Analysis: New China leaders must steady economy in 2013 before driving reform

Analysis: New China leaders must steady economy in 2013 before driving reform

Analysis: New China leaders must steady economy in 2013 before driving reform

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:10 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's new leaders must stabilise the economy this year to keep employment high while avoiding a surge in housing prices and inflation that could undermine reforms needed to overhaul the country's export-oriented growth model.

Japan's Abe turns to South East Asia to counter China

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:12 PM PST

TOKYO/JAKARTA (Reuters) - The last time he was prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe's inaugural foreign trip was to China. In the job again 7 years later and relations with Beijing now chilly, Abe is turning first this time to the rising economic stars of Southeast Asia.

Leaders of Sudan, South Sudan to meet in second push for peace

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:13 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan will hold their second summit in a month on January 24, a Sudanese official said on Tuesday, in a fresh bid to defuse tensions over oil, territory and other disputes.

VIDEO: Religious art for Polish inmates

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:25 PM PST

Prison authorities set up workshops in iconography painting for its inmates.

'Slumdog' star: Rape could happen to me

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:22 PM PST

In an incident eerily similar to a sexual assault that sent shock waves worldwide, Indian police say a woman was gang-raped over the weekend by seven men after she boarded a bus at night.

U.S. condemns comments by Egypt's Mursi as Islamist leader

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 01:01 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday strongly condemned disparaging comments about Jews that Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was reported to have made almost three years ago when he was a Muslim Brotherhood leader, and urged him to repudiate his remarks.

Pakistani soldier killed in Kashmir standoff

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:49 PM PST

Latest violation of ceasefire comes as Indian PM says "there could be no business as usual with Pakistan".

Madagascar leader says will not run in vote, offers fresh start

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:17 PM PST

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina said on Tuesday he would not run in May elections, bowing to international pressure to give the island nation a fresh start after the coup that brought him to power.

India 'kills Pakistan soldier'

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:31 PM PST

Pakistan's military has accused the Indian army of killing one of its soldiers with "unprovoked firing" across the disputed Kashmir border.

Keep it down: Russia is recovering from a giant hangover

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:01 PM PST

Americans may already be weeks into their New Year's Resolutions, but Russians are just now starting to dry out from a two-week celebratory winter season that starts with New Year's Eve and ends with the Russian Orthodox Church's "Old New Year" on Jan. 14.

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Panetta reassures Portugal on Azores Islands after U.S. downsizes decades-old base there

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

LISBON — The Pentagon's era of austerity is starting to pinch some remote corners of the globe, including a volcanic island in the mid-Atlantic.

The U.S. military has decided to drastically scale down Lajes Airfield, a base in the Azores Islands that for decades has served as a refueling station and rest stop for long-haul flights. Almost 1,000 U.S. troops and family members will come home by the end of next year, leaving behind a bare-bones crew to service the occasional flyby.

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India 'kills Pakistan soldier'

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:31 PM PST

Pakistan's military has accused the Indian army of killing one of its soldiers with "unprovoked firing" across the disputed Kashmir border.

Mars rover eyes rock drill site

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:25 PM PST

The US space agency says it is now ready for its Curiosity rover to start drilling on Mars, and has identified a patch of ground where this is likely to happen.

Second RAF aircraft leaves for Mali

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:23 PM PST

A second RAF C17 transport plane leaves Paris with supplies and personnel to help France's military mission against rebel forces in Mali, the MoD confirms.

Saudi activists: Kingdom trying to silence us

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:45 AM PST

According to rights groups, Saudi authorities have been increasingly targeting activists through the courts and other arbitrary means such as travel bans.

French rally: No to same-sex marriage

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:13 AM PST

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday decrying the French president's plan to legalize same-sex marriage and adoptions.

Protesters rally against same-sex marriage in France

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:13 AM PST

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday decrying the French president's plan to legalize same-sex marriage and adoptions.

Disabled Athletes Suit Up, Raising Questions of Logistics and Fairness

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 10:43 AM PST

Sports organizations are encountering more questions regarding inclusion of athletes with disabilities, but what is reasonable accommodation under the law has been debated.

Libya paid Mauritania $200 million to extradite ex-spy chief: lawyer

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:53 AM PST

AMSTERDAM/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya authorized payment of almost $200 million to Mauritania months after it extradited the Libyan ex-spy chief to face trial at home in defiance of an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest, Libyan government documents show.

Indian troops kill Pakistani soldier in Kashmir

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Indian troops killed a Pakistani soldier in the disputed territory of Kashmir late on Tuesday, the Pakistani army said, the fifth fatality in hostilities between the nuclear armed neighbors since the new year.

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