President Barack Obama says his landma rk visit to Myanmar is an acknowledgement of the democratic transition underway but not an endorsement of the country's government. Cricket-New Zealand 221 and 35-1 v Sri Lanka 247 - first test
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Nov 18 (Reuters) – New Zealand were 35 forone in their second innings at the close on day two of the firsttest against Sri Lanka in Galle. Scores: New Zealand 221 all out (B McCullum 68, D. Flynn 53;R Herath 5-65) and 35-1 v Sri Lanka 247 (M Jayawardene 91, AMathews 79; T Southee 4-46) (Editing by Mark Meadows)
Obama touts Asia's role in US prosperity, security
President Barack Obama says it is "no accident" that he planned his first foreign trip to Asia after winning re-election. Fighting in eastern Congo moves toward Goma
Congo’s army spokesman says fighting between M23 rebels and the army has moved closer to Goma, as a rebel spokesman declares they will spend the night in the capital of the North Kivu province.
Congo rebels advance to the gates of Goma
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Rebels in Congo were at the gates of the eastern city of Goma on Sunday after pushing back U.N. peacekeepers and government troops, but a spokesman for the M23 rebels said they did not plan to take the city. M23 spokesman Colonel Vianney Kazarama said rebel fighters had advanced to within 2 km of Goma, after four days of clashes. “We’re not going to take the airport, we are responding to an attack by the army… We’re just doing this to break the capacity of the FARDC (Congolese army),” Kazarama said. …
German Greens go mainstream in bid for power
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – Germany's Greens have gone grey. The wo rld's most successful pro-environment party has turned deadly serious about gaining power by stealing votes from Chancellor Angela Merkel – and perhaps by joining her. The muesli, woolly sweaters, thick beards and endless debates about abstract issues that were once part of any Greens congress are largely gone. In their place is a more mature party of smartly dressed professionals with one clear aim: getting back into government after federal elections next year. … Thailand says to join Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will join talks on deeper trade ties with the United States and other countries under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Sunday. The TPP is a trade pact being negotiated between the United States and Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei plus, more recently, Canada and Mexico. It aims to tear down barriers to trade, going further than existing bilateral and other pacts. …
Jordan indicts 89 activists for inciting revolt
A Jordanian official says the country’s military prosecutor has charged 89 activists with inciting violent revolt, after protests over price hikes swept through the U.S.-allied kingdom last week.
Chalk, blackboard... teargas? Italy protests start at school
ROME (Reuters) – At dawn before lessons could start last week, high school pupils at the Nomentano Science School in a northern suburb of Rome slipped chains around the gates and blocked the doors with c hairs taken from classrooms. Between the ragged European Union flag and Italian tricolour over the entry they hung a new banner: a white sheet spray painted with the word "Occupied". … WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Fiscal cliff follows Obama
Even in the temples of far off Asia, President Barack Obama cannot escape thoughts of that fiscal cliff back home. 
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