Brussels on Friday offered more rights for European Union migrant workers despite mounting concerns in some European capitals over fraud or abuse of welfare systems by immigrants. "The free movement of workers is a key principle of the EU's Single Market," said Employment Commissioner Laszlo Andor. "With much higher levels of unemployment in some member states than others at the moment, it is all the more important to make it easier for those that want to work in another EU country to be able to do so.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If they were thinking about getting tattoos, the Obama daughters may want to reconsider. Speaking on NBC's "Today" show in a segment originally filmed before the Boston Marathon bombings, President Barack Obama revealed the strategy he and First Lady Michelle Obama have been using to keep their daughters away from tattoos.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Police on Friday arrested three foremen at a Greek strawberry farm on suspicion that they shot and wounded more than 20 migrant farmers who were protesting over unpaid wages. The incident on Wednesday was the latest attack on foreign workers in crisis-hit Greece and has prompted a public outcry. The three men face charges of attempted murder for opening fire at a crowd of about 200 mostly Bangladeshi immigrants in the southwestern town of Manolada. None of the victims was seriously injured.

Two men have been arrested in Greece after foremen for strawberry growers allegedly shot and wounded 27 migrant labourers demanding long-overdue pay, police said on Thursday. The migrants, mainly from Bangladesh, were hospitalised in the western port of Patras and other areas with gunshot wounds after allegedly being fired upon late on Wednesday by three foremen for the growers in the village of Manolada, one of the main areas of strawberry production in Greece, local police said.