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• US economy souring, so what's a Democrat to do?
• What's this? Obama longs for GOP rival like McCain
• Outcry over Romney's Mass. affirmative action move
• Canadian miner's complaint can proceed under El Salvador law
• Darfur rebels attack Sudanese troops
• Michigan congressman ends write-in campaign
• Spain calls for new euro fiscal authority
• Democrat Warren talks tough in tight Senate race
• Olympic flame makes symbolic journey to Northern Ireland
• Wisconsin recall vote to resonate in presidential race
• Marijuana initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado
• Florida weighs warning against voter purge
• Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon
• Obama Walks His Chicago Neighborhood
• Timeline: Egypt's Mubarak -- from presidency to prison
• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
• Wis. governor works to meet voters before recall
• Italy's Monti sees eurobonds becoming reality
• Obama takes time to relax in Chicago hometown
• Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life, protests erupt
• Italy's Monti sees eurobonds becoming reality
• Photo of breastfeeding National Guardswomen stirs U.S. debate
• Germany has three months to stem euro crisis - Soros
• Obama finds you can go home again _ for 1 night
• Wis. governor starts final push before recall
• Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life, protests erupt
• Verdict on Egypt's Mubarak sparks courtroom chaos
• "Big Four" to audit Spain's banking sector
• Insight: California city's pension vote: a precedent for U.S.?
• Q&A: Hard times for Obama from economic recovery
• AP Interview: UN official says no to Syria amnesty
• Obama to Congress: Act now on bills to aid economy
• Greco elected after Generali coup ousts Perissinotto

US economy souring, so what's a Democrat to do? Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:43 AM PDT Five months before the elections, the uneven economic recovery is sputtering and job growth is anemic. Stock prices are down to 2011 levels and news on the European debt front is menacing.

What's this? Obama longs for GOP rival like McCain Posted: 02 Jun 2012 06:12 AM PDT President Barack Obama seems to think that the world of politics would be better if someone like John McCain were running for the White House.

Outcry over Romney's Mass. affirmative action move Posted: 02 Jun 2012 06:29 AM PDT Mitt Romney scuttled the Massachusetts government's long-standing affirmative action policies with a few strokes of his pen on a sleepy holiday six months after he became governor.

Canadian miner's complaint can proceed under El Salvador law Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:06 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian company Pacific Rim can move forward under El Salvador law with a case against that country's government for blocking a gold mining project, but cannot file suit under a regional trade agreement, a World Bank arbitration panel ruled. The panel, known as the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, found Pacific Rim "did not and does not have substantial activities in the USA" to argue its case under the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States, or CAFTA. ...

Darfur rebels attack Sudanese troops Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:04 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region launched an attack on government troops on Saturday, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy casualties. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), part of a rebel alliance that wants to topple the government in Khartoum, said it attacked an army camp in Wad Ganja in northeastern Darfur, killing several soldiers, destroying 15 army vehicles and taking several prisoners. Army spokesman al-Sawarmi Khalid confirmed the attack but said the rebels had been defeated. "They suffered heavy losses. ...

Michigan congressman ends write-in campaign Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:02 PM PDT A five-term Michigan congressman who didn't get enough valid signatures to get on the ballot says he is ending his write-in campaign for re-election.

Spain calls for new euro fiscal authority Posted: 02 Jun 2012 02:34 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spain, the latest combat zone in Europe's long-running debt wars, urged the euro zone to set up a new fiscal authority to manage the bloc's finances and send a clear signal to markets that the single currency project is irreversible. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the authority would also go a long way to alleviating Spain's woes which, along with the prospect of a Greek euro exit, have threatened to derail the single currency project. ...

Democrat Warren talks tough in tight Senate race Posted: 02 Jun 2012 02:21 PM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren took the offensive against Republican Senator Scott Brown on Saturday, attempting to put questions about her ethnic heritage in the rear-view mirror with a fiery speech at a state convention. Warren's attack came as two opinion polls showed the rivals locked in a tight race for Brown's Senate seat for Massachusetts, one of the most closely watched Congressional contests in the November election, in which the Democrats are seeking to protect a slim Senate majority. "Scott Brown is a Wall Street Republican. A big oil Republican. ...

