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Mitt Romney to announce Paul Ryan as his pick for VP
Full Article The Examiner
11 Aug 2012

Related topics Elections 2012Mitt RomneyPaul RyanVP Advertisement Friday night Team Romney made the announcement that Mitt Romney will be selecting his running mate tomorrow at a campaign stop in Norfolk, Va. According to Politico, a source in the Romney campaign says he will choose Wis. Rep. Paul Ryan. When pressed by Politico, Romney sources said...
FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before Romney spoke at the Grain Exchange in Milwaukee.
photo: AP / M. Spencer Green

Clinton arrives in Turkey for key Syria talks
Full Article Khaleej Times
11 Aug 2012

ISTANBUL ' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Saturday in Istanbul for talks on the conflict in Syria with Turkish leaders after Washington slapped fresh sanctions on Bashar al-AssadÂ’s regime and its allies. Clinton flew in after wrapping up a nine-nation Africa tour. The visit comes after Washington on Friday announced sanctions on...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, not pictured, as they address the media at the State Department in Washington
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

U.S. officials: al-Qaida gaining foothold in Syria
Full Article Richmond Times Dispatch
11 Aug 2012

WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida has advanced beyond isolated pockets of activity in Syria and now is building a network of well-organized cells, according to U.S. intelligence officials, who fear the terrorists could be on the verge of establishing an Iraq-like foothold that would be hard to defeat if rebels eventually oust President Bashar Assad. At least...
A Syrian gunman shoots in the air during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra

Tale of Two Sikh Massacres
Full Article WorldNews.com
11 Aug 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism, emerged from three days of solitude and announced: "There is no Hindu; there is no Muslim; only God,"(1) little did he realize that this new enlightened belief would be met with violence. Having taught his followers the loving transcendence of God and "brotherhood...
Mourners attend the funeral and memorial service for the six victims of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wis., Friday, Aug 10, 2012.
photo: AP / Jeffrey Phelps

Brahimi tipped to be envoy as tension spreads
Full Article The Independent
11 Aug 2012

Diplomatic sources said Lakhdar Brahimi is being considered to replace Kofi Annan as the United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria, after the former UN Secretary-General quit last week saying the militarisation of the conflict and deadlock at the Security Council had made his job impossible. Like Mr Annan, the 78-year-old Algerian diplomat who has...
File - Lakhdar Brahimi, Chairman of the Independent Panel on the Safety and Security of the United Nations Personnel and Premises Worldwide, addresses a press conference on the report of the panel.
photo: UN / Mark Garten

Syrian forces clash with Jordanian soldiers on the border
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
11 Aug 2012

Fighting broke out between Jordanian and Syrian forces in a border region between the two countries on Thursday night. A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun as a Syrian Air Force fighter bomber fires rockets during an air strike in the village of Tel Rafat, some 37 km (23 miles) north of Aleppo Photo: REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic...
In this photo taken during a government-organised visit for media, Syrian army soldiers standing on their military trucks shout slogans in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, as they enter a village near the town of Jisr al-Shughour, north of Damascus, Syria, on Friday June 10, 2011.
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi

Death toll rises in Philippine flood disaster
Full Article Al Jazeera
10 Aug 2012

Thousands more Philippine flood survivors have crammed into evacuation centres as waist-high water covered vast farming regions and the death toll from a week of misery rose to 60. The flooding that submerged 80 per cent of Manila early in the week had largely subsided, allowing people to return to their homes on Friday, but vital rice-growing...
A boy travles through the floods that swamped their homes in Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines on Thursday Aug. 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Aaron Favila

Sinai: Egypt tribes back offensive against militants
Full Article BBC News
10 Aug 2012

Bedouin tribal leaders in Egypt's Sinai peninsula have agreed to help restore security in the lawless border area with the Gaza Strip and Israel. In talks with Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal al-Din, they also backed plans to destroy smuggling tunnels into Gaza. The move comes as Egyptian troops mass in the area in an operation to contain...
In this Monday Aug. 6, 2012 file photograph, the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and Gaza, and the only gateway for Gaza's people, is closed and guarded by Egyptian border guards in Rafah, Egypt. After decades of neglect and with the collapse of government authority the past 18 months, Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has become fertile ground for Islamic extremists.
photo: AP / Ahmed Gomaa

South Korea's Lee Myung-bak to visit disputed islands
Full Article BBC News
10 Aug 2012

South Korea's president is expected to visit islands also claimed by Japan, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions between the two nations. Lee Myung-bak's spokeswoman said the president...
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak bows during a press conference at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 24, 2012.
photo: AP / Yonhap, Kim Byung-man

Syria rebels retreat from key Aleppo district
Full Article Yahoo Daily News
10 Aug 2012

