CONCORD – U.S. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney emerged yesterday from back-to-back debates in New Hampshire a bit dinged but not seriously dented as rivals stepped up attacks to slow his march toward the presidential nomination.
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BERLIN – The German and French leaders meet today to discuss ways to boost growth in euro zone states struggling to overcome the sovereign debt crisis and rising unemployment, and finalise a deal to increase fiscal coordination within the currency union.
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DUBAI – Urgent action is needed to salvage Pakistan’s dire relations with the United States, former president Pervez Musharraf told Reuters yesterday, after announcing he would return home soon to re-enter politics.
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WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cautioned global rivals yesterday not to misjudge U.S. plans to slash military spending over the next decade, saying America would still field the world’s strongest military and nobody should “mess with that.”
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LAGOS – Nigerian unions launch a nationwide strike today to protest against the axing of a fuel subsidy which many ordinary people saw as one of the few benefits they ever got from the state.
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BENGHAZI – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said yesterday he was working with Libyan leaders to secure the border between the two countries and prevent the smuggling of weapons to rebel groups in Sudan.
