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• Ryan says Romney ready to meet challenges
• Analysis: Lagging faith in Romney is GOP challenge
• Romney, Ryan bound by substance, differ in style
• Syrian opposition group not up to job, says ex-member
• Police throng Tampa with GOP convention in town
• Romney slams Obama foreign policy on eve of speech
• Ahead of speech, Ryan surprises Wisconsin friends
• Obama tells voters to watch Republicans, but he's not
• Jeb Bush on RNC: George W. 'Is Smart to Stay Away'
• Assad says Syria buffer zone "unrealistic"
• Abortion ban backers fail to make Colorado ballot
• Top U.S. trade official heads to Southeast Asia for talks
• Meet a Delegate! Republicans Talk About Mitt Romney, Todd Akin, Obama
• Man sent to prison for Internet-based Ponzi scheme
• Ryan, GOP's budget man, takes convention spotlight
• BEER AND BRATS
• France extends euro zone olive branch to Berlin
• Raid book shows bin Laden raid up close
• U.S. drone strike kills suspected militants: Yemen official
• Analysis: Lagging faith in Romney is GOP challenge
• Romney hits Obama on jobs, weighs Gulf Coast trip
• Judge to lift restrictions on Florida voter registration
• Rabbi warns Dutch populist Wilders over ritual slaughter ban
• While US waits, Ryan prepares convention speech
• Lugar, Nunn honored for nuclear security efforts
• Libya assembly suspends 3 members for alleged Gaddafi links
• President Obama Quotes Romney Pollster Dismissing Fact-checkers
• Mexican police attacked CIA officers, ambush probed: sources
• Obama still a draw on college campuses
• GOP convention team reaches out to women, vets
• Arizona Republican's "Middle Easterners" comments spark debate
• U.S. increases drug monitoring in Guatemalan, Honduran waters: official
• Republican convention helps Romney pull even with Obama

Ryan says Romney ready to meet challenges Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:03 PM PDT Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says Mitt Romney is ready to meet -- quote -- "serious challenges in a serious way, without excuses and idle words."

Analysis: Lagging faith in Romney is GOP challenge Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:55 PM PDT Mitt Romney may have a bigger problem than his low likability and favorability ratings. Even among voters who support him, many say he will lose to President Barack Obama.

Romney, Ryan bound by substance, differ in style Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT They're the political world's newest odd couple: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are bound by substance, but differ dramatically in style.

Syrian opposition group not up to job, says ex-member Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:01 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS/ANKARA (Reuters) - The opposition Syrian National Council has failed to overcome internal divisions and is not up to the challenge of overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad, a prominent former member of the group has said. Assad, in a rare television interview, said he would need more time to defeat the rebels and dismissed talk of a Western-imposed buffer zone on Syrian territory as unrealistic. ...

Police throng Tampa with GOP convention in town Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT They seem to be on every street corner. Police officers riding bicycles, horses and golf carts that look like baby Humvees. Metal barricades surround all of Tampa's government buildings. State police, FBI, the Secret Service — some in riot gear — throng the city's streets surrounding the Republican National Convention.

Romney slams Obama foreign policy on eve of speech Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:59 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS/TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday delivered a scathing critique of President Barack Obama's foreign policy, accusing Obama of weakening America's place in the world as he broadened his campaign rhetoric beyond economic concerns. On the eve of the biggest speech of his life to the Republican convention, the former Massachusetts governor sought to counter Democratic criticism of his own inexperience abroad. ...

Ahead of speech, Ryan surprises Wisconsin friends Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:56 PM PDT Finish the speech? Check. Time with the kids? Check. Brats and beers with Wisconsin friends? Check.

Obama tells voters to watch Republicans, but he's not Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:50 PM PDT CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - The White House says President Barack Obama is not monitoring the Republican national convention this week. But the president told several thousand mostly college-age voters on Wednesday that they should be watching the event to help them decide how to vote in the November elections. "In November, your voice will matter more than ever. And listen, if you doubt that, pay a little attention to what's happening in Tampa this week," Obama said. ...

Jeb Bush on RNC: George W. 'Is Smart to Stay Away' Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:43 PM PDT In a Republican convention that has yet to prominently acknowledge the party's last president, George W. Bush, Bush's brother, Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, hinted to ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer that his brother would be a part of his speech on Thursday...