Olympic flame makes symbolic journey to Northern Ireland Posted: 02 Jun 2012 02:18 PM PDT BELFAST (Reuters) - The flame for the London Olympics arrived in Northern Ireland on Saturday in a celebration that would have seemed impossible a generation earlier amid a bloody war between Catholic Irish nationalists and pro-British Protestants.

Wisconsin recall vote to resonate in presidential race Posted: 02 Jun 2012 02:14 PM PDT The battle over whether to recall Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, has sharply divided the state and become a nationally watched test of his party's push to limit government, slash spending and challenge public-sector labor unions. Tuesday's recall vote also has the attention of two very interested outsiders: Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, who are gearing up for their November 6 showdown for the White House. ...

Marijuana initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado Posted: 02 Jun 2012 02:06 PM PDT DENVER (Reuters) - Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn't exactly been a friend to marijuana users. Sure, he has acknowledged smoking pot as a young man, but he has disappointed marijuana advocates by opposing its legalization, regulation and taxation like alcohol. And the Justice Department's occasional crackdown under his administration on medical marijuana dispensaries, which 17 states and the District of Columbia allow, has angered others. ...

Florida weighs warning against voter purge Posted: 02 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT (Reuters) - Florida, a key electoral battleground where the 2000 presidential election was decided by a few hundred ballots, will decide in the coming days whether to heed a Justice Department warning to stop its campaign to purge ineligible voters, a state spokesman said on Saturday. The warning issued this week by the head of the Justice Department's voting section said the effort appeared to violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities. It demanded a response by Wednesday. ...

Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon Posted: 02 Jun 2012 01:35 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between heavily-armed supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon's port of Tripoli on Saturday, killing nine people and prompting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to rush there to try to stop the violence. Mikati held talks with ministers and officials in the northern city, as gunmen a few miles (kilometers) away fired machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other. Residents and a doctor said 42 people had been wounded. ...

Obama Walks His Chicago Neighborhood Posted: 02 Jun 2012 01:28 PM PDT CHICAGO — President Obama went out for a four-block stroll through his Hyde Park neighborhood this morning after spending his first night at home in over a year. The president, dressed in tan slacks and a white, open-collared shirt with sleeves rolled up, walked down...

Timeline: Egypt's Mubarak -- from presidency to prison Posted: 02 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT (Reuters) - Here is a look at Hosni Mubarak from the start of his presidency to when he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for his role in killing protesters involved in a uprising that toppled him from power last year: October 6, 1981 - Vice-President Mubarak is thrust into office when Islamist radicals gun down President Anwar Sadat at a military parade. He is approved as president in a referendum in November. June 26, 1995 - Gunmen attack Mubarak's car as he arrives at an African summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. He escapes unhurt and returns to Egypt. ...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows Posted: 02 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Wis. governor works to meet voters before recall Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:43 AM PDT Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett began a final push Saturday to connect with voters in person before next week's historic recall election, appearing at farm breakfasts and restaurants and rallying campaign workers.

Italy's Monti sees eurobonds becoming reality Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:40 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti believes eurobonds will become a reality in the 17-nation euro zone and that Greece will remain in the single currency, he told a Greek newspaper on Saturday. Monti, a respected former European commissioner who became Italy's prime minister in November, was known to be a supporter of eurobonds - unlike politicians in European Union paymaster Germany - but his comments were some of his strongest on the subject yet and looked like an attempt to sway Berlin. ...

Obama takes time to relax in Chicago hometown Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:28 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Life's simple pleasures are complicated when you are the president of the United States. Barack Obama, savoring fine late spring weather after a rare night under his own roof - the first since April, 2011 - took a three-block stroll early on Saturday through his old Chicago neighborhood. He was preceded by a wave of dark-suited secret service agents and stalked by a slow-rolling convoy of armored SUVs. Looking relaxed and chatting with close adviser Valerie Jarrett, Obama was paying a visit on long-time Chicago friend Martin Nesbitt. ...

Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life, protests erupt Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:24 AM PDT Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account. But it was not enough for thousands of Egyptians who poured onto the streets afterwards in a nation already on edge before a deciding presidential vote in two weeks. Some wanted Mubarak executed, others feared the judge's ruling exposed weaknesses in the case that could let the ex-military strongman off on appeal. ...

