Saturday, August 11, 2012

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Clinton arrives in Turkey to plan for fall of Assad - Jerusalem Post


Romney picks Ryan as vice presidential running mate: source - Reuters
By Steve Holland | NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to name Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday in a move that will bring the debate over how to reduce government …


School application sheds light on shooting suspect - The Associated Press
By P. SOLOMON BANDA, AP - 24 minutes ago DENVER (AP) -- The man accused of opening fire in a suburban Denver movie theater had been an excellent student who left an impression good enough for acceptance to a competitive neuroscience program at the …


US heading for win over China in both medals races
United States' Ashton Eaton listens to the U.S. national anthem after being presented with a gold medal in the men's decathlon during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)With a surge of medals in track and field, the United States has sprinted ahead of China and is poised to finish atop the medals table at the London Olympics -- maybe with the most golds ever collected by the Americans on foreign soil.


North India bus crash kills 41
India has the highest annual road death toll in the world, according to a 2009 World Health Organization reportAt least 41 people were killed when a passenger bus plunged into a gorge on Saturday in a mountainous region of north India, an official said.


Crowded bus falls into deep gorge in northern India, killing at least 39 people
NEW DELHI – Police say at least 39 people were killed when a crowded passenger bus fell into a deep gorge in northern India.


Despite rocky region, Israeli tourism booming
It’s priming for a risky showdown with Iran over its suspected nuclear program, concerned about neighboring Syria’s bloody civil war spilling across the border and dealing with terrorists attempting to infiltrate from Egypt’s lawless Sinai Peninsula.


Greece to auction T-Bills to help repay debt
Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras leads a meeting with officials at the Finance Ministry in Athens, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. The debt-ridden country has promised to slash euro11.5 billion ($14.1 billion) off its 2013-14 budget in order to continue receiving emergency rescue loans from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Greece said Friday it will auction EUR3.125 billion ($3.83 billion) in short-term debt to help pay off a EUR3.2 billion bond repayment due on Aug.20.


China trade growth plunges in new sign of weakness
China’s July trade growth suffered an unexpectedly sharp decline in a new sign of weakness for the world economy.


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