New Italian targets show lack of progress since Berlusconi’s fall
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s latest economic forecasts reveal how little progress has been made to fix its finances and restore growth since Silvio Berlusconi was forced from office at the height of the euro zone debt crisis in November 2011.
Serbian ruling parties oust opposition leader as Belgrade mayor
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s governing parties toppled opposition Democratic Party leader Dragan Djilas from the high-profile post of Belgrade mayor on Tuesday, in a show of power that could be a prelude to early parliamentary elections.
At U.N., Brazil’s Rousseff blasts U.S. spying as breach of law
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used her position as the opening speaker at the U.N. General Assembly to accuse the United States of violating human rights and international law through espionage that included spying on he…
Turkey says world has responsibility to end Syria war
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Turkey called on Tuesday for a more robust international effort to end Syria’s civil war, saying the global community had a responsibility not to abandon the Syrian people.
U.S. seeks to play down expectations for Iran talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States does not expect this week’s planned meeting between major powers and Iran’s foreign minister on the Iranian nuclear program to resolve any issues but hopes it can chart a way forward, a senior U.S. official …
UK’s Labour draws 2015 election battle lines against ‘privileged few’
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband pledged on Tuesday to end a cost of living crisis by tapping energy firms and big companies for billions of pounds, seeking to win over skeptical voters before the 2015 electi…
In Baghdad bastion, grieving Shi’ites call for revenge
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The red flag of revenge flies over a house in Baghdad’s Shi’ite stronghold of Sadr City, where residents are mourning the victims of a triple bombing that killed 85 people at a funeral in the same place at the weekend.
Somali prime minister calls for aid to combat al Shabaab
GENEVA (Reuters) – Somalia’s prime minister appealed on Tuesday for international support to combat al Shabaab militants but said a military solution to their insurgency alone was not enough.
Berlusconi’s girlfriend, 28, tells press she wants to marry him
ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi’s 28-year-old girlfriend, Francesca Pascale, wants to marry the four-times Italian prime minister, who she says first caught her eye when she was a teenager, according to a magazine interview published on Tuesday.
Merkel camp eyes tie-up with Social Democrats, shuns Greens
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s conservatives appeared headed towards coalition talks with their main center-left rivals on Tuesday after heavyweights from the German chancellor’s camp ruled out a marriage with the environmentalist Greens.
