Romney makes pitch to Americans disillusioned with Obama

Romney makes pitch to Americans disillusioned with Obama

Romney makes pitch to Americans disillusioned with Obama

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:52 PM PDT

TAMPA, Florida, Aug 31 — Republican Mitt Romney urged voters yesterday to help him rebuild the US economy and create millions of new jobs, asking them to overcome their disappointment in President Barack Obama and join him in restoring the promise of America. In a high-stakes speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Romney said he ...

South Africa prosecutors use apartheid era law on miners

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:00 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 31 — South African prosecutors yesterday charged 270 striking miners with murder of 34 co-workers seen being shot dead in a hail of police bullets captured in videos broadcast around the world. Prosecution has filed papers invoking a measure called "common purpose" seldom used since the dying days of apartheid, arguing the miners ...

Waning Isaac heads north but eyes turn to stricken dam

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:25 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS, Aug 31 — Torrential rain dumped by Hurricane Isaac threatened to burst a dam in Mississippi yesterday, triggering the mass evacuation of residents, while large areas of the region were still flooded and without power but getting ready to mop up. Isaac, which was downgraded to a tropical depression yesterday, did little damage to New ...

Move on from Obama disappointment, Romney tells voters

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:17 PM PDT

TAMPA, Florida, Aug 31 — Republican Mitt Romney was to urge Americans in a major speech last night to leave behind their disappointment in President Barack Obama and join him to rebuild the US economy and generate millions of jobs. Taking centre stage with an address to the Republican convention in Tampa, Romney will vow to be a champion for small ...

Chelsea owner Abramovich faces $6 billion court ruling

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:43 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich will find out on Friday whether he owes his former partner Boris Berezovsky as much as $6 billion (3.8 billion pounds) after a British court battle that has laid bare the post-Soviet carve-up of Russia's vast natural resources.

Isaac's remnants bring headaches but also relief to U.S. drought

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:31 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac continue to cause headaches on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the lower Mississippi Valley as Gulf Coast residents get ready to start their cleanup efforts.

Romney makes pitch to Americans disillusioned with Obama

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:51 PM PDT

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney urged voters on Thursday to help him rebuild the U.S. economy and create millions of new jobs, asking them to overcome their disappointment in President Barack Obama and join him in restoring the promise of America.

VIDEO: Isaac forces dam evacuation order

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Officials have begun a controlled release of water at a Mississippi dam that was battered by Hurricane Isaac.


VIDEO: Russian oligarch legal battle

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:35 PM PDT

A British court is due to rule in the legal battle between the owner of Chelsea Football club, Roman Abramovich and another Russian oligarch Boris Beresovsky.


China's Wen says not to curb rare earth exports

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:52 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China does not intend to curb exports of rare earths, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday at a forum with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

As Isaac wanes, Gulf region mops up from storm

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:47 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac trudged north on Thursday and U.S. Gulf Coast residents started to mop up and assess damage, even as much of Louisiana was still flooded and without power.

Mexico electoral judges reject challenge to Pena Nieto victory

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:45 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's electoral tribunal on Thursday unanimously rejected a legal bid to overturn Enrique Pena Nieto's victory in the July 1 presidential election, paving the way for the centrist to take office and press ahead with his reform agenda.

Japan eyes suspending state spending as money runs out

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:25 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government laid out plans on Friday to suspend some state spending as it could run out of cash by October, with a deficit financing bill blocked by opposition parties trying to force Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda into an early election.

VIDEO: 'Progress' with Taliban in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:45 PM PDT

International forces in Afghanistan believe they are making progress in persuading Taliban fighters to lay down their weapons and join the government side.


VIDEO: Drones in skies near you

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:40 PM PDT

Vast sums are being spent on civilian drone projects, in everything from police surveillance to amateur photography, as BBC Newsnight's Jim Reed reports.


Romney makes appeal to Americans disillusioned with Obama

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:23 PM PDT

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney urged voters on Thursday to help him rebuild the U.S. economy and create millions of new jobs, asking them to overcome their disappointment in President Barack Obama and join him in restoring the promise of America.

Pentagon threatens legal action over bin Laden book

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:48 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon warned on Thursday that it was considering legal action against a former U.S. Navy SEAL for material breach of non-disclosure agreements with his first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Colombia's Santos appoints Renjifo as energy minister

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:40 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos named close ally Federico Renjifo as energy and mining minister on Thursday in part of a Cabinet shuffle as the leader begins pursuing a peace process with FARC rebels.

Mexico electoral judges reject challenge to Pena Nieto vote win

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:29 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A majority of Mexico's electoral tribunal judges on Thursday rejected a bid by leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to overturn Enrique Pena Nieto's victory in the July 1 presidential election, which has left the country in political limbo.

Pentagon threatens legal action over bin Laden book

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon warned on Thursday that it was considering legal action against a former U.S. Navy SEAL for material breach of non-disclosure agreements with his first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

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