Assad says Syria buffer zone "unrealistic" Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:31 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said talk of a Western-imposed buffer zone on Syrian territory was unrealistic and that the situation in his country was "better", though more time was needed to win the conflict against rebels trying to overthrow him. The bloody 17-month-old uprising against Assad, to which he responded with a brutal security force crackdown, has killed more than 18,000 people according to the United Nations. Turkey has floated the idea of a "safe zone" to be set up for civilians under foreign protection as fighting has intensified. ...

Abortion ban backers fail to make Colorado ballot Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:30 PM PDT The nation's only pending ballot measure to ban abortion in all circumstances has failed to advance to voters in Colorado.

Top U.S. trade official heads to Southeast Asia for talks Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will discuss how the United States can deepen trade ties with fast-growing nations in Southeast Asia in talks this week in Cambodia, U.S. trade officials said. Kirk will join trade ministers from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) at their annual meeting on Thursday and take part in the inaugural ASEAN-U.S. Business Summit focusing on innovation and the digital economy. His trip is also likely to include a stopover in Vietnam. ...

Meet a Delegate! Republicans Talk About Mitt Romney, Todd Akin, Obama Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:24 PM PDT Party conventions are funny things. If one question springs to mind for the average nonactivist, it's probably: Who are these people? Why fly to Tampa to mill about with thousands of like-minded partisans wearing silly outfits and costumes and such? Getting party members all in...

Man sent to prison for Internet-based Ponzi scheme Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:23 PM PDT A man who ran a Ponzi scheme disguised as an online advertising company has been sentenced to 78 months in prison.

Ryan, GOP's budget man, takes convention spotlight Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:17 PM PDT Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan took his party's national convention spotlight Wednesday night as Republicans sought to turn the White House campaign back to the sluggish economy. He was accepting the vice presidential nomination at a gathering struggling for attention as Tropical Storm Isaac cast a pall from the nearby northern Gulf Coast.

BEER AND BRATS Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:17 PM PDT If it's beer and brats, it must be the Wisconsin party.

France extends euro zone olive branch to Berlin Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:09 PM PDT JOUY-EN-JOSAS, France (Reuters) - France's Socialist government made a public show of unity with Germany on Wednesday with pledges to cooperate closely with Berlin on Europe, seeking to dampen talk that Paris was siding with southern European nations against austerity. Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Paris was determined to press ahead with Berlin on stronger economic governance in Europe to resolve the debt crisis -- a persistent German demand but a divisive issue for the ruling Socialist Party in France, where many are reluctant to cede more authority to Brussels. ...

Raid book shows bin Laden raid up close Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:09 PM PDT A Navy SEAL's firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden pulls back the veil on the secret operations conducted almost nightly by elite American forces against terrorist suspects.

U.S. drone strike kills suspected militants: Yemen official Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:08 PM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - A U.S. drone attack killed at least four suspected Islamist militants in a car in a remote province of Yemen, a security official said. The official, who did not want to be named, said the vehicle was struck in the al-Qatn district of the vast Hadramout province in eastern Yemen. Residents said the car was struck by one of three missiles fired from a plane and that charred bodies were pulled from it afterwards. It was not clear if there were other casualties in the attack. ...

Analysis: Lagging faith in Romney is GOP challenge Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:55 PM PDT Mitt Romney may have a bigger problem than his low likability and favorability ratings. Even among voters who support him, many say he will lose to President Barack Obama.

Romney hits Obama on jobs, weighs Gulf Coast trip Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told veterans Wednesday that he'll make finding them jobs a priority as he accused Democratic President Barack Obama of weakening the nation's defenses.

Judge to lift restrictions on Florida voter registration Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:53 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A judge said on Wednesday he would issue a permanent injunction against controversial restrictions on voter registration drives in Florida put in place under a new state election law backed by the state's governor. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle temporarily prohibited Florida in May from enforcing parts of the law that tightened deadlines for groups conducting voter registration drives to submit registration forms. In a ruling on Wednesday, Hinkle said he would grant a permanent injunction against the law's provisions if the case is not appealed to a higher court. ...

