Madrid presses EU to ease deficit targets

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• Madrid presses EU to ease deficit targets
• EU tells Athens to change spending and taxes
• West confronts Syria’s treacherous mix
• Blueprint for China to open up markets
• Romney narrows the gap on Santorum
• Putin turns up nationalist rhetoric
• G20 to urge eurozone to increase ‘firewall’
• At least 55 killed in Iraq explosions
• Vietnam parks its skyscraper projects
• Hardline group emerges as Iran poll threat

Madrid presses EU to ease deficit targets Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:54 AM PST The Spanish economy is forecast to contract 1 per cent, compared with a prediction three months ago of 0.7 per cent growth

EU tells Athens to change spending and taxes Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:58 AM PST Reforms are price Greece has agreed to obtain a €130bn bail-out and avoid default that Athens feared would throw society into turmoil

West confronts Syria’s treacherous mix Posted: 23 Feb 2012 10:25 AM PST The salient fact is that the Assads cannot regain control of the country, while their opponents are too weak and fragmented to dislodge them

Blueprint for China to open up markets Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:11 PM PST People's Bank of China outlines three-phase plan to speed up reform for economy's long-term growth prospects

Romney narrows the gap on Santorum Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:47 AM PST Mitt Romney is level with Rick Santorum after falling behind him in the Republican field in a state he had been expected to win easily

Putin turns up nationalist rhetoric Posted: 23 Feb 2012 06:02 AM PST Vladimir Putin tells thousands of supporters bussed in for a presidential rally 'We are a victorious people! It is in our genes, in our genetic code'

G20 to urge eurozone to increase ‘firewall’ Posted: 23 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST Europe's sovereign debt crisis will dominate discussion at the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Mexico

At least 55 killed in Iraq explosions Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:56 AM PST The majority of attacks, which were carried out with car bombs and small arms, appear to target security forces in Baghdad and other cities

Vietnam parks its skyscraper projects Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:57 AM PST With annual lending rates increased to more than 20 per cent last year to fight inflation, the property market in Ho Chi Minh City seized up

Hardline group emerges as Iran poll threat Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:37 AM PST Whichever faction wins will gain more influence on the supreme leader, with the Stability of Islamic Revolution Front likely to push for more radical policies

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