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• In Israel, Romney declares Jerusalem to be capital
• Romney: Overpaying taxes disqualifies president
• In Obama era, have race relations improved?
• Turnout falls short of threshold in Romania vote
• In Israel, Romney declares Jerusalem to be capital
• "Greyjing"? Air pollution fouls Beijing's name
• Romney talks tough on Iran during visit to Israel
• Syria strikes putting "nail in Assad's own coffin," Panetta says
• Enbridge races to clean up Wisconsin oil spill, line still shut
• Panetta says Syria's Assad hastening own demise
• In Michigan, a ballot measure to enshrine union rights
• Most vote to impeach Romania president-exit poll
• Romanian president may keep job on low turnout
• Justice Scalia steps up criticism of healthcare ruling
• Assad forces pound Aleppo, declare Damascus victory
• Gunmen storm Yemen ministry, seize Italian
• Saudi Judo athlete to withdraw if hijab banned: paper
• First Pisa, now Rome's Colosseum - it's leaning
• Romney to visit Poland WWII site, meet Lech Walesa
• Jordan opens camp to deal with more Syrian refugees
• Juncker: Euro zone leaders, ECB to act on euro - paper
• Durbin: "Fiscal cliff" solution unlikely before election
• Romney on London: 'I Tell People What … I Believe'
• Romney tries to distinguish Afghan policy
• EU's Juncker pledges to act with ECB in crisis: paper
• Romney: Overpaying taxes disqualifies president
• Sunday Sound: Heard on 'This Week'
• Romney: US, Israel differences embolden enemies
• Enbridge races to clean up Wisconsin oil spill, restart line
• Romney declares Jerusalem to be Israel's capital
• Armed men kidnap Italian diplomat in Yemen: security source
• Romney Not Sure If He's Paid Less Than 13.9% in Taxes
• Cheney calls Palin's selection as 2008 US VP candidate "a mistake"

In Israel, Romney declares Jerusalem to be capital Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:19 PM PDT Standing on Israeli soil, U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday declared Jerusalem to be the capital of the Jewish state and said the United States has "a solemn duty and a moral imperative" to block Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability.

Romney: Overpaying taxes disqualifies president Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:20 AM PDT Mitt Romney says that if he paid more taxes than were required, he wouldn't be qualified to be president.

In Obama era, have race relations improved? Posted: 29 Jul 2012 07:29 AM PDT Ask Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with answers.

Turnout falls short of threshold in Romania vote Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:45 PM PDT BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Turnout in a Romanian referendum to remove President Traian Basescu from office was 46 percent, the election bureau said, meaning the vote was not valid because it was short of a 50 percent threshold. Exit polls showed more than 80 percent voted to impeach Basescu but he would remain in office because of the turnout requirement. "We estimate that 45.9 percent of Romanians registered on voting lists ... have voted by 23.00 (2000 GMT), with a margin error of 3 percentage points," said Gabriela Bogasiu, president of the electoral bureau. ...

In Israel, Romney declares Jerusalem to be capital Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:19 PM PDT Standing on Israeli soil, U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday declared Jerusalem to be the capital of the Jewish state and said the United States has "a solemn duty and a moral imperative" to block Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability.

"Greyjing"? Air pollution fouls Beijing's name Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:13 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - With its parks, centuries-old palaces, history and culture, Beijing should be one of the more pleasant capitals of the world. Instead, it's considered among the worst to live in because of chronic air pollution. Lung cancer rates are rising among the 20 million residents of China's capital, health officials say. For many multinational companies, Beijing is considered a hardship posting and, despite the extra allowances that classification brings, some executives are leaving. ...

Romney talks tough on Iran during visit to Israel Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:07 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Republican candidate Mitt Romney, presenting himself as Israel's best friend in the November 6 presidential election, said on Sunday that "any and all measures" must be used to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. A top aide said Romney would support an Israeli military strike if all options had been exhausted, but the candidate himself balked at repeating that position. ...

Syria strikes putting "nail in Assad's own coffin," Panetta says Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:06 PM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - Attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo are putting the nail in the coffin of President Bashar al-Assad's government, showing he lacks the legitimacy to rule, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Sunday. Panetta, speaking at the start of a weeklong trip to the Middle East and North Africa, did not offer any new steps the United States might take even as he renewed calls for a united international effort "to bring the Assad regime down. ...

