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News: Ghana plans 7-year bond auction this year Uganda president promotes son, succession plan suspected Somalia must form new government, EU's Ashton says Egypt's president rules out currency devaluation Gambia executes nine prisoners by firing squad: govt New Egypt leader steps out on world stage seeking "balance" Republicans showcase Romney as storm clouds convention Police chief in Afghan south survives insurgent truck bomb Factbox: What to look for at the Republican convention Quebec tensions rise as separatists headed for election win Bomb explodes outside Greek bank branch, no one injured Alaska couple admits to plot to kill federal judge and others Isaac menaces U.S. Gulf Coast 7 years after Katrina Colombian government seeking peace with FARC rebels Teens set themselves on fire, take Tibet burnings over 50: group Exclusive: Colombia's ELN rebels offer peace talks San Francisco archbishop-elect apologizes for drunken driving Haitian migrants to be repatriated from Bahamas, 16 missing Syrian man threatens to blow up the Arab League Almost half of voters want Osborne out: poll Romney to make early visit to Florida convention Clooney star guest at Obama fundraiser in Switzerland U.N. seeks details on employees sentenced in Myanmar China investigates Japan flag-snatching report: Xinhua Michigan court sides with backers of pro-union initiative Poll: Romney faces headwinds in race against Obama Top California lawmaker sees pension reform deal Tuesday Republicans call for crackdown on pornography Black, Mormon and female, Utah Republican embodies new hope Exclusive: New Egypt leader steps out on world stage seeking "balance" Jury selected in Ohio Amish hair-cutting attacks U.S. soldiers killed two to shield anarchist plot: prosecutor Pennsylvania judge halts Harrisburg's incinerator debt payments U.S. troops punished over Koran burning, urination video South Carolina defends voter ID law in court Gambia executes nine prisoners by firing squad: government Exclusive: Venezuela refinery could restart Friday Another Republican steps into controversy over rape comments Warplane attacks on Damascus suburbs kill 60: activists Regulators to study rules for electronics on planes Ghana plans 7-year bond auction this year Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:51 PM PDT Reuters - ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana hopes to issue a seven-year government bond by the end of December, following the successful launch of three- and five-year notes earlier this year, Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor said on Monday. Duffuor said discussions were also being held about the possibility of opening the short-term domestic bond market to residents to help shift government borrowing to the non-banking sector. Three- and five-year bonds issued this year by the West African cocoa, gold and oil exporter were oversubscribed with keen participation from offshore investors. ... Full Story Top Uganda president promotes son, succession plan suspected Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:40 PM PDT Reuters - KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni promoted his son to the rank of brigadier general on Monday, fanning speculation he was grooming Muhoozi Kainerugaba for succession. Critics say Kainerugaba, already in charge of the army's powerful elite unit, has rushed through the ranks since he joined the military in 1998. In 2001, he jumped two positions from 2nd Lieutenant to Major. "The President and Commander in Chief has ... ... Full Story Top Somalia must form new government, EU's Ashton says Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:39 PM PDT Reuters - MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's leaders have shown a commitment to reform but must move to install a new government in the economically and politically fragile country, the EU's foreign policy chief said during a visit on Monday. Catherine Ashton's first visit to the war-ravaged country coincided with African Union driving Islamist militants from a port south of the capital. Ashton said she had frank discussions with the country's leaders a day ahead of an expected, though already delayed, vote for a new parliamentary speaker. ... Full Story Top Egypt's president rules out currency devaluation Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:39 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new president said on Monday he would not impose new taxes or devalue the country's currency and that his government would rely instead on investment, tourism and exports to fix an economy ravaged by a year and a half of political turmoil. Mohamed Mursi, 61, has a window of opportunity to push through economic change while he still commands political goodwill 50 days into his tenure as Egypt's first freely elected president, economists say. ... Full Story Top Gambia executes nine prisoners by firing squad: govt Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:37 PM PDT Reuters - BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia said on Monday it had executed nine prisoners, prompting critics to call for sanctions on the president whose plans to clear the country's death row by mid-September had already drawn a flurry of international condemnation. Six civilians and three members of the military were executed by firing squad on Sunday after their appeal processes had been exhausted, the interior ministry said in a statement. It named the prisoners and said they had been found guilty of a variety of crimes, all involving murder. ... Full Story Top New Egypt leader steps out on world stage seeking "balance" Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:36 