German City to Evacuate

German City to Evacuate
Italy plans 20-25 billion euro austerity measures: sources
DealBook: A Top Goldman Sachs Executive Departs
Names proposed for new elements
Platini supports winter World Cup
Winds disrupt power in western US
Mitt Romney attacks Newt Gingrich
ICC prosecutor seeks Sudan defense minister's arrest
Kabila leads Congo poll: partial vote tally
UN rights body condemns Syria violations
U.N. Rights Body Says Syria Nears Civil War
Belgium Government May Finally Be Formed
Minister: China Can't Rescue Europe With Reserves
Yemen PM warns transition at risk, eight dead in Taiz
Turnout reaches 62 per cent in Egypt poll
Payroll Tax Exposes Rift in House Republican Caucus
The Lede Blog: A Glimpse of Death Row in China
T Magazine: Viggo Talks and Talks
Saline case nurse sacked from job
Watchdog to review Lynette trial

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 01:19 PM PST

Nearly half the residents of the German city of Koblenz are being forced to leave their homes this weekend after the discovery of a 2-ton, unexploded World War II bomb, marking the biggest bomb-related evacuation in Germany's post-war history.

Italy plans 20-25 billion euro austerity measures: sources

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:39 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Mario Monti's government will unveil austerity measures totaling 20-25 billion euros over the next two years on Monday, government sources said, as Italy seeks to shore up public finances but also help growth to head off an acute debt crisis.

DealBook: A Top Goldman Sachs Executive Departs

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:15 AM PST

Edward C. Forst, co-head of asset management, is retiring — the highest-ranking executive to leave the firm in recent months.

Names proposed for new elements

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:47 AM PST

Scientists suggest Flerovium and Livermorium as names for the newest additions to the periodic table.

Platini supports winter World Cup

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:05 AM PST

Uefa president Michel Platini is happy to move European competitions to allow 2022 Qatar World Cup to be played during winter.

Winds disrupt power in western US

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST

Fierce winds leave hundreds of thousands without power, close schools and down trees in a once-in-a-decade weather event in western US states.

Mitt Romney attacks Newt Gingrich

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:55 PM PST

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney turns his fire on surging rival New Gingrich, as Herman Cain faces crucial talks over his campaign's future.

ICC prosecutor seeks Sudan defense minister's arrest

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:54 AM PST

AMSTERDAM/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for Sudan's defense minister on Friday as part of the court's investigation into atrocities in the Darfur conflict, a move that Khartoum dismissed as "political."

Kabila leads Congo poll: partial vote tally

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:43 AM PST

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila had an early lead in partial election results released on Friday, after a poll marred by confusion, violence and fraud allegations.

UN rights body condemns Syria violations

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST

Council urges tougher international action and establishes new post of a special human rights investigator on Syria.

U.N. Rights Body Says Syria Nears Civil War

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST

The United Nations top human rights body criticized Syria's crackdown on opposition protesters and appointed a special investigator to probe abuses in the country that it considers to be on the verge of a civil war.

Belgium Government May Finally Be Formed

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:34 AM PST

Belgian parties prepared for the final stretch of approving the coalition text and allocating cabinet positions as they drew closer to having a federal government nearly 18 months after elections.

Minister: China Can't Rescue Europe With Reserves

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:48 AM PST

China can't use its $3.2 trillion of foreign reserves to rescue other countries including Europe, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying as saying.

Yemen PM warns transition at risk, eight dead in Taiz

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - At least five civilians and three soldiers were killed in the protest hotbed city of Taiz on Friday, and the head of a new government meant to prevent civil war in Yemen said a week-old political pact might unravel if the bloodshed went on.

Turnout reaches 62 per cent in Egypt poll

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:17 PM PST

Highest turnout in country's history since pharaonic times, says Abdel Moez Ibrahim, the head of the election body.

Payroll Tax Exposes Rift in House Republican Caucus

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 01:21 PM PST

Rank-and-file members and their caucus leaders are split over whether to extend the cut in Social Security taxes for another year, as President Obama has asked.

The Lede Blog: A Glimpse of Death Row in China

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:12 PM PST

Pictures of women on death row in China, republished online this week, provide a rare but officially approved glimpse of capital punishment in a country that executes more people each year than the rest of the world combined.

T Magazine: Viggo Talks and Talks

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:39 AM PST

The actor Viggo Mortensen is not the strong, silent type he always seems to play. In his new role, as Sigmund Freud, he finally gets to speak his mind.

Saline case nurse sacked from job

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:07 AM PST

A nurse investigated over the contamination of saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital in Greater Manchester has been dismissed, the BBC understands.