Enbridge races to clean up Wisconsin oil spill, line still shut Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:02 PM PDT GRAND MARSH, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Canada's Enbridge Inc on Sunday worked to repair a major pipeline that spilled more than 1,000 barrels of oil in a Wisconsin field, provoking fresh ire from Washington over the latest in a series of leaks. The spill on Friday -- almost two years to the day after a ruptured Enbridge line fouled part of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan -- has forced the closure of a major conduit for Canadian light crude shipments to U.S. ...

Panetta says Syria's Assad hastening own demise Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:36 PM PDT Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of helicopter gunships to counter a civil uprising will prove to be "a nail in Assad's coffin," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday at the outset of a five-day Mideast tour.

In Michigan, a ballot measure to enshrine union rights Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:22 PM PDT DETROIT (Reuters) - After suffering a string of political setbacks in the U.S. industrial heartland, organized labor hopes Michigan voters will help turn the tide in a November election by supporting a state constitutional amendment for the right to unionize. The union-backed ballot proposal would make collective bargaining a constitutionally protected right and cripple efforts to pass so-called "right to work" legislation in the state. ...

Most vote to impeach Romania president-exit poll Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:21 PM PDT BUCHAREST (Reuters) - About 87 percent of Romanians who voted on Sunday cast ballots to impeach President Traian Basescu, an exit poll by Operations Research for Realitatea television showed, but low turnout was likely to make the referendum fail. The election bureau said turnout was 37.7 percent by 8 p.m. (1.00 p.m. EDT), suggesting that Prime Minister Victor Ponta's leftist Social Liberal Union (USL) would find it hard to reach a required threshold of 50 percent by the time polls close at 11 p.m. to make the referendum result valid. ...

Romanian president may keep job on low turnout Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:19 PM PDT BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Low turnout on Sunday for a referendum to impeach suspended Romanian President Traian Basescu looked likely to derail the effort by his opponents to oust him from office. The election bureau said turnout was 37.7 percent by 8 p.m., suggesting Prime Minister Victor Ponta's leftist Social Liberal Union (USL) would find it hard to get half the electorate to vote by the time polls close at 11 p.m. Unless at least 50 percent of voters cast a ballot, the referendum would be invalid, setting the stage for more clashes between Basescu and his opponents in the government. ...

Justice Scalia steps up criticism of healthcare ruling Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Sunday renewed his criticism of Chief Justice John Roberts' reasoning in upholding President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare law and also said the Constitution undoubtedly permits some gun control. The 76-year-old Scalia - a leading conservative on the court who has served as a justice since 1986 - also was asked whether he would time his retirement in order to let a conservative future president appoint a like-minded jurist. "I don't know. I haven't decided when to retire," Scalia told the "Fox News Sunday" program. "... ...

Assad forces pound Aleppo, declare Damascus victory Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:04 PM PDT ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The government of Bashar al-Assad declared victory on Sunday in a hard-fought battle for Syria's capital Damascus, and pounded rebels who control parts of its largest city Aleppo. Assad's forces have struggled as never before to maintain their grip on the country over the past two weeks after a major rebel advance into the two largest cities and an explosion that killed four top security officials. ...

Gunmen storm Yemen ministry, seize Italian Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped an Italian embassy security officer in Yemen on Sunday and some 100 armed tribesmen loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh stormed the Interior Ministry, demanding to be enlisted in the police force, officials said. A spokesman for the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome said a security officer who is a member of the country's Carabinieri military police had been seized in Yemen and that a crisis committee had been activated. The spokesman declined to give further details. ...

Saudi Judo athlete to withdraw if hijab banned: paper Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian judo competitor, one of the first two female athletes sent to the Olympics by the conservative kingdom, will withdraw if she is not allowed to wear her hijab or headscarf, during bouts, her father was quoted as saying. Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shaherkani is due to compete in the +78 kg judo category on Friday. A Saudi official said earlier this month its female athletes would have to obey Islamic dress codes. ...

First Pisa, now Rome's Colosseum - it's leaning Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:32 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - The ancient Colosseum of Rome, where gladiators fought for their lives, is slanting about 40 cm (16 inches) lower on the south side than on the north, and authorities are investigating whether it needs urgent repairs. Experts first noticed the incline about a year ago and have been monitoring it for the past few months, Rossella Rea, director at the 2,000-year-old monument, said in an article published in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera on Sunday. ...

Romney to visit Poland WWII site, meet Lech Walesa Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:28 AM PDT U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney heads to Poland on Monday, where he will visit the site of the first shots fired in World War II and pay tribute to the country's anti-communist movement.

