Wednesday night's $320-million Powerball jackpot, expected by lottery officials to grow to $400-million if no one wins Wednesday night, has Little Rock lotto players excited. "If I could hit for $320-million, you'll see a lot of millionaires in the … Paul Ryan Ventures Into the Medicare Debate - Wall Street Journal
OXFORD, Ohio - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan ventured into the escalating Medicare debate Wednesday, telling supporters at Miami University that he and Mitt Romney relish the opportunity to discuss the issue. "We want this debate, … Britain warns Ecuador over Assange asylum
A stern warning from Britain on the eve of Ecuador's much-anticipated decision on Julian Assange's asylum request led its foreign minister to accuse Britain on Wednesday of threatening to storm his nation's London embassy to arrest the WikiLeaks founder. Israel sees monthlong war after Iran strike
An Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program could trigger a bloody monthlong war on multiple fronts, killing hundreds of Israelis or more, the Israeli Cabinet's civil defense chief warned in an interview published Wednesday. Cricket-Australia squad for Twenty20 World Cup
Aug 16 (Reuters) – Australia named the following squad onThursday for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka inSeptember and October. Squad: George Bailey (c), Shane Watson, Dan Christian, PatrickCummins, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hogg, DavidHussey, Mike Hussey, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Mitchell Starc,Matthew Wade, David Warner, Cameron White (Editing by Ian Ransom)
Unification Church founder in critical condition
The founder of the controversial Unification Church is in a South Korean hospital in critical condition due to complications from pneumonia, his spokesman said on Thursday. BHP warns of job cuts as coal markets slow
SYDNEY (Reuters) – BHP Billiton said on Thursday jobs could go at its Australian coal mines as the miner faces a deteriorating global market, hit by slowing industrial activity in China. BHP in a 50-50 partnership with Japan's Mitsubishi operates seven coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin yielding mostly metallurgical coal used in steel making. At peak output, the mines can supply up to a fifth of the world's traded coal. … Jihadist group warns Egyptian army over Sinai crackdown
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Islamist militant group operating in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula bordering with Israel warned the Egyptian army on Wednesday that an ongoing military crackdown on jihadists in the area will force it to fight back. The Egyptian army has been hunting militants in the Sinai desert since an attack last week on Egyptian border guards that killed 16 soldiers. Egypt blamed the attack on Islamist militants. … Two soldiers, six militants killed in Pakistan airbase battle
KAMRA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Two soldiers and six suspected Islamic militants were killed in a gunbattle at an air force base in Pakistan on Thursday, local television channels reported. Suspected militants entered Minhas base in the town of Kamra in central Punjab province overnight and a gunbattle raged for hours, the reports said. (Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
Britain threatens to storm Ecuador embassy to get Assange
QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) – The diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange escalated on Wednesday after Britain threatened to raid Ecuador's embassy in London if Quito did not hand over Assange, who has been taking refuge there for two months. The Ecuadorean government said such an action would be considered a "hostile and intolerable act" as well as a violation of its sovereignty. "Under British law we can give them a week's notice before entering the premises and the embassy will no longer have diplomatic protection," a Foreign Office spokesman said. … Britain threatens to storm Ecuador embassy to get Assange - Reuters
* Quito says it would see a raid as a "hostile and intolerable act" * UK says obliged by law to extradite Assange to Sweden * Ecuador to announce asylum decision on Thursday By Eduardo Garcia and Alessandra Prentice QUITO/LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – The … 
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