Monti to lead centrist group into election

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• Monti to lead centrist group into election
• Deal averts strike at US’s troubled ports
• Beijing continues struggle to tame internet
• Bondholders add twist to Argentina debt spat
• Extremism on the rise in Zanzibar
• Muscovites benefit from city’s makeover
• Berlusconi ex-wife wins €36m-a-year alimony
• Irish chase green dollar by seeing red
• Weak Japan data bolster stimulus case
• Ghana’s modest middle takes to the skies

Monti to lead centrist group into election Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:16 PM PST Monti has met several small centrist parties, Catholic activists and a civic movement to discuss their support for the PM's liberal pro-Europe manifesto

Deal averts strike at US’s troubled ports Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:29 AM PST A strike that threatened to halt trade at ports on the US east coast and disrupt the economy was averted as employers and union representatives struck a deal

Beijing continues struggle to tame internet Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:32 AM PST The web has changed beyond recognition yet the government has returned to the same measures it tried in the early days, making real-name registration mandatory

Bondholders add twist to Argentina debt spat Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:09 AM PST Request comes on eve of deadline for Argentina to submit arguments to appeals court in legal dispute that has sparked fresh fears of a sovereign default

Extremism on the rise in Zanzibar Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:30 AM PST Traditional madrassas are finding it more difficult to rival the influence of foreign-funded conservative Islamic religious schools

Muscovites benefit from city’s makeover Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:55 AM PST Moscow's redesign is set around residents' needs, yet some wonder if the Kremlin aims to placate the city's rebellious liberals with such improvements

Berlusconi ex-wife wins €36m-a-year alimony Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:51 AM PST Verronica Lario was awarded reportedly 10 times more than the former PM had offered, though less than the €43m she had wanted in the divorce settlement

Irish chase green dollar by seeing red Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:02 AM PST For centuries people have fled Ireland to make new lives abroad but now the country plans a series of competitions targeting its diaspora to help with its recovery

Weak Japan data bolster stimulus case Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:34 PM PST Industrial output was worse than expected in November while consumer prices slid 0.1%, underlining Japan's struggle with deflationary pressures

Ghana’s modest middle takes to the skies Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:21 AM PST The African Development Bank estimates that nearly one in five Ghanaians is now middle class, with enough money to buy a modest house or small car – or to fly

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