Japan's next leader wants freer rein for military

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• Japan's next leader wants freer rein for military
• Malala asks Pakistan not to rename college for her
• Russia-EU summit to focus on energy, Syria
• Doomsday frenzy boosts tourism in Mexico
• Obama 'hopeful for bipartisan fiscal deal'
• Analysis: Japan's new cabinet likely to be long on loyalty, short on reform
• Analysis: Allies to lose socialist patron if Venezuela's Chavez goes
• VIDEO: Newtown shootings: Minute silence
• Assange to publish 'million more files'
• Analysis: Japan's new cabinet likely to be long on loyalty, short on reform
• Mandela has "steadily improved": Zuma
• VIDEO: Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah: An unlikely anthem
• VIDEO: Would you wear a 'Twitter dress'?
• VIDEO: Recording of Christmas Day 1902 found
• VIDEO: Hoax eagle snatch video exposed
• VIDEO: US celebrity email hacker jailed
• The Changing Face Of Chinese IPOs
• 13 Chinese Companies Going Global In 2013
• Mandela has "steadily improved": Zuma
• House Decides Not To Rearrange The Deck Chairs On The Titanic, Cancels Vote On Boehner's "Plan B"

Japan's next leader wants freer rein for military Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:59 PM PST TOKYO (AP) — Imagine that North Korea launched a missile at Japan. Tokyo could — and would certainly try to — shoot it down. But if the missile were flying overhead toward Hawaii or the continental United States, Japan would have to sit idly by.

Malala asks Pakistan not to rename college for her Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:46 PM PST MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — An official says Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, has urged Pakistan to reverse a decision to rename a college in her honor to avert militant attacks on students.

Russia-EU summit to focus on energy, Syria Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:11 PM PST BRUSSELS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Brussels for a summit with European Union leaders that is expected to focus on energy disputes and the Syrian crisis and could be marred by EU concerns about the Kremlin's clampdown on dissent.

Doomsday frenzy boosts tourism in Mexico Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:49 PM PST Mayan prediction has renewed interest in ancient and pre-Hispanic cultures in Latin America.

Obama 'hopeful for bipartisan fiscal deal' Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:40 PM PST US president says he will work with Congress to avert "fiscal cliff" that threatens to send economy into recession.

Analysis: Japan's new cabinet likely to be long on loyalty, short on reform Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:03 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Incoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet looks likely to be heavy on close allies, with a few party rivals added to fend off criticism of cronyism, but few see signs that the line-up will produce creative reform policies.

Analysis: Allies to lose socialist patron if Venezuela's Chavez goes Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:05 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Murals adorning a Caracas slum that has given militant backing to President Hugo Chavez over the years are a virtual pantheon of international radicals.

VIDEO: Newtown shootings: Minute silence Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:21 PM PST People across the United States will observe a minute's silence later, exactly one week after a gunman killed twenty children and six members of staff at a primary school in Connecticut.

Assange to publish 'million more files' Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:58 PM PST WikiLeaks founder says his work "will not be cowed", as his whistleblowing site promises to publish more documents.

Analysis: Japan's new cabinet likely to be long on loyalty, short on reform Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:03 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Incoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet looks likely to be heavy on close allies, with a few party rivals added to fend off criticism of cronyism, but few see signs that the line-up will produce creative reform policies. Abe, who will be voted in as prime minister on Wednesday following his conservative Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) sweeping election win, has made clear his top priority is to slay deflation with a huge dose of monetary easing and spending. ...

Mandela has "steadily improved": Zuma Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:01 PM PST JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African leader who has spent nearly two weeks in hospital, is steadily improving and responding well to treatment, current President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. "His condition was serious, but he is responding well to treatment, and has steadily improved over the last few days," Zuma said at the close of a week-long leadership conference of the ruling African National Congress. ...

VIDEO: Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah: An unlikely anthem Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:41 AM PST How Leonard Cohen's once-forgotten classic became a global anthem

VIDEO: Would you wear a 'Twitter dress'? Posted: 20 Dec 2012 03:21 PM PST We are used to reading and sending tweets and status updates on smartphones and tablets - but will we soon be doing this on people's clothes?

VIDEO: Recording of Christmas Day 1902 found Posted: 19 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST Curators at the National Museum of London have discovered what they believe to be the first ever recordings of a family Christmas.

VIDEO: Hoax eagle snatch video exposed Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:44 AM PST A Canadian animation college has revealed its students created a video which appeared to show a Golden Eagle snatching a baby, after the video went viral spreading across the internet.

VIDEO: US celebrity email hacker jailed Posted: 19 Dec 2012 02:21 AM PST A US man who hacked into the email accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and others has been jailed for 10 years in Los Angeles.

The Changing Face Of Chinese IPOs Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:00 PM PST U.S. appetite for Chinese stocks has grown immensely, but like in any hot market there have been hiccups.

13 Chinese Companies Going Global In 2013 Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:00 PM PST Amar Babu, Managing Director of Lenovo India, holds a new tablet as he speaks during a news conference to announce a new series of tablet computers in Mumbai. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Chinese companies "going global" reached unprecedented levels in 2012, and this phenomenon is set to continue next [...]

Mandela has "steadily improved": Zuma Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:01 PM PST JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African leader who has spent nearly two weeks in hospital, is steadily improving and responding well to treatment, current President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.

