Philippines fisheries official said one of its vessels, acting under the threat of being rammed, opened fire last Thursday on a Taiwanese fishing boat about 170 nautical miles southeast of Taiwan, killing one person on board. Philippines presidential deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said on Sunday the head of the de facto Philippine embassy in Taiwan had apologized and offered his condolences to the family. Asked if the apology was an acknowledgement that the Philippines authorities made a mistake, Valte said it was more of an "expression of heartfelt sorrow at the unfortunate incident," stressing that investigations are ongoing and it would be better to wait for the results of the probe. But Taiwan is not satisfied with the Philippines actions. "If the Philippines presidential office continues to respond to our request in such an attitude... They will have to pay a price," according to a statement from Taiwan's presidential office. Taiwan will freeze all new applications of Filipinos to work on the island, local media reported. There are currently 80,000 Filipinos working in Taiwan. (Reporting by Faith Hung in TAIPEI and Manuel Mogato in PHILIPPINES; Editing by Michael Perry) Copyright © 2013 Reuters |
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