WASHINGTON -- In one tight Florida House race, a hastily assembled TV commercial to begin airing Wednesday takes aim at a top target of Democrats, highlighting his votes "to end Medicare as we know it." Republicans in Montana are advertising on behalf … Biden draws Romney's ire with "chains" comment - Reuters
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason | CHILLICOTHE, Ohio/OSKALOOSA, Iowa (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden triggered outrage from Mitt Romney on Tuesday by saying the Republican would put people "in chains" if elected president as the US presidential … Japan war shrine visit likely to upset Asian neighbors
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese cabinet member paid homage at a controversial shrine for war dead on Wednesday — the 67th anniversary of Tokyo's defeat in World War Two — a move likely to further strain relations with China and South Korea. Bitter memories of Japanese militarism run deep in China and South Korea and, despite close economic ties, relations with Beijing and Seoul have become increasingly fraught recently. Bickering over rival territorial claims to rocky, uninhabited islands are the latest sign of how the region has yet to resolve differences over its past. … Aussie athletes arrive home to praise
Australia's Olympic athletes were welcomed home by a big crowd at Sydney airport on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard defending their achievements despite a poor medal haul. New Zealand mulls new cyber-bullying law
New Zealand said it was considering making cyber-bullying a criminal offence, amid concerns that existing laws offer inadequate protection from online harassment. U.N. envoy tells Honduras to better protect its journalists
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Honduran government must investigate the cases of 22 journalists murdered in the last two years in the Central American country, a United Nations envoy said on Tuesday. Frank La Rue, a U.N. special freedom of expression rapporteur, also demanded that President Porfirio Lobo establish new measures to protect journalists, including giving them access to bulletproof cars and helping threatened reporters and their families to relocate, either within Honduras or abroad. …
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