1 hour ago o AP Belarus' top security agency _ the KGB _ has summoned a Swedish ad team for questioning after the group air-dropped hundreds of parachute-wearing teddy bears that carried pro-human rights messages onto the soil of the authoritarian …
NATO: Three US soldiers killed on base by Afghan - Jerusalem Post

Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan delights both sides of party divide - The Guardian

US and Turkey Agree to Tighten Coordination on Syria - New York Times

Abbas urges Egypt to destroy underground tunnels - Jerusalem Post

Perseid meteor shower: NASA wants help counting shooting stars - Los Angeles Times

Powerful earthquake strikes northwestern Iran - Reuters

Police embrace emerging social media tool - Seattle Post Intelligencer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Minutes after a shooting near the Oakland Airport this year, the gunman was on the loose. And police Sgt. Chris Bolton quickly fired off a flurry of text alerts to thousands of nearby residents through a social media tool for law …
Daily seized for alleged insult to Egypt president
Egypt’s state news agency says a court ordered Saturday editions of a newspaper confiscated over allegations of insulting the Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi.
Iran state TV: At least 87 dead in earthquake
Iranian state television says at least 87 people have been killed in a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran.
UPDATE 1-Olympics-Sailing-Spain win Elliot after Aussie skipper dunked
WEYMOUTH, England, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Spain won the women’smatch racing gold on Saturday after Australia lost their skipperoverboard in the most dramatic racing conditions of the two-weekOlympic sailing regatta. Olivia Price, 20, slipped from the back during a tackingmanoeuvre in winds up to 27 knots during the third of fivehead-to-head races with the Spanish, costing Nina Curtis andLucinda Whitty valuable minutes as they hauled her back onboard. In any other Olympic class, Australia’s mishap would havemeant a capsize but the heavy 6-metre Elliot keelboat stayedupright. …
Aussies extend medal run to record six with bronze
Spain: Model plane video evidence of terror plot
Syrian runner fails dope test
State TV: At least 20 dead in Iran earthquake
Iranian state TV’s website says at least 20 people have been killed in a 6.2-magnitude quake in northwestern Iran.
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New sanctions target Iran, Hezbollah and Syria: US
Blasts, gunfire hit Damascus in blow to Assad
Penultimate day of London promises more world records to come
LONDON – The second-last day of the London Games turned out to be a lot like the few before it: several hundred thousand spectators flocking to the Olympic Park under sunny skies in the hope of seeing another world record fall at the main stadium.
Rangers settle for point in third-tier opener
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The white concession tents stand there in Olympic Park, but they are closed. People walk up to the gate, but they are turned away.
Australia beat Britain to win hockey bronze
Olympics-Hockey-Australia beat Britain to win hockey bronze
LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Australia’s men beat Britain 3-1to win hockey bronze on Saturday, their sixth consecutiveOlympic medal, having dominated the second half against thehosts. Australia took the lead in the 17th minute when Jamie Dwyer,five-times world player of the year, set up Simon Orchard at thetop of the D and he slammed the ball home. Britain keeper JamesFair got his hand to the ball but could not stop it. Britain equalised from their only penalty corner of thehalf, Ashley Jackson slipping the ball to Iain Lewers who put itpast the keeper. …
Mumbai protest against northeast unrest turns violent
Olympics-Australia win men's hockey bronze medal match - results
LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Australia won the Olympic bronzemedal in men’s hockey on Saturday. Results Table Australia beat Britain 3-1 (1-1)
Mexico beats Brazil to win 1st Olympic soccer gold
Oribe Peralta scored only 29 seconds into the Olympic final and added another goal in the second half to help Mexico upset Brazil 2-1 and win its first soccer gold Saturday.
Turkish forces end anti-PKK operation in Semdinli
HAKKARI, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish armed forces have ended an almost three-week operation against Kurdish militants in the southeast region of Semdinli, bordering Iran and Iraq, and have killed “a large number” of fighters, the local governor said in a statement on Saturday. Turkish jets have bombarded Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions around the mountainous region in one of most intense bouts of fighting in recent years in a decades-long conflict which has killed 40,000 people. “The aerial-supported operations launched by our security forces on July 23, 2012 … …
Canada's FM visits Syrian refugee camp in Jordan
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