US West Nile virus outbreak grows

US West Nile virus outbreak grows
Greece pleads for debt extension
Foreign Spies Are Driving Attacks, Afghans Say
South Africa Mine Protests Spread
Two More Banks in Talks on Iran
U.N. Chief to Attend Summit in Iran
Bolt not trying for 200m record
Iranian singer is a top Israeli diva
Egypt Seeks $4.8 Billion IMF Loan
Jordanian Paralympians Are Granted Bail
US 'fiscal cliff' recession alert
Mars rover completes first drive
The Lede Blog: Japanese Journalist's Final Report From Syria Is Released After Her Death
Christian group to hold conference on Pakistan blasphemy law
52 killed in Kenya territory clash, officials say
US man held for 'threat to Obama'
West Nile Outbreak Shaping Up as Worst Ever in U.S., Authorities Say
Genome Detectives Solve Mystery of Hospital’s K. Pneumoniae Outbreak
Karzai advisers blame insider attacks on foreign spy agencies
BHP Billiton annual profits dive

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:01 PM PDT

Health officials say the US is in the midst of one of its largest ever outbreaks of West Nile virus, with more than triple the usual number of cases.

Greece pleads for debt extension

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Greek PM Antonis Samaras has asked for "air to breathe" so he can complete reforms demanded in return for bailout funds.

Foreign Spies Are Driving Attacks, Afghans Say

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:13 PM PDT

Most Afghan troops behind recent killings of U.S.-led forces were recruited by foreign spy agencies, Afghanistanistan said in an account likely to heighten tensions with the U.S.

South Africa Mine Protests Spread

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Workers clamored for higher wages Wednesday at two more platinum companies in South Africa's mining heartland, less than a week after police shot and killed 34 people at a protest at Lonmin PLC's Marikana mine.

Two More Banks in Talks on Iran

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Two more European banks, RBS and Germany's Commerzbank, have been caught up in a U.S. investigation into banks' business dealings with Iran.

U.N. Chief to Attend Summit in Iran

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:54 PM PDT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend the summit of the Nonaligned Movement of mainly developing countries in Tehran next week despite opposition from Israel and Jewish groups, the U.N. said.

Bolt not trying for 200m record

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:17 PM PDT

Olympic champion Usain Bolt does not expect to break the 200m world record in Thursday's Diamond League meeting.

Iranian singer is a top Israeli diva

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:53 PM PDT

She sings in Farsi, and has a huge following in Israel. Rita Johanfaruz uses music to bridge the gap between cultures.

Egypt Seeks $4.8 Billion IMF Loan

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Egypt's government says it hopes to secure a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund before year's end, following a meeting with IMF managing director Christine Lagarde.

Jordanian Paralympians Are Granted Bail

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:50 AM PDT

Two Jordanian Paralympic powerlifters and a trainer were granted bail Wednesday after being accused of sexual assault in Northern Ireland.

US 'fiscal cliff' recession alert

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:24 PM PDT

The US economy could face recession if Congress does not avert a so-called fiscal cliff due to come into effect in 2013, a congressional report says.

Mars rover completes first drive

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:03 PM PDT

The US space agency's Curiosity rover has finally begun to roll, moving forward just a few metres.

The Lede Blog: Japanese Journalist's Final Report From Syria Is Released After Her Death

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:46 AM PDT

Two days after the Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto was shot and killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo, her news agency released some of the footage she recorded in her final hours.

Christian group to hold conference on Pakistan blasphemy law

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:59 AM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - An influential Christian Church organization will hold an international conference in Geneva next month on Pakistan's blasphemy law, after an 11-year-old Pakistani Christian was detained on accusations of defaming Islam.

52 killed in Kenya territory clash, officials say

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Tensions between semi-nomadic cattle herders and farmers in southeast Kenya sparked an attack on the herders Wednesday that left as many as 52 people dead, officials said.

US man held for 'threat to Obama'

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:41 AM PDT

A man accused of threatening US President Barack Obama by email and showing a shotgun to officers at his door is due to appear in a court.

West Nile Outbreak Shaping Up as Worst Ever in U.S., Authorities Say

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:43 AM PDT

The C.D.C. says that with 41 deaths and more than 1,100 reported cases, this year's West Nile outbreak will be the worst since the virus was discovered here in 1999.

Genome Detectives Solve Mystery of Hospital’s K. Pneumoniae Outbreak

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:58 AM PDT

Real-time genome sequencing helped a federal research hospital understand and end an outbreak of a drug-resistant bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, that killed six patients.

Karzai advisers blame insider attacks on foreign spy agencies

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:03 AM PDT

KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai's top advisers said Wednesday that the rise in so-called insider attacks on NATO troops recently is the product of foreign spy agencies infiltrating the Afghan security forces, although they also pinned some blame on what they called "inhumane acts" by U.S. troops and weaknesses in the Afghan vetting process.

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