NEWSMAKER-Austere Meles divided Ethiopians - Reuters
* Rose from bush war fighter to towering political figure * Oversaw Ethiopia's economic transformation * Key Western ally in volatile Horn of Africa region * Rights groups, opposition criticised strong leadership By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, … British lawmaker criticized over rape comments made in defense of Julian Assange - Washington Post
LONDON -- Two lawmakers on different sides of the Atlantic were lambasted by women's rights campaigners and colleagues on Tuesday after making contentious comments about rape. British lawmaker George Galloway was chastised by the leader of his own … World Afghan rocket hits Gen. Dempsey's plane 4 of 9 - CBS News
Updated at 8:22 am Eastern (CBS News) LONDON – The plane of the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, was damaged by enemy fire on the Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, causing minor damage to the C-17 plane and leaving two … Federal appeals court strikes down Obama air rule - Washington Post
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned one of the Obama administration's hallmark air quality rules Tuesday, ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency had overstepped its authority in curbing pollution from … Mindset List 2016: The meaning of bra straps, blue M&Ms - Los Angeles Times
Chinese company keeps Syria connected to Internet
A firm that tracks the pathways of the Internet says a Chinese company is keeping war-torn Syria connected to the Internet as other telecommunications companies withdraw.
Canada cattle herd decline slowing, but high grain prices loom
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – The long decline of Canada’s cattle and calf herd slowed to its lowest year-over-year reduction in seven years, Statistics Canada data showed on Tuesday, but surging grain prices may renew the pressure that has hurt the profitability of ranchers. Farmers had 13.5 million cattle and calves on their farms as of July 1, the fewest since 1994, and down 0.1 percent from a year earlier. That rate of decline is the smallest since 2005, when the country’s herd last grew. …
India's opposition targets PM over 'coalgate'
India's opposition on Tuesday targeted on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a report by the state auditor which highlighted massive losses caused by his government giving away coal blocks. UK lawmaker criticized over Assange rape comments
Two lawmakers on different sides of the Atlantic were lambasted by women’s rights campaigners and colleagues on Tuesday after making contentious comments about rape.
Germany's Social Democrats want to renegotiate Swiss tax deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s main opposition party, which has threatened to bloc a tax deal with Switzerland arguing it is too lenient on tax evaders, wants to renegotiate the deal, one of the Social Democrats’ leaders told Reuters on Tuesday. Switzerland and Germany struck a deal in April to levy taxes on German assets in Swiss accounts but Germany’s Social Democrats have said they will block it in the Upper House, Bundesrat, saying it is too lax. Its opposition to the deal has strained relations between the two countries. …
Jazeera airs video of Westerners abducted in Mali
Three Westerners abducted nearly nine months ago by Al-Qaeda in Mali have urged their governments to help free them, Al-Jazeera television reported on Tuesday, airing footage of the hostages. French tourists get Sri Lanka jail term over Buddha kiss
Three French tourists were given suspended six-month prison sentences in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after their holiday pictures appeared to show one of them — a woman — kissing a Buddha statue on the lips. Canadian body parts victim was Chinese-Canadian: police
Canadian police on Tuesday identified a woman whose severed body parts were discovered scattered throughout Toronto as a Chinese-Canadian spa owner and a single mother of three.
17 children hurt in Indian amusement park accident
At least 17 children were injured on Tuesday when a water slide collapsed at an amusement park in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, police said. Thirty-one killed since July in Niger floods: UN
At least 31 people have been killed and nearly 100,000 more left homeless by severe flooding that has affected Niger since mid-July, the UN's humanitarian affairs office said Tuesday. Dutch Liberals, Socialists lead in new opinion poll
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's pro-euro Liberal Party (VVD) and the far-left Socialist Party (SP) are neck-and-neck in the run-up to a September 12 general election, a poll published on Tuesday showed. The TNS Nipo poll showed the Liberals and Socialists enjoyed support levels that would translate into 34 seats apiece in the 150-seat parliament. Whichever party wins the most seats would need to form a coalition of four or five parties. The table below shows the number of seats in parliament won at the last election, and the equivalent based on recent polls. … 
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