GREER, SC - Under fire from Democrats for refusing to release more than two years of tax returns, Mitt Romney said Thursday that he had paid federal income taxes at a rate of at least 13% for each of the last 10 years. President Obama's Republican … Ecuador Grants Assange Asylum Setting Up Standoff With UK - Businessweek
By Nathan Gill on August 16, 2012 Ecuador granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asylum today, setting up a confrontation with the UK that said it would not allow him to leave the country after two months in the South American nation's London embassy … Megaupload boss wins right to see US evidence
The boss of file-sharing site Megaupload has the right to see US evidence against him so he can defend a bid to extradite him from New Zealand on online piracy charges, an Auckland court ruled Thursday. Beirut passengers 'asked to chip in' for Air France fuel
Air France passengers on a flight which was diverted from Beirut and landed instead in Damascus were asked at one point to chip in and help pay to refuel the plane, a passenger said on Thursday. Exclusive: Algeria's Brahimi agrees to be new Syria mediator - sources
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has agreed to replace Kofi Annan as the international mediator on Syria, U.N. sources said on Thursday, as the 17-month-old conflict slips deeper into full-scale civil war. Annan is stepping down at the end of August after six months in the job because he said his Syria peace plan was hampered by a divided and deadlocked U.N. Security Council. Diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity that Brahimi, who had been undecided for days about whether to accept the offer of the post from U.N. … All Australian international airports to get body scanners
Starting in November, passengers at airports in Australia will be forced to undergo full body scans under new laws introduced by the Federal Parliament on August 15. Tunisia Salafists halt Iranian concert at Sufi festival
Hardline Islamists have prevented an Iranian group from performing at a Sufi festival in Kairouan, south of Tunis, deeming their Shiite chanting violated sacred values, Tunisian media reported on Thursday. Islamist group claims rocket attack on Israel's Eilat: SITE
An Islamist militant group has claimed responsibility for two rocket attacks aimed at Israel's Red Sea resort town of Eilat, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Thursday. Russian Orthodox head pays 1st visit to Poland
The controversial head of Russia’s Orthodox Church arrived Thursday in Poland for a trip hailed as a promising step in the thorny relationship between the two countries. But the historic visit could be overshadowed by the verdict in the case of punk rock provocateurs who stormed Moscow’s main cathedral in an anti-Putin protest.
Militants kill 1 in attack on Pakistani air base
A team of eight gunmen attacked a Pakistani air force base with suspected links to the country's nuclear program before dawn Thursday, killing a security official in a heavy battle that ended with the militants dead and parts of the base in flames, officials said. 
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