Venezuela bonds sink after Maduro moves against retailers
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan bonds dropped sharply on Tuesday after President Nicolas Maduro ordered a military takeover of an electronics chain and authorities arrested dozens of people for purported price gouging.
Albanians angry with U.S. over Syrian chemical weapons
TIRANA (Reuters) – The prospect of Syria’s chemical weapons being dismantled in Albania caused protests in the capital Tirana on Tuesday, exposing a rare dent in the NATO member’s loyalty to the United States.
German parties urge referendums on major EU decisions
BERLIN (Reuters) – German parties negotiating a coalition deal have recommended holding nationwide referendums for major decisions on Europe in what would be a dramatic shift in policy, but Chancellor Angela Merkel looks likely to quash the proposal.
Colombian president ratings move up again, would win election
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ popularity rose for a second straight month in November and a poll published on Tuesday showed he would be re-elected next year in a second-round vote.
Congo blames mediator Uganda for collapse of rebel talks
KINSHASA/KAMPALA (Reuters) – The Congolese government delegation has quit Ugandan-hosted talks with M23 rebels, saying Kampala’s support for insurgents was to blame for the failure to sign a document due to officially end Congo’s latest rebellion.
Ukraine parliament deadlocked on Tymoshenko as EU summit nears
KIEV (Reuters) – EU negotiators flew to Ukraine on Tuesday in what looked like a final attempt to secure the release of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, but parliament was far from agreeing a law that could allow her go to Germany.
Israel has initial plans for 24,000 more settler homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is making plans to build nearly 24,000 more settler homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, an anti-settlement group said on Tuesday, questioning the government’s commitment to peace talks with the Palestinians….
Torture claims cast shadow over Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth summit
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Allegations of abuses against ethnic minority Tamils in Sri Lanka four years after the army won a civil war against separatist rebels have put pressure on the government as it prepares to host a Commonwealth summit.
Students try to blockade Bulgaria’s parliament, five detained
SOFIA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Bulgarian students tried to blockade lawmakers inside parliament on Tuesday, escalating their street demonstrations against the Socialist-led government.
Italian anarchists jailed for shooting businessman
MILAN (Reuters) – Two members of an Italian anarchist group were jailed on Tuesday for shooting a businessman in 2012, judicial sources said, a crime that revived fears of a return to the type of political violence common in the 1970s.
