SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands braced for torrential rains on Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac churned waves of up to 10 feet in the Caribbean and threatened to become a hurricane that could take a shot at Florida just as … Poll: Obama leads in Ohio, race tightens in Fla, Wis. - USA TODAY
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY President Obama leads Mitt Romney in Ohio while the two candidates are neck-and-neck in Florida and Wisconsin, according to a new poll of the three swing states. The polling by Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News … Why keeping Akin in play is good for Obama camp - Chicago Tribune
Obama has slight lead over Romney in new nationwide poll - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- With his running mate in place and his nominating convention looming, Republican Mitt Romney narrowly trails President Obama, according to a new nationwide poll of likely voters. Obama leads 48% to 45% among all registered voters in the … Tropical storm Isaac nears Dominican Republic, gaining strength - Christian Science Monitor
Tropical Storm Isaac took aim at the Dominican Republic and Haiti Thursday and it was expected to gain strength after drenching tiny islands in its whirl over the eastern entrance to the Caribbean. There was a chance it could dump rain on next week's … Military hits town near Damascus, 60 killed in Syria - Reuters
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis | AMMAN (Reuters) – Troops and tanks swept into a restive town near Damascus on Thursday in an assault aimed at crushing opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, whose struggle for survival has dragged Syria into an increasingly … German state cracks down on neo-Nazis
More than 900 police officers raided homes and clubhouses of suspected neo-Nazis in a crackdown in a western German state on Thursday, seizing far-right propaganda material, computer hard drives and a wide variety of weapons, the region's top security official said. Hungary government party support inches up in Aug: poll
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Public support for Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party inched higher in August, while more than half of the electorate had no party preference, a survey by pollster Ipsos showed on Thursday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s center-right alliance, which commands more than two-thirds of seats in parliament, had 17 percent support in August, a point higher than in July, the poll published by national news agency MTI said. Backing for the main opposition Socialists was unchanged at 14 percent, while far-right Jobbik dropped 2 points to 8 percent. …
Hippo stuck in SAfrica: swimming pool
A hefty hippo chased away from his herd at a South African game reserve has found a refreshing place to relax: the lodge’s swimming pool. Now it’s stuck there.
South Africans mourn victims of platinum mine carnage
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africans held a memorial service on Thursday at a platinum mine where police shot dead 34 strikers, bloodshed that revived memories of apartheid-era violence and laid bare workers' anger over enduring inequalities since the end of white rule. Some 500 people crammed into a marquee pitched at the platinum mine, near what has been dubbed the "Hill of Horror" where police shot dead 34 striking miners in the deadliest security incident since apartheid ended in 1994. Crowds spilled out into the scorched, dusty fields outside, listening to hymns and prayers. … Ethiopia sets Meles funeral for Sept 2
Ethiopia will hold the funeral of late prime minister Meles Zenawi on September 2, officials said Thursday, without giving further details. Iran leader calls for 'economy of resistance'
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the government Thursday to adopt an "economy of resistance" to confront crippling sanctions slapped by the West on Tehran over its nuclear drive. Warner says Australia ready for trial by spin
DUBAI (Reuters) – Australia are ready for a trial by spin during their tour of the United Arab Emirates, opening batsman David Warner said on Thursday. Warner’s reputation, forged initially in Twenty20 cricket, is for blitzkrieg batting at the top of the order and he has a strike-rate in excess of 140 runs per 100 balls in that form of the game. But in the UAE, in limited-over games against Afghanistan and Pakistan and on pitches expected to help spin bowling, the left-hander expects a completely different challenge. …
Saudi columnist sparks furore with prostitution comments
A Saudi columnist has triggered a furore in the ultra-conservative kingdom after he wrote on micro-blogging website Twitter that some Saudi women were working as prostitutes in Dubai. SKorean court ends law requiring real names online
A South Korean court ended a law requiring Internet contributors to use their real names to leave comments, ruling unanimously Thursday that the policy undermined free speech.
Twitter 'agrees to block fake Indian PM accounts'
Twitter has agreed to remove six fake accounts which purport to be Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's following a request from the Indian government, the premier's spokesman said on Thursday. Tropical Storm Isaac lashes northern Caribbean
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands braced for torrential rains on Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac churned waves as high as 10 feet (3 meters) in the Caribbean and threatened to become a hurricane that could take a shot at Florida just as Republicans gather for their national convention. Turkish-Cypriot tycoon Nadir jailed for 10 years in UK
Turkish-Cypriot tycoon Asil Nadir, once one of Britain's most notorious fugitives, was jailed for ten years on Thursday for stealing millions of pounds from his international business empire. Photos of naked prince raise security questions
They were embarrassing, silly, and raunchy. But were they a security breach? Pakistan: 26 die from heavy rains, flooding
Pakistani officials say heavy monsoon rains that triggered flooding in the country’s north have caused at least 26 deaths.
Official : 50 people missing from Kenyan clashes
The Kenya Red Cross says that at least 52 people are dead and another 50 missing after hundreds of farmers attacked cattle herders in southeast Kenya on Wednesday.
Gold Fields: KDC fire a mystery, arson not ruled out
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Arson or illicit mining may have been responsible for a fire at a South African operation of world no. 4 gold producer Gold Fields that killed five workers in June, the company’s chief executive said on Thursday. “It’s impossible to rule out anything,” Nick Holland told Reuters. “This was an old worked-out area and we have no current workers in there and haven’t had people in there for years,” Holland said. “So fires don’t start by themselves. You need activities. You need material movement. So it’s a mystery to us,” he said. …
India rights group urges ban on term 'honour killing'
A government body in India that lobbies for women's rights called Thursday for the term "honour killing" to be dropped when referring to the murder of people accused of bringing shame on their family. Naked prince pics ban reveals chastened British press
LONDON (Reuters) – Almost exactly 20 years ago, Sarah Ferguson, then wife of Prince Andrew, was pictured topless on the front page of a British newspaper, having her toes sucked by a wealthy U.S. businessman by the pool of a French villa. Ignoring any concerns about privacy, the Daily Mirror ran 18 paparazzi long-range photos of the Duchess of York, who was estranged from but still married to the Queen's second son, and other papers eagerly followed up with similar snaps. … Former UK fugitive Nadir gets 10 years for theft "on grand scale"
LONDON (Reuters) – Businessman Asil Nadir was jailed for 10 years on Thursday for stealing millions from his British business empire to fund a luxury lifestyle, ending a 22-year fight to convict a man once seen as a darling of the UK corporate world. The 71-year-old Turkish Cypriot was convicted of stealing 29 million pounds ($45.83 million) from Polly Peck, an ailing textiles company which he transformed into one of the most successful British firms of the 1980s. The company collapsed in 1990 when British officials began a fraud investigation. … C$ little changed amid weak data, rate hike doubt
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar was little changed near one-week lows on Thursday, failing to gain traction despite a move lower by the U.S. dollar on speculation about another dose of stimulus by the Federal Reserve. While most currencies gained against the U.S. dollar overnight, the Canadian dollar was mostly flat, weighed by a string of weak economic data and market skepticism that the Bank of Canada can really deliver on its hawkish sentiment. …
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