Growth data fail to dispel eurozone fears

Growth data fail to dispel eurozone fears
Sarkozy to tackle French labour costs
Merkel delights her party but not London
Politicians wary of joining Monti cabinet
Germany frustrated at UK approach to crisis
Authorities move against Occupy protests
Gingrich bounces back in the polls
Tensions rise after Jordanian embassy stormed
Islamist rivalry hots up in Egyptian election
Obama to expand on shift in foreign policy focus

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:45 AM PST

Rebound in Germany and France propels modest expansion in the third quarter of this year but recession fears persist

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 10:14 AM PST

Nicolas Sarkozy announced a review of the funding of France's social welfare system, saying the heavy labour costs it imposed hurt the economy and the country's ability to compete

Merkel delights her party but not London

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

Germany's chancellor urged closer European integration at her party congress, an approach that delighted the rank and file but was likely to concern the country's European partners

Politicians wary of joining Monti cabinet

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 09:19 AM PST

The second day of consultations between Mario Monti and the many parties in parliament, plus business and trade unions leaders, has proved more complicated than expected

Germany frustrated at UK approach to crisis

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 12:03 PM PST

Volker Kauder, parliamentary leader of Angela Merkel's CDU party, criticised Britain for opposing a European tax on financial transactions

Authorities move against Occupy protests

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 12:09 PM PST

Authorities around the world begin moving against anti-capitalist groups with police in the US and Switzerland clearing protest camps from their cities

Gingrich bounces back in the polls

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:13 AM PST

The race for the Republican presidential nomination has a surprising new frontrunner – one of the oldest political hands in the business, who is also carrying heavy political baggage

Tensions rise after Jordanian embassy stormed

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 12:03 PM PST

Syrian regime loyalists stormed the Jordanian embassy in Damascus after King Abdullah's call for Bashar al-Assad to step down

Islamist rivalry hots up in Egyptian election

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 10:49 AM PST

The hottest political rivalry in the run-up to November 28 elections pits the old-school Muslim Brotherhood against more fundamentalist Salafists

Obama to expand on shift in foreign policy focus

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:12 AM PST

US president will not set foot in China but the country will provide the backdrop for almost everything he does on Asia-Pacific trip