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News: Israel court says U.S. activist not unlawfully killed Asian shares ease in narrow range, euro dips Israeli court says U.S. activist was not unlawfully killed Tropical Storm Isaac closes in on U.S. Gulf Coast One of three tank fires extinguished at Venezuela refinery Republicans showcase Romney as storm clouds convention Police chief in Afghan south survives insurgent truck bomb Bomb explodes outside Greek bank branch, no one injured Typhoon buffets South Korea, killing fishermen, heads for North Korea 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 Haitian migrants to be repatriated from Bahamas, 16 missing Almost half of voters want Osborne out: poll Colombia's Santos says holding talks with FARC rebels U.N. seeks details on employees sentenced in Myanmar China investigates Japan flag-snatching report: Xinhua Exclusive: New Egypt leader steps out on world stage seeking "balance" U.S. troops punished over Koran burning, urination video Gambia executes nine prisoners by firing squad: government Exclusive: Venezuela refinery could restart Friday Warplane attacks on Damascus suburbs kill 60: activists Israeli court to rule on U.S. activist Corrie death Rich-poor divide scars Angola as it heads for polls Israel shells Gaza compounds after rocket attacks Exclusive: Colombia's ELN rebels offer peace talks, refuse ceasefire first Colombia and rebels to begin peace talks soon: source Yemen presidential advisor says survives attack Analysis: Balancing act for India in overhaul of archaic land law Egypt's president says time up for Syria's Assad Romney's storm-delayed convention limps into motion Captors free Kuwaiti hostage in Lebanon: KUNA Thousands of Kuwaitis protest electoral law move Exclusive: Egypt's president rules out currency devaluation Up to 100 Korans burned in Afghanistan: U.S. military investigation Syrian jet attacks on Damascus suburbs kill at least 60: activists Venezuela refinery fire to be partly put out by Tuesday: minister Egypt president hires women, Christians as aides in nod to diversity Gambia says nine prisoners executed by firing squad Riots hit Kenya after Muslim cleric shot dead Israel court says U.S. activist not unlawfully killed Mon,27 Aug 2012 11:56 PM PDT Reuters - HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - An Israeli court rejected on Tuesday accusations that Israel was at fault over the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an army bulldozer during a 2003 pro-Palestinian demonstration in Gaza. Corrie's family had accused Israel of intentionally and unlawfully killing their 23-year-old daughter, launching a civil case in the northern Israeli city of Haifa after a military investigation had cleared the army of wrong-doing. ... Full Story Top Asian shares ease in narrow range, euro dips Mon,27 Aug 2012 11:55 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Riskier assets from stocks and commodities to the Australian dollar fell on Tuesday on investor caution ahead of a gathering of central bankers and economists in Wyoming later in the week which could shed some light on further stimulus plans. European equities were expected to follow Asia lower, with financial spreadbetters calling London's FTSE 100, Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX to open down as much as 0.7 percent. Global markets have enjoyed broad-based gains over the past month, spurred by hopes for a third round of bond buying or other measures from the U.S. ... Full Story Top Israeli court says U.S. activist was not unlawfully killed Mon,27 Aug 2012 11:32 PM PDT Reuters - HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - An Israeli court rejected on Tuesday accusations of negligence over the 2003 killing of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the Gaza Strip. Corrie's family filed the lawsuit in the northern Israeli city of Haifa in 2005, accusing Israel of intentionally and unlawfully killing their 23-year-old daughter and failing to conduct a full and credible investigation. ... Full Story Top Tropical Storm Isaac closes in on U.S. Gulf Coast Mon,27 Aug 2012 11:22 PM PDT Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, packing swirling winds and rain and posing a major test of the region's new flood control systems seven years after Hurricane Katrina sent walls of water crashing across its shoreline. Rain and tropical storm force winds were expected to spread into the region in the coming hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, as computer forecast models increasingly showed the storm likely to make landfall late on Tuesday near southeastern Louisiana as a full-blown hurricane. ... Full Story Top One of three tank fires extinguished at Venezuela refinery Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:52 PM PDT Reuters - PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Firefighters managed to extinguish one of three burning storage tanks at Venezuela's biggest refinery on Tuesday, President Hugo Chavez said, in line with the authorities' target to restart the facility by the end of the week. Chavez broke the news in a series of pre-dawn Tweets, saying the fire at one tank at the Amuay refinery had been put out, while the intensity of the blaze in one of the other two had fallen by 75 percent. ... 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 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 Typhoon buffets South Korea, killing fishermen, heads for North Korea Mon,27 Aug 2012 09:04 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - A typhoon with winds of up to 170 kmh (106 mph) buffeted South Korea's west coast on Tuesday, leaving four dead and a dozen people missing after two Chinese fishing vessels capsized. Typhoon Bolaven was expected to eventually make landfall in flood ravaged North Korea late on Tuesday, hitting already damaged farmlands as the country struggles to feed its 24 million population. ... 