TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran Monday raised its earthquake death toll to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors from the rubble of their homes in the country's northwest, state media reported. Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a … VP Pick Paul Ryan Faces Obama in Iowa - Fox News
Newly tapped Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan is facing off against President Barack Obama as the front lines in the battle for the White House shift to Iowa. While Mitt Romney continues a Florida bus tour, Ryan will meet voters at the … Mitt Romney campaign energized by Paul Ryan announcement - CBS News
(CBS News) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – It was an emotional homecoming for Rep. Paul Ryan on Sunday. The Wisconsin congressman wiped away tears as thousands cheered for the native son, now the Republican nominee for vice president. "My veins run with cheese, … 'Very little' done on Mali military action
Mali's defence minister said Monday that very little had been done to set up a possible military intervention by a West African force in the country's Islamist-occupied north. Terry suspension reduced on appeal
Chelsea captain John Terry will be able to play from the start of the Champions League campaign after his three-match ban was reduced on appeal by UEFA on Monday. Sudan court drops terrorism charge on U.S. resident
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A Sudanese court dropped charges of forming a terrorist organization and released two men, one a U.S. resident, on Monday, in one the first trials of people arrested during a spate of anti-government protests that broke out in June. Sudan avoided the Arab Spring uprisings that unseated rulers in neighboring Libya and Egypt last year, but austerity measures taken to cope with an economic crisis led to small demonstrations calling for the government to resign. …
Jordan police disperse angry Syrians at desert camp
Jordanian anti-riot police were called in Monday to quell a protest by angry Syrians at a refugee camp after they clashed with guards when they tried to leave the facility, a security official said. India's Tata Steel quarterly profit slumps 89 pct
India's Tata Steel, the world's seventh-largest steelmaker, said Monday quarterly net profit slumped a worse-than-expected 89 percent from a year earlier due to falling demand in its key European market. Once a model, crisis imperils Portugal's drug program
LISBON (Reuters) – Sergio Alves had been off heroin for a year – a tough year to stay clean in Portugal, as the debt-laden country weathered more painful austerity measures after an international bailout and sunk into its worst recession since the 1970s. As tax hikes gnawed into the grocery business he runs with his wife and the stress mounted, Alves relapsed. Now back in rehab, the 30-year-old is glad he can fall back on the free state-run centre for drug addicts, where he says few signs of austerity are visible yet. "The business was bad, my life became just the work-home routine. … Norway: Report criticizes police massacre response
Norwegian authorities could have prevented or interrupted the bomb and gun attacks by a far-right fanatic that killed 77 people last year, a government appointed commission said Monday.
New Afghan police attack on NATO forces; no deaths
An Afghan policeman opened fire on NATO forces and Afghan soldiers Monday in the fifth attack reported in a week by Afghan security forces on their international partners. The U.S.-led military coalition says none of its service members were killed. UN condemns attacks on media in Syria
The head of the United Nations observer mission in Syria on Monday condemned attacks on the media in the conflict-torn country, following the murder of a state journalist at the weekend. Tough round of Canadian auto talks set to start Tuesday
TORONTO (Reuters) – Common ground looks elusive between the Canadian Auto Workers union and Big Three automakers in talks that start in Toronto on Tuesday, making compromise and creativity the key ingredients for success. Participants expect negotiations on new three-year contracts to be the toughest in years. Automakers want to cut labor costs that they say are the highest in the world. The union says workers who helped keep the companies afloat during the financial crisis should share the spoils of a return to profitability with higher wages. …
Uganda Ebola outbreak 'under control'
A recent outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus is "under control" but has not yet been fully eradicated, a Ugandan health official said Monday. China says top Syria aide to visit for talks
China said Monday that a top aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will visit this week for talks with Chinese leaders, as violence rages in the country. Syria's UN human rights envoy defects in Geneva
Syria's top representative at the UN Human Rights Council said Monday he had defected because he no longer felt able in that position to do anything for the Syrian people. Syria army advances into rebel-held Aleppo district
Syria's army advanced on Monday into a new rebel-held area of the country's second city Aleppo, days after it seized control of the neighbouring district of Salaheddin, a watchdog said. Strange Weather Helped Fuel Australia's 'Black Saturday' Fires
Feb. 7, 2009, was a very bad day in the Australian province of Victoria. For about four weeks, there had been no rain, and a stifling heat wave kept getting worse. Conspiracy Theorists: UFO Over Antarctica?
A video taken of the Antarctic research station Neumayer-Station III appears to show what some are calling a UFO over the South Pole. Out with a bang: Britain bounces back to normal after Olympic glory
LONDON – Basking in post-Olympic glory, Britain succumbed to reality Monday with commuters venturing back to work and Heathrow Airport bracing for one of its busiest days ever.
Zuma heads to Zimbabwe to push for reforms
South African President Jacob Zuma will meet Zimbabwean leaders Wednesday to press for political reforms and new elections under a recently finished draft constitution, his spokesman said. Al-Qaida claims attack on Iraq security HQ
An al-Qaida affiliated group in Iraq has claimed responsibly for a double bombing that targeted a counterterrorism unit in Baghdad last month.
Analysis: Are Israelis tough enough for a long war with Iran?
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – For Israel to carry out a long-threatened strike on Iranian nuclear sites, it would have to overcome dissent within its governing coalition reflecting public fear of igniting an unprecedented missile war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that scenario would be "dwarfed" by the prospect of an Iranian bomb, which he describes as tantamount to a second Holocaust – language that seems to herald a Jewish call to arms. But the popular, conservative leader has not proven very persuasive. … 
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