Romney to Obama on taxes: start telling the truth - CBS News
(CBS News) GOFFSTOWN, NH–Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan joined forces on Monday to attack President Obama in the Granite State, but it was Romney who leveled the harshest accusations, asserting that the president was running a dishonest campaign he called …
Augusta National adds first 2 female members - Fox News
NEW YORK - For the first time in its 80-year history, Augusta National Golf Club has female members. The home of the Masters, under increasing criticism the last decade because of its all-male membership, invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza …
Obama: Use of chemical weapons by Assad would be 'red line' - Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS US president says he has not ordered US military engagement in Syria "at this point," but adds: "If we see a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around, or being utilized, that would change my calculus." US President Barack Obama on …
Tony Scott death: Director 'looked nervous' before jumping off bridge - Los Angeles Times
7 reported killed in bomb in Turkey
Turkish media reports say seven people have died in a bomb explosion near a police station in a southeastern city.
Gabon prosecutor vows to arrest opposition leader
The public prosecutor for the Gabonese capital Libreville vowed Monday that the country's main opposition leader, Andre Mba Obame, would be arrested after a violent protest last week.
Play about gay man staged in Uganda, where death penalty was proposed for homosexuals
KAMPALA, Uganda – A play that revolves around the turbulent life of a gay man in Uganda is being staged in the East African nation, where three years ago a parliamentarian wrote a bill seeking the death penalty for homosexuals.
Senate candidate Akin plans no public appearances day after rape, pregnancy comments.
ST. LOUIS – Embattled Missouri Rep. Todd Akin apologized for his televised comments that women’s bodies are able to prevent pregnancies in “a legitimate rape” situation. But he refused to heed calls to abandon his bid for the Senate.
Obama says an use of chemical weapons in Syria would force reassessment of US policy there
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says U.S. thinking on possible military involvement in Syria would change if chemical or biological weapons came into play in the Syrian civil war.
Several wounded in bombing near police HQ in southeast Turkey: agency
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Several people including police officers were wounded after a car bomb exploded close to a police station in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Monday, Turkey’s Dogan news agency reported. The explosion was caused by a remote-controlled car bomb, Dogan quoted Gaziantep’s governor Erdal Ata as saying. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Louise Ireland)
Belarus sacks foreign minister after teddy bear row
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko sacked his foreign minister on Monday, weeks after a diplomatic row with Sweden and the European Union over a pro-democracy stunt in which hundreds of teddy bears were airdropped over the country. Lukashenko’s office, which announced the dismissal of Sergei Martynov, 59, who had held the post since 2003, did not provide any reasons for the decision. Lukashenko named 54-year-old Vladimir Makei, previously his chief-of-staff, as the country’s new foreign minister. …
Bomb hits car of Egyptian diplomat in Libya
A bomb exploded under the car of an Egyptian diplomat in Libya's second city Benghazi on Monday without causing any injuries, a security source in the city told AFP.
Senior Al-Qaeda official arrested in Algeria: report
Three armed Islamists, including a senior member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) thought to be close to its leader, have been arrested in southern Algeria, official media reported Monday.
Supporters chant as arrested miners appear in S.Africa court
Women chanted and danced on the dusty road, hoping to catch a glimpse of their husbands, fathers or sons who face charges of public violence and even murder after the Marikana mine killings.
Monday, August 20, 2012
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