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• Medicare in focus as Obama, Ryan trade charges
• Obama, Romney compete for undecideds, stoke base
• Romney wants running mate to play it safe, for now
• Medicare in focus as Obama, Ryan trade charges
• Obama: Ryan Plan Means Lower Taxes for Romney
• Yemeni secessionist leader released
• ECB could assume supervision in bank union: Demetriades
• Mine violence hits at South Africa political power nexus
• Bickering over bona fides in Montana Senate race
• Ryan puts personal spin on Medicare debate
• Ecuador rallies Latin America in Assange battle with UK
• India: Text message threats, rumors came from Pakistan
• French finance minister sees economy growing in 2013: report
• Paul Ryan: Wisconsin roots, Washington clout
• At least 18 killed in Yemen attack on intelligence HQ
• UK, Ecuador seek solution to deadlock over Assange
• Obama, Romney compete for undecideds, stoke base
• Paul Ryan Makes an Emotional Pitch for Medicare Plan in Florida
• Romney, Busy Fundraising, Wishes He Was on the Stump
• Romney says he needs to keep big fundraising push
• Obama slams Romney, Ryan on Medicare
• Romney wants running mate to play it safe, for now
• EU's Ashton condemns "hateful" Iran remarks on Israel
• Medicare in focus as Ryan, mom appear in Florida
• Egypt's Mursi to visit Iran end of August: state agency
• Michelle Obama to meet families of Sikh temple shooting victims
• Romney wants risky pick Ryan to play it safe
• Budget breather for Greece would spur economic recovery: report
• German finance minister: no new aid program for Greece
• A look at Rep. Paul Ryan
• POTUS to Say in NH: Under Ryan Plan, Romney Would Have Paid Less Than 1 Percent in Taxes - Is It True?
• Biographical information on Ann Romney
• Biographical information on Michelle Obama

Medicare in focus as Obama, Ryan trade charges Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:57 PM PDT Who loves Medicare more? President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's running mate vied for that distinction Saturday as Medicare became the latest flashpoint in a presidential campaign of flying elbows.

Obama, Romney compete for undecideds, stoke base Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:46 AM PDT Rushing toward their party conventions, the rival presidential campaigns are trying to invigorate core supporters while reaching out to a sliver of undecided voters who harbor doubts about President Barack Obama yet aren't sold on Republican Mitt Romney.

Romney wants running mate to play it safe, for now Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT Mitt Romney wants running mate Paul Ryan to play it safe.

Medicare in focus as Obama, Ryan trade charges Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:57 PM PDT Who loves Medicare more? President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's running mate vied for that distinction Saturday as Medicare became the latest flashpoint in a presidential campaign of flying elbows.

Obama: Ryan Plan Means Lower Taxes for Romney Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT By ALEX MARINO, MATTHEW LAROTONDA and DEVIN DWYER WINDHAM, N.H. — President Obama today ratcheted up attacks on Mitt Romney over his personal tax rate, accusing the presumptive GOP nominee of choosing a running mate whose budget plan would reduce his tax burden to less...

Yemeni secessionist leader released Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:46 PM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - A Yemeni southern secessionist leader who was arrested on arrival in Aden from Britain on Wednesday said on Saturday he had been released by the security forces. Ahmed Abdullah al-Hassani had been living abroad but Yemeni media reported last week that he was planning to return to meet other leaders of the southern secessionist movement in Aden, the capital of the former state of South Yemen. He was then seized by a group of armed men who boarded the plane to arrest him, other separatist politicians said. ...

ECB could assume supervision in bank union: Demetriades Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:13 PM PDT NICOSIA (Reuters) - Common supervision of European banks, possibly by the European Central Bank, would help restore confidence and protect the financial system, ECB Governing Council member Panicos Demetriades was quoted on Sunday as saying. German business newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Friday, citing European Commission sources, that the Commission would next month propose giving the European Central Bank supervision over all of the euro zone's major banks. ...

