This picture taken on July 20, 2012, shows members of the all-girl punk band "Pussy Riot" Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, center, Maria Alyokhina, right, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, left, behind bars during a court hearing in Moscow. Prosecutors asked a Moscow … Ann Romney fiercely defends decision to withhold tax returns - Los Angeles Times
Ann Romney gets her say Thursday night about the increasingly urgent -- or from her perspective, unreasonable -- demands for the release of her family's tax returns. After briefly dropping off the political radar, questions that have dogged presumed GOP … Medicare costs too much, but how to rein it in? - Businessweek
Julian Assange granted asylum by Ecuador - live coverage - The Guardian
A masked supporter of Julian Assange outside Ecuador's embassy in Knightsbridge, London. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA The government of Ecuador believes that these arguments lend support to the fears of Julian Assange, and it believes that he may … Black Hawk crash kills 7 Americans, 4 Afghans - Businessweek
By By Heidi Vogt on August 16, 2012 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A US military helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans and four Afghans in one of the deadliest air … Man Charged in Shooting at Conservative Group HQ - ABC News
A man who volunteered at a gay community center had a backpack full of Chick-fil-A sandwiches and a box of ammunition when he said "I don't like your politics" and shot a security guard at the headquarters of a conservative lobbying group, … Jan Brewer Bars IDs, Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants in Arizona - Fox News
Barrick CEO charts fresh course with potential African sale
TORONTO (Reuters) – Barrick Gold Corp’s plan to off-load some or all of a big but underperforming asset sends a clear message about new CEO Jamie Sokalsky: the former number-cruncher means business and is serious about abandoning the grow-at-all-costs mantra. Sokalsky, who took over at Barrick in June, says he will rein in growth and invest only in assets that promise sizable returns, a relief for investors weary of the sector’s almost single-minded focus on production growth, regardless of cost. …
South Africa Labor Unrest Spurs Deadly Gunbattle - Wall Street Journal
By DEVON MAYLIE And PATRICK MCGROARTY A policeman gestures in front of the bodies of miners who were shot dead outside the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa. JOHANNESBURG--South African police fired on striking platinum workers, killing an unknown … Ecuadorians rally around decision to offer asylum for Assange - Christian Science Monitor
Julian Assange was not a household name in Ecuador until Wednesday night, when Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patiño read out a letter delivered to Ecuador's embassy in London. In the letter, technically an aide memoire in diplomatic speak, … Special delivery? Diplomatic mail among unlikely options for Assange to leave Ecuador embassy
LONDON – It’s an impasse: Ecuador Thursday granted asylum to Julian Assange, but Britain says it still intends to arrest the WikiLeaks chief the moment he steps out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and extradite him to Sweden for questioning about alleged sexual assaults.
Bahrain jails activist for three years over protests
DUBAI (Reuters) – A prominent Bahraini opposition activist was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday for anti-government protests, his lawyer said, a verdict Washington said was deeply troubling and rights campaigners called a “dark day for justice”. Bahrain, the base of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has been in turmoil since pro-democracy protests led by its Shi’ite Muslim majority erupted last year. Washington has called on its ally to talk to the opposition. …
Barton surprised by shirt snub
QPR midfielder Joey Barton admits he was surprised to discover he hasn't been given a shirt number for the forthcoming campaign. Brocade CEO to resign, profit beats estimates
(Reuters) – Network storage equipment maker Brocade Communication Systems Inc’s third-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates, boosted by a 13 percent rise in storage equipment sales, and the company said its chief executive intends to resign. Shares of the company rose 11 percent after the market-topping results but lost all of their gains on news of the CEO’s resignation. A faltering recovery in the United States and weakness in Europe has hit network equipment makers as telecom service providers, their biggest customers, cut spending and delay purchases of new equipment. …
Jewish settlers suspected of fire-bomb attack on Palestinians
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A fire-bomb thrown at a Palestinian vehicle in the occupied West Bank on Thursday set the car on fire and wounded six people, in an attack a military source and Israeli media blamed on Jewish settlers. “The main lead in the investigation suggests that Israeli civilians were responsible for the incident,” said a military source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Israeli media said that tracks were found leading from the site of the incident to a nearby settlement and that at least four of the passengers wounded were members of the same family, two of them children. …
Bulgaria: Photo of 2nd bombing suspect released
Bulgarian authorities have released a computer-generated image of a suspected accomplice of a man who killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver in a bus bombing a month ago.
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