YANGON, Myanmar – President Barack Obama is encouraging Myanmar to continue its transition to democracy, pledging that the U.S. will be friends with any nation that respects its people’s rights and international law.
Germany expects Turkish request for missiles on Syrian border: minister
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany expects a request from Turkey on Monday for NATO missiles to be placed on its border with Syria, German defense minister Thomas de Maiziere said. “I expect that there will be a request from the Turkish government today to NATO to deploy Patriot Missiles to the Turkish border,” he told reporters in Brussels. Turkey has said it has intensified talks with NATO allies on how to shore up security on its 900-km (560-mile) frontier with Syria after mortar rounds fired from Syria landed inside its territory. …
HSBC in talks to sell $9.3 billion China Ping An stake
HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC said it was in talks to sell its $9.3 billion stake in China's Ping An Insurance , stepping up a programme by Europe's biggest bank to shed non-core parts of its business to boost profitability. HSBC spent $1.7 billion to buil d up a 15.6 percent stake in China's second-largest insurer in 2002 and 2005, but a sale has been widely expected as part of its three-year recovery plan in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and regulatory reforms. … Wranglers say 'Hobbit' animals died on unsafe farm
Animal wranglers involved in the making of "The Hobbit" movie trilogy say the production company is responsible for the deaths of up to 27 animals, largely because they were kept at a farm filled with bluffs, sinkholes and other "death traps." Rugby-Controversial Cooper quits Wallabies - report
Nov 19 (Reuters) – Controversial Wallaby flyhalf Quade Cooper has rejected a contract offer by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and may now pursue a career overseas or switch to Rugby League, local media reported on Monday. Cooper has not played for Australia since describing the team environment as ‘toxic’ – a comment which led the ARU to fine him $40,000 last month. Channel Nine news said on Monday the New Zealand-born flyhalf had rejected a low incentive based contract, and could now switch to the lucrative French Top 14 competition or to Rugby League. …
Turkey to hold fresh talks with Kurdish militants: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will hold talks with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin told reporters on Monday after the end of a hunger strike by the militants which has fuelled hopes of moves to resolve a decades-old conflict. He did not specify when talks might be held but the state held secret discussions with the PKK leadership in Oslo in recent years. (Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Jon Boyle)
Obama to people of Myanmar: America 'is with you'
In a historic breakthrough, President Barack Obama on Monday stepped onto the soil of long-shunned Myanmar and into the flag-waving embrace of its once repressed people. "You gave us hope," he declared, the first U.S. president to visit what not long ago had been an international outcast. Turkey has not yet requested NATO missiles: Dutch minister
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Netherlands has not received a formal request to send Patriot missiles to NATO ally Turkey to help defend the country’s border with Syria, the Dutch Defence Minister said on Monday. “We did not receive a formal request yet,” Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told reporters in Brussels. “We are waiting for a formal request.” Turkey has said it has intensified talks with NATO allies on how to shore up security on its 900-km (560-mile) frontier with Syria after mortar rounds fired from Syria landed inside its territory. …
Obama to Myanmar: 'Show power of a new beginning'
President Barack Obama is encouraging Myanmar to continue its transition to democracy, pledging that the U.S. will be friends with any nation that respects its people's rights and international law. U.S. soldier to hear charges for 2009 Iraq shootings
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 will face an arraignment at a military base in Washington state on Monday, preparing the way for a trial that could result in the death penalty. Sergeant John Russell, of the 54th Engineer Battalion based in Bamberg, Germany, is accused of going on a shooting spree at Camp Liberty, near the Baghdad airport, in an assault the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress. … Art's perfect theft: the 'Ghent Altarpiece'
The main suspect in the legendary art heist is said to have whispered with his dying breath: "Only I know where the 'Adoration' is…" 
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