Mine violence hits at South Africa political power nexus Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:08 PM PDT MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34 deaths this week could also wound the ruling ANC and its main labor ally, laying bare workers' anger over enduring inequalities in Africa's biggest economy. Thursday's shooting, bringing back memories of apartheid-era violence, underlined that after 18 years in power the African National Congress and its union partner have not been able to heal the fissures of income disparity, poverty and joblessness scarring the country. ...

Bickering over bona fides in Montana Senate race Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT Denny Rehberg often wears cowboy boots while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, telling stories about his ranching background and bashing the "death tax" and "Obamacare," characterizations popular with Montana's rural residents.

Ryan puts personal spin on Medicare debate Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:48 PM PDT THE VILLAGES, Florida (Reuters) - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Saturday put a personal spin on the debate over Medicare, bringing his 78-year-old mother on stage at a speech to seniors in Florida where he vowed to safeguard the health care program for the elderly. Criticized by Democrats as the author of a cost-cutting budget proposal, Ryan has tried to distance himself from his own plan to curb Medicare benefits since Mitt Romney named him as his running mate a week ago. ...

Ecuador rallies Latin America in Assange battle with UK Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:39 PM PDT QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Saturday cast the Andean country's tensions with Britain over asylum for WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange as a menace to Latin America, warning the UK that it should think twice before trampling on the region's sovereignty. Incensed by London's threat to break into the Ecuadorean embassy where the former hacker is taking refuge, Correa's government has accused Britain of "colonial" bullying and has formally granted the Australian asylum. ...

India: Text message threats, rumors came from Pakistan Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:20 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Most of the threatening mobile phone text messages and website images that spread panic among migrants from cities in the south and west of India last week originated in Pakistan, India's interior ministry said on Saturday. Thousands of students and workers from India's northeast fled Mumbai, Bangalore and other cities, fearing retaliation for recent violence against Muslims in Assam, one of the states in their far-flung corner of the country. ...

French finance minister sees economy growing in 2013: report Posted: 18 Aug 2012 12:23 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France economy has the potential to rebound in 2013 and there are no plans to lower growth forecasts for next year, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said in an interview to be published on Sunday by weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. "Once we are able to regain momentum in Europe and France, we have a real potential for growth in 2013," said Moscovici, dismissing suggestions that the government may be preparing to lower its 1.2 percent growth target for 2013. "It's not the case," said Moscovici. ...

Paul Ryan: Wisconsin roots, Washington clout Posted: 18 Aug 2012 12:18 PM PDT Since his youth, Paul Ryan has shown a knack for eliciting mixed feelings.

At least 18 killed in Yemen attack on intelligence HQ Posted: 18 Aug 2012 12:04 PM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants killed at least 18 Yemeni soldiers and security guards on Saturday in a car bombing and grenade attack on the intelligence service headquarters in Aden, the Defence Ministry and witnesses said. The ministry said more bodies were believed buried under the rubble of the building, part of which was leveled in the attack in the southern port city. At least seven others were wounded before the militants fled. ...

UK, Ecuador seek solution to deadlock over Assange Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:48 AM PDT Britain is seeking an amicable solution with Ecuador to their diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a U.K. official insisted Saturday, as the secret-spiller prepared to make his first public statement since the Latin American nation confirmed it would offer him asylum.

Obama, Romney compete for undecideds, stoke base Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:46 AM PDT Rushing toward their party conventions, the rival presidential campaigns are trying to invigorate core supporters while reaching out to a sliver of undecided voters who harbor doubts about President Barack Obama yet aren't sold on Republican Mitt Romney.

Paul Ryan Makes an Emotional Pitch for Medicare Plan in Florida Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:12 AM PDT THE VILLAGES, Fla. – In front of thousands of Florida seniors, Republican vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan made a highly emotional appeal for his Medicare reforms and slammed a 15-member board charged with slowing the cost growth of the popular entitlement program.

Romney, Busy Fundraising, Wishes He Was on the Stump Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:49 AM PDT Pausing to forage for snacks aboard a charter flight between fundraisers today, Mitt Romney said today he wished he was out campaigning, and blamed President Obama for having to spend so much time seeking cash. "That's a challenge with a president who blew through the...

