EU ministers agree significant debt relief deal for Greece Greece won breathing space Tuesday with long-frozen eurozone loans to restart from December and a first clear admission that a chunk of the country's debt burden will need to be written off down the line.
French right close to collapse after talks fail France's main right-wing opposition party was close to collapse on Monday after talks failed to resolve a bitter leadership dispute and an ex-prime minister vowed to take the battle to the courts.
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Hobbit was almost filmed in Britain, director reveals "The Hobbit" director Peter Jackson on Tuesday said the low point making his Tolkien epic was when the production almost moved from his native New Zealand to Britain because of a union dispute.
27 November 2012
China conducts first landing on aircraft carrier China has conducted the first landing of a fighter jet on its new aircraft carrier in a move that extends Beijing's ability to project its growing military might in territorial disputes.
Mali groups reject Algeria, Burkina Faso mediation A coalition of Malian political parties and a citizen's association based in the Islamist-occupied north on Sunday objected to Algeria and Burkina Faso's role in mediating their country's crisis.
27 November 2012
Bitsy beetle warms Canada: study An army of rice-grain-sized beetles, attracted by warming weather, has moved into Canada's western forests, where its tree massacre is causing the mercury to rise yet further.
27 November 2012
Israel reports success in new missile defence test Israeli and US defence officials have successfully tested the David's Sling missile defence system, completing the first phase of the weapon's development.
Tennis: Shvedova stays in WTA TOP-30Kazakhstan tennis professional Yaroslava Shvedova is still tanked 29th in the updated Women Tennis Association (WTA) rating.