Saudi Arabia to give Yemen $3.25 billion in aid: TV

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia pledged $3.25 billion in aid to neighboring Yemen on Wednesday, the Saudi foreign minister said at the opening of a Yemen donors' meeting in the capital Riyadh, state TV reported. "I assert one more time our support to Yemen to back all the phases of the political initiative to help achieve security, stability and prosperity in facing the threats of extremism and terrorism," Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal told representatives from Western and Arab Gulf nations at the start of the meeting. He gave no details on how the money would be disbursed. ...

Sweden royal heir baptized as pomp dislodges scandal

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's high society, from monarchs to politicians and the jet set, gathered on Tuesday in a 17th century chapel in Stockholm for the baptism of the future heir to the throne in a ceremony that has helped divert attention away from royal scandals. Long seen as one of the world's most egalitarian societies, Sweden has indulged in a bit of royal pomp over the last few days and blanket media coverage of the christening of Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, daughter of Crown Princess Victoria. ...

Former soldiers and allies detained in Haiti

Port-au-Prince (Reuters) - Haitian authorities on Sunday announced the arrest of 59 uniformed former soldiers and several alleged supporters who staged a series of protests on Friday and Saturday calling for the return of the nation's disbanded army. The soldiers and their allies were charged with forming a rogue army and repeatedly violating government orders to remove their uniforms and lay down their weapons, officials said. In 1995, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide dismantled the Haitian army, which had staged numerous coups and committed human rights abuses. ...