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new Islamist president said on Monday he would pursue a "balanced" foreign policy, reassuring Israel its peace treaty was safe, hinting at a new approach to Iran and calling on Bashar al-Assad's allies to help lever the Syrian leader out. Mohamed Mursi, who was elected in June and consolidated his power this month by dismissing top military leaders, is seeking to introduce himself to a wider world ahead of a trip to Iran - the first by an Egyptian leader in three decades - and China. "Egypt is now a civilian state ... ... Full Story Top Republicans showcase Romney as storm clouds convention Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:31 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney flies to Tampa on Tuesday to join fellow Republicans seeking to put their shortened convention back on track and prevent his message from being drowned out by a tropical storm churning toward the Gulf Coast. Getting down to the first full day of business after Tropical Storm Isaac upended the convention schedule, delegates will formally affirm Romney as the party's nominee in an evening capped by prime time speeches by Romney's wife, Ann, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. ... Full Story Top Police chief in Afghan south survives insurgent truck bomb Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:21 PM PDT Reuters - KANDAHAR (Reuters) - The chief of police in Afghanistan's Kandahar province has survived an insurgent truck-bomb attack which killed four civilians, a spokeswoman for NATO-led forces and Afghan officials said on Tuesday. The attack in the southern city of Kandahar, the spiritual heartland of the Taliban, came barely a day after insurgents beheaded 17 party-goers in neighboring Helmand province, highlighting security problems in the region ahead of a 2014 withdrawal of most NATO combat troops. "The Kandahar police chief was injured by a large explosion believed to be a vehicle-borne IED. ... Full Story Top Factbox: What to look for at the Republican convention Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:05 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Republicans on Tuesday open their convention to nominate Mitt Romney for the White House and make their argument to voters that President Barack Obama does not deserve a second term. Here are a few things to look for during the convention in Tampa which will conclude with Romney's nationally televised acceptance speech on Thursday night. - Whether Tropical Storm Isaac overshadows the convention, dominating media coverage and obscuring the Republicans' central message that Romney would do a better job than Obama of managing the economy. ... Full Story Top Quebec tensions rise as separatists headed for election win Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT Reuters - VARENNES, Quebec (Reuters) - Less than two decades ago, in perhaps the most traumatic moment in modern Canadian history, the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec came within a hair's breadth of voting for independence. And while another vote may still be years away separatist sentiment is back on the agenda as an opposition party, dedicated to carving Canada into two, heads for victory in the September 4 provincial election. ... Full Story Top Bomb explodes outside Greek bank branch, no one injured Mon,27 Aug 2012 09:37 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - A makeshift bomb exploded outside a National Bank of Greece branch in Athens early on Tuesday, causing minor damage but no injuries, police said. Windows were smashed and four parked cars suffered minor damage in the blast, which took place about 4 a.m (0100 GMT) in the western suburb of Ilion. "We suspect it is linked to terrorism," said a police official who declined to be named. The medium-sized device was planted underneath the bank's ATM machine, police said, adding that there had been no warning call and no one claimed responsibility for the blast. ... Full Story Top Alaska couple admits to plot to kill federal judge and others Mon,27 Aug 2012 09:00 PM PDT Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska couple pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to kill a federal judge in what prosecutors said was a revenge plot over income-tax rulings against them. Lonnie and Karen Vernon, followers of jailed Alaska militia leader Schaeffer Cox, reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid the need for a trial that had been set to begin next month. The Vernons and Cox were active in the "sovereign citizen" movement, whose adherents believe individuals are sovereign nations and federal, state and local laws do not apply to them. ... Full Story Top Isaac menaces U.S. Gulf Coast 7 years after Katrina Mon,27 Aug 2012 08:34 PM PDT Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac closed in on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders in some areas and disrupting offshore oil production as it threatened to make landfall between Florida and Louisiana as a full-blown hurricane. The wide, slow-moving storm swiped south Florida on Sunday and strengthened over the warm Gulf waters. It was expected to reach land late on Tuesday or early Wednesday, the anniversary of devastating Hurricane Katrina seven years ago. