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• GOP: Voters will have final say on health care law
• Pelosi: GOP repeal of Obamacare is 'unrealistic'
• As crops rot, millions go hungry in India
• GOP: Voters will have final say on health care law
• In Mexico vote, comeback beckons for old rulers
• Protesters storm Libya election office in Benghazi
• Senegal's Sall seeks to bolster rule in polls
• Crowds protest in Hong Kong as Hu anoints leader
• Attacks on Kenyan churches kill 17
• Barclays chairman to quit; Libor discussed with BoE
• Venezuela's Chavez, Capriles launch presidential race
• Barclays Chairman Agius set to quit Monday: source
• Two killed in Yemen as army pursues militants
• Support for Obama healthcare law rises after ruling
• Frances lowers 2012 growth forecast ahead of budget revision
• Iran threatens Israel; new EU sanctions take force
• New Jersey's Christie presses legislators on taxes
• Sudan breaks up protest, blames Zionist plot
• Sunday Sound: Heard on 'This Week'
• Politician seeks to remind Ukraine leader of jailed foe
• No one-size-fits-all approach to wooing Hispanics
• U.S. tells Rwanda to halt support for Congo rebels
• Boehner: Health Care Law Must Be 'Ripped Out By Its Roots'
• Republicans to press "Fast and Furious" suit
• When Parties Not Arguing Health Care, They Squabble Over `Fast and Furious'
• Mali Islamists destroy more holy Timbuktu sites
• Top Republicans press healthcare law repeal effort
• Gunman kills two outside French nightclub
• Egypt's new president faces burden of expectation
• Italy's League seeks clean slate with new leader
• Pelosi Health Insurance Mandate 'Myth Buster' Busted
• U.S. praises EU embargo of Iranian oil, presses Tehran

GOP: Voters will have final say on health care law Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:56 PM PDT Republican congressional leaders said Sunday that voters — not the Supreme Court — will have the final word on President Barack Obama's health care law come November. And they are betting that the law's unpopularity will be enough to drive Democrats from power.

Pelosi: GOP repeal of Obamacare is 'unrealistic' Posted: 30 Jun 2012 05:14 PM PDT Minority leader Nancy Pelosi says House Democrats are happy to debate dismantling Obamacare, but repeal is unrealistic.

As crops rot, millions go hungry in India Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:03 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Every day some 3,000 Indian children die from illnesses related to malnutrition, and yet countless heaps of rodent-infested wheat and rice are rotting in fields across the north of their own country. It is an extraordinary paradox created by a rigid regime of subsidies for grain farmers, a woeful lack of storage facilities and an inefficient, corruption-plagued public distribution system that fails millions of impoverished people. ...

GOP: Voters will have final say on health care law Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:56 PM PDT Republican congressional leaders said Sunday that voters — not the Supreme Court — will have the final word on President Barack Obama's health care law come November. And they are betting that the law's unpopularity will be enough to drive Democrats from power.

In Mexico vote, comeback beckons for old rulers Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:20 PM PDT MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's old rulers were on track for a comeback as voters chose a new president on Sunday, after a grisly war with drug cartels and a sluggish economy wore down the ruling conservatives. Twelve years after the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) lost power, opinion polls showed its candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto, heading into the vote with a double-digit lead over his opponents. Voters ousted the PRI in 2000 after 71 years of virtual single-party rule that was tainted by corruption, electoral fraud and authoritarianism. ...

Protesters storm Libya election office in Benghazi Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:15 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Armed protesters calling for more autonomy for Libya's east stormed the national election commission in Benghazi on Sunday, burning materials and breaking computer equipment outside, less than a week before the North African country holds an election. About 300 men carried computers and ballot boxes from the building in Libya's second city and began crushing them while chanting pro-federalism slogans, a Reuters correspondent at the scene said. ...

Senegal's Sall seeks to bolster rule in polls Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:01 PM PDT DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal voted on Sunday in a legislative election in which the west African nation's new president Macky Sall and allies were expected win control of parliament, enabling him to push on with much-needed economic reforms. Sall won against veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade in a vote three months ago seen as a success for African democracy. Victory for Sall's Alliance for the Republic (APR) party and the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition backing him would help the new president, 50, with his drive to boost employment and cut the cost of living for the poor, notably through food subsidies. ...

Crowds protest in Hong Kong as Hu anoints leader Posted: 01 Jul 2012 01:59 PM PDT HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong hours after Chinese President Hu Jintao swore in the city's new leader and urged him to resolve what he called "deep disagreements" among the islanders. The by-now annual July 1 demonstration - marking the end of British colonial rule in 1997 - was the biggest in years as people took advantage of Hong Kong's laws that make it the only place in China where public protests are permitted. ...

Attacks on Kenyan churches kill 17 Posted: 01 Jul 2012 01:46 PM PDT NAIROBI (Reuters) - Masked assailants launched simultaneous gun and grenade raids on two churches in a Kenyan town on Sunday, killing at least 17 people in the worst attack in the country since Kenya sent troops into Somalia to crush al Shabaab militants. More than 60 people were wounded in the attacks in Garissa, the north Kenya town which has been used as a base for operations against al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Somalia. "This is the worst single attack since October, when our troops went into Somalia," national police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told Reuters. ...

