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Both sides dig in on 'fiscal cliff,' 'nothing going on'
WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats dig in on "fiscal
cliff" talks, with both sides urging quick action but offering
no compromises in political stare-down that shows no signs of
breaking (USA-FISCAL/ (WRAPUP 2), moved, pix, by Thomas Ferraro
and Mark Felsenthal, 926 words)
+ See also:
- USA-FISCAL/OBAMA (UPDATE 1), moved, 354 words
Egypt clashes erupt despite proposal to end crisis
CAIRO - Islamists fight protesters outside Egyptian
president's palace, while inside building his deputy proposes
way to end crisis over draft constitution that has split most
populous Arab nation (EGYPT-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 4), moved, pix,
tv, by Yasmine Saleh and Marwa Awad, 963 words)
+ See also:
- EGYPT-POLITICS/FORMAL (UPDATE 2), moved, 323 words
Clinton says "desperate" Assad could use chemical arms
BEIRUT/BRUSSELS - Washington fears "desperate" Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad could use chemical weapons as rebels
bear down on Damascus, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says,
repeating vow to take swift action if he does (SYRIA-CRISIS/
(WRAPUP 2), moved, pix, tv, by Erika Solomon and David
Brunnstrom, 1,235 words)
+ See also:
- SYRIA-CRISIS/REBELS, moved, by Erika Solomon, 726 words
- SYRIA-CRISIS/RUSSIA-TURKEY, moved, by Alexei Anishchuk,
629 words
Israel pushes settlement plan ahead; EU summons envoy
JERUSALEM/BRUSSELS - Israel moves ahead with plans to build
3,000 settler homes in one of more sensitive areas of West Bank,
as European Union summons Israel's envoy to add its voice to
storm of international protest (PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/(WRAPUP 1),
moved, by Jeffrey Heller and Justyna Pawlak, 867 words)
+ See also:
- PALESTINIANS-HAMAS/CHIEF, moved, by Nidal al-Mughrabi, 620
words
UNITED STATES
Los Angeles ports reopen to normal freight traffic after
strike
LOS ANGELES - Largest U.S. cargo shipping complex resumes
full operations after harbor clerks and management settle
eight-day strike that left two Southern California ports mostly
idle, sapping region's economy of estimated $8 billion
(USA-PORT/LOSANGELES (UPDATE 1), moved, pix, by Dan Whitcomb and
Steve Gorman, 854 words)
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck dead at 91
NEW YORK - Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, whose choice of novel
rhythms, classical structures and brilliant sidemen made him
towering figure in modern jazz, dies at age of 91, his longtime
manager and producer Russell Gloyd says (PEOPLE/DAVEBRUBECK
(UPDATE 2), moved, pix, by Christine Kearney, 745 words)
+ See also:
- PEOPLE/DAVEBRUBECK (FACTBOX), moved, 300 words
Judge allows sports fans to pursue antitrust lawsuit
NEW YORK - Federal judge allows sports fans to pursue
lawsuit accusing Major League Baseball, National Hockey League,
and various networks and service providers of antitrust
violations in how they package games for broadcast on television
or Internet (SPORTS-ANTITRUST/LAWSUIT (UPDATE 2), expect by
2100, 600 words)
EUROPE
Darker growth outlook pushes UK austerity plan off track
LONDON - Britain will endure more austerity and miss key
debt-cutting goal after sharp downgrade to growth forecasts for
next three years, government says, in bleak outlook that could
hurt Prime Minister David Cameron's chances of
re-election(BRITAIN-ECONOMY/(UPDATE 3), moved, pix, tv, by David
Milliken and Peter Griffiths, 997 words)
+ See also:
- BRITAIN-ECONOMY/DMO (INTERVIEW, UPDATE 1), moved, by
Olesya Dmitracova, 334 words
- BRITAIN-ECONOMY/PENSIONS, moved, by Sarah Mortimer, 428
words
- BRITAIN-ECONOMY/SCIENCE, moved, by Chris Wickham, 457
words
- BRITAIN-ECONOMY/SHALE (UPDATE 1), moved, by Karolin
Schaps, 809 words
Germany moves toward ban on far-right NPD party
BERLIN - Germany takes step toward banning far-right
National Democratic Party when politicians formally recommend
going ahead with hotly disputed legal proceedings
(GERMANY-FARRIGHT/(UPDATE 1), moved, pix, tv, by Madeline
Chambers, 664 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Iran tanker safety risks rise as ship audit firms quit
LONDON - Western pressure that forced foreign ship
classifiers out of Iran has increased safety risks including
danger of Iranian vessel spilling oil on another country's
coast, chief executive of Lloyd's Register says
(LLOYDSREGISTER/IRAN-SHIPPING (INTERVIEW), moved, by Jonathan
Saul, 628 words)
Turkey says no new US request to cut Iran oil imports
ANKARA - Turkey has not received any new request from
United States to reduce level of its crude oil purchases from
Iran and is continuing with its existing level of imports,
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz tells Reuters
(TURKEY-USA/IRAN (UPDATE 2), moved, by Orhan Coskun, 453 words)
AFRICA
No military intervention in Mali before Sept -UN
peacekeeping chief
PARIS - International military intervention to oust Islamist
militants from northern Mali is almost inevitable, U.N.
peacekeeping chief says, but he says no action is likely soon
(MALI-UN/, moved, by John Irish, 529 words)
Sudan urges South Sudan to expel rebels for oil restart
KHARTOUM - Sudan will not allow South Sudan's oil exports to
flow through its territory until Juba cuts ties with
anti-Khartoum rebels and expels their leaders, Sudanese vice
president says, dampening hopes that bilateral tensions are over
(SUDAN-SOUTH/ (INTERVIEW, UPDATE 1), moved, pix, tv, by Ulf
Laessing and Alexander Dziadosz, 946 words)
Kenya bomb blast wounds nine people in Nairobi
NAIROBI - Suspected remote-controlled bomb tears through
predominantly Somali neighbourhood in Kenyan capital Nairobi,
wounding up to nine people during evening rush hour
(KENYA-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2), moved, pix, tv, by Richard Lough, 350
words)
ASIA
Typhoon kills at least 283, hundreds missing, in Philippines
NEW BATAAN, Philippines - Blocked roads and severed
communications in southern Philippines frustrate rescuers as
teams search for hundreds of people missing after strongest
typhoon this year kills at least 283 people
(PHILIPPINES-TYPHOON/(UPDATE 2), moved, pix, tv, by Eric de
Castro, 475 words)
ENVIRONMENT
China demands timetable to $100 bln climate aid for
developing world
DOHA - China leads developing nations in demanding rich
countries give details of promised surge in aid to $100 billion
a year by 2020 to help poor cope with global warming
(CLIMATE-TALKS/, moved, pix, tv, by Alister Doyle and Barbara
Lewis, 602 words)
+ See also:
- ARAB-CLIMATE/, moved, by Regan Doherty, 621 words
- CLIMATE-TALKS/RUSSIA, moved, 306 words