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Nigeria's neighbours hope for a fresh start with Buhari

By Madjiasra Nako MALAM FATORI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Surveying the charred ruins of the northern Nigerian town of Malam Fatori, which Chadian troops and his own soldiers from Niger liberated from Boko Haram last week, Colonel Toumba Mohamed paused to reflect on Nigeria's landmark election. As the two nations' forces poured into the border town on Tuesday, driving out the Islamist fighters, Nigeria's election commission was announcing the victory of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari. "We hope that finally the armies of Chad and Niger will be able to fight Boko Haram side by side with the Nigerian army," said Toumba, who expects to see changes when Buhari, a former general and Muslim from the north, is sworn in.

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Typhoon Maysak downgraded as it hits Philippines

Typhoon Maysak was downgraded to a tropical depression and made landfall in the Philippines Sunday, forecasters said, easing fears after thousands of residents were evacuated from remote coastal communities to avoid potentially dangerous storm surge. Maysak, which began as a Super Typhoon in the Pacific Ocean, reached the northeast coast of the main island of Luzon with winds of 55 kilometres (34 miles) an hour, chief state weather forecaster Esperanza Cayanan said. "As of now, most of our fears have melted away," she told a news conference shortly after the depression reached Dinapigue, a remote town on Luzon around 8:00 am (0000 GMT). The government had evacuated more than 25,000 people from coastal villages in Dinapigue, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Manila, and nearby areas as a precaution against potential tsunami-like waves called storm surges.

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Japan carmaker Suzuki to build second plant in Myanmar: media

Japanese automaker Suzuki plans to invest tens of millions of dollars to build a second plant in Myanmar, seeking to make quick inroads in the country's growing market, a report said Saturday. The small-car maker has already secured a roughly 20-hectare (50-acre) plot at the Thilawa special economic zone southeast of Yangon for the new plant, the Nikkei business daily said. Suzuki is expected to invest several billion yen and hire about 300 staffers, aiming to increase Suzuki's output in Myanmar by more than five times, it said. At the new plant, Suzuki plans to produce some 10,000 cars a year, including the Ertiga, a seven-seat compact, by assembling imported parts.

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US man rescued after 66 days missing at sea: coast guard

A US man missing at sea for more than two months was celebrating a miraculous rescue on Thursday after being picked up by a passing ship and airlifted to dry land, the US Coast Guard said. Louis Jordan, 37, who was reported missing on January 29, told family members he had survived by catching fish with his hands and drinking rain water, according to the Coast Guard. A US Coast Guard helicopter then hoisted him to safety back to a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, a statement said. Frank Jordan, the sailor's father, told CNN he did not know what had caused his son's boat to break down.

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Japan's mobile app Line reviving IPO plans

Line, the popular messaging app launched in the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami, is set for an initial public offering as early as this year, a report said Thursday, after shelving plans for a listing in 2014. Line applied in mid-2014 for a share sale in Japan, and said it was eyeing a US listing as well. The company, which claims more than 400 million registered members in Japan and other parts of Asia, lets users make free calls, send instant messages and post photos or short videos. Best known for letting users send each other cute cartoon "stickers", Line is hugely popular in Japan, particularly among teenagers.

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Buhari in historic Nigeria election win

Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday became Nigeria's president elect after defeating Goodluck Jonathan in the first democratic change of power ever in Africa's most populous nation. Thousands spilled onto the streets of the north's biggest city, Kano, in celebration, shouting his campaign slogan "Sai Buhari" ("Only Buhari") as he took an unassailable lead with one state to declare. The Independent National Electoral Commission said Buhari won 15,424,921 votes or 53.95 percent of the 28,587,564 total valid votes cast. His nearest rival, Jonathan, won 12,853,162 (44.96 percent.) INEC chairman Attahiru Jega said: "Muhammadu Buhari, of the APC, having satisfied the requirement for the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected." - Gripping contest - The election was hit by glitches to new voter technology and claims of irregularities, having been played out against a backdrop of fears of deadly Boko Haram violence and poll-related clashes.

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Ukraine's 'blue train' forges path through the chaos

In the conflict-torn eastern Ukraine town of Yasynuvata, residents are overcoming their fear and boarding a popular local train for the first time in many months, spurred by the chance to see loved ones. The rail link between Yasynuvata and the city of Lugansk, both controlled by pro-Russian separatists, reopened Saturday following a seven-month break, as a fragile ceasefire signed last month between the rebels and the Ukrainian authorities continued to hold. "I am very, very happy! I haven't seen my mother for a year," said Yelena Panova, her eyes bright with excitement.

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Tsunami warning after Papua New Guinea hit by 7.5 quake

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Monday, US seismologists said, with "hazardous" tsunami waves possible in areas near the epicentre although no major damage was immediately reported. The quake hit at a depth of 33 kilometres (20 miles), some 55 kilometres from the nearest city of Kokopo on New Britain island and 787 kilometres from the capital Port Moresby, the United States Geological Survey said. "Based on all available data... hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts," the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said as a result of the quake, which was estimated earlier at 7.7 magnitude before being revised. Much smaller waves of less than 30 centimetres above the tide level could affect the coasts of other areas of the Pacific, including Australia, Japan, Philippines, New Caledonia, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and Vanuatu, it added.

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Tunisians march against extremism after museum massacre

Thousands of Tunisians, led by their president and joined by several foreign dignitaries, are to march in the capital Sunday to denounce terrorism after the museum massacre of 22 tourists. On March 18, two gunmen targeted the National Bardo Museum in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, dealing a severe blow to a country that was the cradle of the Arab Spring and is highly dependent on tourism. The dead tourists were from Italy, Japan, France, Spain, Colombia, Australia, Britain, Belgium, Poland and Russia. The attack was "a big blow, but this blow did not kill us, it made us stronger", Tourism Minister Salma Elloumi Rekik said on television on Saturday.

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Iran talks reach fever pitch amid calls for compromise

Tough negotiations to end a decade-long standoff over Iran's suspect nuclear programme move into top gear Saturday, seeking to overcome stubborn hurdles as both sides urged painful compromises. Global powers are chasing a deal to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions which have poisoned international relations for 12 years and seal 18 months of closed-door, painstaking talks which have cris-crossed the globe and involved hundreds of experts. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, seen as the most hawkish in the so-called P5+1 group of Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States overseeing the talks, will be the first European minister to fly in for the crunch weekend in Lausanne, Switzerland. He will join US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran's new face of diplomacy Mohammad Javad Zarif, chasing an agreement on the broad outlines of a deal by a Tuesday deadline.

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