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned the storm could buffet towns and cities in at least three ... Full Story Top Colombian government seeking peace with FARC rebels Mon,27 Aug 2012 08:02 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government is seeking peace with the country's biggest rebel group, the FARC, and could consider also holding talks with a second guerrilla movement to end five decades of war, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday. In a televised address from the presidential palace, Santos said his government would learn from the mistakes of so many previous leaders who tried but failed to clinch a lasting ceasefire with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. "Since the first day of my government I have completed my constitutional obligation to find peace. ... Full Story Top Teens set themselves on fire, take Tibet burnings over 50: group Mon,27 Aug 2012 07:41 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in protest at Chinese rule of their homeland has topped 50 after two teenagers burned to death in a southwestern corner of the country, a rights group said. The pair, one an 18-year-old monk and the other a 17-year-old former monk, died on Monday after setting themselves on fire outside the Kirti monastery in Ngaba, a heavily Tibetan part of Sichuan province, the London-based Free Tibet group said. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Colombia's ELN rebels offer peace talks Mon,27 Aug 2012 07:19 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's second-biggest guerrilla group says it is willing to hold unconditional peace talks to end five decades of war, but will not end its campaign of kidnappings, bombings and extortion against foreign oil and mining firms before negotiations begin. Nicolas Rodriguez, leader of the National Liberation Army, known as the ELN, told Reuters in a rare interview that he is open to negotiate an end to the bloodshed with President Juan Manuel Santos' conservative government. ... Full Story Top San Francisco archbishop-elect apologizes for drunken driving Mon,27 Aug 2012 06:49 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic bishop newly chosen by the Vatican to lead the archdiocese of San Francisco and two other Bay Area counties publicly apologized on Monday after he was arrested and held behind bars over the weekend on suspicion of drunken driving. Salvatore Cordileone, 56, appointed in July by Pope Benedict XVI to preside over more than 500,000 Catholics as metropolitan archbishop of San Francisco, was taken into custody on Saturday near San Diego State University, according to the San Diego Police Department. ... Full Story Top Haitian migrants to be repatriated from Bahamas, 16 missing Mon,27 Aug 2012 06:24 PM PDT Reuters - NASSAU (Reuters) - Up to 16 illegal Haitian migrants aboard a boat carrying more than 200 passengers that ran aground at the height of Tropical Storm Isaac are missing and may have died, the Bahamian government said on Monday. Fred Mitchell, the Bahamas' foreign minister, said that no bodies had been recovered, but a man identifying himself as the sail boat's captain had said four Haitians jumped overboard during the voyage and another 12 had drowned. The captain told Bahamian officials that the boat, which ran aground off Mangrove Cay on the island of Andros, left Cap Haitien a week ago. ... Full Story Top Syrian man threatens to blow up the Arab League Mon,27 Aug 2012 06:19 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities arrested late on Monday a Syrian man who threatened to blow up the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo after he learned that his parents had been killed in Syria during a battle between the rebels and troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Egyptian news agency MENA reported. At least 62 people were killed in an assault on the suburbs of Damascus on Monday, according to opposition activists, as the anti-Assad uprising is about to enter its 18th month in September. ... Full Story Top Almost half of voters want Osborne out: poll Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:57 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of British voters believe George Osborne should be removed from his post of finance minister in the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday. Osborne is under pressure to ditch his hard line austerity program in favor of growth measures to keep Britain's economy from sinking deeper into a double-dip recession. Speculation that Osborne may be replaced by foreign minister William Hague was supported by an ICM poll for the left-leaning Guardian newspaper, which found that 48 percent of voters think he should lose his job in the reshuffle. ... Full Story Top Romney to make early visit to Florida convention Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:46 PM PDT Reuters - NEWTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will make an early appearance at the Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, a campaign official said. Romney, who had been scheduled to arrive on Thursday ahead of his prime time speech that night, will now fly to Florida the same day his wife, Ann, is scheduled to give her address. On Sunday and Monday, Romney and his wife were at their home in New Hampshire and made trips to a local high school where they practiced their speeches. ... Full Story Top Clooney star guest at Obama fundraiser in Switzerland Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - George Clooney was the star attraction on Monday in what was billed as the U.S. Democratic Party's biggest fundraising event abroad aimed at helping President Barack Obama win re-election. The American actor and activist, who traveled by car from his residence on Lake Como, Italy, attended a private reception followed by a gala dinner in Geneva's Old Town. "I'm very proud to be here and to be supporting the next President of the United States," Clooney told the reception, drawing applause. ... Full Story Top U.N. seeks details on employees sentenced in Myanmar Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is seeking information on three people working