WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A New Zealand court ordered an anti-monarchist on Tuesday to stay away from Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla after he was charged with planning to throw horse manure at the visiting royal couple. Sam Bracanov, a 76-year-old with a history of protest against the British royal family, pleaded not guilty to preparing to commit a crime, a day after he was arrested in Auckland. The royal couple had not yet arrived in New Zealand's largest city. Bracanov was ordered to stay at least 500 meters (550 yards) away from the royal couple as part of his bail conditions. … Greece to get 2 more years but delay to bailout
Greece's international creditors failed to agree Monday on how to get the country's bailout program back on track and put off again the release of the next batch loans that Athens is using to pay its day-to-day bills. Oxford chooses 'omnishambles' as word of the year
Britain’s media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: “omnishambles.”
Analysis: Election over, U.S. cautiously mulls Syria options
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the U.S. election over and Syria's civil war growing bloodier and spreading, the Obama administration is quietly re-examining its options for involvement in the conflict. Whether that will lead to a change in strategy remains unclear. President Barack Obama and his advisers are extremely cautious, current and former officials involved in discussions say. But those who favor greater U.S. involvement – not least Syrian opposition leaders – clearly believe their time has come. … Man charged with planning Prince Charles assault
Police say they caught a New Zealand man before he had a chance to throw a bucket of horse manure over Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during a royal visit to the Pacific nation. House price slide at slowest in more than 2 years in October - RICS
LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices fell at their slowest pace in more than two years last month as demand from prospective buyers grew, suggesting property prices may be bottoming out, a survey sho wed on Tuesday. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) seasonally adjusted house price balance rose to -7 in October from an upwardly revised -14 the month before. It was the highest reading since December 2009 and easily beat economists' consensus forecast of -15. … Analysis: Election over, U.S. cautiously mulls Syria options
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the U.S. election over and Syria's civil war growing bloodier and spreading, the Obama administration is quietly re-examining its options fo r involvement in the conflict. Whether that will lead to a change in strategy remains unclear. President Barack Obama and his advisers are extremely cautious, current and former officials involved in discussions say. But those who favor greater U.S. involvement – not least Syrian opposition leaders – clearly believe their time has come. … 
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