By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY One day into the Romney-Ryan ticket, the battle for the presidency is now joined. Top advisers to President Obama and Mitt Romney fanned out on Sunday morning talk shows to deliver the same message: The Republican's choice … Rescuers stop searches after Iran quake kills 250
Rescuers ended the search on Sunday for survivors of twin earthquakes in northwestern Iran that killed at least 250 people and injured more than 2,600 a day earlier, state television reported. Oman to spend $1 billion more on job creation: official
MUSCAT (Reuters) – Oman plans to spend an additional $1 billion from its oil windfall to create jobs for its citizens over the next 12 months, a finance ministry official said on Sunday. “We had a very good income from oil revenues in the first six months of the year,” the official in the ministry’s planning department, who declined to be named under briefing rules, told Reuters. “Not only do we expect to comfortably balance the budget, but we will use $1 billion of that windfall to create jobs in the next 12 months from September. …
Egypt's president orders retirement of defence minister, chief of staff, names VP
CAIRO – A spokesman says Egypt’s president has ordered the defence minister and chief of staff to retire and has cancelled the military-declared constitutional amendments that gave top generals wide powers.
Egypt president orders defense minister retirement
A spokesman says Egypt’s president has ordered the defense minister and chief of staff to retire and has canceled the military-declared constitutional amendments that gave top generals wide powers.
UK PM: Officials face athletic honors overload
British athletes’ Olympic success means the people charged with doling out the country’s knighthoods and other honors will have their work cut out for them, Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday.
SPAIN CLOSE AT THE HALF
The gold medal matchup between the United States and Spain has been everything everyone expected, and more. Bahrain court jails man two years for insult to Prophet's wife
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini court has sentenced a man to two years in prison for making insulting comments about one of the Prophet Mohammad’s wives, newspapers reported on Sunday, the latest such case In the Gulf highlighting sectarian tension in the region. The daily al-Wasat reported that a man had insulted Aisha, a revered figure for Sunni Muslims, in comments online. “The accused entered a website and made comments that were so morally filthy and depraved that the tongue could not pronounce them, and they slandered Aisha,” the Arabic-language newspaper said on its website. …
Iran earthquakes leave hundreds dead - The Guardian
Overcrowded hospitals in north-west Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday as rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful earthquakes killed nearly 300 people. Thousands huddled in makeshift camps or slept … In flooded Philippines, living and dead share shelter
As floods which have swamped parts of the Philippines and affected more than two million people extend into their second week, the dead and the living are sharing premium space on dry ground.
EYES ON LONDON: Marathon, Referees, Living Legend
MARATHON GOLD FOR UGANDA Hockey: Dutch and Germans win again but far from dominate
LONDON (Reuters) – Germany's men and the Netherlands' women both defended their Olympic hockey titles but their level of dominance should not be overstated. Not having dropped a point throughout the pool stage, the Dutch women had to go through the first Olympic penalty shootout against pre-tournament outsiders New Zealand in the semi-final. Experience prevailed with Kiwi coach Mark Hager admitting his side had not sufficiently practiced the new shootout format, in which five players from each team get eight seconds each to enter the D and score. … Iran's twin quakes kill hundreds, flatten mud-brick villages - Christian Science Monitor
Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday and rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed nearly 300 people. Thousands huddled in makeshift camps or slept in … Boxer takes Britain's 29th gold on last day of Games
Britain's Anthony Joshua won the men's Olympic super heavyweight (+91kg) gold on count-back against defending champion Italy's Roberto Cammarelle after their bout finished 18-all on Sunday. 
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