Tanks outside Egypt presidential palace, streets calm

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• Tanks outside Egypt presidential palace, streets calm
• Egypt deploys tanks outside Morsi palace
• Pakistan deaths in 'US drone strike'
• VIDEO: Architect of Brazil's futuristic capital dies
• VIDEO: More than 200 injured in Egypt clashes
• African Union appeals for U.N. funding for Mali force
• Overnight clashes in Cairo kill 3, crisis worsens
• China bus drivers given bail after strike
• Rare tornado kills 3 in New Zealand's largest city
• African Union appeals for U.N. funding for Mali force
• Obama prepared to go over 'fiscal cliff'
• Japan opposition LDP set to win solid election majority: polls
• Nicaragua won't grant underwater drilling rights in contested waters
• Japan opposition LDP set to win solid election majority: polls
• US drone kills 3 suspected militants in Pakistan
• Rare tornado kills three in New Zealand's biggest city
• Guatemalan police arrest software guru McAfee
• Thousands homeless after Philippines typhoon
• VIDEO: Divers rescued trapped whale shark
• Rare tornado kills three in New Zealand's biggest city

Tanks outside Egypt presidential palace, streets calm Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:48 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - At least four tanks deployed outside the Egyptian presidential palace on Thursday in a street where supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Mursi had been clashing into the early hours of the morning, Reuters witnesses said.

Egypt deploys tanks outside Morsi palace Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:54 PM PST At least five people have been killed and over 400 injured in overnight clashes outside the presidential palace in Cairo

Pakistan deaths in 'US drone strike' Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:32 PM PST At least three suspected Taliban fighters killed in a missile attack on a village in the North Waziristan tribal area.

VIDEO: Architect of Brazil's futuristic capital dies Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:13 PM PST Niemeyer designed some of the 20th Century's most famous modernist buildings.

VIDEO: More than 200 injured in Egypt clashes Posted: 05 Dec 2012 05:13 PM PST Thousands remain on the streets in the Egyptian capital where divisions centre around a controversial new constitution that the government insists will go to a referendum.

African Union appeals for U.N. funding for Mali force Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:29 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The African Union appealed on Wednesday for U.N. funding for a military operation to combat Islamist extremists in northern Mali after U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon cautiously recommended the Security Council approve the force without U.N. financing. Mali descended into chaos in March when soldiers toppled the president, leaving a power vacuum that enabled Tuareg rebels to seize two-thirds of the country. But Islamist extremists, some allied with al Qaeda, have hijacked the revolt. ...

Overnight clashes in Cairo kill 3, crisis worsens Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:07 PM PST Overnight clashes in Cairo between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist leader killed at least three people, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, as the nation further descended into political turmoil over the constitution drafted by President Mohammed Morsi's allies.

China bus drivers given bail after strike Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:36 PM PST Four Chinese immigrant bus drivers accused of inciting the city-state's first labor strike in 26 years have been granted bail in a case that highlighted growing social friction caused by an influx of foreign labor.

Rare tornado kills 3 in New Zealand's largest city Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:01 PM PST An unusually destructive tornado swept through neighborhoods around New Zealand's largest city Thursday, killing three people and forcing 250 more to evacuate damaged and powerless homes.

African Union appeals for U.N. funding for Mali force Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:31 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The African Union appealed on Wednesday for U.N. funding for a military operation to combat Islamist extremists in northern Mali after U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon cautiously recommended the Security Council approve the force without U.N. financing.

Obama prepared to go over 'fiscal cliff' Posted: 05 Dec 2012 10:33 PM PST US Treasury Secretary Geithner says Obama administration will not budge on raising tax rates for top earners.

Japan opposition LDP set to win solid election majority: polls Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:34 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) looks on course to win a surprisingly solid majority in a December 16 parliamentary election, media polls showed on Thursday, returning to power with a hawkish former premier at the helm.

Nicaragua won't grant underwater drilling rights in contested waters Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:39 PM PST MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Wednesday that Nicaragua would not grant oil drilling licenses in ecologically sensitive Caribbean waters that belonged until recently to Colombia.

Japan opposition LDP set to win solid election majority: polls Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:34 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) looks on course to win a surprisingly solid majority in a December 16 parliamentary election, media polls showed on Thursday, returning to power with a hawkish former premier at the helm. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who heads the LDP and would likely return to the top job if the party wins, is calling for radical monetary easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to beat persistent deflation and a strong yen. ...

US drone kills 3 suspected militants in Pakistan Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:42 PM PST A U.S. drone fired a pair of missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing three suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Rare tornado kills three in New Zealand's biggest city Posted: 05 Dec 2012 06:44 PM PST WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Three people were killed and several injured after an unusual storm, described by witnesses as a "mini tornado", hit New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Thursday, toppling trees and ripping debris from a construction site. The tornado, driven by a powerful storm cell, tore concrete slabs from a building site and dropped them onto a truck, killing two people inside, a fire services spokesman said. ...

Guatemalan police arrest software guru McAfee Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:39 PM PST Software company founder John McAfee was arrested by police in Guatemala on Wednesday for entering the country illegally, hours after he said he would seek asylum in the Central American country.

Thousands homeless after Philippines typhoon Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:20 PM PST Nearly 200,000 people homeless, 325 dead and hundreds more missing after Typhoon Bopha hits eight provinces.

VIDEO: Divers rescued trapped whale shark Posted: 05 Dec 2012 07:10 PM PST The 10-metre-long whale shark was discovered by divers who were accompanying tourists.

Rare tornado kills three in New Zealand's biggest city Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:21 PM PST WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Three people were killed and several injured after an unusual storm, described by witnesses as a "mini tornado", hit New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Thursday, toppling trees and ripping debris from a construction site.

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