Airbus Parent Expected to Alter Base of Its Investors

Airbus Parent Expected to Alter Base of Its Investors

Airbus Parent Expected to Alter Base of Its Investors

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST

A proposal would give the German government a direct stake in European Aeronautic Defense & Space equal to that of France, but also would dissolve an agreement that gave the two countries veto powers.


News Analysis: Hollande Victory May Be Pyrrhic

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:25 PM PST

The agreement by the steel maker ArcelorMittal may be cast as a victory for the French President François Hollande, but the political price could prove costly.


Analysis: Nationalist strains echo on Japan campaign trail

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 01:08 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Be careful what you wish for. U.S. officials have long urged Japan to loosen limits on its military, bear more of the burden of its own defense and play a more prominent global role.

Indian reforms face test with parliament vote

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's stuttering economic reform program faces a key parliamentary test this week on whether to let foreign supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart Stores set up shop, in a vote that could pave the way for further measures to revive the economy.

West Bank hails return of Abbas after UN vote

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 01:03 PM PST

Thousands in occupied territory celebrate upgraded diplomatic status as Israel withholds $120m in tax revenues to PA.


Egypt judges reject role in constitution vote

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:43 PM PST

Group representing nation's judges will not supervise referendum on draft constitution as supreme court meeting blocked.


This Life: Maria Popova Has Some Big Ideas

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:57 PM PST

Maria Popova is the mastermind of Brain Pickings, one of the faster growing literary empires on the Internet, yet she is virtually unknown.

Russia may soften religion law over Putin concerns

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:05 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers are reworking a draft law introducing prison terms for religious offences after signs that Vladimir Putin is concerned it could undermine the delicate balance between the country's many religions.

Kosovo demands investigation into ex-U.N. prosecutor del Ponte

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:09 PM PST

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo called on Sunday for an investigation into the work of former United Nations chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte after the country's former prime minister was acquitted for a second time on war crimes charges brought by the Swiss lawyer.

Opposition candidate wins Slovenian presidential election

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:24 PM PST

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Former center-left prime minister Borut Pahor was elected to the largely ceremonial post of Slovenian president on Sunday to a backdrop of rising unrest in the recession-hit euro zone state.

Bersani set for big win in Italian centre-left primary

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:27 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Pier Luigi Bersani was set to win a run-off primary by a huge margin on Sunday to become the Italian centre-left candidate for prime minister in national elections early next year, according to exit polls and early results.

Abbas returns home to hero’s welcome, but faces fresh punishment from Israel

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:43 AM PST

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Returning to a hero's welcome Sunday after gaining limited recognition of statehood at the United Nations, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas faced fresh punitive action by Israel, which froze the transfer of more than $100 million in tax revenue collected for his cash-strapped government.

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Paraguay peasant leader shot dead

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:00 PM PST

Peasant leader Vidal Vega, head of a movement involved in a bloody land dispute in the east of Paraguay, is shot dead.


Thousands rally against far right in Hungary

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:17 AM PST

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Around 10,000 Hungarians protested on Sunday against the far-right opposition Jobbik party, after one of its lawmakers triggered outrage and memories of Nazism by calling for lists of Jews to be drawn up.

French rightist's ally calls for new leadership vote

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:19 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - France's main conservative party edged closer to resolving a crisis on Sunday as an ally of one of the two men disputing its leadership called for a new vote to pick a leader.

Malaysia PM uses Romney defeat to warn divided party

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:08 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - When Malaysia's ruling party gathered for a tub-thumping pre-election rally last week, Prime Minister Najib Razak delivered a stern behind-the-scenes warning: don't repeat the mistake of Mitt Romney.

Syrian Merchants Protest by Closing Their Shops

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:19 PM PST

Widespread closings of merchants' shops were an attempt to keep the country's nonviolent protest movement alive as the government stepped up its attacks on rebel-held areas near Damascus.

Pair found dead with gun wounds

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 11:24 AM PST

The bodies of a man and a woman are found with gunshot wounds in gardens on a housing estate in Norfolk.


Suspected Islamists kill 10 Christians in northeast Nigeria

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 10:38 AM PST

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist fighters went on the rampage in northeast Nigeria overnight, killing 10 Christians with guns and machetes and burning down their houses, witnesses said on Sunday.

Former PM wins Slovenia presidential vote

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 01:30 PM PST

Preliminary results give Borut Pahor a comfortable win over incumbent president, after protests over austerity measures.


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