Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., accompanied by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, left, speaks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Conrad Schmidt / AP Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., … Euro Zone Shrinking Again - Wall Street Journal
Veteran officer, gunman die in Texas shootout - The Associated Press
NJ Governor Christie Will Keynote Republican Convention - Businessweek
By Terrence Dopp and Julie Hirschfeld Davis on August 14, 2012 Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor who last year spurned pleas from fellow Republicans to make a bid for the White House, will be the keynote speaker at the Republican National … Man Kept Kept Girlfriend Padlocked in Room for Years, Police Say - Fox News
PATERSON, NJ - A gang thug is being held by police after a drug search in his apartment uncovered a shocking discovery. A 44-year old woman was found in the apartment, and police say, she was kept padlocked in a bedroom by her boyfriend for long … Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan vision harks back to the days of Taft - Los Angeles Times
The Republican team of Mitt Romney and Paul D. Ryan is less about the future than it is about nostalgia for a past that many Americans imagine was better — a time when businessmen were free of government meddling and all citizens, even the poor, … Ex-Prime Minister of Syria Assails Assad Government - New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Syria's former prime minister, who fled the country last week, said Tuesday in his first public appearance since his defection that the government of President Bashar al-Assad was crumbling internally under the pressure of constant … Officials vote to suspend Syria from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation - CNN International
(CNN) — A top UN official arrived in Damascus on Tuesday in an attempt to "draw attention to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria," the United Nations said. Valerie Amos, the UN's under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and … Skydivers land on submarine base near Ga. coast - Seattle Post Intelligencer
KINGS BAY, Ga. (AP) -- The military is investigating after two skydivers missed an airport and landed on a high-security submarine base along Georgia's coast. St. Marys Airport officials say they were told Sunday that the US Navy had two skydivers in …
Slim rain chances for several days - Houston Chronicle
More searing heat and a slight chance of rainfall are expected in the Houston region during the next several days, but a better chance of showers and thunderstorms may be possible by the weekend. The heat index for the next few days is likely to climb … UK's longest running comic The Dandy faces closure
Britain’s longest-running children’s comic may be facing closure after 75 years in print.
Teddy bear team rejects Belarus KGB summons
A Swedish advertising agency that air-dropped hundreds of teddy bears with pro-human rights messages over Belarus has rejected a summons for questioning by the former Soviet republic’s KGB security agency.
PM who defected says Syrian regime near collapse
Syria's prime minister who defected to the opposition said Tuesday that Bashar Assad's regime was near collapse and urged other political and military leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side. Euro economy shrinks 0.2 per cent in Q2; Germany prevents an even bigger decline
LONDON – Europe is edging closer to recession, dragged down by the crippling debt problems of the 17-country euro bloc, official figures showed Tuesday.
TSX may open higher on stimulus hopes
(Reuters) – Canada's main stock index looked set to open higher after economic data from the euro zone strengthened expectations for more action from major central banks. TOP STORIES The euro zone's debt-ravaged economy shrank in the second quarter, having flatlined in the first, despite continued German growth which economists said could soon be snuffed out. Germany's Constitutional Court sees no reason to delay a ruling scheduled for September 12 on the legality of the euro zone's permanent bailout fund and a separate pact on budget discipline. … Tibetans clash with police in west China; 1 dead
Police in far west China beat a Tibetan man to death during a clash that broke out after two Tibetans set themselves on fire, a U.S. broadcaster said Tuesday, in the worst flaring of violence in the region in months.
Swann says England can cope without Pietersen
England off-spinner Graeme Swann has insisted the side will not be weaker for the absence of Kevin Pietersen for this week's third Test against South Africa at Lord's. China microbloggers post 400 mn Olympic messages
China may have slipped to second place in the Olympic medals table, but when it came to online enthusiasm about the Games its microbloggers were second to none. More than 23,000 people killed in Syria: NGO
More than 23,000 people have been killed in violence in Syria since the outbreak of a revolt in March last year, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. Egypt's Mursi seizes early chance to take on army - Reuters
By Edmund Blair and Yasmine Saleh | CAIRO (Reuters) – A blunder by the Egyptian army that left 16 border guards dead at the hands of Islamist militants gave President Mohamed Mursi an unexpectedly early chance to claw back powers from a military whose … China mum on dates for leadership change meeting
China's ruling Communists are sticking to their trademark secrecy by keeping mum on the dates of a major party congress this fall that will promote new leaders. Egypt's Mursi seizes early chance to take on army
CAIRO (Reuters) – A blunder by the Egyptian army that left 16 border guards dead at the hands of Islamist militants gave President Mohamed Mursi an unexpectedly early chance to claw back powers from a military whose political influence he had always wanted to restrict. A week after the raid on Egypt's Sinai border that outraged ordinary Egyptians and some soldiers, angry at what they saw as a failure in military leadership, Mursi on Sunday dismissed the country's two top generals and tore up an army decree that had curbed his powers. … Norway PM urged to resign after massacre report
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is facing pressure to resign after a report scolded public authorities for failing to prevent or interrupt bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people last year. GM recalls 10,315 vans in cold-weather areas
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co is recalling 10,315 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans from model years 2003-2004 in 20 cold-weather U.S. states and in Canada because road salt may have corroded a fueling pipe, GM said. There are 9,389 vans recalled in the United States and 926 in Canada. The affected vans have "60/40" swing-out driver side doors. U.S. safety regulators said there is a higher risk of fire if the pipe that carries gasoline is corroded. No injuries or fires have been reported as a result of this issue, GM said. … Anger as rail fares set to rise 6.2 percent
Recession-hit English commuters face rail fare increases of an average 6.2 percent from the start of 2013 following an unexpected jump in inflation. Pro-Saleh troops 'attack Yemen defence ministry'
Yemeni troops from the elite Republican Guard force, led by the son of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, attacked on Tuesday the headquarters of the defence ministry, witnesses said. 
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