| Egypt's Mursi to meet judges over power grab Posted: 25 Nov 2012 03:14 PM PST  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will meet senior judges on Monday to try to ease a crisis over his seizure of new powers which has set off violent protests reminiscent of last year's revolution which brought him to power. Egypt's stock market plunged on Sunday in its first day open since Mursi issued a decree late on Thursday temporarily widening his powers and shielding his decisions from judicial review, drawing accusations he was behaving like a new dictator. ...
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| Euro zone, IMF to seek Greece deal, debt write-off main problem Posted: 25 Nov 2012 09:59 PM PST  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund will seek to unfreeze the second bailout package for Greece on Monday, but they first need to agree if some of the official loans to Athens might eventually be forgiven to cut Greek debt. Euro zone ministers and their deputies have held numerous meetings and conference calls over the last two weeks to decide how Greek debt, seen at almost 190 percent of GDP next year, could be cut to a more sustainable 120 percent in 8-10 years. ...
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| Analysis: German hint of Greek debt relief raises euro hopes Posted: 25 Nov 2012 10:54 PM PST  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Three years into the euro zone's debt crisis, Germany's finance minister hinted tantalisingly last week at a potential breakthrough. Behind closed doors at a meeting in Paris of a small group of senior policymakers, Wolfgang Schaeuble indicated that Berlin could eventually agree to write off some of the money it has lent Greece, in order to make its debt sustainable. Three people present or briefed on the talks said Schaeuble had suggested there could be some kind of "conditional debt relief" for Athens if it sticks to tough economic reforms. ...
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| Catalan election weakens bid for independence from Spain Posted: 25 Nov 2012 06:06 PM PST  BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Separatists in Spain's Catalonia won regional elections on Sunday but failed to get a resounding mandate for a referendum on independence, which had threatened to pile political uncertainty on top of Spain's economic woes. Catalan President Artur Mas, who has implemented unpopular spending cuts, had called an early election to test support for his new drive for independence for Catalonia, a wealthy but financially troubled region in northeastern Spain. ...
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| Syrian rebels take airbase in slow progress toward Damascus Posted: 25 Nov 2012 07:22 PM PST  AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Sunday they had captured a helicopter base east of Damascus after an overnight assault, their latest gain in a costly battle to unseat President Bashar al-Assad that is drawing nearer to his seat of power. The Marj al-Sultan base, 15 km (10 miles) from the capital, is the second military facility on the outskirts of the city reported to have fallen to Assad's opponents this month. Activists said rebels had destroyed two helicopters and taken 15 prisoners. ...
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| Congo says no talks with rebels unless they quit Goma Posted: 26 Nov 2012 01:15 AM PST  GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Congo said on Sunday it would not negotiate with M23 rebels in the east until they pulled out of the city of Goma, but a rebel spokesman said Kinshasa was in no position to set conditions on peace talks. Congolese President Joseph Kabila met with M23 for the first time on Saturday after an urgent summit in Uganda where regional leaders gave M23 two days to leave Goma, which the rebels seized six days ago after U.N.-backed government troops melted away. Eight months into a rebellion that U.N. ...
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| Italy's Berlusconi says considering political return Posted: 26 Nov 2012 12:26 AM PST  ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday that he was considering the political situation closely and would decide on what course of action to take once the results of a primary by his centre-left adversaries was clear. In the latest of several switches of position, Berlusconi said at the weekend he was considering whether or not to stand in the national election expected in March, having previously said he would not run. ...
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| BOJ rift surfaces over easing as political debate heats up Posted: 25 Nov 2012 10:33 PM PST  TOKYO/NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - A split within the Bank of Japan was laid bare on Monday, with newcomers to its board pressing to strengthen commitment to an ultra-loose policy, as pressure on the central bank for bolder action intensified in the run up to next month's election. In an effort to shift the debate away from the central bank, BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa repeated his view that monetary easing alone cannot beat deflation, urging the government to pursue fiscal reform and deregulation to boost domestic investment. ...
