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INTERNATIONAL
| At least 50 plots foiled by US spy programs |
| Secret US surveillance has foiled more than 50 terror plots since 2001, including a planned bomb attack on the New York Stock Exchange, a US spy chief said Tuesday, defending leaked programs. |
| Air France-KLM orders 25 wide-body Airbus A350s |
| Air France-KLM ordered 25 Airbus A350 jets on Wednesday, saying the wide-body plane that flew for the first time last week will be central to its plan to expand long-haul flights after years of struggling against discount carriers in Europe. |
| China executes child rapist: Xinhua |
| China has executed a government official who raped 11 underage girls, state media reported Wednesday, weeks after a series of child sex abuse scandals provoked outrage nationwide. |
| Nitish Kumar wins trust vote |
| Three days after he dumped long-time ally BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday won a trust vote to prove his majority in the state assembly. |
| 22 dead in monsoon floods in Nepal |
| At least 22 people have been killed in landslides and floods triggered by heavy monsoon rain in remote parts of Nepal, a government spokesman said. |
| Gunmen attack UN office in Somalia |
| A suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked an office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, a senior police officer and a witness said. |
| World Bank warns global warming woes closing in |
| The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia. |
| Protesters out again in Brazil |
| Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and prices but get low-quality public services and a system of govt infected with corruption. |
| Thousands evacuated after blasts at Russian arms depot |
| More than six thousand people were evacuated overnight in central Russia after a series of massive explosions at arms depot blew out windows and sparked a fire, the emergency situations ministry said Wednesday. |
| Assange to stay in Ecuadorean embassy |
| WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London even if Sweden stops pursuing sexual assault claims against him because he fears arrest on the order of the United States. |
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