JERUSALEM - Israelis went to the polls yesterday and were expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as head of a right-wing coalition. He called on voters to back the joint list of his Likud party and the secular nationalist Yisrael Beitenu faction of former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman. Polling projected an easy win for the Likud-Beitenu list, and Netanyahu is expected to preside over a sharply right-wing government that will be less likely to achieve a comprehensive peace deal with the Palestinians. AFP
PARIS - French prosecutors have filed murder and terrorism charges against a Turkish citizen who worked as a driver for one of three Kurdish activists shot dead this month in France's capital, an official said. Omer Guney, 30, drove for the most prominent victim, Sakine Cansiz, who helped found the Kurdistan Workers Party, a rebel group seeking autonomy for Turkey's Kurds. Prosecutor Francois Molins said there was "serious and corroborating evidence" to show that Guney had a role in the killings. AP