Rabbi warns Dutch populist Wilders over ritual slaughter ban Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Israel's leading rabbi has warned Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders that his party's support for a ban of ritual slaughter of animals in the Netherlands is "anti-Semitic" and could drive away the country's Jewish community. Wilders rose to prominence in the Netherlands denouncing the growing influence of Islam in the West, calling for a ban against Muslim immigrants, a halt to the construction of mosques and a ban on Muslim face-veils. Some of his most outspoken supporters are in the conservative, pro-Israeli movement in the United States. ...

While US waits, Ryan prepares convention speech Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT Paul Ryan prepared for the biggest moment of his political career Wednesday, a speech that will introduce him to millions of Americans watching on television as he accepts the Republican vice presidential nomination.

Lugar, Nunn honored for nuclear security efforts Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:47 PM PDT U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar and former Sen. Sam Nunn were honored Wednesday for their role in helping ex-Soviet states secure and dismantle huge stocks of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

Libya assembly suspends 3 members for alleged Gaddafi links Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:47 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's newly elected national assembly on Wednesday suspended three members for having links with former leader Muammar Gaddafi's government, a spokesman said. Omar al-Hassabi, spokesman for the assembly's High Organisation for Transparency and Nationalism, said the suspensions had followed an investigation into the three. "We discovered the three representatives were either members of the Gaddafi Revolutionary Guards or involved in criminal anti-revolutionary activities," Hassabi told Reuters. ...

President Obama Quotes Romney Pollster Dismissing Fact-checkers Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:46 PM PDT CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — President Obama today seized upon a remark by a pollster for his rival's campaign to paint Mitt Romney as determined to "not let the truth get in the way" of his campaign. Speaking to a crowd of roughly seven thousand supporters, many...

Mexican police attacked CIA officers, ambush probed: sources Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:46 PM PDT TRES MARIAS, Mexico (Reuters) - Two U.S. officials shot and wounded by Mexican federal police just south of the capital were CIA officers, security sources say, and the attack could badly hurt U.S.-Mexico cooperation in a war against drug cartels if found to be a deliberate ambush. The pair of experienced officers were on their way to a Mexican Marine base on Friday, working with local authorities on a training mission, when federal police riddled their armored van bearing diplomatic plates with bullets. ...

Obama still a draw on college campuses Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:45 PM PDT The crowds may be smaller and the candidate grayer, but college towns are still proving to be President Barack Obama's best shot at enthusiastic audiences.

GOP convention team reaches out to women, vets Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:35 PM PDT With the Republican National Convention at last in full-throated roar, nominee Mitt Romney and his team reached out Wednesday to critical voting groups — veterans, Hispanics and women — while gleefully mocking the man he is out to defeat in November.

Arizona Republican's "Middle Easterners" comments spark debate Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Remarks by a conservative Arizona Republican Congressional candidate that Middle Easterners' "only goal in life is to cause harm to the United States" have landed her in the midst of a dispute over whether the comments amount to hate speech. Tea Party-backed Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, who was born in Mexico and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, won the Republican primary on Tuesday to run in an Arizona Congressional district that flanks the border in southern Arizona. She faces Democrat Raul Grijalva, a five-term incumbent, in the November general election. ...

U.S. increases drug monitoring in Guatemalan, Honduran waters: official Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:31 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The United States military is ramping up anti-drug trafficking efforts in Guatemalan and Honduran waters to keep up with shifting smuggling routes, a top U.S. military official told Reuters on Wednesday. Gen. Douglas Fraser, head of the U.S. military's Southern Command, said that the coasts along the two Central American countries are top transit spots for South American cocaine destined for the United States. "Key arrival points in Central America are the northeast coast of Honduras and then the Pacific coast of Guatemala," Fraser said. ...

Republican convention helps Romney pull even with Obama Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney pulled even with President Barack Obama in a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Wednesday, getting a boost from his party's nominating convention in Tampa this week. In a four-day rolling poll, Romney and Obama were deadlocked among likely voters at 43 percent each. That was an improvement for Romney from Obama's two-point lead on Tuesday and four-point lead on Monday. "There is movement toward Romney, which is traditional for a convention," Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said. ...

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