(Updates with Ryan response in seventh, 16th paragraphs. For more campaign news, go to ELECT.) Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Representative Paul Ryan was a pivotal figure in killing the 2010 Bowles-Simpson agreement, which Republican presidential candidate … Paul Ryan's Dangerous Obsession with Ayn Rand - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Honestly, grown men who swear by Ayn Rand might be locked up inside the house--and not the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan. I mean back home in Janesville, Wis., where your new stature as presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's running mate has raised … Agrium refuses investor demand to spin off retail
(Reuters) – Canadian fertilizer company Agrium Inc said on Tuesday it would not take the “substantial risk” of spinning off its retail operations, as the company sought to fend off pressure from activist investor Jana Partners LLC. Jana disclosed on Tuesday that it had bought more than 6.5 million shares of Agrium, according to a filing as of June 30 to U.S. regulators. That makes the hedge fund the largest shareholder with about 4 percent of the company, North America’s biggest retail supplier of agricultural products. …
Thai senator says he shot ex-wife by accident
A Thai senator who shot his ex-wife at the dinner table with an Uzi 9mm pistol said Tuesday that her death was a tragic accident. Racist attacks on the rise in Greece-migrants group
ATHENS (Reuters) – Racist attacks against immigrants are on the rise in Greece, leaving hundreds of victims injured and at least one dead, the head of an organization representing Pakistanis in Greece said on Tuesday, urging authorities to stop ignoring the phenomenon. Greece is a major gateway for mostly Asian and African migrants trying to enter the European Union. But they face increased hostility as the country goes through its deepest postwar recession and record unemployment. …
London shares close higher on US retail sales
London shares closed higher on Tuesday on stronger than expected US retail sales in the wake of better than expected German and French growth figures, traders said. Taiwan renews claim amid activists' aborted sail
Taiwan on Tuesday renewed its claim over a disputed East China Sea island chain at the centre of a territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, as activists scrapped plans to sail to the area. Thai forces 'kill 38 Cambodian loggers in six months'
Thai forces shot dead 38 Cambodians in the first half of this year for illegally crossing the border to log for valuable timber, according to the Cambodian authorities. Buenos Aires subways reopen after 10-day strike
Subways began rolling again Tuesday in Argentina's capital after union leaders suspended a 10-day strike, but their tentative deal depends on an unresolved power struggle between the mayor and the president. US, UN concerned over corrupt Somali transition
The international community say it’s increasingly concerned that intimidation and corruption are marring the selection of a new Somali parliament.
Russian goes from jail to pro soccer in Chile
Fog blankets the grassy soccer field surrounded by chickens and grazing cows as the players of Santiago Morning sprint through a practice game. It's just another training session in Chile's second-tier soccer league, but at least one man plays like a child running free in a pasture. Police chief says gunman in deadly shootout near Texas A&M was killed by responding officers
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Authorities say the gunman in a deadly shootout near Texas A&M University was fatally wounded by officers who responded to reports of gunfire.
Romanian court moves referendum on president's impeachment
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania's Constitutional Court will rule on August 21 on the validity of a referendum on impeaching suspended President Traian Basescu, bringing the decision forward by 10 days, a source at the court said on Tuesday. The campaign to oust Basescu, led by the leftist Social Liberal Union (USL) of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, has drawn criticism from the European Union and the United States and driven the leu currency to record lows. … S. Korea attacks 'biased' judging at Games
South Korea's sports minister on Tuesday took a swipe at the London Olympics over alleged cases of biased refereeing, vowing to step up Seoul's influence with international sports organisations. Bangladesh launches operation against pirates
Bangladesh has launched a joint air and naval operation against pirates in the Bay of Bengal in an effort to rescue 50 fishermen kidnapped at the weekend, a coast guard officer said on Tuesday. Three troops, 23 militants dead in Pakistan clash: officials
An operation to clear Taliban from a volatile area of Pakistan's northwest left three soldiers and 23 militants dead on Tuesday, officials said. Nepal jails former minister in corruption case
Nepal's highest court on Tuesday jailed a former home minister for corruption in the latest in a series of high profile graft convictions of prominent public figures. KFC, Pizza Hut shut in Nepal over death threats
All four KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in Nepal shut down on Tuesday saying that staff had attacked and threatened to kill branch managers. Indian yoga guru ends anti-graft hunger strike
An Indian yoga guru on Tuesday ended a six-day hunger strike against corruption but vowed to use his public popularity to pile pressure on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Australian court to rule on landmark tobacco case
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s highest court will rule on the world’s toughest anti-cigarette marketing laws on Wednesday in what has become a major test case for global tobacco companies in their fight against restrictions on the sale of their products. Australia’s laws will force tobacco companies to remove all branding from cigarette packets from this December, and allow tobacco to be sold only in plain olive-colored packages which carry graphic health warnings. …
Canada's housing market seen cooling into 2013
(Reuters) – Canada’s robust housing market is expected to soften over the next few months and into 2013, with a slowdown in the pace of housing starts, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said on Tuesday. But the government’s housing agency also assumes that average 2013 prices will exceed those in 2012, a still-strong performance in a country that never suffered the housing market meltdown seen in the United States. In its quarterly housing market outlook, CMHC said it expected housing starts of 207,200 this year and 193,100 units in 2013. …
New bomb in Afghanistan kills 10; 46 dead in day
Police say a motorcycle bomb outside a crowded bazaar in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 10 people, including several children. 
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