By TATYANA SHUMSKY NEW YORK--Platinum futures marched higher as investors sifted through reports of deadly violence at a mine in South Africa, while gold prices were slightly lower, taking cues from the euro. South African police said 34 protesters died … Another Afghan police attack kills 2 US servicemen - The Associated Press
Russian punk rockers sentenced to two years for protest concert - Washington Post
MOSCOW -- Russian authorities sentenced three feminist punk rockers to two years in prison Friday, showing that protest will be punished even as they avoided the harshest penalty possible. The case against the women — who dashed into Moscow's main … The Biden problem - Washington Post (blog)
By Jennifer Rubin Now American Crossroads, like everyone else on the GOP side, knows President Obama is stuck with Joe Biden as his VP. But the ad, and others like it that are sure to follow, do three things. First, just as Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) … Assange faces boredom, stress inside embassy - CBS News
LONDON -- Julian Assange lives in a pricey building in one of London's toniest districts. But he is not staying in the lap of luxury. The once globe-trotting WikiLeaks founder is confined to several hundred square feet of space inside Ecuador's London … Anti-Putin rock band members sentenced to 2 years in prison for hooliganism - Fox News
MOSCOW - URGENT: A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage. Friday's sentence comes amid a wave of … Romney nixes Obama bid for 5-year tax disclosure - The Associated Press
By By CHARLES BABINGTON, AP - 13 minutes ago BOSTON (AP) -- Barack Obama's re-election campaign kept up pressure against Republican rival Mitt Romney on two fronts Friday, launching a new ad defending the president's record on Medicare while challenging … Finding the Facebook Magic - New York Times
Striking miners killed by police leaves South Africa in shock - Christian Science Monitor
Two Americans Killed by Afghan Recruit in 'Green on Blue' Assault - New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two American Special Forces members were shot to death on Friday by a new Afghan local police recruit they were training at a small outpost in western Afghanistan. In a second "green on blue" attack on Friday, in the south, … United offer too good to refuse - Van Persie
Robin van Persie completed his controversial transfer to Manchester United insisting there are no hard feelings with his former club Arsenal and revealing that his inner child convinced him to move to Old Trafford. Unemployment falls further as London Olympics created jobs
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of Britons out of work fell to the lowest level in nearly a year in the three months through June, data showed on Wednesday, providing some rare good news from the recession-hit economy. The fall in unemployment and the rise in employment will come as a relief for the government, under intense pressure to revive the economy, which is stuck in recession as cuts to public spending, the euro zone debt crisis and a lack of bank lending hold back growth. The number of people claiming jobless benefit fell by 5,900 in July, the Office for National Statistics said. … Larger-than-life statues of an underwear-clad David Beckham appear in NYC
in the form of 10-foot-tall metallic statues, that is.
Another Afghan police attack kills 2 US servicemen
A newly recruited Afghan village policeman opened fire on his American allies on Friday, killing two U.S. service members minutes after they handed him his official weapon in an inauguration ceremony. It was the latest in a disturbing string of attacks by Afghan security forces on the international troops training them. Out of gas and stuck in Syria, Air France asks passengers to check their wallets for cash
PARIS – An emergency layover in Syria’s capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.
German Pirates pursue state for buying Swiss bank data
BERLIN (Reuters) – Members of Germany’s upstart Pirate Party said on Friday they had filed charges against the finance minister of North Rhine-Westphalia over the state’s purchase of leaked Swiss bank data in order to pursue tax evaders. NRW, Germany’s most populous state, has bought several CDs of bank data on German taxpayers from whistleblowers, dividing opinion at home and heightening strains with Switzerland. …
Oil lacking direction after 3 days of gains
Oil is swinging between small gains and losses, following a report suggesting the U.S. might tap strategic reserves to slow the rising cost of crude.
Zimbabwe protesters demand reinstatement of fired Canadian doctor
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Police in Zimbabwe say they have arrested at least 12 people in unrest over the firing of a popular Canadian doctor from a rural hospital in the impoverished northeast.
PetroSA, Anadarko sign oil, gas exploration deal for South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African state-owned oil firm PetroSA and U.S.-listed Anadarko Petroleum Corp have signed a deal for oil and gas exploration in blocks off the coast of South Africa, the companies said on Friday. Under the farm-in deal, whose value was not disclosed, Anadarko will hold an 80 percent stake in Block 5/6 and Block 7 and will serve as operator, and PetroSA will hold the rest. Under a farm-in agreement, a company buys an interest from another in an existing field, often to help finance development. …
Separatists lead new Quebec opinion poll, ruling Liberals sag
(Reuters) – The ruling Liberals in Canada’s French-speaking province of Quebec are losing support to an upstart new party, but separatists still hold the upper hand and look set to form the next government after the September 4 election, according to a new opinion poll published on Friday. The pro-independence Parti Quebecois, however, may not win enough seats to form a majority in the provincial legislature. They would need a majority to push through a third referendum on separating from Canada. …
Assange faces boredom, stress inside embassy
Julian Assange lives in a pricey building in one of London's toniest districts. But he is not staying in the lap of luxury. Ethiopia gets Africa's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Ethiopian Airlines received Africa's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Friday, making Ethiopia the only country aside from Japan to operate the innovative aircraft. Pussy Riot members sentenced to 2 years in prison
A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage. Tense stand-off after S Africa mine shootings
A hundred women danced in a dirt road Friday, singing protest songs amid ramshackle wooden and corrugated metal shacks sitting over one of the world's richest platinum deposits. Tiny Cook Islands a squeeze for Hillary Clinton
The tiny Cook Islands are proving almost too small for Hillary Clinton.
Vietnam gambling addicts driven to extremes
Drowning in debt and hunted by his bookmaker, a Vietnamese man dug a cave beneath his kitchen and hid there for two months, showing the desperate lengths illegal gambling addicts will go to in the communist nation. Federal safety regulators investigating 2012 Nissan Versas over air bag problem
DETROIT – U.S. safety regulators are investigating the Nissan Versa subcompact car because an air bag may fail to inflate in crashes.
Shell Nigeria says leak contained, locals report oil slick
EWELESUO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Shell said on Friday it had contained oil leaked from a failed pump within a flowstation on Nigeria's Nembe Creek though local residents disputed this, saying it had spread to mangrove swamps. "There was no oil spill, and there was no impact on the environment," said Precious Okolobo, spokesman for Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC), a joint venture majority owned by the state oil firm. "The pump was immediately shut down. However, some oil escaped from the seal into the saver pit in the flowstation, with some sheen observed," he said. … Google using 3-wheeled bike to add panoramic views of Mayan ruins to 'Street View' feature
MEXICO CITY – Google is adding interactive images of dozens of pre-Hispanic ruins to the “Street View” feature on its Google Maps website.
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