Mali coup leader condemns beating of president

BAMAKO (Reuters) - The leader of Mali's March 22 coup condemned the beating of the interim president by demonstrators and called on Tuesday for a peaceful transition of power in the West African country. Caretaker President Dioncounda Traore suffered minor head injuries when protesters stormed his palace, in the latest setback for efforts to stabilize Mali after the coup and deal with a subsequent revolt by northern separatists and Islamists. ...

Mali coup leader condemns president beating

BAMAKO (Reuters) - The leader of Mali's March 22 coup condemned the beating up of the interim president by pro-putchist demonstrators and called on Tuesday for a peaceful transition of power in the West African country. Caretaker President Dioncounda Traore suffered minor head injuries when protesters stormed his palace, the latest setback for efforts to stabilize Mali after the coup and deal with a subsequent revolt by northern separatists and Islamists. ...

Nepal government seeks more time to draw up new constitution

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali politicians on Tuesday proposed to ignore a Supreme Court deadline giving them until Sunday to draw up a new constitution for the Himalayan republic, saying they needed more time to agree on the boundaries and names of new states. The new constitution is widely seen as crucial to helping end instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil war in 2006 and the subsequent overthrow of the monarchy. ...

Mali coup leader condemns president beating

BAMAKO (Reuters) - The leader of Mali's March 22 coup condemned the beating up of the interim president by pro-putchist demonstrators and called on Tuesday for a peaceful transition of power in the West African country. Caretaker President Dioncounda Traore suffered minor head injuries when protesters stormed his palace, the latest setback for efforts to stabilize Mali after the coup and deal with a subsequent revolt by northern separatists and Islamists. ...

Mali president beaten during palace occupation

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's caretaker president Dioncounda Traore was beaten up and hospitalized after hundreds of protesters stormed his palace on Monday to demand his resignation, officials and protesters said. A spokesman for the soldiers behind a March 22 coup said Traore's close-protection officers had killed three people in the attack, in which protesters entered parts of the palace compound unopposed and tore up pictures of Traore. Mali is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the coup and a subsequent rebellion in its desert north. ...