for the world body who were sentenced by a Myanmar court in connection with sectarian violence there earlier this year, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday. "The country team in Yangon has received information that a court in Maungdaw has sentenced three people - one from the U.N. refugee agency, one from the World Food Program and a third person who works for a partner organization of the refugee agency," spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters. ... Full Story Top China investigates Japan flag-snatching report: Xinhua Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are "seriously" investigating reports that a national flag on the Japanese ambassador's car was ripped off in Beijing on Monday, the official Xinhua news agency said, amid a territorial row over disputed islands. "The Chinese government always conscientiously fulfills the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to protect the safety of foreign embassies and personnel," Xinhua, citing the Foreign Ministry, said in an overnight report. ... Full Story Top Michigan court sides with backers of pro-union initiative Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The Michigan Court of Appeals on Monday ordered state officials to put a voter initiative that would enshrine the right to collective bargaining in the state constitution on the November 6 ballot. Opponents of the union-backed proposal, who include the attorney general, said an appeal would be filed quickly to the Michigan Supreme Court. The measure, known as the "Protect Our Jobs" initiative, would make collective bargaining a constitutionally protected right in Michigan and cripple efforts to pass so-called "right to work" legislation in the state. ... Full Story Top Poll: Romney faces headwinds in race against Obama Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:58 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Mitt Romney enters Republican convention week facing serious challenges in his drive to unseat President Barack Obama in the November 6 election, with the Democrat outscoring him on eloquence and likability, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday. But many factors weigh in the Republican's favor as he seeks a boost from his Tampa, Florida, convention. An overwhelming majority of Americans believe the U.S. economy is on the wrong track, the poll found. ... Full Story Top Top California lawmaker sees pension reform deal Tuesday Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:45 PM PDT Reuters - SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Democrats who control California's legislature aim to hammer out a pension overhaul deal by Tuesday, improving the odds for voter approval of Governor Jerry Brown's November tax measure. State Senate President Darrell Steinberg told reporters in the state capital Sacramento that a committee of lawmakers would vote on Tuesday on a package of bills based on Brown's pension proposals. Lawmakers end this year's session on Friday and Brown, a Democrat, wants to show voters the state's leaders are intent on curbing retirement expenses. ... Full Story Top Republicans call for crackdown on pornography Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - The Republican Party is calling for a crackdown on pornography in a move that could pit social conservatives against hotel operators, television providers and other businesses that profit from the sale of sexually explicit material. As they prepare to nominate Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate for the November 6 election, Republicans have added language to their official platform that anti-smut activists said would encourage the federal government to step up prosecution of pornography involving adults. ... Full Story Top Black, Mormon and female, Utah Republican embodies new hope Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Rock star. Novelty. Myth-buster. Surprise. That's how some pundits describe Mia Love, a Republican congressional nominee in Utah who is upending stereotypes about the state and its predominant faith. A rising star and mayor of a small Utah city, she will have a brief prime-time speaking role on Tuesday at the Republican convention. Love, 36, is a black Mormon in a deeply conservative state where her race makes up less than 3 percent of the population. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: New Egypt leader steps out on world stage seeking "balance" Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new Islamist president said on Monday he would pursue a "balanced" foreign policy, reassuring Israel its peace treaty was safe, hinting at a new approach to Iran and calling on Bashar al-Assad's allies to help lever the Syrian leader out. Mohamed Mursi, who was elected in June and consolidated his power this month by dismissing top military leaders, is seeking to introduce himself to a wider world ahead of a trip to Iran - the first by an Egyptian leader in three decades - and China. "Egypt is now a civilian state ... ... Full Story Top Jury selected in Ohio Amish hair-cutting attacks Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:18 PM PDT Reuters - CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A jury was selected Monday in Cleveland in the hate-crime trial of 16 members of an Ohio Amish splinter group charged in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other Amish people last fall. The 16 men and women, most of them related, are charged in three separate attacks on nine people, including the parents of some of the suspects. The series of crimes rocked the normally quiet, pacifist Amish community in Jefferson County in southeast Ohio. ... Full Story Top U.S. soldiers killed two to shield anarchist