Romney says he needs to keep big fundraising push Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:41 AM PDT Mitt Romney says he needs to keep raising money at a furious pace because President Barack Obama broke all fundraising marks four years ago.

Obama slams Romney, Ryan on Medicare Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:36 AM PDT President Barack Obama sharply criticized rival Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan on Medicare, saying the Republican challengers would alter the health care system for older Americans by making them pay more so wealthy taxpayers can get a tax break.

Romney wants running mate to play it safe, for now Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT Mitt Romney wants running mate Paul Ryan to play it safe.

EU's Ashton condemns "hateful" Iran remarks on Israel Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:31 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU foreign policy chief said on Saturday that comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called Israel a "cancerous tumour" with no place in a future Middle East, were "outrageous and hateful". Catherine Ashton's language was unusually forthright for the West's chief negotiator over Iran's nuclear program. Ashton "strongly condemns the outrageous and hateful remarks threatening Israel's existence by the Supreme Leader and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran," said a statement by her spokesman. ...

Medicare in focus as Ryan, mom appear in Florida Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:14 AM PDT Paul Ryan, a champion of changing Medicare, spoke as a passionate defender Saturday, promising seniors that he and Mitt Romney would save it, and he introduced his mother to voters to drive home the point that the health program "was there for our family" and "we have to keep that guarantee."

Egypt's Mursi to visit Iran end of August: state agency Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:03 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi will visit Iran to attend the Non-Aligned Movement meetings on August 30, Egyptian state news agency MENA said, the first such visit by an Egyptian head of state to Tehran since the Islamic revolution. MENA quoted sources at the Egyptian presidency saying on Saturday that Mursi "will participate in the summit" on his way back from China. A spokesman for Mursi was not immediately available for comment. Egyptian media reports have suggested Mursi might send his newly appointed deputy, Mahmoud Mekki, instead. ...

Michelle Obama to meet families of Sikh temple shooting victims Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama on Thursday will meet with families of victims of the shooting rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin earlier this month, a White House aide said on Saturday. Six people were killed and four others, including a police officer, were injured on August 5 when Wade Michael Page, an Army veteran with links to racist groups, gunned them down and then killed himself. Obama will go to Milwaukee to meet with immediate family members of those who were killed and injured, the aide said on condition of anonymity. ...

Romney wants risky pick Ryan to play it safe Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:52 AM PDT Mitt Romney wants running mate Paul Ryan to play it safe.

Budget breather for Greece would spur economic recovery: report Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:28 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Finance ministry officials in Greece have calculated that the debt-stricken country's economy will recover faster and its debt be more sustainable if it is given two more years to reduce its budget deficit, a Greek newspaper reported on Saturday. The estimate chimes with the view of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras who has tried, unsuccessfully, to win such an extension in the past and is expected to refloat the proposal next week with the leaders of France and Germany as well as with Jean-Claude Juncker, the Eurogroup chief. ...

German finance minister: no new aid program for Greece Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:22 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Saturday that there were limits to the aid that could be granted to Greece and said the crisis-stricken country should not expect to be granted another program. "It is not responsible to throw money into a bottomless pit," Schaeuble said at a government open day in Berlin. "We cannot create yet another new program. ...

A look at Rep. Paul Ryan Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:22 AM PDT Paul Davis Ryan, 42; born Jan. 29, 1970; Janesville, Wis.

POTUS to Say in NH: Under Ryan Plan, Romney Would Have Paid Less Than 1 Percent in Taxes - Is It True? Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:21 AM PDT Later today in Windham, New Hampshire, President Obama will note that "Congressman Ryan put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1 percent in taxes each year. Here's the kicker: he expects you to pick up the tab. Governor Romney's tax...

Biographical information on Ann Romney Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:26 AM PDT Ann Lois Davies Romney.

Biographical information on Michelle Obama Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:24 AM PDT Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama.

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