BEST OF THE BEST 2012

GFBC WORLD NEWS

• Analysis: China reformer sees his opportunity after Bo's fall 21/05/2012
  SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most conspicuously reform-minded leaders has stepped back into the spotlight after the nation's biggest political convulsion in a generation, positioning himself to gain from the fall of populist politician Bo Xilai. […]
• Ruling party headed for 1st round win in Dominican election 21/05/2012
  Santo Domingo (Reuters) - Early results in presidential elections in the Dominican Republic show ruling party candidate Danilo Medina headed for revenge 12 years after he lost in a landslide to opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia. […]
• Serb rightist wins presidency, backs EU path 21/05/2012
  BELGRADE (Reuters) - Opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic, last in power when Slobodan Milosevic's Serbia was bombed by NATO in 1999, was elected president on Sunday and pledged to keep the former Yugoslav republic moving towards the European Union. […]
• Blind Chinese activist Chen rests in NYC 21/05/2012
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng soaked up the sun in New York City on Sunday as his children played in a garden, a break in a day of meetings to arrange his studies at New York University. […]
• Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya leaving unanswered questions 21/05/2012
  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many questions on the attack and its aftermath unanswered. […]
• Insight: Indonesia tycoon Bakrie gears up for presidential bid 21/05/2012
  TANGERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - There are many ways to describe Indonesia's Aburizal Bakrie: multi-millionaire businessman, global mining tycoon, heavyweight contender for the presidency in 2014. One description that does not spring to mind is man of the common people. […]
• Russia says West still considering military action on Iran 20/05/2012
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that military action against Iran over its nuclear program was being considered in some Western countries. […]