LONDON -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted asylum on Thursday by Ecuador, raising the possibility of a diplomatic showdown between British and Ecuadoran authorities. The transparency campaigner has been holed up at the Embassy of Ecuador in … Taliban attack on airbase raises questions about security of Pakistan's ... - Telegraph.co.uk
The early morning assault raises fresh questions over the security of the country's nuclear arsenal, considered one of Barack Obama's biggest foreign policy headaches. Six militants wearing air force uniforms and suicide vests were killed in a fierce … Romney-Ryan prepare assault on spending - Fox News
BOSTON - "The president is talking about Medicare today. We want this debate. We need this debate and we will win this debate." — Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., campaigning in Nevada. Romneyland is fired up. The campaign headquarters of the soon-to-be … Two sheriff's deputies killed in Louisiana shooting - USA TODAY
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Two Louisiana sheriff's deputies were shot and killed early today in a small city in the New Orleans metropolitan area, WVUE-TV reports. Two people were injured. The shooting occurred in St. John the Baptist Parish in … Inside Powerball: A behind-the-scenes look at how drawings work - CBS News
(CBS News) The odds were 175 million-to-one, but a Powerball ticket buyer in Michigan matched all the numbers last night, winning a jackpot estimated to be $337 million. Lottery officials say the one winning ticket was sold at a Sunoco station in … 7 US troops killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan - USA TODAY
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The international military force in Afghanistan says seven American troops are among the 11 people who died in a Blackhawk helicopter crash in the country's south. A Taliban spokesman says the insurgents shot down the aircraft … Iran supreme leader visits quake zone
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday visited villages in his country's northwest struck by twin deadly earthquakes at the weekend, where he reassured survivors and heard their criticism of relief operations, his website said. Peru rebels kill 5 army officers, injure 5 others
LIMA (Reuters) – Rebels killed five army officers and injured five soldiers, the armed forces said on Thursday – the latest setback in President Ollanta Humala’s push to regain control of restive regions rife with cocaine trafficking. The armed forces said it did not know if rebels suffered any casualties during the shootout in the knotty bundle of jungle valleys known as the VRAE, which is the most productive growing area in the world’s top coca producer. Rebels often catch soldiers in ambushes when they venture outside their fortified bases. …
Syria rebels 'to turn to Qaeda if West fails them'
With the West still refusing to arm Syria's opposition in the bloody fight against the regime, rebels in the flashpoint northern city of Aleppo warn that they could turn to Al-Qaeda for help. Locked-in syndrome sufferer loses right-to-die case
A locked-in syndrome sufferer has lost a legal bid for the right to end his life of "pure torture" after High Court judges unanimously agreed that it would be wrong to depart from a precedent that equates voluntary euthanasia with murder. S. Africa police disperse striking mine workers
South African police have opened fire and dispersed a crowd of striking miners, with an unknown number of casualties.
Jet on U.S.-Russia flight lands in Iceland after bomb threat
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian jet carrying more than 250 people from New York to Moscow made an emergency landing in Iceland on Thursday after an anonymous caller told authorities that bags on board were filled with explosives, Aeroflot and security officials said. After a lengthy evacuation operation, police in Reykjavik said a search of the plane was under way and that no explosives had been found so far, but that the search would continue for several hours. …
Sweden summons Ecuador's ambassador
The Swedish Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Ecuador's ambassador over the Latin American country's decision to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asylum. Tough desert life wins Bedouin teen fairy tale award
It was the trauma of seeing Israeli troops raze homes in the Bedouin community where she lives that inspired 14-year-old Salha Hamadin to write an award-winning fairy tale. Canada and Australia dominate most 'livable' cities ranking
The Economist Intelligence Unit's latest Global Liveability Survey, published this week, ranks 140 cities based on a number of factors including stability, infrastructure and education, among others, with several cities in Canada and Australia making the list. Bombs in northern, central Iraq kill 6, injure 41
Six people were killed and at least 41 were wounded in five separate bombings in central and northern Iraq early Thursday, authorities said, in the latest wave of relatively small but recurrent strikes by militants seeking to undermine the government.
5 people arrested in northern France after riots
Five people have been arrested in connection with rioting in northern France that renewed concerns about security in marginalized areas facing high unemployment. German lawmakers demand ECB voting reform, oppose bond buying
BERLIN (Reuters) – A handful of lawmakers in Angela Merkel’s coalition are demanding a reform of the European Central Bank’s voting system to strengthen Germany’s influence, highlighting worries in Europe’s biggest economy about the bank’s bond-buying plans. Chancellor Merkel has shown no sign of concern about ECB President Mario Draghi’s approach. …
South Africa police open fire on miners, several dead
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – South African police opened fire on thousands of striking miners armed with machetes and spears near Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, and a Reuters witness said he saw at least seven bodies lying on the ground. (Reporting by John Mkhize; Writing by Ed Cropley)
Antarctic Moss Lives Off Penguin Poop
Verdant green carpets of moss that emerge during the brief Antarctic summer have an unusual food source, a new study reports: The mosses eat nitrogen from fossilized penguin poop. Japan's nuclear leaks sparked butterfly mutations
Radiation that leaked from the Fukushima nuclear plant following last year's tsunami caused mutations in some butterflies -- including dented eyes and stunted wings -- though humans seem relatively unaffected, researchers say. Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange
Ecuador said Thursday that it was granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a decision that thrilled supporters but will do little to defuse the standoff at the Latin American nation's London embassy, where the Australian ex-hacker has been holed up for almost two months. Taliban claims it shot down NATO helicopter
A Taliban spokesman says fighters for the group shot down a NATO helicopter in the country’s south. The international coalition says 11 people were killed in the crash, including seven international service members, but did not identify the cause.
Maruti Suzuki to restart riot hit car plant
Top Indian carmaker Maruti Suzuki said Thursday it would reopen a factory with tightened security including a force of 100 police after a riot by workers last month killed one person and injured dozens of others.
Bahrain activist jailed for 3 years for protests
A prominent Bahraini human rights activist was found guilty Thursday of instigating and participating in several illegal gatherings and sentenced to three years in jail.
Suu Kyi's silence on Rohingya draws rare criticism
She is known as the voice of Myanmar's downtrodden, but there is one oppressed group that Aung San Suu Kyi does not want to discuss. 
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