* Romney hopes to put tax issue to bed finally * Says he paid at least 13 percent for 10 years * "Prove it," says Obama campaign By Gabriel Debenedetti Aug 16 (Reuters) – Seeking to put an end to questions about his personal finances, Republican US … Which side is winning the battle to define Paul Ryan? - Christian Science Monitor
The moment Mitt Romney announced that Rep. Paul Ryan was his running mate, the race to define the youthful budget wonk from Wisconsin was on. Would the public see him as a dynamic reformer, ready to help Mr. Romney steer the nation away from insolvency … Lego owners, Ontario teachers invest $614 million in ISS
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Toymaker Lego’s owners and a Canadian pension fund are to pay 3.72 billion Danish crowns ($614 million) for a 26 percent stake in Danish cleaning group ISS , which will use the money to cut debt, relaunching its IPO plans. ISS made a failed attempt at an initial public offering last year after which it agreed to a 130 Danish crowns per share cash and share offer from G4S Plc , a deal the British security services group later scrapped. Thursday’s deal was worth 105 crowns per share, said ISS, which has been focused on cutting debt and boosting growth. …
UN Observer Mission in Syria to End - New York Times
The United Nations Security Council decided on Thursday to terminate the United Nations observer mission in Syria, where the increasingly violent rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad's government has left diplomatic peacemaking efforts paralyzed … South African police shoot, kill striking miners
South African police opened fire Thursday on a crowd of striking miners that charged a line of officers trying to disperse them, killing some and wounding others in one of the worst shootings by authorities since the end of the apartheid era. Ecuadorians rally around decision to offer asylum for Assange (+video) - Christian Science Monitor
Julian Assange was not a household name in Ecuador until Wednesday night, when Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patiño read out a letter delivered to Ecuador's embassy in London. In the letter, technically an aide memoire in diplomatic speak, … Rival Groups in Lebanon Mount Kidnappings, Riots - Wall Street Journal
Taliban attack Pakistani air base ahead of reported military operation - Christian Science Monitor
Scottish police charge ex-tabloid editor over perjury trial
Scottish police on Thursday charged the former editor of the News of the World Scotland newspaper over the perjury trial of former lawmaker Tommy Sheridan. New Zealand judge rules Kim Dotcom can see FBI evidence being used against him
The United States government has suffered another legal setback in its case against alleged piracy king Kim Dotcom, TorrentFreak reported. Authorities involved in the case were trying to claim that the evidence they compiled against Dotcom should stay private. A New Zealand judge on Thursday upheld an earlier decision that ordered the U.S. government to reveal the evidence it held against the Megaupload team, however, citing that the defendants would be unable to mount a full and proper defense in their upcoming extradition hearing without it. "Without disclosure [Kim Dotcom and associates] will be significantly constrained in [their] ability to participate in the hearing, and the requesting state will have a significant advantage in terms of access to information," Justice Helen Winkelmann Rare wildfires threaten Canadian polar bear habitat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wildfires sparked by lightning near Canada’s Hudson Bay are threatening the habitat of polar bears, encroaching on the old tree roots and frozen soil where females make their dens, a conservation expert on the big, white bears said on Thursday. Polar bears are more typically threatened by the melting of sea ice, which they use as platforms for hunting seals, their main prey. But those who live near Hudson Bay spend their summers resting up on shore when the bay thaws, living in dens dug in the frozen soil among the roots of stunted spruce trees. …
Peewee football league bars 300-pound boy from playing, says he's too big
MESQUITE, Texas – A Dallas boy has been barred from playing peewee football because the league says he’s just too big at nearly 300 pounds.
Canadian province smells a rat as rare infestation spotted
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – The Canadian province of Alberta, which has long treasured its status as one of the world’s few regions free of rats, said on Thursday it is working to rid itself of an infestation of the vermin discovered in a landfill. Sixty Norway rats have been killed so far in a garbage dump outside Medicine Hat, a city of 61,000 in Alberta’s southeastern corner, and officials are taking steps to eradicate the rest of the colony. …
Intel, Apple praised for clean mineral efforts
Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Intel have become “pioneers of progress” through their efforts to avoid purchasing minerals that fund armed groups in Central Africa, an advocacy group said Thursday.
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