House Decides Not To Rearrange The Deck Chairs On The Titanic, Cancels Vote On Boehner's "Plan B" Posted: 20 Dec 2012 03:55 PM PST Official portrait of United States House Speaker (R-Ohio). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Try as I might, I'm not sure I'll ever understand politics. In a mere 11 days, we'll launch full steam over the fiscal cliff, and a $600 billion cocktail of tax increases and spending cuts will doom the country to another [...]

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Media Decoder Blog: Brian McGrory Rises From Boston Globe Paperboy to Become the Paper's Next Editor

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• Media Decoder Blog: Brian McGrory Rises From Boston Globe Paperboy to Become the Paper's Next Editor
• Greek police clash with angry shopkeepers in Athens
• U.S. government report faults Bahrain 2011 labor crackdown
• Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
• Newtown: Did the media go too far?
• WikiLeaks' Assange says "door open" to end London stand-off
• U.N. authorizes African force to take on al Qaeda in Mali
• Wright House in Phoenix Is Sold After Fight for Preservation
• UN approves Mali military intervention
• UN backs Mali intervention force
• Ecuador top banker's fake degree
• Kenya approves new, more independent, head of police
• S Africa's ANC rejects mine nationalisation
• $1,200 a Pound, Truffles Suffer in Heat
• The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2012
• South Africa's Zuma pledges ANC renewal to dispel doubts
• French national kidnapped in northern Nigeria
• Four killed in clash in Libya's Benghazi: officials
• U.S. government report faults Bahrain 2011 labor crackdown
• U.N.: Syrian fight 'overtly sectarian'

Media Decoder Blog: Brian McGrory Rises From Boston Globe Paperboy to Become the Paper's Next Editor Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:15 PM PST In his 23 years working in the newspaper's newsroom - as opposed to delivering its copies - Mr. McGrory has been a reporter, columnist and metro editor. He succeeds Martin Baron.

Greek police clash with angry shopkeepers in Athens Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:07 PM PST ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek riot police fought a group of Athens businessmen who tried to prevent a tax inspection on their shops, officials said on Thursday, highlighting the resistance the government faces in cracking down on the country's endemic tax evasion.

U.S. government report faults Bahrain 2011 labor crackdown Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bahrain appears to have violated commitments it made to the United States to protect workers' rights in its response to a March 2011 general strike at the time of the Arab Spring, the U.S. Labor Department said in a report on Thursday.

Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:56 PM PST A group of world-class skiers and snowboarders set out to ski Tunnel Creek. Then the mountain moved.

Newtown: Did the media go too far? Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:42 AM PST Did the media go too far in Newtown?

WikiLeaks' Assange says "door open" to end London stand-off Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:43 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Thursday the "door was open" for talks to end his refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he holed up six months ago to avoid extradition to Sweden for alleged sex crimes.

U.N. authorizes African force to take on al Qaeda in Mali Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:10 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 15-nation U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously authorized the deployment of an African-led military force to help defeat al Qaeda and other Islamist militants in northern Mali.

Wright House in Phoenix Is Sold After Fight for Preservation Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:05 PM PST A house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Phoenix, Ariz., was sold on Thursday, after it had been threatened for months with demolition.

UN approves Mali military intervention Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:59 PM PST Security Council unanimously approves two-track resolution that stresses diplomacy backed by African-led military force.

UN backs Mali intervention force Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:09 PM PST The UN Security Council authorises an African-led military force to try to oust Islamists who have taken over northern Mali.

Ecuador top banker's fake degree Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:21 PM PST The governor of the Ecuadorean Central Bank, Pedro Delgado, resigns after admitting that he lied about finishing a degree in economics.

Kenya approves new, more independent, head of police Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:25 PM PST NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's parliament approved a national head of police for a fixed six-year term, in a move aimed to boost independence from political interference for security forces dogged by a reputation for corruption.

S Africa's ANC rejects mine nationalisation Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST Governing party says controversial issue is "off the table" as leadership conference concludes in city of Bloemfontein.

$1,200 a Pound, Truffles Suffer in Heat Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST Black Périgords are becoming scarcer and more expensive, and some scientists say it is because of the effects of global warming on the fungus's Mediterranean habitat.

The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2012 Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:09 PM PST Classical music critics from The Times select their favorite recordings of the year.

South Africa's Zuma pledges ANC renewal to dispel doubts Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma, fresh from a landslide re-election as head of the ruling ANC, on Thursday promised to crack down on corruption and feuding that has shaken confidence in the party's leadership of Africa's top economy.

French national kidnapped in northern Nigeria Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:04 PM PST PARIS/ABUJA (Reuters) - A French energy worker has been kidnapped in northern Nigeria after 30 gunmen attacked a residence and killed a policeman and a security guard protecting the foreign employee, officials said on Thursday.

Four killed in clash in Libya's Benghazi: officials Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:38 AM PST BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Four people were killed when security forces clashed with armed demonstrators outside a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, security sources said.

U.S. government report faults Bahrain 2011 labor crackdown Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:31 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bahrain appears to have violated commitments it made to the United States to protect workers' rights in its response to a March 2011 general strike at the time of the Arab Spring, the U.S. Labor Department said in a report on Thursday.

U.N.: Syrian fight 'overtly sectarian' Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:11 AM PST Russia declared Thursday that its goal is to end the bloody conflict in Syria, not help the nation's embattled president cling to power at all costs.

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