Sick Chávez seeks to buy time

Sick Chávez seeks to buy time
Japan enters recession before election
Monti in talks to run for Italian PM
Caution urged over Syria chemical weapons
Hollande under fire for lawsuit move
Morsi scraps Egyptian tax increases
Mexican wave raises bar for new president
Moon rises in key S Korea battleground
China trade suffers on global fears
N Korea admits missile launch problem

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:13 PM PST

With the designation of a political heir, the president reduced the risk in the short term of chaos resulting from a power struggle between government factions

Japan enters recession before election

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:29 AM PST

Japan slips into its fifth recession in 15 years just days before Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic party is expected to oust the DPJ and prime minister from power

Monti in talks to run for Italian PM

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:11 AM PST

Amid concern in European markets and in Brussels over recent reforms, centrist politicians are in talks with prime minister, encouraging him to stand

Caution urged over Syria chemical weapons

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:21 AM PST

US officials refuse to spell out precisely what intelligence they have seen, making some analysts question the significance of Assad's WMD threat

Hollande under fire for lawsuit move

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:57 AM PST

The French president has been accused of improper interference after writing to a court to back a defamation case brought by his partner, Valérie Trierweiler

Morsi scraps Egyptian tax increases

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:49 AM PST

Egyptian President throws out numerous tax increases on goods and services only hours after they were announced, in an apparent bid to woo voters

Mexican wave raises bar for new president

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:40 AM PST

Progress on several fronts means the country is no longer seen as a security-problem-with-an-economy, but an economy-with-a-security-problem

Moon rises in key S Korea battleground

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:49 AM PST

Moon Jae-in, candidate for the liberal Democratic United party, is hoping a win in South Korea's second city of Busan can help propel him to the presidency

China trade suffers on global fears

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:56 AM PST

Exports and imports slowed in November, showing that the Chinese economy remains exposed to the risks of sluggish demand in Europe and the US

N Korea admits missile launch problem

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:47 AM PST

Pyongyang says a 'technical deficiency' could delay its rocket launch, amid international efforts to force it to abandon the provocative move