Ryan won't close Romney's gap with Hispanics - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Politico , POLITICO – TOP Full Stories Mitt Romney is on track to lose the Latino vote by a wider margin than any Republican presidential candidate in over a decade, and strategists in both parties say he may have made a bad situation worse with his … China activists land on isles disputed with Japan
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A group of Chinese activists landed on an island chain disputed with Japan on Wednesday, staking their claim of sovereignty despite warnings from the Japanese coastguard in a move bound to infuriate Tokyo. The Hong Kong fishing vessel, carrying around a dozen activists from Hong Kong, Macau and China, was closely tailed by around a dozen Japanese coastguard vessels and pummeled with water cannon, but activists still managed to break through. The seven who made it ashore yelled in jubilation over a satellite phone after their landing and sang Chinese patriotic songs. …
Elvis Presley fans descend on Graceland for candlelight vigil on 35th anniversary of his death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Tens of thousands of Elvis Presley fans are expected to pay respects to the rock ‘n’ roll icon during a candlelight vigil at Graceland marking the 35th anniversary of his death.
Suicide bombers kill 46 in Afghanistan - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Death toll makes it the deadliest day for civilians this year, but police say they stopped several other planned detonations. KABUL, Afghanistan — Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in a remote corner of southwestern Afghanistan near the … Ugandan helicopter wrecks found - Myjoyonline.com
Syria's children are 'hostages of violence'
Turning rockets into goal posts, abandoned tanks into playthings, and war into a game, children in Syria are hostages to a conflict that has forced them to try to normalise death, loss and violence, residents and activists say. Ukraine picks ExxonMobil, Shell-led group for Black Sea project
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has selected a consortium led by ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell to explore the Skifska oil and gas field on its Black Sea shelf, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Eduard Stavitsky said on Wednesday. Russia’s LUKOIL had also bid in the tender for Skifska. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Alison Birrane)
Spain fights raging wildfires, firefighting budgets cut
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain is facing its worst wildfires in a decade, after more than three times as much forest has burned so far this year than in the whole of 2011, while firefighting budgets have been slashed by up to a half as part of the drive to cut public spending. With the weather in Spain dryer and hotter than last year, it was not immediately clear whether the increase in wildfires this year was directly related to the cuts to firefighting budgets. …
China activists land on isles disputed with Japan - Reuters
Syrian TV: Blast near Damascus hotel used by UN - USA TODAY
DAMASCUS, Syria - A bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded Wednesday outside a Damascus hotel where UN observers are staying in the Syrian capital, wounding at least three people, Syria's state TV reported. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad … Japan's indigenous people eye political power
Shiro Kayano was once just like the millions of salarymen who populate Japan's neon-lit cities. He wore a suit and tie, bought the latest technology and earned a pay cheque in Tokyo's advertising sector. The Untouchables: Asian wildlife traffickers
Squealing tiger cubs stuffed into carry-on bags. Luggage packed with hundreds of squirming tortoises, elephant tusks, even water dragons and American Paddlefish. Officials at Thailand's gateway airport proudly tick off the illegally trafficked wildlife they have seized over the past two years. Israel Plans Iran Strike as Citizens Say Government Serious - San Francisco Chronicle
(Updates with comment from Herzog in 20th paragraph.) Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Dozens of Israelis crowded in front of a storefront at a Jerusalem shopping mall yesterday to pick up new gas masks, part of civil defense preparations in case the military … Heavy police presence ensures quiet night in French riot city - Reuters
US envoy says obstacles to Syria buffer zone- papers - Reuters
* US, Turkey discussed measures to aid rebels at weekend * Ambassador says legal, practical obstacles to buffer zone ISTANBUL Aug 15 (Reuters) – There are serious legal and practical obstacles to setting up a buffer zone or a no-fly zone in Syria, … Afghan-Pakistani Team to Investigate Cross-Border Shelling - Voice of America (blog)
The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to send a joint military delegation to investigate recent cross-border shelling incidents that have raised tensions between the two neighbors. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani … Japan Urged To Settle 'Comfort Women' Issue - RTT News
(RTTNews) – South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday urged Japan to take sincere steps to resolve the long-standing grievances over Tokyo's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, saying the act was a violation of "universal human rights … Bomb blast rocks Damascus as OIC set to suspend Syria - Times of India
DAMASCUS: A massive bomb blast rocked the heart of Damascus on Wednesday as pressure mounted on the regime, with world's largest pan-Islamic bloc poised to suspend Syria over the unrelenting violence. The United States also accused Iran of setting up a … China moves cautiously in face of worsening slump
Summer should be the busy season for Shen Lin's musical instrument workshop in the southwestern city of Kunming. But her monthly sales of traditional wooden flutes are dwindling as China's economy slows, with no sign of a widely anticipated rebound in sight. Possible war with Iran could be month-long affair: Israel minister
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – War with Iran would probably turn into a month-long conflict on various fronts with missile strikes on Israeli cities and some 500 dead, Israel’s civil defense minister said in an interview published on Wednesday. “There is no room for hysteria. Israel’s home front is prepared as never before,” Matan Vilnai, a former general who is about to leave his cabinet post to become ambassador to China, told the Maariv daily. The interview coincided with Israeli media reports over the past week suggesting that Israel might attack Iran’s nuclear facilities before the U.S. …
Heavy police presence ensures quiet night in French riot city
AMIENS, France (Reuters) – A heavy police presence in Amiens ensured no repeat of violence in the northern French city overnight on Wednesday, after President Francois Hollande pledged to do all in his power to stamp out unrest. Hollande, facing his first major law and order test, dispatched his interior minister to Amiens on Tuesday to investigate two nights of disturbances in which 17 police officers were hurt – some by shotgun pellets. …
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