Platinum hits 3-1/2 month high on South Africa tension - Reuters
By Amanda Cooper | LONDON (Reuters) – Platinum touched its highest since early May on Wednesday was set for its biggest weekly gain in 10 months after signs of spreading unrest in top producer South Africa ignited concern among investors over supply, … Poll shows White House race still tight after Ryan choice - Fox News
For all the attention it got, Republican Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate has not altered the race against President Obama. The campaign remains neck and neck with less than three months to go, … Issac better organized, still threat for South Florida - MiamiHerald.com
By CURTIS MORGAN Tropical Storm Isaac grew better organized overnight and continued on a track that potentially could put it some where off the South Florida coast by early Monday. The threat to Caribbean islands was clear and more immediate, … Viewpoint: Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi's death could create regional turmoil - BBC News
By Rashid Abdi Editor, Kenyan Daily Nation The death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has thrown the populous Horn of Africa giant into a period of deep uncertainty and created a serious leadership vacuum in the region with profound … Ecuador says Julian Assange can stay at embassy indefinitely - Telegraph.co.uk
Rafael Correa also said Ecuador was ready to negotiate over the fate of Mr Assange if Britain withdrew a threat to raid its embassy. Ecuador was incensed by a veiled British threat to enter the embassy to arrest the 41-year-old former computer hacker, … Isaac Better Organized, Set to Be Hurricane Tomorrow, NHC Says - Bloomberg
Tropical Storm Isaac is becoming better organized and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane tomorrow as it heads toward the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea, according to the US National Hurricane Center. Isaac, the ninth named storm of the … Syria crisis: 'shelling in Damascus' - live updates - The Guardian
A Free Syrian Army fighter runs for cover in the al-Jadeida neighbourhood of Aleppo. Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images Two activist groups report the death of 12 people in the Kfar Sousseh district of the capital. One of the groups , the Local … Ethiopia acting PM to remain at helm until 2015 - Reuters
* Hailemariam Desalegn to be sworn in within two days * Meles Zenawi's death leaves gaping political hole * Body lying at prime minister's private residence NAIROBI, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Ethiopia's acting prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, … Caller to NYC newspaper: Bacon in park before Ramadan was for animals, not ... - Washington Post
NEW YORK -- A New York City newspaper says it received an anonymous call from a person claiming to have discarded spoiled bacon in a park where Muslims had scheduled Ramadan prayers. The caller said he was putting it out for seagulls and raccoons to eat … At least 4 people die in floods in southern Russia - CBS News
MOSCOW -- At least four people have been killed overnight in flash floods in Russia's Black Sea region, officials said Wednesday. The Emergency Situations Ministry said in a statement that the people died late Tuesday night in the village of … Medicare takes over as main issue in congressional races - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- The addition of Rep. Paul D. Ryan to the GOP presidential ticket has upended the congressional campaigns as the battle for the House and Senate swiftly focused on one main issue: Medicare. As the architect of the GOP's Medicare overhaul … Virginia's average ACT scores for graduates virtually unchanged in 2012 - Washington Post
Sarah Palin weighs in on Todd Akin - Politico
Sarah Palin slammed GOP Senate hopeful Todd Akin's decision to continue his bid for the Missouri seat and suggested that she might back a third-party challenger in an interview on Fox News Tuesday night. "He's inviting himself back into this general … Special operators to anti-Obama groups: zip it - Minnesota Public Radio
By KIMBERLY DOZIER AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of retired special operations and CIA officers who claim President Barack Obama revealed secret missions and turned the killing of Osama bin Laden into a campaign centerpiece are … Goals Soccer shareholders reject takeover
(Reuters) – UK’s Goals Soccer Centres Plc said its 73.1 million pounds ($115.38 million) deal to be acquired by one of Canada’s biggest pension funds fell through as it failed to get the support of enough shareholders. Last month, Goals Soccer Centres, which runs over 42 five-a-side football centres in the United Kingdom, accepted a 144 pence per share buyout offer from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Goals Soccer shares were down nearly 19 percent at 116.5 pence on the London Stock Exchange at 1132 GMT. The company said it was not in talks with any other party regarding a potential offer. …
Tycoon Nadir faces jail as he's convicted of £28.5 mln theft
Turkish-Cypriot tycoon Asil Nadir, once one of Britain's most notorious fugitives, faces jail after he was found guilty of a further six charges of theft by a London court on Wednesday. 'Locked-in' man dies after legal bid to end life
A locked-in syndrome sufferer has passed away days after losing a legal bid to end his life of "pure torture", his lawyers announced Wednesday. Syrian forces kill 23 in raids in Damascus
Syrian troops on Wednesday shelled two Damascus districts before storming the neighborhoods and conducting house-to-house raids in search of opposition fighters, killing at least 23 suspected rebels, activists said. From Dallas to London for JR
Cowboys, stetsons, bucking broncos and J.R. masks -- it could only be the arrival of "Dallas" in London. South Africa wage protest spreads to second mine
About 600 workers downed tools Wednesday to demand higher wages at the Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine, near the Lonmin mine where 44 people have died in a wildcat strike over similar demands. Witnesses: Tajik troops open fire on protesters
Residents of a town in eastern Tajikistan rocked by unrest last month say government troops have opened fire on a crowd protesting the unexplained killing of an influential local leader.
SAfrican gold miners seek to sue mining companies
U.S. and South African lawyers are asking a court to allow thousands of miners with lung diseases to sue leading South African gold mining companies they accuse of negligence.
At least 48 Kenyans hacked to death in ethnic clash
At least 48 Kenyans were hacked to death in ethnic clashes between two rival groups, the worst single attack since deadly post-election violence four years ago, police said Wednesday. Pietersen's head turned by IPL: Flower
England coach Andy Flower insists Kevin Pietersen's infatuation with the Indian Premier League played a significant role in the collapse of his international career. Ethiopia acting PM to remain at helm until 2015
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s acting prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, will remain at the helm of the country until an election in 2015 following the death of Meles Zenawi, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. Meles, 57, died late on Monday in a Brussels hospital after a long fight against illness, leaving a gaping hole in Ethiopian politics and depriving Western powers of a trusty ally in the fight against Islamist militants in the Horn of Africa. “He will be the prime minister until 2015. …
Stars of rebooted glossy soap 'Dallas' launch it overseas at Texas-theme party in London.
it could only be the arrival of “Dallas” in London.
UK man who failed to overturn euthanasia law dies
Lawyers for a British man with locked-in syndrome who failed in a bid to overturn his country's euthanasia law say he has died at home. Israel talking to Egypt over Sinai troop movements
An Israeli official says defense officials are in talks with Egyptian counterparts in hopes of resolving a disagreement over a recent Egyptian troop deployment in Sinai that has strained the peace accord between the two nations. Israel frees Syrian prisoner after 27 years
The longest serving Syrian prisoner in Israel has been freed after 27 years behind bars, the Israel Prison Service said on Wednesday. Terre'Blanche killer jailed for life
A black farmworker convicted of killing South Africa's white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'Blanche was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment. Nude photos of UK's Prince Harry pop up online
Photographs of a naked Prince Harry in a Las Vegas hotel room have popped up online.
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