plot: prosecutor Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:14 PM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Four soldiers in Georgia who belonged to an anarchist militia that wanted to overthrow the U.S. government killed a former soldier and his girlfriend because he had learned of their plans, prosecutors said on Monday. Prosecutors revealed the suspected motive as one of the soldiers pleaded guilty on Monday to voluntary manslaughter and other charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors over the December 5, 2011, shooting deaths of Michael Roark, 19, and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. ... Full Story Top Pennsylvania judge halts Harrisburg's incinerator debt payments Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania judge on Monday ordered Harrisburg, the state's cash-strapped capital, to suspend debt service payments on its troubled incinerator and to implement a 1 percent tax hike. Commonwealth Court Judge Bonnie Leadbetter ruled that the city should not make any further debt payments on its waste-to-energy incinerator - which helped plunge the city into at least $320 million in debt - until further notice. An attorney for Harrisburg's state-appointed receiver, William Lynch, said during a court hearing last week that the city would be $500,000 in the hole if it made a $3. ... Full Story Top U.S. troops punished over Koran burning, urination video Mon,27 Aug 2012 04:05 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it was disciplining U.S. troops over two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one involving a video depicting Marines urinating on corpses and another over burned copies of the Koran. The administrative punishments -- which could include things like reduce rank or forfeiture of pay -- fell short of criminal prosecution, and it was unclear whether they would satisfy Afghan demands for justice. ... Full Story Top South Carolina defends voter ID law in court Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:58 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Carolina defended its new voter-identification law in federal court on Monday, arguing the requirement that all voters show a form of photo ID prevents fraud without discriminating against black voters. The Obama administration blocked the law in December, its latest attempt to stop a wave of laws in Republican-controlled states that require voters to show certain forms of photo ID at the polls. ... Full Story Top Gambia executes nine prisoners by firing squad: government Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia said on Monday it had executed nine prisoners, prompting critics to call for sanctions on the president whose plans to clear the country's death row by mid-September had already drawn a flurry of international condemnation. Six civilians and three members of the military were executed by firing squad on Sunday after their appeal processes had been exhausted, the interior ministry said in a statement. It named the prisoners and said they had been found guilty of a variety of crimes, all involving murder. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Venezuela refinery could restart Friday Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:53 PM PDT Reuters - PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's biggest refinery could restart operations on Friday and fires still burning in three storage tanks will be extinguished within two days, the country's energy minister told Reuters, following the country's worst oil industry accident. An explosion on Saturday at the Amuay refinery killed 48 people and pushed up U.S. fuel prices in markets that were already bullish because of a threat that Tropical Storm Isaac could disrupt refinery operations on the U.S. Gulf Coast. ... Full Story Top Another Republican steps into controversy over rape comments Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another Republican U.S. Senate candidate sparked a controversy on Monday with comments on rape, comparing his family member's decision to have a child outside marriage to a pregnancy caused by rape. Tom Smith, who badly trails Democrat Bob Casey in polls in their U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania, stepped into political trouble after telling reporters that abortion should be banned without exceptions. ... Full Story Top Warplane attacks on Damascus suburbs kill 60: activists Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN/ALEPPO (Reuters) - Syrian fighter planes made rare sorties on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, killing at least 60 people in its eastern suburbs, the same day a Syrian military helicopter crashed while under rebel fire, activists said. They said aerial attacks by at least two fighter planes late on Monday had targeted the neighborhood of Zemalka and the more easterly suburb of Saqba where Free Syrian Army fighters had attacked and overrun several army roadblocks earlier in the day. ... Full Story Top Regulators to study rules for electronics on planes Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The U.S. will take a look at the rules governing which electronic devices travelers can use during flights to help airlines decide if they should allow wider use of the gadgets, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday. A group that will be formed this fall will study the testing methods airline operators use to decide which new devices passengers can safely use and when, as well as other issues, the FAA said in a statement. Airlines often tell travelers not to use iPods, laptops and other devices while planes are taking off and landing. ... Full Story Top

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