Mexico old guard has new face in return to power

Mexico old guard has new face in return to power

Mexico old guard has new face in return to power

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:47 PM PST

President-elect of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto visits Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)The party that ruled Mexico for seven decades returns to power Saturday with a president from a new generation to govern a country that has changed dramatically in the 12 years since the Institutional Revolutionary Party last held the top post.

Some wish Islam would inform climate debate

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2011 file photo shows the main plant facility at the Navajo Generating Station, from Lake Powell, in Page, Ariz. The United Nations climate chief is urging people not to look solely to their governments to make tough decisions to slow global warming, and instead to consider their own role in solving the problem. Approaching the half-way point of two-week climate talks in Doha, Christiana Figueres, the head of the U.N.'s climate change secretariat, said Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 that she didn't see "much public interest, support, for governments to take on more ambitious and more courageous decisions."(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an independent state of Palestine.

Boycott-hit voting under way in Kuwait

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:28 PM PST

Turnout is seen as the key test for the divisions within the country as the opposition expects a 70-per cent boycott.


U.S. judge refuses to order anti-Muslim film off YouTube

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:12 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world lost on Friday her second legal bid to force the video off YouTube. Denying a request by actress Cindy Lee Garcia for a court order requiring the popular online video site to remove the crudely made 13-minute clip, a federal judge found she was unlikely to prevail on her claims of copyright infringement. U.S. ...


Mexico's Pena Nieto takes power, begins new era for old ruling party

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:37 PM PST

Mexico's President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto meets with Canada's Governor General David Johnston in OttawaMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Enrique Pena Nieto took over as Mexican president on Saturday, offering a shot at redemption for the party that shaped modern Mexico if he can bring about an end to years of violence and economic underperformance. Shortly after midnight at the national palace, outgoing President Felipe Calderon formally transferred power to his successor, handing over a flag to Pena Nieto and saluting him. "Today I begin to exercise the honorable office of president," said Pena Nieto, who then swore in his top security ministers. ...

Senate approves new sanctions for Iran energy, shipping

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:01 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate resoundingly approved on Friday expanded sanctions on global trade with Iran's energy and shipping sectors, its latest effort to ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program. The new package, which keeps in place exemptions for countries that have made significant cuts to their purchases of Iranian crude oil, would be the third round of sanctions in a year if passed into law. The existing sanctions have already hurt Iran's economy, but it is uncertain whether the additional measures will stop or slow Iran's nuclear program. ...


Boycott-hit voting begins in Kuwait

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:42 PM PST

Islamist, nationalist and liberal opposition groups gather to protest the Kuwait government's amendment of the electoral law and support a boycott on the country's election on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 in Kuwait City. More than 15,000 protesters rallied in the first government-authorized demonstration in Kuwait since a ban on political gatherings earlier this month. The election to be held Saturday, Dec. 1 is the fifth since mid-2006, and the second this year.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)Voting is under way in Kuwait to pick a new parliament that's certain to side with the ruling establishment after a widespread election boycott by opposition groups.

Egypt set for rival camps rallies

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:22 PM PST

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's president are planning mass, rival rallies over new draft constitution.


Mexico's Pena Nieto takes power, begins new era for old ruling party

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:37 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Enrique Pena Nieto took over as Mexican president on Saturday, offering a shot at redemption for the party that shaped modern Mexico if he can bring about an end to years of violence and economic underperformance.

Tunisia's president calls for new cabinet

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:08 PM PST

Anger continues to spill on the streets of the north African state as President Moncef Marzouki calls for new cabinet.


U.S. judge refuses to order anti-Muslim film off YouTube

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:12 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world lost on Friday her second legal bid to force the video off YouTube.

US denounces Israeli settlement plans

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:22 PM PST

US secretary of state says the decision to build 3,000 settler homes in occupied territories is a set back for peace.


VIDEO: Caring NYPD officer is internet hit

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:44 PM PST

A police officer in New York has become an internet hit after a photograph of him buying a homeless man a pair of boots was posted on Facebook.


VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Jamie Oliver

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:07 PM PST

Chef Jamie Oliver talks to Matthew Stadlen about changing people's eating habits, keeping in touch with all his different business interests, dealing with criticism, how fame has not changed him, and why he would eat chips for breakfast.


Senate approves new sanctions for Iran energy, shipping

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:01 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate resoundingly approved on Friday expanded sanctions on global trade with Iran's energy and shipping sectors, its latest effort to ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program.

VIDEO: Egypt to step up anti-Morsi protests

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:34 PM PST

Tens of thousands of Egyptians are protesting in Cairo against President Morsi and a new draft constitution, hastily approved by an Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly.


VIDEO: Cigarette branding ban begins

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:35 PM PST

Australia has become the first country in the world to force cigarette companies to remove all logos from their packaging and sell their products in unbranded packets.


Palestinians win de facto U.N. recognition of sovereign state

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 07:19 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate."

VIDEO: Cigarette branding ban begins

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:35 PM PST

Australia has become the first country in the world to force cigarette companies to remove all logos from their packaging and sell their products in unbranded packets.


Syria jets bombard rebel targets on airport road

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:44 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian air force jets bombarded rebel targets on Friday close to the Damascus airport road and a regional airline said foreign carriers had halted flights to the capital.
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