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 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 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 Colombia's Santos says holding talks with FARC rebels Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:40 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government is seeking peace with the country's biggest guerrilla group, the FARC, and could consider also holding talks with a second rebel movement, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday. A Colombian intelligence source had earlier told Reuters the government would soon start talks that could lead to formal negotiations with the FARC. Success would secure Santos a place in history when so many previous presidents have failed. ... 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 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 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 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 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 Israeli court to rule on U.S. activist Corrie death Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - The family of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old pro-Palestinian activist whose killing by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza in 2003 drew international attention, will hear a court rule on Tuesday on their long-running civil lawsuit against Israel. Corrie's family filed the lawsuit in the northern Israeli city of Haifa in 2005, accusing Israel of intentionally and unlawfully killing their daughter and failing to conduct a full and credible investigation. ... Full Story Top Rich-poor divide scars Angola as it heads for polls Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - HUAMBO, Angola (Reuters) - A four-lane avenue separates the shelled ruins of the art deco Ruacana Cinema from Huambo's shiny new Chinese-built railway station, a symbol of the leaps Angola has made to recover from a devastating 27-year civil war that ended a decade ago. As Angolans prepare to go to the polls on Friday for only the second time since the end of the war, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos's ruling MPLA party reminds them daily of the rewards of peace and boasts of its reconstruction achievements. ... Full Story Top Israel shells Gaza compounds after rocket attacks Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces shelled two compounds run by the Hamas government's security services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding two Palestinians, Hamas said. Israel described the targets as weapons manufacturing and storage sites and said they were hit in retaliation for recent short-range rocket salvoes launches from the coastal enclave into the Jewish state. Two such salvoes, on Sunday and Monday, caused no casualties and were claimed by ultra-conservative Salafi Islamists who have a presence in Gaza and the neighboring Egyptian Sinai. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Colombia's ELN rebels offer peace talks, refuse ceasefire first Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:28 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 refuses to end its kidnapping, bomb attacks and extortion of foreign oil and mining companies before negotiations start. 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 Colombia and rebels to begin peace talks soon: source Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government will soon begin talks that could lead to formal negotiations for peace with the country's biggest guerrilla group, known as the FARC, a Colombian intelligence source said on Monday. As part of the deal to hold negotiations, President Juan Manuel Santos agreed that leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia would not be extradited to another country to stand trial, said the source who declined to be identified. ... Full Story Top Yemen presidential advisor says survives attack Mon,27 Aug 2012 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - An advisor to Yemen's president said he survived an apparent assassination attempt on Monday when armed men opened fire on a car carrying him in Sanaa. The impoverished Arabian Peninsula state has been in turmoil since an uprising last year which eventually forced veteran ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down in February. "The car stopped at a road block thinking it was a checkpoint, but then armed man tried to storm the car. When the driver sped off they opened fire," Yassin Said Noman told Reuters. ... Full Story Top Analysis: Balancing act for India in overhaul of archaic land law Mon,27 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) - More than a century after it was drawn up by British colonial rulers, India's land acquisition law is finally set for a revamp that promises to breathe life into scores of frozen industrial and infrastructure projects and help lift the sagging economy. That's the optimistic scenario. The reality is that the new law will make the cost of land much higher for businesses and is unlikely to put a stop to protests by millions of people determined to defend their livelihoods or get fair compensation for losing their land. ... Full Story Top Egypt's president says time up for Syria's Assad Mon,27 Aug 2012 01:58 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new Islamist president, preparing to make his debut on the stage