IHT Quick Read: Nov. 27 NEWS Finance ministers from the euro zone and the International Monetary Fund patched up their differences over a bailout for Greece early Tuesday with a spate of measures bringing closer the release of long-delayed emergency aid. Japan's quiet resolve to edge past its longstanding reluctance and become more of a regional player comes as the United States and China are staking their own claims to power in Asia. Martin Fackler reports from Tokyo. In Russia, media and protest circles are debating the social significance of "Sveta," a young woman caught in a political circus since the pro-Putin fan stumbled into the limelight. Sophia Kishkovsky reports from Moscow. This year's meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which opened Monday in Doha, Qatar, will focus on firming up pledges that had been negotiated in the summit meetings of the past few years. John Broder reports from Washington. The decision to call a vote two years ahead of schedule backfired for Artur Mas, the president of Catalonia, who was apparently punished by voters for trying to shift the debate away from his unpopular austerity measures. More than a week after the French center-right opposition party's leadership election, the two candidates continued to wrangle over the outcome on Monday after an attempt at mediation by a former prime minister ended in acrimony late Sunday and an internal panel continued to investigate allegations of electoral mismanagement and fraud. Nationwide primaries to choose the candidate who will lead Italy's center-left Democratic Party in elections next spring have ended without a clear winner, setting the stage for a run-off on Sunday between a seasoned party stalwart and a young upstart who has threatened to shake up Italian politics. FASHION Some fashion designers are applying computer techniques of digital photography to intensify colors in fabrics and their creations, making their patterns more vivid. Suzy Menkes reports from London.