Rebels retreated from the key Aleppo district of Salaheddin under a deadly rain of shellfire Thursday, as a veteran Algerian diplomat was set to be named the new international envoy to Syria. "We have staged a tactical withdrawal from Salaheddin. The district is completely empty of rebel fighters. Regime forces are now advancing into Salaheddin,"...
A Syrian gunman shoots in the air during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra


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Somebody should tell Mitt Rommey that he is mishandling the Democrats’ trumped-up attacks on his personal income-tax returns (“Romney to Reid on tax accusations:...
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Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon I respect former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg. Over the years, Burg has managed to extend the scope of the Zionist self-criticism; he...
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It is arguable whether Africa's problems have become more or less severe over the past four years. It is also arguable whether the increasing militarization of U.S. policy in...

File - Butcher Graham Poultney carrying a leg of beef at London's Smithfield's meat market, Thursday March 21 1996. British Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell announced, Wednesday, that there was now scientific evidence to connect a new strain of Creuztfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in humans with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
The latest figure is based on a study of 30,000 appendixes removed in operations which were tested for the presence of the prion, or misfolded protein, that causes the condition. More than a decade ago ministers assured the public that beef was safe...
photo: AP / Charles Miller
Ein Mann betrachtet am Donnerstag (07.07.11) in Duesseldorf die Homepage eines Anbieters der europaweiten Lotterie EuroMillions.
A ticket-holder in Britain has won a record 190 million euros (NZD$287 million) in the EuroMillions lottery, officials announced on Friday. The winner, whose identity is not yet known, beats the Scottish couple who became Europe's biggest ever...
photo: AP / Volker Hartmann
Jestina Clayton braids the hair of her daughter, Esther Clayton, 5, at her home in Centerville, Utah.
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A girl sits on an adult's shoulders to get a better view as she waits among a crowd prior to the ceremony held for the inauguration of Ghana's new President John Atta Mills in Accra, Ghana Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. The election of Mills, in the closest vote in Ghana's history, makes the West African nation one of the few African countries to successfully transfer power twice from one legitimately elected leader to another.
John Atta Mills. (Reuters) Our Coverage More Coverage Mills died last month ahead of a re-election bid and his state funeral was held on Friday. A military cortege conveyed Mills'ss body from the State House parliamentary complex, where it had...
photo: AP / Olivier Asselin
A Manchester United banner hangs on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in New York. Shares of soccer club Manchester United made their public debut Friday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of soccer club Manchester United made their public debut Friday, edging up slightly as shareholders' enthusiasm for the celebrated team was offset by worry about its debt load and financial performance. Its shares opened at...
photo: AP / Jin Lee
 Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) and Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General. (gm1)
Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat and former Algerian foreign minister, is expected to be named as the new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria in place of Kofi Annan, diplomats said Thursday. Negotiations are still going on over the envoy’s role and how...
photo: UN
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack.
ABUJA (Reuters) - The United States wants to help Nigeria fight Islamists it sees as a growing regional menace, but the country cannot rely on military might alone, an official travelling with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton...
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
Mitt Romney Set To Pick Paul Ryan As Running Mate; updated 11 Aug 2012; published 11 Aug 2012
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Mitt Romney Set To Pick Paul Ryan As Running Mate
The Examiner 11 Aug 2012, Related topics Elections 2012Mitt RomneyPaul RyanVP Advertisement Friday night Team Romney made the announcement that Mitt Romney will be selecting his running mate tomorrow at a campaign stop in Norfolk, Va. According to Politico, a source in the Romney campaign says he will choose Wis. Rep. Paul Ryan. When pressed by Politico, Romney sources said...

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Clinton Criticizes Syrian President; updated 19 Jul 2012; published 17 Jul 2011
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Clinton Criticizes Syrian President
Khaleej Times 11 Aug 2012, ISTANBUL ' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Saturday in Istanbul for talks on the conflict in Syria with Turkish leaders after Washington slapped fresh sanctions on Bashar al-AssadÂ’s regime and its allies. Clinton flew in after wrapping up a nine-nation Africa tour. The visit comes after Washington on Friday announced sanctions on...

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Syria: Al Qaida Terrorists Attacking Syrian Security Forces and Torture; updated 28 Feb 2012; published 28 Feb 2012
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Syria: Al Qaida Terrorists Attacking Syrian Security Forces and Torture
Richmond Times Dispatch 11 Aug 2012, WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida has advanced beyond isolated pockets of activity in Syria and now is building a network of well-organized cells, according to U.S. intelligence officials, who fear the terrorists could be on the verge of establishing an Iraq-like foothold that would be hard to defeat if rebels eventually oust President Bashar Assad. At least...

