BEIRUT/AMMAN – Syrian jets bombed parts of Damascus yesteday in what residents said were the capital’s fiercest air raids yet, at the end of what was supposed to be a four-day truce.
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WASHINGTON – With one week left in the tight battle for the White House, it’s all about the vital swing state of Ohio. Unless it’s about Colorado – or Iowa, or tiny New Hampshire.
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MADRID/ROME – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy kept financial markets guessing over whether he will seek a credit line from the euro zone’s rescue fund but said he would do so “when I think it is in the interests of Spain”.
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ROME – The divided party of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi suffered a fresh blow as voters turned against the centre-right in its former stronghold of Sicily, only five months before national parliamentary elections.
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KIEV – Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich’s party was on course yesterday to secure a new parliamentary majority, but international monitors condemned the election as flawed and said the country had taken a step back under his leadership.
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VILNIUS – Lithuania’s president vetoed a proposed coalition government, saying one of the three parties involved stood accused of serious voter fraud in a weekend election and was therefore unfit to govern.
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PARIS – France’s Socialist government rebuffed calls from business leaders to slash labour charges, to boost competitiveness, and raise VAT, saying that would hit consumers.
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THE HAGUE – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals agreed a coalition with the Labour Party and vowed to follow a path of austerity.
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ATHENS – A prominent Greek journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts appeared in court yesterday to stand trial for violating data privacy laws in a case which aroused international concern.
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