Russia arrests

Moscow, Aug. 27 (Reuters): Russian prosecutors said today they had detained 10 suspects in the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya, but that the killing was masterminded from abroad by anti-Kremlin forces.

The contract-style shooting last year of Politkovskaya, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, led to a storm of international condemnation.

Japan shuffle

Tokyo (Reuters): Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picked familiar faces for key posts in a reshuffle of his cabinet on Monday, but analysts doubted whether the changes would revive the leader’s badly sagging popularity.