Barclays chairman to quit; Libor discussed with BoE Posted: 01 Jul 2012 01:38 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays Plc Chairman Marcus Agius is set to quit on Monday as the interest rate rigging scandal takes its first major scalp and threatens to widen to other banks, raising questions about the involvement of the Bank of England. The resignation of Agius, chairman at Barclays for 5-1/2 years, is expected to be announced on Monday, a person familiar with the matter said. Pressure has built on CEO Bob Diamond and Agius to quit following a $453 million fine for Barclays by British and U.S. regulators last week for submitting inaccurate submissions on the Libor interest rate. ...

Venezuela's Chavez, Capriles launch presidential race Posted: 01 Jul 2012 01:29 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO DE YURUANI/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez shook off his health problems to lead a massive rally on Sunday while opposition rival Henrique Capriles took to remote regions for the formal launch of Venezuela's presidential race. Unable to repeat the frenetic campaigning of past elections due to his struggle with cancer, a fist-pumping Chavez nevertheless made a rare appearance at a rally in central Venezuela to underline he is fit enough for the October 7 vote. ...

Barclays Chairman Agius set to quit Monday: source Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:40 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays Plc Chairman Marcus Agius is set to announce his resignation on Monday following the interest rate rigging scandal that has hit the British bank, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday. He will be the first big name to leave following a $453 million fine for Barclays by UK and U.S. regulators last week for submitting inaccurate Libor submissions, which has prompted calls for both Agius and CEO Bob Diamond to quit. Barclays declined to comment. (Reporting by Steve Slater)

Two killed in Yemen as army pursues militants Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:15 PM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - At least two al Qaeda-linked militants were killed as U.S.-backed Yemeni forces pursued fighters driven from their southern strongholds last month, a local official said on Sunday. Hundreds of militants from Ansar al-Sharia have been on the run since they were pushed from towns and cities they had seized during an uprising that forced President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. Ansar al-Sharia - meaning Partisans of Islamic Law - swears allegiance to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which U.S. officials have called the most dangerous offshoot of the global militant network. ...

Support for Obama healthcare law rises after ruling Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voter support for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul has increased following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding it, although majorities still oppose it, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday showed. Among all registered voters, support for the law rose to 48 percent in the online survey conducted after Thursday's ruling, up from 43 percent before the court decision. Opposition slipped to 52 percent from 57 percent. ...

Frances lowers 2012 growth forecast ahead of budget revision Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:13 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France will lower its economic growth forecasts for this year as part of a revised budget the government will present later this week to meet its public deficit targets, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Sunday. The country's national audit office is expected to reveal a shortfall of about 8 billion euros ($10.15 billion) on Monday when it publishes the results of an official review of public finances that new President Francois Hollande ordered, the Journal du Dimanche (JDD) newspaper earlier said. ...

Iran threatens Israel; new EU sanctions take force Posted: 01 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran announced missile tests on Sunday and threatened to wipe Israel "off the face of the earth" if the Jewish state attacked it, brandishing some of its starkest threats on the day Europe began enforcing an oil embargo and harsh new sanctions. The European sanctions - including a ban on imports of Iranian oil by EU states and measures that make it difficult for other countries to trade with Iran - were enacted earlier this year but mainly came into effect on July 1. ...

New Jersey's Christie presses legislators on taxes Posted: 01 Jul 2012 11:14 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stepped up his state budget battle with Democrats by calling for a special session of the legislature on Monday to lecture his opponents on the need for middle-class tax relief. The state's senate and assembly, both of which are controlled by Democrats, traditionally are in recess in July and August. The move follows the Republican governor's signing of a $31. ...

Sudan breaks up protest, blames Zionist plot Posted: 01 Jul 2012 11:05 AM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police fired teargas at protesters angered by rising prices on Sunday, witnesses said, after a senior official accused "Zionist institutions" of fanning anti-government demonstrations which echo Arab Spring unrest elsewhere. For two weeks, anti-austerity protesters have been calling for the resignation of the government of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders. ...

Sunday Sound: Heard on 'This Week' Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:48 AM PDT   Below are some of the notable comments made Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Guests included wife of former Sen. Ted Kennedy Vicki Kennedy, White House chief of staff Jack Lew, Rep. Paul Ryan, Keith Olbermann,  ABC News' George Will,  Democratic strategist and...

Politician seeks to remind Ukraine leader of jailed foe Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian opposition leader on Sunday asked Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski to hand a "Free Yulia" t-shirt to Ukraine's president urging him to release his jailed political foe, hours before the final of the co-hosted Euro 2012 tournament. Hryhory Nemyria, a leader of opposition party Batkivshchyna, used a meeting with Komorowski in Kiev as an opportunity to call for the release of Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. "I gave Komorowski two 'Free Yulia' T-shirts and asked him to hand one over to Yanukovich," Nemyria told reporters. ...

