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Iran sympathises after 'tragic' US school shooting Iran was quick on Saturday to express condolences after the "tragic" shooting rampage that left 26 people dead, including 20 small children, at an elementary school in the United States.

15 December 2012

Roma plight one of Romania's major challenges: ambassador Discrimination against the Roma is one of the biggest challenges facing Romania, the outgoing US ambassador has told AFP, comparing their plight to that of blacks in the American deep south of his childhood.

15 December 2012

US to deploy Patriot missiles, troops to Turkey: report The United States plans to send two rocket-intercepting Patriot missile batteries and 400 military personnel to Turkey to deter Syrian attacks.

15 December 2012

Coca-Cola FEMSA to acquire Philippine bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA of Mexico is to take control of the US soft drink firm's bottling operations in the Philippines in a $688.5 million cash deal.

15 December 2012

Hugh Jackman gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star Australian actor Hugh Jackman got a Hollywood double whammy Thursday as he was nominated for a Golden Globe and got his star on Tinseltown's famous Walk of Fame on the same day.

15 December 2012

Many Americans see hint of Apocalypse in extreme weather A third of Americans believe the intensity of recent natural disasters is linked to the Apocalypse described in the New Testament, according to a poll released Thursday.

15 December 2012

Clinton holds the key to 2016 White House race Will she, won't she, will she, won't she, will she join the dance? To borrow from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," that's the question on everyone's lips about Hillary Clinton and the 2016 White House race.

15 December 2012

Susan Rice folds US secretary of state bid Susan Rice asked President Barack Obama not to pick her as his next secretary of state Thursday, after becoming a lightning rod for Republicans over the raid on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

15 December 2012

Spielberg takes awards lead with Golden Globe nods Steven Spielberg's presidential drama "Lincoln" led nominations for the Golden Globes Thursday with seven nods, its second top billing in two days as Hollywood's awards season kicks off.

15 December 2012

Chavez suffered 'complications' but recovering: aides Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez experienced "complications," including bleeding, during his cancer surgery, but is showing positive signs of recovery.

15 December 2012

20 kids, 6 adults massacred in US school A heavily armed young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six adults at a school in an idyllic Connecticut town on Friday, in one of the worst mass shootings in US history.

15 December 2012

NASA probes set to smash into Moon NASA will smash two tiny probes into the Moon on Monday after they spent months gathering data from orbit miles above the lunar surface.

14 December 2012

Obama, Boehner meet in fiscal cliff talks President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner held surprise talks Thursday, as time ran short for hopes of a pre-Christmas deal to solve a fiscal crisis that could cause a recession.

14 December 2012

Hubble plumbs the universe, yields images of early galaxies The Hubble Space Telescope is giving scientists a look at the oldest galaxies ever seen, dating back some 13.3 billion years -- providing a glimpse into how the cosmos must have looked right after the Big Bang.

14 December 2012

Drug war debate heats up after another brutal year Even when a feared drug lord lied dead in a funeral home, Mexican authorities could not prevent the cartel kingpin from slipping away.

14 December 2012

Mitsubishi Bank fined $8.6 mn for flouting US sanctions Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan's biggest bank, must pay US authorities a fine totaling some 8.6 million dollars for flouting US sanctions on Iran, Sudan, Myanmar and Cuba.

14 December 2012

Brazil to produce more sugar, less ethanol Brazil's sugarcane production will rise 6.5 percent this year but ethanol output will slump 5.22 percent as a greater focus is put on exporting sugar.

14 December 2012

Peru approves free trade agreement with EU Peru has approved a free trade agreement with the European Union and Colombia that will allow 75 percent of agricultural products and 100 percent of other goods to enter the eurozone duty-free.

13 December 2012

Honduras fears new crisis over Supreme Court row The Honduran Congress fired four Supreme Court justices on Wednesday, raising fears of a new political crisis three years after a coup.

13 December 2012

US financier tied to Pinochet money laundering dies Texas financier and media magnate Joe Allbritton, who lost the scandal-racked Riggs bank to a hostile takeover after it was fined for helping Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet launder money, has died at the age of 87.

13 December 2012

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