Saturday, October 13, 2012

Reuters World News Highlights - Stabroek News - Guyana

BEIRUT ? Rebels battled to hold onto Syria?s main north-south highway yesterday as government forces fought insurgents on several fronts across the country.

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WASHINGTON ? Joe Biden?s spirited performance in Thursday?s vice presidential debate had Republicans criticizing him for snide grins and a comment on Libya, but it set the stage for President Barack Obama to try to regain his footing in a rematch with challenger Mitt Romney next Tuesday.

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TOKYO ? Germany held firm yesterday in insisting it was too soon to say Greece deserved more time to meet its deficit-cutting goals even as the head of the International Monetary Fund laid out the case for leniency.

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CAIRO ? Opponents and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed in Cairo yesterday in the first street violence between rival factions since the Islamist leader took office.

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BAGHDAD/PRAGUE ? Iraq has agreed to buy 28 combat planes from the Czech Republic for about $1 billion as part of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki?s programme to rebuild the country?s air force and control its vulnerable airspace.

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Source: http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/world/10/13/reuters-world-news-highlights-164/

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