of world diplomacy with an initiative over the Syrian crisis, called on Monday for President Bashar al-Assad's allies to help lever the Syrian leader out of power. "Now is the time to stop this bloodshed and for the Syrian people to regain their full rights and for this regime that kills its people to disappear from the scene," Mohamed Mursi said in his first interview with an international news organization. ... Full Story Top Romney's storm-delayed convention limps into motion Mon,27 Aug 2012 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Forget the loud music, cheering crowds and funny hats. Instead of opening with a bang as originally planned, Mitt Romney's Republican convention started with a whimper on Monday as party leaders staged a low-key session while Tropical Storm Isaac churned through the Gulf of Mexico. ... Full Story Top Captors free Kuwaiti hostage in Lebanon: KUNA Mon,27 Aug 2012 01:45 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti national was freed by his kidnappers in Lebanon on Monday, state-run news agency KUNA said, and the man said he had been accused by his captors of funding the Syrian uprising. Issam al-Houti was abducted in Lebanon's Bekaa region on Saturday. KUNA had originally reported that his wife was also kidnapped but Lebanon said only Houti had been seized. The kidnapping took place days after more than 20 Syrians and Turks were seized by a separate Lebanese group which is trying to negotiate the release of a relative inside Syria. ... Full Story Top Thousands of Kuwaitis protest electoral law move Mon,27 Aug 2012 01:42 PM PDT Reuters - KUWAIT (Reuters) - Thousands of Kuwaitis took part in a rally late on Monday to protest any changes to the electoral law which they said could harm the prospects of opposition lawmakers in upcoming elections. While the major oil exporter has not experienced the kind of mass popular uprisings that have swept the Arab region since last year, tensions have grown between the cabinet, opposition lawmakers and youth activists. ... Full Story Top Exclusive: Egypt's president rules out currency devaluation Mon,27 Aug 2012 01:36 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 Up to 100 Korans burned in Afghanistan: U.S. military investigation Mon,27 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military investigation released on Monday determined that American troops burned up to 100 Korans and other religious materials in Afghanistan during a February incident that led to deadly riots and strained relations between the two countries. Six soldiers received administrative punishments over the incident, which the investigation concluded was due to factors that included a lack of trust between Americans and Afghans. Still, the investigation found no malicious intent to disrespect Islam by those involved. (Reporting by Phil Stewart and David Alexander) Full Story Top Syrian jet attacks on Damascus suburbs kill at least 60: activists Mon,27 Aug 2012 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian fighter plane attacks on eastern suburbs of Damascus killed at least 60 people on Monday, opposition activists said. They said the aerial attacks 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. Both suburbs are poor and predominantly Sunni Muslim. Sunnis have been at the forefront of 17 months of fighting against President Bashar al-Assad. ... Full Story Top Venezuela refinery fire to be partly put out by Tuesday: minister Mon,27 Aug 2012 01:24 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - A fire raging in two storage tanks at Venezuela's largest refinery will be put out by Tuesday, Venezuelan Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said on Monday, but added he did not know when a fire at a third storage tank would be extinguished. (Reporting by Caracas newsroom) Full Story Top Egypt president hires women, Christians as aides in nod to diversity Mon,27 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi appointed three women and two Christians to his team of 21 aides, spokesman Yasser Ali said on Monday, a nod to diversity from a man who chose as many male non-Christians for cabinet as ousted predecessor Hosni Mubarak. Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected president, promised at the time of his election in June that women and Christians would have a place in his presidential team. ... Full Story Top Gambia says nine prisoners executed by firing squad Mon,27 Aug 2012 12:58 PM PDT Reuters - BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's government confirmed on Monday that it had executed nine prisoners being held on death row despite international calls criticising the president's plans to carry out all death penalties by mid-September. An Interior Ministry statement said that the nine prisoners had been executed by firing squad on Sunday after their appeals' processes had been exhausted. (Reporting by Pap Saine; Writing by David Lewis; Editing by Michael Roddy) Full Story Top Riots hit Kenya after Muslim cleric shot dead Mon,27 Aug 2012 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters smashed cars and torched churches in the Kenyan city of Mombasa on Monday after unknown gunmen shot dead a Muslim cleric accused by the United States of helping Islamist militants in Somalia. One protester was killed in the riots which erupted after Aboud Rogo Mohammed was shot on Monday, as youths from the port city's large Muslim population took to the streets saying he had been deliberately targeted by police. "It's an attack on Muslims, and we will not take it lightly," said Suleiman Atham, one of the protesters. ... Full Story Top

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