Japan's new Restoration Party seeks more defence spending

Japan's new Restoration Party seeks more defence spending

Japan's new Restoration Party seeks more defence spending

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:08 AM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A new Japanese party that hopes to become a force to contend with in a December 16 general election called for more defence spending on Thursday to protect national interests and cuts in corporate and income taxes to bolster the economy.

Two bombs kill 16 people in Iraq Shi'ite city

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:54 PM PST

HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded near a restaurant in the majority Shi'ite Muslim city of Hilla in southern Iraq on Thursday, killing 16 people, police and hospital sources said.

In Istanbul, a mosque fit for a sultan

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:39 PM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Tayyip Erdogan has described his third term as Turkish prime minister as that of a "master", borrowing from the celebrated Ottoman architect Sinan and the last stage of his storied career after apprenticeship and graduation.

From catwalk to perp walk: Mexican models and gangsters

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:35 AM PST

They are tall and slender beauty queens who sometimes fall into the arms of rich and ruthless Mexican drug traffickers.

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Algae turns Australian oceans milky pink

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:29 AM PST

A huge red algal bloom along vast stretches of southeastern Australia's coastline Thursday resulted in beaches being closed and turned swathes of usually pristine ocean milky pink.

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China claims 'historical' right to disputed sea

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:49 PM PST

Beijing's claims to nearly all the South China Sea are embossed in its latest passports, based on what it calls long-established "historical facts" and what Chinese analysts say is Western imperial precedent.

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China leaning tower 'stable at present': report

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:30 PM PST

An ancient Chinese tower tilting at a perilous angle has earned comparisons with Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa and worried a school in its shadow, state media reported Thursday.

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Malaysia PM faces test in 'no ordinary' election

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:14 PM PST

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, whose ruling party faces the most serious challenge yet to its half-century rule, said Thursday upcoming national polls will be "no ordinary election."

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China island row squeezes Japan car production

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:52 PM PST

Three of Japan's biggest carmakers said Thursday that output in China slumped again last month as they continue to feel the effects of a bitter territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing.

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Two tickets share record $588 million U.S. Powerball win

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:33 PM PST

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Winning tickets bought in Arizona and Missouri matched numbers drawn for a record Powerball lottery jackpot of $588 million (£367.2 million), the Multi-State Lottery Association said.

Two winning tickets share record $588 million Powerball draw

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:52 PM PST

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Winning tickets bought in Arizona and Missouri matched numbers drawn for a record Powerball lottery jackpot of $588 million (£367.2 million), the Multi-State Lottery Association said.

Protesters shut down western Libya's main oil refinery

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:52 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Protests at western Libya's main oil refinery closed operations on Thursday for a second time this month, a company spokesman said, raising concerns of a gasoline shortage in the capital.

China at the centre of global illegal timber trade, says NGO

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:34 PM PST

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's insatiable appetite for timber is driving a growing illegal trade that is stripping forests in Africa and Asia and fuelling conflict, underscoring the urgency for Beijing to enact laws to crack down, an environment group said on Thursday.

Kuwait could ban 100,000 from travel over dues - paper

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:18 PM PST

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait could ban nearly 100,000 of its residents from leaving the country for failing to pay dues owed to the state, local newspaper reported, quoting a senior Justice Ministry official.

Australia’s Gillard survives tough year, but polls defeat looms

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:37 PM PST

CANBERRA, Nov 29 — Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard heads into an election year with her leadership bruised over a union scandal dating back 20 years and with her government struggling to gain voter support after a brutal political year that ended today. Despite passing major reforms in 2012, Gillard's minority government trails in opinion ...

Chinese police plan to board vessels in disputed seas

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:53 PM PST

BEIJING, Nov 29 — Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what China considers its territorial waters in the disputed South China Sea, state media said today, a move which could raise tensions further. The South China Sea is Asia's biggest potential military trouble spot with several ...

UN chief recommends ‘offensive military operation’ in Mali

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:47 PM PST

GENEVA, Nov 29 — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday recommended that the Security Council approve an African Union peace enforcement mission be deployed to combat Islamist extremists in northern Mali, but did not offer financial support from the world body. Diplomats and UN officials say that peace enforcement missions allow the use of ...

Riot police move in to end Myanmar copper mine protest

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:43 PM PST

YANGON, Nov 29 — Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas early today to disperse people protesting against the forced eviction of villagers in northwestern Myanmar to make way for a copper mine expansion, residents and activists said. Land disputes are a growing problem in Myanmar. Protests were suppressed quickly under the junta in place ...

Rice meets with US Republicans, fails to win them over

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:34 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 — UN Ambassador Susan Rice failed yesterday to win over Republicans opposing her possible candidacy for US secretary of state, and more senators - including a one-time supporter - questioned statements she made after the deadly attack on the US mission in Benghazi in September. US Senator Susan Collins met with Rice for over an ...

Ecuador says WikiLeaks’ Assange suffering lung problems

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 04:13 PM PST

QUITO, Nov 29 — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering from a chronic lung ailment that could worsen at any time and is being checked regularly by doctors, the Andean country's ambassador to Britain said yesterday. Assange, 41, whose website angered the United States by releasing thousands of secret diplomatic cables, has been holed up ...

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