* Two quakes hit north-west Iran near city of Tabriz * Quakes were 6.4 and 6.3 in magnitude * Casualties may rise as rescuers reach new areas * 16000 people given emergency shelter By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Overcrowded hospitals in … Romney's choice of Ryan pleases both left and right - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- With his surprise decision to run with Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Mitt Romney did something truly rare in today's politics: He united the left and the right. Both sides loved the vice presidential choice. For Romney and his fellow Republicans, … Egypt Sinai peacekeepers deny they came under fire - Reuters
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Amid mounting attack talk, Israel's PM says threat from Iran dwarfs all others
JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others the Jewish state faces.
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Two Syrian journalists were killed in the capital Damascus, state media and an Arab satellite television station reported on Sunday. WikiLeaks: Our site's been hit by weeklong attack
The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it’s been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for more than a week.
Manslaughter charge dropped in Gaza war case
An attorney says Israel’s military prosecutor has dropped a manslaughter charge against a soldier suspected of killing two Palestinian women during Israel’s war against Gaza’s Hamas rulers nearly four years ago.
Israeli PM: Iran threat dwarfs all others
Israel's prime minister says the threat from Iran dwarfs all others the Jewish state faces. Iran quake toll hits 250; scores left homeless - Los Angeles Times
TEHRAN, Iran-- Twin earthquakes in Iran have killed at least 250 people and injured over 2000, Iranian state television said on Sunday, after thousands spent the night outdoors after their villages were leveled and homes damaged in the country's … Roadside Bomb Kills Afghan Official in East - ABC News
A provincial spokesman says a roadside bomb has killed a district chief in eastern Afghanistan and three of his bodyguards. Laghman provincial government spokesman Sarhadi Zewak says the government's top official in Alishang district was driving to a … Iraq: Bomb attacks kill 3 policemen near Baghdad
Iraqi police and health officials say two bomb explosions have killed three policemen and injured five other people south of the capital Baghdad.
Oil tanker collides with U.S. navy ship in Gulf, navy says
DUBAI (Reuters) – An oil tanker collided with a U.S. navy ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, but no one was hurt, the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet said. “The collision between USS Porter (DDG 78) and the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan occurred at approximately 1:00 a.m. local time,” a statement on the Fifth Fleet’s website said. It said the Porter was a guided-missile destroyer and the oil tanker was Japanese-owned. The navy vessel remained able to operate under its own power after the collision, which was not combat-related, the statement added. …
Apologetic Swiss banks sweat it out as U.S., Europe mull redress
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss banks hoping to atone for decades of complicity in tax evasion may be left to sweat it out for months as the United States and Germany ponder the right level of punishment. Switzerland has long dodged U.S. accusations of hiding money for wealthy Americans. But now eleven Swiss banks are under investigation in the United States and there is pressure too from Europe where burdened taxpayers want scalps after numerous banking scandals. The Swiss need a deal to remove the taint from their financial industry. …
Egypt army kills six militants in Sinai raid
Egyptian troops clashed with gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula early Sunday, leaving three soldiers and six militants dead, as they pressed a drive to flush out armed Islamists, state television reported. Egypt says 7 suspected militants killed in Sinai
Egyptian military forces killed seven suspected militants on Sunday during raids on hideouts in a village in northern Sinai, security officials said. Thousands evacuated in Spain forest fires
MADRID (Reuters) – More than 4,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Spain's Canary Islands because of forest fires that are difficult to control due to a heatwave and strong winds, authorities said on Sunday. The worst hit-areas are Tenerife, a popular tourist destination, and La Gomera, where temperatures have topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) since Friday, restarting fires that had been put out during the week after destroying more than 3,000 hectares of land since August 4. … 
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