LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has officially recognised the fledgling Syrian National Coalition opposition group, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday. "Her majesty's government has decided to recognise the national coa lition of Syrian revolution and opposition forces as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people," Hague told parliament. The coalition was formed earlier this month in Doha to unite Syria's splintered opposition groups, in an attempt to boost their chances of securing foreign aid and arms in their bid to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. … Palestinian rocket targets Jerusalem for 2nd time
A Palestinian rocket struck the outskirts of Jerusalem on Tuesday, landing harmlessly in an open area in one of the longest rocket strikes fired from the Gaza Strip in nearly a week of fighting. Britain recognizes Syria opposition coalition: Hague
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has officially recognized the fledgling Syrian National Coalition opposition group, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday. “Her majesty’s government has decided to recognize the national coalition of Syrian revolution and opposition forces as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people,” Hague told parliament. The coalition was formed earlier this month in Doha to unite Syria’s splintered opposition groups, in an attempt to boost their chances of securing foreign aid and arms in their bid to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. …
Hewlett-Packard quarterly revenue falls 6.7 percent
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co's quarterly revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations as the company's share of the personal computer market shrank and sales of its printers declined. The Silicon Valley technology company , which is in the midst of a multi-year turnaround plan, said net revenue fell 6.7 percent to $29.96 billion for the quarter ended October 31 from $32.12 billion a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected fourth-quarter revenue of $30.43 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. … Analysis: Hollande's softly-softly plan needs tough execution
PARIS (Reuters) – After six months k eeping the world guessing about whether he had a vision for fixing France's sickly economy, President Francois Hollande has unveiled a battle plan "à la française" to ease companies' labor costs and trim public spending. But the softly-softly pace of adjustment may be too slow to satisfy financial markets after Moody's on Monday became the second credit ratings agency to strip Paris of its AAA rating, citing both a loss of competitiveness and low growth. … Obama's historic visit to Cambodia highlights economic growth and struggles
According to officials present, President Obama took a firm line on Cambodia's human rights abuses and corruption on his visit to Phnom Penh Monday in a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen - the first-ever visit by a US president to the country bombed by the US air force during the Vietnam War.
Palestinian militants fire rocket toward Jerusalem
Palestinian militants have fired a rocket toward Jerusalem, causing an explosion moments after air raid sirens sounded across the city. Senior Hamas military chief urges continued battle
A man identified as the most elusive top military commander of Hamas is urging the group's fighters to keep up attacks on Israel. Tajikistan moves to snuff out classroom dissent ahead of vote
DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Madina, a university student in the Central Asian former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, was attending a journalism seminar this summer when a classmate asked the lecturer a question. "If I were to write an article about the business interests of the president's family, would I encounter any problems?" The lecturer, a government official, praised Imomali Rakhmon, Tajikistan's long-serving president, but sidestepped the issue. The student was later hauled into the rector's office to explain why he had posed such an undesirable question. Tajikistan, a poor country of 7. … UK to force energy suppliers to reduce number of tariffs
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain plans to force its energy suppliers to offer only four energy tariffs to consumers to improve transparency and help give customers the cheapest deal. “Each customer will have a maximum of four tariffs for gas or electricity per supplier to consider,” said Britain’s Energy Secretary Edward Davey in a statement. (Reporting by Karolin Schaps; additional reporting by Sarah Young, Isla Binnie and Mohammed Abbas; editing by Jason Neely)
Turkey sharply criticizes Israel's Gaza offensive
Turkey's prime minister is accusing Israel's leaders of trying to eliminate the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. Former Croat PM jailed for corruption
A court on Tuesday convicted former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader of graft and sentenced him to 10 years in prison after a trial closely watched by the European Union. UN: Afghan opium poppy cultivation up 18 percent
Afghan efforts to stamp out opium poppy cultivation are failing because of high prices for the illicit crop, pushing farmers to grow 18 percent more in 2012 than last year, the U.N. said in a report released Tuesday.
Ex-UBS trader Adoboli convicted of $2.3 billion fraud
LONDON (Reuters) – Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was convicted on Tuesday of one count of fraud related to a loss of $2.3 billion. Adoboli, 32, was a senior trader on the Exchange Traded Funds desk at UBS' ;s investment banking arm in London and had worked for the bank for eight years. He had denied two charges of fraud by abuse of position and four charges of false accounting. He bowed his head when the foreman of the jury at Southwark Crown Court gave the unanimous verdict of all 10 jurors. … Pope's third book on Jesus reaffirms virgin birth
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict published the last part of his trilogy on the life of Jesus on Tuesday, delivering an early childhood narrative which stron gly reaffirms the doctrine of the virgin birth as an "unequivocal" truth of faith. The book, 137 pages in its English version, is titled "The Infancy Narratives – Jesus of Nazareth" and is being published simultaneously around the world in 21 languages. It is bound to be another international bestseller like the previous volumes. … 
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