site of the Australian Open beginning Dec. 6 -- hit consecutive holes-in-one on the par-3 ninth hole Wednesday.
Greek PM presses for deal on loan
Greece has reacted with dismay to the European Union’s failure to agree to release vital rescue loan funds for the debt-ridden country, with the prime minister warning it was not just Greece’s future that hangs in the balance.
EU nations head into tough budget summit
Everyone's drawing lines in the sand, but the leaders are so far apart they might as well be on different beaches. Yemeni military plane crashes during training; all 10 aboard killed
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say a military plane has crashed during training over the capital, Sanaa, killing all 10 people on board.
US secretary of state presses on with efforts to end Israel-Hamas fighting
The U.S. secretary of state will try on Wednesday to wring an elusive truce deal from Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers after earlier efforts to end more than a week of fighting broke down amid a furious spasm of violence.
Russian farmer takes on corrupt officials
When Eduard Mochalov tried to have the people who stole his cattle and pig farm brought to justice, he spent eight months in jail on charges he says were cooked up. He appealed to Vladimir Putin and even set himself on fir e outside the Kremlin in protest, but still couldn't draw attention to his cause as his farm slowly fell into disrepair. Rights group: Bahrain fails on reform pledge
The rights group Amnesty International says Bahrain has failed to follow through with promised reforms and has revived harsh measures in attempts to quell an anti-government uprising that began last year.
India's reform drive could hit rocks in stormy parliament session
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government, reduced to a minority for the first time since coming to power in 2004, is scrambling for support ahead of a parliament session that will severely test its economic reform agenda, and its chances of success look bleak. For the moment, there is no threat of the government falling. But an obstructive opposition and unreliable allies could mean there is little progress on reforms like opening up insurance and pension businesses when parliament’s month-long winter session gets under way on Thursday. …
Yemeni military plane crashes in Sanaa, killing 10
Yemeni security officials say a military plane has crashed during training over the capital, Sanaa, killing all 10 people on board.
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