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Sikh Temple Shooting In Wisconsin & Anti-Muslim Propaganda; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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Sikh Temple Shooting In Wisconsin & Anti-Muslim Propaganda
WorldNews.com 11 Aug 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism, emerged from three days of solitude and announced: "There is no Hindu; there is no Muslim; only God,"(1) little did he realize that this new enlightened belief would be met with violence. Having taught his followers the loving transcendence of God and "brotherhood...

More than 22000 Iraqis flee Syria: UN; updated 07 Aug 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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More than 22000 Iraqis flee Syria: UN
The Independent 11 Aug 2012, Diplomatic sources said Lakhdar Brahimi is being considered to replace Kofi Annan as the United Nations-Arab League envoy for Syria, after the former UN Secretary-General quit last week saying the militarisation of the conflict and deadlock at the Security Council had made his job impossible. Like Mr Annan, the 78-year-old Algerian diplomat who has...

Ex Syrian PM Deciding Future in Jordan; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 10 Aug 2012
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Ex Syrian PM Deciding Future in Jordan
The Daily Telegraph 11 Aug 2012, Fighting broke out between Jordanian and Syrian forces in a border region between the two countries on Thursday night. A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun as a Syrian Air Force fighter bomber fires rockets during an air strike in the village of Tel Rafat, some 37 km (23 miles) north of Aleppo Photo: REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic...

Massive flood: Philippine capital Manila inundated after 11 days of torrential rain; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 08 Aug 2012
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Massive flood: Philippine capital Manila inundated after 11 days of torrential rain
Al Jazeera 10 Aug 2012, Thousands more Philippine flood survivors have crammed into evacuation centres as waist-high water covered vast farming regions and the death toll from a week of misery rose to 60. The flooding that submerged 80 per cent of Manila early in the week had largely subsided, allowing people to return to their homes on Friday, but vital rice-growing...

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Addresses Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
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IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Addresses Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border
BBC News 10 Aug 2012, Bedouin tribal leaders in Egypt's Sinai peninsula have agreed to help restore security in the lawless border area with the Gaza Strip and Israel. In talks with Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal al-Din, they also backed plans to destroy smuggling tunnels into Gaza. The move comes as Egyptian troops mass in the area in an operation to contain...

S Korea-Japan tensions simmer over island dispute; updated 27 Jul 2012; published 15 Aug 2011
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S Korea-Japan tensions simmer over island dispute
BBC News 10 Aug 2012, South Korea's president is expected to visit islands also claimed by Japan, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions between the two nations. Lee Myung-bak's spokeswoman said the president...

Syria: What's Behind the Conflict; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 08 Aug 2012
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Syria: What's Behind the Conflict
Yahoo Daily News 10 Aug 2012, Rebels retreated from the key Aleppo district of Salaheddin under a deadly rain of shellfire Thursday, as a veteran Algerian diplomat was set to be named the new international envoy to Syria. "We have staged a tactical withdrawal from Salaheddin. The district is completely empty of rebel fighters. Regime forces are now advancing into Salaheddin,"...

Frenzy outside court holding Gu Kailai trial; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 10 Aug 2012
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Frenzy outside court holding Gu Kailai trial
BBC News 10 Aug 2012, Four policeman accused of covering up the murder of Briton Neil Heywood are to go on trial in China, a day after the wife of a former top politician was tried for the killing. The four are all senior officers from Chongqing, where the UK businessman was killed in November 2011. On Thursday a one-day trial was held for Gu Kailai - wife of...

Sinai Shockwave: Violence on Israeli doorstep after Egypt airstrike; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 08 Aug 2012
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Sinai Shockwave: Violence on Israeli doorstep after Egypt airstrike
Al Jazeera 10 Aug 2012, Egypt has sent more troops into North Sinai in an intensifying offensive launched against armed groups after 16 Egyptian guards were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in the Israeli border region earlier in the week. Hundreds of troops and dozens of military vehicles reached al-Arish, the main administrative centre in North Sinai, security...

China and US will face each other in South China Sea.; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 08 Aug 2012
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China and US will face each other in South China Sea.
WorldNews.com 09 Aug 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling China is gradually awakening from its long sleep, something Napoleon Bonaparte mentioned when he said: "Let China Sleep, for when the Dragon awakes, she will shake the world." China first defeated several major Western and Eastern Powers that had tried to carve her up, even sometimes seizing strategic...

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Addresses Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border; updated 10 Aug 2012; published 06 Aug 2012
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IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Addresses Terror Attack on Israel-Egypt Border
BBC News 09 Aug 2012, For many months Egyptian government control of the Sinai Peninsula has been tenuous at best. The dangers of allowing ungoverned space, where militant groups have launched attacks on neighbouring Israel, ought to have been obvious to anybody in Cairo, but it was only the killing of 16 of their border guards on Sunday that finally prompted action....





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