Two Egyptian journalists will go on trial accused of incitement to murder President Mohammed Mursi and sowing sectarian discord, prosecutors say. Tawfiq Ukasha, the owner of the private al-Faraeen TV station, and Islam Afifi, the editor of the private … Mitt Romney opens bus tour in Florida singing praises of Paul Ryan - MiamiHerald.com
By Tia Mitchell ST. AUGUSTINE — Continuing his swing-state bus tour, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited this historic city Monday singing the praises of his newly announced running mate and continuing his attacks on the policies of … Syrian Rebels Claim to Have Brought Down a Jet - New York Times
House Panel Sues for Release of Gun Documents - Wall Street Journal
By DEVLIN BARRETT A House committee filed a civil suit Monday seeking to force Attorney General Eric Holder to turn over documents related to a bungled gun-trafficking probe called Fast and Furious. The filing was expected after a House vote in June to … All Men Are Potential Pedophiles in the Eyes of Australian Airlines
Are all men potential pedophiles? If you're a passenger on a Qantas Airways or Virgin Australia flight, the answer is yes, as both airlines have policies forbidding adult men form sitting next to unaccompanied minors. Dismayed at being so negatively stereotyped, men are speaking out down under to protest this profiling. Daniel McCluskie, the second 30-something man in a week to come forward, told The Age, "It seemed I had this sign I couldn't see above my head that said 'child molester' or 'kiddie fiddler.'" Anti-immigrant party office in Greece firebombed
Authorities say arsonists have firebombed an Athens office of a far-right, anti-immigrant party, a day after the suspected racist murder of an Iraqi man in the Greek capital.
Gbagbo supporters stage Hague protest
Hundreds of supporters of ex-Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo protested Monday in The Hague where the former west African leader is awaiting an International Criminal Court hearing. NATO: Afghan policeman fires on coalition forces in 5th similar attack in a week; no deaths
KABUL – The new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan called a sudden rash of attacks on international forces by their Afghan partners “troubling” Monday, after an Afghan policeman opened fire on NATO forces in the fifth such assault in a week.
Doom and gloom: Olympic wins trump critics
For skeptics, the Olympics were deliciously doomed: London's transport network would surely fail, Britain's athletes would flop, rain would prevail and terrorists would strike. But then the sun came out after months of sodden skies, vehicles moved briskly, there were no attacks and British athletes reeled in a shocking 65 medals. Zambia's main opposition leader arrested
Zambia's main opposition leader was arrested Monday and charged with publishing false information after he claimed that ruling party youth were being trained by Sudanese militia, police said. John Wiley & Sons reaches deal to sell Frommer's brand of travel books to Google, no terms
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Google is buying the Frommer’s brand of travel guides.
Quebec's big parties seek foreign takeover curbs
(Reuters) – Quebec’s governing Liberal party, trailing in the polls ahead of September 4 elections, has joined its main rival in a quest to crack down on foreign takeovers. The Liberals, in power for nearly 10 years, promised on Monday to bring in a new law allowing companies to reject a foreign approach and said they would set up a C$1 billion ($1 billion) fund to help Quebec companies buy assets abroad. …
London shares slip 0.26% in post-Olympic gloom
London shares slid lower on Monday as reality began to bite amid quiet trade following the end of the Olympics. Insurance plan lets India resume shipping Iran oil
The first Indian ship to carry Iranian crude since European sanctions on ship insurance decimated Iran’s oil trade is scheduled to load up on Wednesday.
Ramadan TV show stirs argument across Arab world
DUBAI (Reuters) – A television drama about the life of a seventh century Muslim ruler, Omar Ibn al-Khattab, is polarizing opinion across the Arab world by challenging a widespread belief that actors should not depict Islam’s central figures. Conservative clerics denounce the series, which is running during the region’s busiest drama season, the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Scholars see an undesirable trend in television programming; the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has publicly refused to watch it. …
Egypt's Morsi cleans house. But a coup? Hardly - Christian Science Monitor
Have President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood swept away Hosni Mubarak's old guard and set the stage for a rapid Islamization of the Egyptian government? Almost certainly not. President Morsi's moves yesterday, taken in consultation with the … Iran villages in rubble as quake death toll rises - USA TODAY
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran Monday raised its earthquake death toll to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors from the rubble of their homes in the country's northwest, state media reported. Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi … 
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