MANILA, Philippines – Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived in the Philippines for the next leg of his Asian tour.
Argentine anti-government protesters flood streets
Angry over inflation, crime and corruption, hundreds of thousands of Argentines of all ages flooded the capital's streets for nearly four hours to protest against President Cristina Fernandez in Argentina' s biggest anti-government demonstration in years. No final decision on Greece next week, slower austerity assumed
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – - Euro zone finance ministers are unlikely to release a new tranche of loans to Greece on Monday as there is no agreement yet on how to make i ts debt sustainable but Athens is set to get two more years to cut debt, officials said. Euro zone finance ministers, called the Eurogroup, meet on Monday in Brussels where the main topic of their discussions will be unfreezing lending to Greece, held up after Athens went way off track with promised reforms and fiscal consolidation. … UN says 11,000 Syrians flee in past 24 hours
Senior U.N. officials say 11,000 Syrians have fled the country in the past 24 hours in what they call an unusual spike in the number of refugees. UN nuke agency to meet with Iran next month
Officials from Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will meet in Tehran next month in an attempt to restart stalled nuclear talks, the international agency announced Friday.
Bahrain uses teargas to disperse Shi'ites: witnesses
MANAMA (Reuters) – Police in Bahrain on Friday fired teargas and blocked roads to stop thousands of Shi’ite Muslims joining prayers led by one of their spiritual leaders, witnesses said, amid deepening tensions in the Gulf Arab kingdom and U.S. ally. The island country hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet and has been volatile since majority Shi’ite Muslims began protesting last year against what they said was widespread discrimination, a charge the Sunni-led government denies. …
SAfrica police destroy illegal homes
Police with bulldozers destroyed homes in a South African township that authorities say were constructed on illegally sold land, despite efforts by protesters to stop the demolition. Rona chief executive steps down
(Reuters) – Canadian home-improvement retailer and distributor Rona Inc said on Friday its longtime chief executive, Robert Dutton, was stepping down. The company said Chief Financial Officer Dominique Boies would be acting CEO until a successor could be found. Rona, which earlier this year refused a takeover offer from U.S.-based rival Lowe’s Cos Inc , reported a surprise drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday. [ID:nL1E8M794D] (Reporting by Allison Martell; Editing by Janet Guttsman)
Bulgarians bid farewell to Patriarch Maxim
Thousands of people have joined funeral proceedings in Sofia for Patriarch Maxim, who was at the helm of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for more than four decades. From Mammon to God: Ex-oil man must unite troubled church
LONDON (Reuters) – He has met murderous warlords, survived death threats and brokered multi-million pound deals on the financial markets. Now the next Archbishop of Canterbury faces what many see as the near impossible task of uniting an Anglican church that risks tearing itself apart over gay marriage and women bishops. Justin Welby, a self-deprecating figure who called himself “one of the thicker bishops in the Church of England”, inherits a bitterly divided institution struggling to find a role in an increasingly secular society. …
Global shares fall on worries over fiscal cliff, Europe
LONDON (Reuters) – World shares are on course for their worst weekly performance since June, depressed by Europe's debt troubles and the looming "fiscal cliff" that could slash U.S. public spending. Even better-than-expec ted Chinese economic data for October, which pointed to a modest rebound in the world's second largest economy, failed to stem the declines on Friday. The MSCI world equity index was down 0.3 percent at around 322.5 points by 1230 GMT. It has lost over two percent since Monday and looked set to close on Friday with a decline steeper than any other week since June. … Pope: organized crime is a grave threat to society
Pope Benedict XVI denounced organized crime as a "gravely destabilizing threat" to society during an audience Friday with members of Interpol, and called for greater international cooperation to fight it. Brookfield Asset Management reports third-quarter EPS of $0.48
TORONTO (Reuters) – Brookfield Asset Management Inc’s profit rose in the third quarter as a raft of strong acquisitions and client appetite for the Canadian investor’s property and infrastructure assets fueled revenues. Brookfield said it had net earnings of $334 million, or $0.48 a share, in the third quarter, up from $253 million, or $0.36 cents a share, in the same quarter a year ago. Funds from operations rose to $282 million, or $0.40 a share, in the quarter, up from $241 million, or $0.35 a share, a year earlier. That was short of analysts’ forecasts for FFO of $0. …
Russian police: Politkovskaya killed for reporting
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed for her criticism of Russian officials, an investigator who led the murder probe says.
Bosnia to reinvestigate late Macedonian president's plane crash
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia will reinvestigate a plane crash that killed Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski in 2004 because of new evidence in the case, a government official said on Friday, after Macedonian media said there were suspicions he had been assassinated. Trajkovski and eight others were killed in the crash, which happened on the approach to an airport near the Bosnian town of Mostar. At the time, Bosnian investigators said pilot error was to blame. Trajkovski is remembered as the man who brought peace to Macedonia when it was on the brink of an ethnic war in 2001. …
AP Photos: Syria's war shatters a village economy
The civil war raging through Syria has battered much of the country's economy, making life harder for impoverished Syrians who struggled even before the fighting broke out. UN: 9,000 Syrian refugees cross into Turkey
As many as 9,000 Syrians crossed into Turkey overnight to flee the violence in their country, a United Nations official said Friday, citing officials in Turkey where footage showed refugees climbing through the barbed-wire fence separating the two countries. Support for gay marriage in France declines as government pushes bill
France's government unveiled a bill Wednesday to legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex couples amid heated rhetoric and waning popular support for what appeared to be an uncontroversial issue just a few months ago.
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