PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) - Paris plans to import thousands of tonnes of wood per year from the United States as part of plans to use more renewable energy in its urban heating systems, city authorities said on Thursday.
LIBREVILLE, March 10 (Reuters) - The leaders of a breakaway faction of Gabon President Ali Bongo's ruling party said on Thursday they would challenge him as he seeks to extend his rule over the oil-producing nation in elections later this year.
BRASILIA, March 10 (Reuters) - A widening corruption probe has turned key lawmakers from Brazil's largest party against leftist President Dilma Rousseff, threatening to split her coalition and increasing chances of her impeachment in Congress this year.
RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan, March 11 (Reuters) - Japan on Friday mourns the thousands who lost their lives in a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago that turned towns to matchwood and triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.
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