Greek PM in Germany: need 'time to breathe'
Greece's prime minister is telling Germany that his country needs "time to breathe" as it carries through painful reforms and spending cuts. Report: 2 TV reporters missing in Syria are alive
The wife of a journalist for a U.S.-funded television network who was reported missing in Syria says he is believed to be in the custody of pro-government forces there.
Hunt for Richard III remains under car park
Archaelogists are hoping to find the lost remains of King Richard III — by digging up a Leicester car park believed to be his burial site. UK economy shrank 0.5 pct in April-June, less than previous estimate, but still in recession
slightly less than previously feared -- though the revised official figures published Friday still show the country is stuck in recession.
Elisabeth Murdoch: I don't want the top job
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Elisabeth Murdoch said on Friday she had no ambition to succeed her father Rupert as head of his News Corp global media empire, but had intervened to limit her brother's ambitions. "I really harbour absolutely no ambition for a top job (as head of News Corp)," she told a question and answer session at the annual Edinburgh Television Festival. She was speaking the day after she used a keynote speech to attack James, previously seen as the most likely Murdoch to take over as head of News Corp, and to praise the values of her father. … Japan hints at South Korean bond buying freeze
Japan hinted Friday it could freeze its plan to buy South Korean government bonds as a deepening diplomatic rift over disputed islands threatened to spill over into economic ties. Murdoch's Sun defies royals, prints naked Harry pics
LONDON (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch's Sun tabloid on Friday became the first British newspaper to defy the royal family by printing pictures of Prince Harry cavorting naked in Las Vegas, stoking a debate about what papers can print in the name of press freedom. While newspapers across the globe have published the images of Queen Elizabeth's grandson naked with an unnamed woman after they appeared on a U.S. gossip website on Wednesday, the British media had decided not to do so until this point. … Iran hails Non-Aligned summit as diplomatic coup against West
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran hopes to earn diplomatic kudos over the coming week as it hosts a summit of 120 developing nations, but any jubilation could turn sour over starkly different views on the bloody conflict in Syria. The Islamic Republic’s three-year tenure as head of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which starts on Sunday, is a chance for Tehran to elevate its international standing as the United States seeks to cripple its economy and isolate it diplomatically over its disputed nuclear program. …
Japan tough but wary on South Korea row; debt plan, fx deal on line
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan talked tough on Friday in an emotional row with South Korea, with lawmakers calling on Seoul to end its “illegal occupation” of a disputed island chain, but the prime minister also called for calm and a diplomatic solution to the feud. Tension between the North Asian countries, both close U.S. security allies, flared this month after President Lee Myung-bak became the first South Korean leader to set foot on the islands claimed by both countries. …
Twin Iraq blasts target prayers
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twin blasts in Baghdad on Friday, one exploding beside a pulpit during prayers, killed at least three people and wounded six, a Reuters witness and police sources said. The attacks are the latest in a wave of violence that underline Iraq’s struggle to overcome a stubborn insurgency eight months after U.S. troops left. The first bomb detonated beside the pulpit, while a preacher was leading prayers at an outdoor mosque in the mainly-Shi’ite Sadr City neighborhood. Moments later, a second device, that had been hidden under weeds amid the worshippers, exploded. …
S. Africa win toss and field against England
South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to field in the first of five one-day internationals against England at Cardiff on Friday. Paralympic cauldron lit in London
A ceremonial cauldron was lit in London on Friday with five days to go to the opening of the Games which Prime Minister David Cameron promised Britons would "make us proud". 
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