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| Kurdish militant leader wields influence from island prison Posted: 26 Nov 2012 12:54 AM PST ANKARA (Reuters) - Snatched by Turkish commandos in Nairobi, Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan looked resigned and bewildered as he was flown back to Ankara, the gallows beckoning. A decade later, on his island prison, he appears to have the ear of a Turkish government eager to end a devastating conflict. It seems an unlikely comeback. Reviled in most of Turkey but commanding fierce loyalty from Kurdish nationalists, Ocalan has been held in virtual isolation on the barren island of Imrali, 50 km (30 miles) south of Istanbul, since his capture in 1999. ... |
| Thousands demonstrate in Bangladesh after deadly blaze Posted: 25 Nov 2012 11:52 PM PST  DHAKA (Reuters) - Thousands of angry textile workers demonstrated in the outskirts of Dhaka on Monday after a fire swept through a garment workshop at the weekend, killing more than 100 people in Bangladesh's worst-ever factory blaze. Another fire broke out in a multi-storey garment factory in a Dhaka suburb on Monday, but a fire brigade official said the blaze was under control and there were no immediate reports that anyone had died in the latest blaze. ...
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| Syrian rebels capture air base near Damascus Posted: 25 Nov 2012 05:39 PM PST  Syrian rebels captured a helicopter base just outside Damascus Sunday in what an activist called a "blow to the morale of the regime" near President Bashar Assad's seat of power, while the bombardment of a village near the capital killed at least eight children.
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| Bangladeshis protest after fire that killed 112 Posted: 26 Nov 2012 12:04 AM PST  Thousands of Bangladeshi workers blocked the streets of a Dhaka suburb Monday, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, as they demanded justice for 112 people killed in a garment-factory fire that highlighted unsafe conditions in an industry rushing to produce for major retailers around the world.
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| AP PHOTOS: Scenes from Bangladesh factory fire Posted: 25 Nov 2012 05:34 PM PST A fire engulfed a garment factory outside Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, trapping many workers and killing at least 112 people in the building without emergency exits. |
| Turkey: NATO to survey sites for Patriot missiles Posted: 26 Nov 2012 01:18 AM PST Turkey's military says a delegation of Turkish and NATO officials will start surveying sites for the possible deployment of Patriot missiles on Turkey's border with Syria. |
| UN climate talks open in Qatar Posted: 26 Nov 2012 12:19 AM PST  U.N. talks on a new climate pact resumed Monday in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it.
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| Web access battles brew before UN conference Posted: 25 Nov 2012 10:12 PM PST  An upcoming U.N. gathering about Internet oversight is raising alarms from a broad coalition of critics, including the U.S., tech giants such as Google and rights groups, concerned that changes could lead to greater efforts to censor Web content and stifle innovation in cyberspace.
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| China praises engineer in aircraft carrier program Posted: 25 Nov 2012 10:07 PM PST  China's government gave hero's praise Monday to a senior engineer on its aircraft carrier program who died of a heart attack after witnessing the first landing of a plane on the ship, underscoring the project's huge national prestige.
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| Egypt's political foes dig in their heels Posted: 25 Nov 2012 04:38 PM PST  Supporters and opponents of Egypt's president on Sunday grew more entrenched in their potentially destabilizing battle over the Islamist leader's move to assume near absolute powers, with neither side appearing willing to back down as the stock market plunged amid the fresh turmoil.
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| Spain's Catalonia punishes pro-referendum leader Posted: 25 Nov 2012 02:58 PM PST  Voters in the economically powerful region of Catalonia on Sunday punished the leader who made a referendum over breaking away from Spain a central plank of his campaign, seeing his party's majority reduced by a dozen seats.
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| Bomb kills 1 person in Pakistan's largest city Posted: 26 Nov 2012 12:00 AM PST  Police say a bomb hidden in a cement construction block has exploded in Pakistan's largest city, killing one person.
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| President Morsi stands firm despite Egypt protests Posted: 25 Nov 2012 09:58 AM PST Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi attempted to calm a furor raised by his decree expanding his powers as clashes between police and a small group of protesters continued in Cairo today. |
| In world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular space Posted: 25 Nov 2012 08:15 AM PST In Ghana, where deeply held religious beliefs unite much of the population, a new group has formed around a shared disbelief in religion. |
| Stalemate in Syria? Army short on loyalists, rebels short on guns Posted: 25 Nov 2012 06:26 AM PST A little more than a week ago, Ahmad Dahar was a member of the embattled Syrian government's state security service in Damascus. Although he was officially a guard, he says he was not allowed to carry a weapon or go on any missions because he is a Sunni Muslim while the country's core leaders are from the minority Alawite sect of Islam. |
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