Friday, August 10, 2012

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Romney to announce running mate Saturday in Va. - CBS News
Updated 11:56 PM ET (AP) NORFOLK, Va. – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will announce his running mate Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va., his campaign said Friday night. The short list of candidates -- if there is one -- is believed to …


US officials: Al-Qaida gaining foothold in Syria - Haaretz


Romney to announce running mate Saturday morning in Virginia - Fox News
Mitt Romney will announce his running mate at 8:45 am ET Saturday in Norfolk, Va., Fox News confirms. Romney will launch his "The Romney Plan For A Stronger Middle Class" bus tour after announcing his choice for vice presidential candidate, …


Romney campaign calls wife-death ad a low blow - Chicago Tribune
BOSTON (Reuters) – Mitt Romney's campaign accused President Barack Obama's re-election team on Friday of "unbelievable distortions," citing an online ad from a pro-Obama group in which a former steel worker seems to link Romney to the death of his wife …


China fall behind in Olympic medals race
China's best performance of day 14 was silver in the synchronised swimming team eventChina dropped further behind the United States on the London Olympics medals table Friday after their first day without a win, as South Korea beat fierce rivals Japan to claim men's football bronze.


8 bodies found inside car in northern Mexico
Police found eight decomposing bodies Friday inside a car abandoned by a waterpark in northern Mexico, a day after authorities in a neighboring state located a sports utility vehicle with 14 bodies stuffed inside.


SKorean leader visits islets, draws Japan protest
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, center, looks at a national flag upon his arrival at islands called Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Lee made a surprise visit Friday to islets at the center of a long-running territorial dispute with Japan, ignoring warnings from Tokyo that it would worsen the neighbors' already strained relations.(AP Photo/Korea Pool) KOREA OUTSouth Korea's president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, recalled its ambassador from Seoul and warned that the trip would worsen the countries' strained relations.


Iraq's Kurds seek greater clout through oil policy
**FILE**In this Sept. 14, 2004 file photo, fire fighters try to contain an oil pipeline fire after an attack by insurgents near Beiji, 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's minority Kurds are upping the ante with their go-it-alone oil policy, luring some of Big Oil's biggest players and again challenging Iraq's central government to a showdown over a shared export route. (AP Photo/Yahaya Ahmed, File)Iraq's minority Kurds are upping the ante with their go-it-alone oil policy, luring some of Big Oil's biggest players and again challenging Iraq's central government to a showdown over a shared export route.


Boy, 6, dies after triggering landmine in Bosnia
Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died when he triggered a landmine while collecting wood with his father in the forests of central Bosnia. The father was wounded in the blast.


IOC formally strips Tyler Hamilton of Athens gold
FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2004, file photo, Tyler Hamilton holds up his gold medal after the men's road individual time trial of the 2004 Olympic Games in the outskirts of Athens. The IOC is set to formally strip American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his gold from the 2004 Athens Games and reassign the medals after his admission of doping, according to an Olympic official familiar with the case. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)Just days before the eight-year deadline expires, the IOC formally stripped American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his 2004 gold for doping Friday and awarded the medal to a Russian rider who now becomes a three-time Olympic champion.


Russian official's tweet appears to target Madonna
U.S. singer Madonna performs during her concert in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Alexander Demianchuk, Pool)A Russian deputy premier has made a rude statement apparently aimed at Madonna regarding her support for the jailed members of a Russian punk band awaiting a verdict in their trial.


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