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"But at the same time, everybody recognises that it will be very difficult, that a number of the British demands are inherently difficult, including the one on social benefits.

Good progress last 24 hours but still outstanding issues," Tusk said on Twitter. "Tomorrow around noon I will table proposal for a new settlement for #UKinEU.

More than 500 activists gathered outside parliament in the capital Kuwait City for the third week in a row after authorities jailed opposition leader and former lawmaker Mussallam al-Barrak for allegedly insulting the emir.

(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

The conference is keenly watched by investors for clues on policy priorities and economic targets for the year ahead. The country's top leaders started the annual conference to map out economic and reform plans on Wednesday.

Any change to the currency control regime would, sources and economists say, probably mean weakening the lowest official rate of 6.3 to the dollar to double that or more.

Four private pension funds, the biggest source of investment capital in Peru, are also partly funded through the deductions and may see their revenue streams hit.

After eight months of intense debate, the Lower House late on Monday approved the first part of the multi-pronged reform, which includes an end to profits at state-subsidized schools and eliminates their selective entrance policies.

"What we've put an end to here is a set of illegitimate bases put in place during the dictatorship, behind the nation's back, and reformas en general barcelona today we've recovered Chile's historic tradition and the best practices in the world," said Education Minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre.

The sign is positive, we need to see more," Jin-Yong Cai told Reuters at an international conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. "We are happy to see that progress but there is a lot more work that needs to be done. (Reporting by Stephen Kalin; Editing by Louise Ireland)

He said regulations and investment policies still needed to be improved.

Xi told the meeting that he was certain that China would complete its key economic targets for 2016, Xinhua said. (Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk, Kevin Yao and Yawen Chen; Editing by Kim Coghill)

As the getaway car reverses she reverses even faster and rams the car a second time and drives over the bonnet of the hijackers car before slamming the car into forward gear.

Humala's government said the measure would strip $4.5 billion in expected funding for the state pension system and erase $285 million in annual revenues for public health programs.

State hospital doctors, school teachers and municipality workers joined the nationwide strike called by Greece's main public sector union ADEDY. Ships remained docked at ports as part of a separate 24-hour walkout called by seamen.

Since tens of thousands took to the streets in 2012, Kuwaiti authorities have cracked down on the opposition. Dozens have been tried and handed heavy jail terms.

With reserves at an 11-year low of $19.8 billion - down from $29.7 billion at the start of 2013 - the government is in a squeeze, especially given it faces a roughly $10 billion annual debt bill over the next three years. Bondholders, though, say any default risk appears to be mid-term, not in coming months.

Greece's cash reserves are dwindling and negotiations between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's new left-led government and its lenders over a cash-for-reforms deal have been fraught with delays for months.

Recent opinion polls suggest the electorate will reject his proposal to streamline the parliamentary system and strip Italy's regions of some of their decision-making powers.

Opponents say the proposed change would strip away democratic checks and balances that were put in place after World War Two to prevent the rise of another political strongman like the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini.

A parliamentary committee on Thursday started debating next year's budget, which projects growth of 2.7 percent but raises taxes, including value-added tax, to increase revenues.

He has also called for cutting EU red tape and to help the free flow of capital, goods and services. Cameron's other demands include that EU law be amended to make clear that the bloc could not impose decisions on the non-euro members like Britain.