By DAVID A. LIEB, AP - 1 minute ago JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation's top Republicans and refused to abandon a Senate bid that has been hobbled by fallout over his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in … IAEA to press Iran for access, West suspects site "clean-up"
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear inspectors will press again for access to a major military facility in talks with Iran this week but the chances of finding any evidence of suspected atom bomb research may have dimmed because the site has been “cleaned up”, Western diplomats and experts say. Visiting the Parchin complex has become a priority for the International Atomic Energy Agency as it seeks to end what the West sees as prolonged Iranian stonewalling of its investigation into allegations of attempts to design a nuclear weapon. …
10 people die of suspected Ebola in Congo
The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Ebola in eastern Congo has infected at least 15 people, 10 of whom died.
Syrian forces kill at least 31 in Damascus raids
Syrian regime forces on Wednesday shelled two Damascus districts before troops backed by tanks swept through to carry out house-to-house raids in search of opposition fighters, killing at least 31 suspected rebels, activists said. Egypt's president to visit U.S. in September
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi will visit the United States on September 23, making his first trip there since taking power in June, the presidential spokesman said on Wednesday. The United States was a close ally of Egypt under ousted President Hosni Mubarak and gives $1.3 billion in military aid a year to Egypt plus other assistance. Long wary of Islamists, Washington opened formal talks with Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood in 2011 as the group emerged as a major player in the political scene of the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel. U.S. … Canada retail sales unexpectedly fall on broad weakness
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian retail trade in June expectedly dropped by 0.4 percent from May on weaker sales in stores, gas stations and auto dealers, Statistics Canada data indicated on Wednesday. The figures are the latest to suggest that consumer spending — one of the main supports for the Canadian economy since the 2008 crisis — is slowing down. Market operators had predicted a 0.1 percent month-on-month increase. Falls were reported in seven of the 11 subsectors, representing 64 percent of retail sales. Sales volume dropped by 0.1 percent. General merchandise store receipts were down 1. … Egypt arrests man after nail bomb attack on German embassy
CAIRO (Reuters) – Police in Egypt on Wednesday arrested a man who tossed four homemade nail bombs into the German embassy grounds and attacked the entrance with a hammer but injured nobody and caused no serious damage, the embassy and security sources said. The man acted out of anger after reading an Egyptian newspaper report on Friday which described a protest by German right-wing activists who had paraded caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in front of a German mosque, they said. …
Clashes over grazing land, water kill 48 in Kenya
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Attackers armed with machetes, bows and arrows and spears killed at least 48 villagers and set houses ablaze in Kenya’s coastal region overnight in an attack over land and water, police said on Wednesday. “They were armed with crude weapons: machetes, bows and arrows and spears. Some had guns. As a result we have lost 31 women, 11 children and six men, all totaling to 48. Sixty cattle were also killed,” Robert Kitur, Coast deputy police chief told Reuters by telephone. …
Turkish leaders appeal for unity after deadly car bomb
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey's leaders called for unity on Wednesday following a car bomb attack which heightened fears that Kurdish militants are exploiting chaos in neighboring Syria and stepping up their decades-old insurgency. Unidentified assailants detonated the car bomb by a police station in the industrial city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border late on Monday, killing nine people including several children and wounding more than 60. … Oil prices dip as traders eye Europe crisis talks
The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors kept one eye on Europe’s efforts to solve its debt crisis and the other on the potential for Middle East tensions to disrupt supply.
Nude photographs of Prince Harry's Las Vegas hotel romp pop up online
LONDON – Photographs of a naked Prince Harry in a Las Vegas hotel room have popped up online.
Greek PM seeks "breathing space", starting EU talks
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras started a European charm offensive on Wednesday with an appeal to Germans for more time to meet Athens' borrowing obligations, but he may struggle to make his case in a series of meetings this week with EU leaders. "All we want is a bit of 'air to breathe' to get the economy running and to increase state income. More time does not automatically mean more money," Samaras said in an interview with Germany's mass-market Bild newspaper, which has often taken a ferociously skeptical line on bailing out Greece. … TSX may open lower, mining shares in focus
(Reuters) – Canada's benchmark stock index, dominated by resource shares, looked set to open lower on Wednesday after BHP Billiton Ltd delayed a $20 billion copper-mine expansion as the global outlook for demand grows more uncertain. TOP STORIES Japan's exports slumped the most in six months in July as shipments to Europe and China tumbled, adding to concerns over global demand after a string of dire trade figures from Asia's export engines. … Cricket-Australia's Rixon takes the heat out of UAE worries
DUBAI, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Australia’s acting coach SteveRixon believes the extreme heat they will face in the UnitedArab Emirates when playing Afghanistan and Pakistan will be theperfect preparation for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. That heat was immediately apparent to the squad when theylanded in the UAE early on Wednesday with captain Michael Clarketweeting: “Just landed in Dubai. 5.30 am and it’s 37 degreesCelsius Think we are in for a hot couple of weeks. …
Billionaire turns Austria elections into euro poll
VIENNA (Reuters) – Billionaire auto parts magnate Frank Stronach has burst into Austrian politics with a call to abandon the euro, probably turning parliamentary elections due next year into a de facto referendum on the country's role in Europe. The man who emigrated to Canada as a 22-year-old pauper and made a fortune by building the Magna automotive supply empire has come home with a bang, insisting it is time to restore the schilling national currency as quickly as possible. … In crisis, Greece rounds up immigrants
Border police jeeps hurtle along hot, dusty tracks past potato fields on their way to the river that marks the Greek-Turkish border. Sirens blaring, the convoys have been repelling wave after wave of migrants. Syrian army batters parts of Damascus, 40 killed
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian army shells crashed into southern Damascus on Wednesday and helicopters fired rockets and machineguns during an assault to shore up President Bashar al-Assad's grip on the capital, opposition activists said. They said at least 40 people had been killed in what they called the heaviest bombardment this month. "The whole of Damascus is shaking with the sound of shelling," said a woman in Kfar Souseh, one of several districts hit during the military offensive to root out rebel fighters. … Palestinian women racers find freedom on the track
With her bright orange pedicure, Michael Kors handbag and skinny jeans, Maysoon Jayyusi hardly looks like a Palestinian speed racer — until she gets behind the wheel. 
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