No one-size-fits-all approach to wooing Hispanics Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT In New Mexico, Tomasita Maestas says she will pick the presidential candidate who has the best plan to fix education and the economy.

U.S. tells Rwanda to halt support for Congo rebels Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:36 AM PDT KINSHASA (Reuters) - The United States has called on Rwanda to stop supporting armed rebel groups in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo after a U.N. investigation implicated senior Kigali officials. Fighting in Congo continued over the weekend in hills near the Rwandan border between forces loyal to Kinshasa and fighters from the so-called M23 mutiny. The statement from the United States was the first time the long-standing ally of Rwandan President Paul Kagame has directly addressed the issue of the country's alleged involvement in the Congo mutiny. ...

Boehner: Health Care Law Must Be 'Ripped Out By Its Roots' Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:21 AM PDT House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, pledged a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act on Sunday, saying that it should be "ripped out by its roots" and that Republicans were unwilling to work with and revise the current law."This has to be ripped out by its roots. This is government taking over the entire health insurance industry," he said in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation that aired on Sunday.The ACA was upheld by the Supreme Court on Thursday, leading Republicans to vow to repeal it in full. ...

Republicans to press "Fast and Furious" suit Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:11 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives plans to file a civil suit in federal court in the next several weeks over the Obama administration's refusal to give Congress documents about a failed gun-running probe, House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday. The Justice Department said on Friday it would not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder after he was cited a day earlier by the Republican-led House for contempt of Congress for withholding some documents related to the probe. Holder heads the department. ...

When Parties Not Arguing Health Care, They Squabble Over `Fast and Furious' Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:06 AM PDT The war of words over the botched gun-running sting known as "Fast and Furious" escalated on Sunday, overshadowed but not entirely eclipsed by the debate over President Obama's health care law.

Mali Islamists destroy more holy Timbuktu sites Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:58 AM PDT BAMAKO (Reuters) - Militants from the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group destroyed mausoleums of Sufi saints with guns and pick-axes in the famed Mali city of Timbuktu for a second day, said witnesses on Sunday, ignoring international calls to halt the attacks. The salafist Ansar Dine backs strict sharia, Islamic law, and considers the centuries-old shrines of the local Sufi version of Islam in Timbuktu to be idolatrous. Sufi shrines have been attacked by hard-line Salafists in Egypt and Libya in the past year. ...

Top Republicans press healthcare law repeal effort Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:41 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two top Republicans in Congress vowed on Sunday to push ahead with efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law despite the Supreme Court upholding it, but the White House said it is time to stop fighting and start implementing it. "This has to be ripped out by its roots," House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, said of the 2010 law on the CBS program "Face the Nation." Boehner added: "We will not flinch from our resolve to make sure this law is repealed in its entirety. ...

Gunman kills two outside French nightclub Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:27 AM PDT LILLE, France (Reuters) - A man who was turned away from a nightclub in the French city of Lille returned with a gun and opened fire indiscriminately outside the building on Sunday, killing two people and wounding six others, police said. The shooting will likely lead to renewed debate about France's gun laws, which were brought into public focus by the killing of seven people in March by an Islamist gunman in Toulouse and a spate of gang murders. The Lille gunman killed a nightclub employee and a customer, both in their mid-20s, at about 3 a.m. ...

Egypt's new president faces burden of expectation Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:26 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - If Egypt's new president, Mohamed Mursi, needs any reminder of the weight of expectations bearing down as he begins work, he can glance from a window of the presidential palace. Citizens seeking jobs, compensation from the state or clemency for jailed relatives crowded at the palace gates on Sunday, showing how Mursi's unprecedented popular mandate has raised hopes for a more responsive kind of government. "My name is Alaa Ahmed Bayoumy and I am here to ask for a higher pension," said one 52-year-old among the group mingling with palace security officials. ...

Italy's League seeks clean slate with new leader Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:22 AM PDT ASSAGO, Italy (Reuters) - Italy's scandal-plagued Northern League, the biggest opposition party against Prime Minister Mario Monti's technocrat government, appointed former Interior Minister Roberto Maroni as leader on Sunday to take it into elections early next year. Maroni, who steered anti-immigration measures into law as a member of Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right cabinet, must now restore the image of the party hit by a corruption probe that forced founder Umberto Bossi to step down three months ago. ...

Pelosi Health Insurance Mandate 'Myth Buster' Busted Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:15 AM PDT The health care section for the official website for Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi may need a little bit of an update. The website still includes a posting from 2009 — when the House was in the middle of the intense debate over President Obama's...

U.S. praises EU embargo of Iranian oil, presses Tehran Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:12 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House praised the European Union for prohibiting Iranian crude oil imports into the 27-nation-bloc on Sunday and said Tehran had an opportunity in talks this week to make progress on international concerns about its nuclear program. "The United States welcomes the European Union's prohibition of all Iranian crude oil imports and other sanctions on Iran's oil industry, which go into full effect today," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement. ...

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