Obama urges Congress to pass farm bill

Obama urges Congress to pass farm bill
Syrian opposition prepares for transition
Pope’s former butler to stand trial
Morsi challenges army domination
German lawsuit challenges rescue fund
Police criticised over Breivik massacre
Ryan pick puts Medicare plans centre stage
Weak exports curb Japanese growth
India arrests anti-graft campaigner
Chinese groups turn to law in disputes

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:33 AM PDT

US President ties Paul Ryan to delay to measure usually enacted every five years but which is held up by a partisan stand-off over funding

Syrian opposition prepares for transition

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 08:20 AM PDT

Activists fear reprisal attacks against the pro-government Alawites once the Assad regime collapses and envisage initial chaos in the postwar period

Pope’s former butler to stand trial

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 08:50 AM PDT

Vatican announces that Paolo Gabriele has been charged with 'aggravated theft', while a computer technician is also charged with assisting the crime

Morsi challenges army domination

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:43 AM PDT

The ousting of two top generals and quashing of army-enforced rules has stunned Egypt, which was expecting a drawn-out power struggle with the president

German lawsuit challenges rescue fund

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:48 AM PDT

The case filed in the constitutional court in Karlsruhe raises possibility of delaying the creation of the eurozone's permanent stability mechanism

Police criticised over Breivik massacre

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:35 AM PDT

Commission finds series of delays, communication failures and transport problems hampered response to the Utøya shootings

Ryan pick puts Medicare plans centre stage

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:08 AM PDT

Campaign targets elderly voters who may be alienated by nominee's overhaul of Medicare

Weak exports curb Japanese growth

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 09:51 PM PDT

World's third-biggest economy struggled to adjust to strengthening yen and faltering growth in trading partners such as China and the EU, say analysts

India arrests anti-graft campaigner

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:49 AM PDT

Celebrity yoga guru and anti-corruption campaigner is arrested for leading a protest march on parliament without the authorities' permission

Chinese groups turn to law in disputes

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 03:26 AM PDT

Commercial litigation cases rise more than 25% as the economic slowdown forces companies to go through formal channels