| Greek PM says can't manage beyond November without next aid tranche Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:20 PM PDT  BERLIN (Reuters) - Greek leader Antonis Samaras told a German paper in an interview published on Friday his country could not manage beyond November without the next tranche of international aid and suggested the ECB could help by easing the terms of its Greek debt holdings. "The key is liquidity. That is why the next credit tranche is so important for us," Samaras told the business daily Handelsblatt. Asked how long Greece could manage without it, he said: "Until the end of November. Then the cash box is empty. ...
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| Turks on Syrian border skeptical after shelling Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:35 PM PDT  AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) - Frightened residents of a Turkish border town shelled by Syria expressed skepticism on Friday that military and political retaliation by Ankara would succeed in deterring more deadly strikes by Damascus forces. Turkish artillery bombarded Syrian military targets for a second day on Thursday, responding to the mortar fire that killed five people the day before in the southeastern town of Akcakale. ...
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| Son of prominent Mexican politician shot dead Posted: 04 Oct 2012 08:31 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A son of the former chairman of Mexico's most powerful political party was found shot dead in a town south of the U.S. border notorious for drug traffickers, as the violence dogging the country struck the ruling establishment. The body of Jose Eduardo Moreira, son of the embattled ex-chairman of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and former Coahuila state governor Humberto Moreira, was discovered near Ciudad Acuna, across the Rio Grande river from Texas, late on Wednesday, the state's government said on Thursday. ...
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| U.S. investigators visit Libya compound where ambassador was killed Posted: 04 Oct 2012 03:52 PM PDT  BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A team of U.S. investigators travelled for the first time to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday to analyze the crime scene where the U.S. ambassador was killed in an attack last month, Libyan and U.S. sources said. FBI agents were sent to Libya after the September 11 assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission and on another facility in which Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. ...
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| Uganda says it is now free of deadly Ebola virus Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:57 AM PDT  KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda is now free from Ebola, the Health Ministry said, two months after an outbreak of the deadly virus killed at least 16 people. There is no cure for Ebola, which is transmitted by close contact and bodily fluids, though doctors can treat the symptoms which include diarrhea and vomiting, and some patients can survive. "The Ministry of Health has ... officially declared an end of the Ebola outbreak that broke out in Kibaale district in July. ...
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| Georgia poll winner asks supporters to end vote-rigging protests Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:36 PM PDT  TBILISI (Reuters) - The winner of Georgia's parliamentary election urged his supporters on Thursday to end street protests against alleged vote rigging by rivals allied to President Mikheil Saakashvili. The billionaire leader of the Georgian Dream coalition sought to calm tensions after his supporters protested outside local election commission offices and were accused by their opponents of making threats to officials. "I'd like to ask you to stop all street protests," Bidzina Ivanishvili said in comments to reporters. ...
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| Russia considers Arctic licenses for western oil majors: FT Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:11 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Russia is considering allowing Western companies to own oil licenses in its Arctic waters, Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying in Friday's Financial Times. The FT reported, without providing a full direct quote, that Novak said the proposal would allow foreign oil majors not only to operate offshore projects but also to "have access to production" and become "co-owners of the licenses". Novak was cited as saying the idea was being discussed in the energy ministry, although no final decision had been taken. ...
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| Colombian drug boss turns himself in to U.S. officials Posted: 04 Oct 2012 07:27 PM PDT BOGOTA (Reuters) - Suspected Colombian drug trafficker Luis Enrique Calle has surrendered to U.S. drug enforcement officials in Panama, Colombia's defense minister said on Thursday. "These criminals have no option. The pressure by the security forces leaves them no room and that's why they end up handing themselves in," Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon told a press conference in Bogota. ... |
| South African mine unrest spreads, Toyota hit by strike Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:58 PM PDT  CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said it had been forced to shut its South African car factory for four days because of an illegal pay strike, the first sign of wildcat mine stoppages spreading into other parts of Africa's biggest economy. Trade union leaders at the Japanese car giant's Durban plant said workers would return on Friday after winning a 5.4 percent pay rise inspired in part by a hefty increase won last month by strikers at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine. ...
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| Venezuela's Chavez fights young rival in re-election bid Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:22 PM PDT  (Note: Election law forbids publication of polls in Venezuela a week prior to voting) CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez faces the toughest election of his 14-year rule on Sunday in a vote pitting his charisma and oil-financed largesse against fresh-faced challenger Henrique Capriles' promise of jobs, safer streets and an end to cronyism. Chavez, 58, staged a remarkable comeback from cancer this year and wants a new six-year term to consolidate his self-styled socialist revolution in the OPEC nation. ...
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| Turkey-Syria clash showcases dangers of spillover Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:44 PM PDT  Retaliatory Turkish artillery strikes deep into Syria have showed the speed with which the bloody civil war can entangle its neighbors and destabilize an already volatile region.
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| Turkey authorizes military operations in Syria Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:12 PM PDT  Turkey's Parliament authorized military operations against Syria on Thursday and its military fired on targets there for a second day after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.
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| 18 students die after landslide hits China school Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:00 PM PDT All 18 elementary school students buried in a landslide were confirmed dead Friday, while one other person remained missing a day after the hillside collapsed and smothered part of a village in mountainous southwestern China. |
| At least 2 killed in clash at Guatemala protest Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:50 PM PDT  At least two people were killed and dozens more injured in a clash between security forces and protesters opposed to high energy prices in Guatemala.
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| SKorean torture film raises ghost of military past Posted: 05 Oct 2012 12:53 AM PDT  A film based on the memoir of a democracy activist who was tortured in the 1980s by South Korea's military rulers is provoking discussion about the country's not-so-distant authoritative past and the influence it will have on this year's presidential election.
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| Abortion rights yacht sails around Moroccan port Posted: 04 Oct 2012 12:12 PM PDT  Moroccan police Thursday escorted from its waters a small yacht carrying women's rights activists claiming to be able to perform abortions on board, after anti-abortion protesters jeered them on land.
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| Egypt's hardline Islamist party unravels Posted: 04 Oct 2012 01:29 PM PDT  Internal feuds are threatening to unravel the political party of Egypt's ultraconservative Islamist Salafis, as pragmatists try to shake off the control of hardline clerics who reject any compromise in their stark, puritanical version of Islam.
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| Public employees close offices, pack Chavez rally Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:42 PM PDT  Thursday was not a good day to try to get any public business done in Venezuela's capital.
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| US rattles Puerto Rico with bomb site cleanup plan Posted: 04 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT  The U.S. government has a new fight in Vieques, the Puerto Rican island that was used as a Navy bombing range for decades.
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| Venezuela vote puts 'Chavismo' to critical test Posted: 04 Oct 2012 04:07 PM PDT  For 14 years, Hugo Chavez has charmed them, inspired them and made them believe he is nothing short of their savior.
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