Jordan opens camp to deal with more Syrian refugees Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:11 AM PDT ZAATARI, Jordan (Reuters) - Jordan braced on Sunday for an expected new influx of refugees from the fighting in Syria by opening a camp with 2,000 tents to accommodate them near the border. Diplomats say around 115,000 Syrians have fled their country, mostly to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, to escape the 17-month rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. The Jordanian authorities say around 130,000 Syrians have come to Jordan since the uprising began, but diplomats say not all of them are classified as refugees. ...

Juncker: Euro zone leaders, ECB to act on euro - paper Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:06 AM PDT BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - The euro zone is at a decisive point and leaders will work with the European Central Bank (ECB) to demonstrate their commitment to the stability of the single currency, Eurogroup head Jean-Claude Juncker said in interviews with European newspapers. Juncker told Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung and France's Le Figaro in reports made available on Sunday that leaders would decide in the next few days what measures to take to tackle Spanish bond yields which last week touched euro-era highs. They had "no time to lose," he said. ...

Durbin: "Fiscal cliff" solution unlikely before election Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is unlikely to resolve looming tax and spending issues before the November 6 elections, a top Senate Democrat said on Sunday, but lawmakers are working on a proposal to tackle the issue after the elections. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said a bipartisan group of eight lawmakers is in talks to develop a solution to the steep tax increases and spending cuts, known as a "fiscal cliff," that take effect at the end of the year if no action is taken. ...

Romney on London: 'I Tell People What … I Believe' Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT JERUSALEM – Mitt Romney shrugged off the suggestion he would like a do-over on his controversial comments about the London Olympics, stating that he says what he "actually believes." He added, however, that after two days of events the games' organization has been "picture perfect."...

Romney tries to distinguish Afghan policy Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:52 AM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is trying to distinguish his Afghan policy from that of President Barack Obama.

EU's Juncker pledges to act with ECB in crisis: paper Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:50 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker told a French newspaper on Sunday there was "no time to lose" in stabilizing the euro zone and decisions would be made by policy makers in the coming days. In the interview published on the website of Le Figaro daily, Juncker said leaders would work together with the European Central Bank, without compromising its independence, in order to stem the market turmoil shaking the single-currency bloc and sending Spanish and Italian bond yields soaring. "We will decide what needs to be done in the next few days. ...

Romney: Overpaying taxes disqualifies president Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:20 AM PDT Mitt Romney says that if he paid more taxes than were required, he wouldn't be qualified to be president.

Sunday Sound: Heard on 'This Week' Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:06 AM PDT Below are some of the notable comments made Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." The Powerhouse Roundtable included Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs and Romney campaign senior adviser Kevin Madden, ABC News' George Will; Democratic strategist and ABC News contributor Donna Brazile; Yahoo!...

Romney: US, Israel differences embolden enemies Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:49 AM PDT Mitt Romney says any public differences between the United States and Israel only embolden adversaries.

Enbridge races to clean up Wisconsin oil spill, restart line Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:48 AM PDT GRAND MARSH, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Canada's Enbridge Inc. on Sunday raced to repair a major pipeline that spilled more than 1,000 barrels of oil in a Wisconsin field, provoking fresh ire from Washington over the latest in a series of leaks. The spill on Friday -- almost two years to the day after a ruptured Enbridge line fouled part of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan -- has forced the closure of a major conduit for Canadian light crude shipments to U.S. refiners and threatens further damage the reputation of a company that launched a more than $3 billion expansion program just two months ago. ...

Romney declares Jerusalem to be Israel's capital Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:46 AM PDT Mitt Romney is calling Jerusalem "the capital of Israel" and is pledging to stand with the U.S. ally.

Armed men kidnap Italian diplomat in Yemen: security source Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Armed men kidnapped an Italian diplomat from outside the Italian embassy in Sanaa on Sunday, a security source said. "The diplomat was near the embassy building when men came by in a car and took him by force. He is responsible for security in the embassy," the source said, adding that it was not known where the men had taken the diplomat. (Reporting by Mohamed Ghobari; Writing by Andrew Hammond, editing by Diana Abdallah)

Romney Not Sure If He's Paid Less Than 13.9% in Taxes Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT JERUSALEM – Mitt Romney could not say today whether he had ever paid a tax rate lower than 13.9 percent, saying he would have to "go back and check." In an exclusive interview with ABC News' David Muir to air tonight on World News, Romney...

Cheney calls Palin's selection as 2008 US VP candidate "a mistake" Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:31 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said in remarks aired on Sunday that 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate was "a mistake" because of her inexperience. Cheney said in an interview with ABC News that the main criterion for anyone being considered as a potential future vice president "has to be: Is this person capable of being the president of the United States. ...

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