North Korea uses cash couriers, false names to outwit sanctions

SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Kim Kwang-jin says that when he worked for North Korea's state insurance company in Singapore in 2003, he stuffed $20 million into two suitcases one day and sent it to Pyongyang as a special gift for then leader Kim Jong-il.

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Islamists rally for Egypt's Mursi in Cairo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday in support of Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood president who has been the target of protester rage in weeks of violent demonstrations.

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Analysis: Honeymoon wears off for Mexico president's reform push

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A political pact forged with rivals and a couple of key laws already under his belt, Mexico's new President Enrique Pena Nieto got off to a strong start, but he faces hurdles to push through deep economic reforms.

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U.N. Security Council warns against arms transfers to Yemen

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council warned on Friday against attempts to destabilize Yemen with weapons shipments as the country tries to rebuild after two years of upheaval and expressed concern that former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was undermining the process.

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Cuban dissident blogger prepares 'victory' tour abroad

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, said she plans to make good use of "my victory" when she leaves on an 80-day-tour of more than a dozen countries on Sunday.

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Canadian minister quits over inappropriate lobbying

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan resigned unexpectedly on Friday after admitting he had inappropriately written a letter to a tax court on behalf of a constituent.

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Witness describes Guam rampage

Feb. 15 - A man who says he stopped a killer's rampage on the Pacific island of Guam describes the drama in which two people were stabbed to death. Lily Grimes reports.

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