Italy's Monti sees eurobonds becoming reality Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:18 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti believes eurobonds will become a reality in the 17-nation euro zone and that Greece will remain in the single currency, he told a Greek newspaper on Saturday. Monti, a respected former European commissioner who became Italy's prime minister in November, was known to be a supporter of eurobonds - unlike politicians in European Union paymaster Germany - but his comments were some of his strongest on the subject yet and looked like an attempt to sway Berlin. ...

Photo of breastfeeding National Guardswomen stirs U.S. debate Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:56 AM PDT (Reuters) - Two members of the U.S. National Guard photographed breastfeeding in uniform are not expected to face discipline in spite of rules forbidding the use of uniforms to promote a cause, a military spokesman said on Saturday. Instead, the incident will be used as a "teachable moment" to make clear the U.S. military is not opposed to breastfeeding, Washington National Guard spokesman Keith Kosik said. "I believe recent events are being viewed as an educational opportunity and I do not anticipate the citizen-airmen in question will receive formal disciplinary action," Kosik said. ...

Germany has three months to stem euro crisis - Soros Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:44 AM PDT TRENTO, Italy (Reuters) - Germany and its central bank are unlikely to lead the way out of the euro zone debt crisis within three months time, after which it will be too late, U.S. billionaire George Soros said on Saturday. Speaking at an economic conference in Trento, Italy, Soros said that the euro crisis - which he defined as a sovereign debt crisis and a banking crisis closely interlinked - threatened to destroy the European Union and plunge it into a lost decade like Latin America in the 1980s. "A similar fate now awaits Europe. ...

Obama finds you can go home again _ for 1 night Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:27 AM PDT All President Barack Obama wanted to do was go home.

Wis. governor starts final push before recall Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:19 AM PDT Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett began a final push Saturday to connect with voters in person before next week's historic recall election, appearing at farm breakfasts and restaurants and rallying campaign workers.

Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life, protests erupt Posted: 02 Jun 2012 09:03 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account. But it was not enough for thousands of Egyptians who poured onto the streets after the verdict. Some wanted Mubarak executed, others feared the judge's ruling exposed weaknesses in the case that could let the former military strongman off on appeal. ...

Verdict on Egypt's Mubarak sparks courtroom chaos Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:45 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A judge handed down life terms to former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his interior minister for their part in the killings of protesters last year, but Saturday's long-awaited verdict produced some curious reactions. Lawyers on the defense team congratulated each other. Those representing the families of the dead were downcast. Moments later, the courtroom dissolved into chaos, as the plaintiff lawyers chanted slogans against the judiciary in one area and unrelated fistfights breaking out in another. ...

"Big Four" to audit Spain's banking sector Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:37 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has picked the "Big Four" accounting firms KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and Ernst & Young to carry a full, individual audit of its ailing banks, a source with knowledge of the decision told Reuters on Saturday. The review, which should take a few months, will complement an ongoing exercise to stress test Spain's banking sector by consultors Oliver Wyman and Roland Berger, whose first results are expected around mid-June. "I can confirm (the names)," the source said. ...

Insight: California city's pension vote: a precedent for U.S.? Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:25 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A radical plan to slash public employee pension benefits gets voted on by the residents of Silicon Valley's San Jose on Tuesday - a decision that could set an important precedent for many other cities, not only in California but across the nation. The nation's 10th-largest city is also one of the wealthiest, but over the past several years it has cut its municipal workforce by a quarter, laying off cops and firefighters, shuttering libraries and letting street repairs fall by the wayside. ...

Q&A: Hard times for Obama from economic recovery Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:23 AM PDT Nothing upsets a president's re-election groove like ugly economic numbers.

AP Interview: UN official says no to Syria amnesty Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:13 AM PDT The U.N.'s top human rights official said Saturday that there should be no amnesty for serious crimes committed in Syria, even if the threat of prosecution might motivate members of the regime to cling to power at all costs.

Obama to Congress: Act now on bills to aid economy Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:13 AM PDT President Barack Obama wants Congress to act on bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the country has responsibilities that are "bigger than an election."

Greco elected after Generali coup ousts Perissinotto Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:07 AM PDT MILAN (Reuters) - Europe's third-largest insurer Generali said it named Mario Greco, a top executive at Zurich Insurance Group , as its new CEO on Saturday, after Giovanni Perissinotto was ousted in a rapid boardroom coup. The push to oust Perissonotto -- who spent more than 30 years at the group - happened suddenly last week and was led by chief shareholder Mediobanca and private investors including Luxottica founder Leonardo Del Vecchio. ...

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