Iran could strike U.S. bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah

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• Iran could strike U.S. bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah
• Syrians fleeing war start to trickle into Europe
• UK's Cameron seeks reboot in shuffle of ministers
• Bahrain court upholds sentences against uprising leaders
• Japan to set energy policy but "no stance" on nuclear: minister
• China gives Cambodia aid and thanks for ASEAN help
• Pro-settler vandals attack monastery near Jerusalem
• U.S. nears deal for $1 billion in Egypt debt relief: source
• South Africa police fire teargas as mine unrest spreads
• Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run
• AP PHOTOS: More scenes from the Paralympics
• Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels
• 4 shot at South African gold mine in latest unrest
• French far right to campaign against euro treaty
• Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain
• Israeli police say vandals deface monastery
• Photo Essay: The rubble of a Syrian airstrike
• Report: Journalist confronts Tanzania police, dies
• Madagascar: 67 alleged cattle rustlers killed

Iran could strike U.S. bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:51 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen television. ...

Syrians fleeing war start to trickle into Europe Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:07 PM PDT KOPINGEBRO, Sweden (Reuters) - Ali Jamal travelled thousands of miles on foot, by train and road to flee violence in Syria while Jomaah piled his family into a camper van to smuggle them north to Europe. They have now reached safety in Sweden, some of the growing thousands of Syrians who are evading the European Union's frontier controls to escape the turmoil of the past 18 months. That is raising calls for a more focused European response to a refugee crisis that has seen over 200,000 Syrians flee to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and, especially, Turkey. ...

UK's Cameron seeks reboot in shuffle of ministers Posted: 04 Sep 2012 01:16 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron began a reshuffle of his cabinet on Tuesday that he hopes will tame rebellious politicians on his party's right and revive a recession-hit government suffering a mid-term drop in popularity. The Conservative leader was expected to keep in place his finance and foreign ministers, George Osborne and William Hague, concentrating his firepower on a rejig of middle-ranking ministers. ...

Bahrain court upholds sentences against uprising leaders Posted: 04 Sep 2012 12:53 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - A Bahraini civilian court on Tuesday upheld sentences against 20 leaders of last year's uprising, the government's Information Affairs Authority said, verdicts which could fuel political tensions in the Gulf Arab country. The verdicts, originally issued by a military court, include eight life sentences. Defense lawyers have said the civilian court's decision may still be appealed. Bahrain, where the U.S. ...

Japan to set energy policy but "no stance" on nuclear: minister Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:21 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is scheduled to set national energy policy early next week, Economics Minister Motohisa Furukawa said on Tuesday, although he said the government had not taken any particular position on the main question over the role of nuclear power. An anti-nuclear clamor has grown in Japan since an earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March last year, triggering the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. ...

China gives Cambodia aid and thanks for ASEAN help Posted: 04 Sep 2012 01:03 AM PDT PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - China has pledged more than $500 million in soft loans and grants to Cambodia and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao thanked it for helping Beijing maintain good relations with the regional grouping ASEAN, a Cambodian junior minister said. A summit of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July failed to issue a joint communique for the first time in the group's 45-year history after disagreement over the wording of a section on territorial claims in the South China Sea. ...

Pro-settler vandals attack monastery near Jerusalem Posted: 04 Sep 2012 12:53 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Vandals set fire to the doors of a Christian monastery near Jerusalem on Tuesday and daubed pro-settler graffiti on its walls in a possible retaliation for the eviction of families from an unauthorized outpost. The name of the unauthorized Migron settlement, which was cleared following a court order on Sunday, was scrawled on the well known Latrun Monastery, alongside the words "Jesus is a monkey", said police. ...

U.S. nears deal for $1 billion in Egypt debt relief: source Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is close to a deal with Egypt's new government for $1 billion in debt relief, a senior U.S. official said on Monday, as Washington seeks to help Cairo shore up its ailing economy in the aftermath of its pro-democracy uprising. U.S. diplomats and negotiators for Egypt's new Islamist president Mohamed Mursi - who took office in June after the country's first free elections - were working to finalize an agreement, the official said. ...

South Africa police fire teargas as mine unrest spreads Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:55 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mine near Johannesburg on Monday, the latest outbreak in a wave of labor militancy spreading from platinum mining into other parts of the sector. The unrest occurred less than three weeks after police shot dead 34 striking miners at Lonmin's Marikana mine, the bloodiest security incident since the end of white-minority rule in 1994. ...

Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday.

AP PHOTOS: More scenes from the Paralympics Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:32 AM PDT Britain's Susannah Rodgers, her prosthetic leg resting on the starting block, adjusts her cap before the final of a women's 100m freestyle competition. Eric Bennett of the U.S., who is missing an arm, fires arrows in the archery competition using his mouth. Brazil's Terezinha Guilhermina, who is blind, runs the women's 400 meters with a guide to keep her on course.

Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT The Syrian regime said Monday there will be no dialogue with the opposition before the army crushes the rebels, the latest sign that President Bashar Assad is determined to solve the crisis on the battlefield even if many more of his people have to pay with their lives.

4 shot at South African gold mine in latest unrest Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:11 PM PDT South African police and security guards fired rubber bullets and tear gas Monday at sacked gold miners who were attacking colleagues to block them from working, the mine owner said. Police said four people were wounded at the mine that used to be partially owned by the president's nephew.

French far right to campaign against euro treaty Posted: 04 Sep 2012 12:24 AM PDT The leader of France's far right party says she will organize a campaign against the European treaty that would enact strict and enforceable budget rules.

Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in the Gulf was supposed to be a chance for the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain to showcase its traditions of religious tolerance in a conservative Muslim region where churches largely operate under heavy limitations.

Israeli police say vandals deface monastery Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:30 PM PDT Israeli police say vandals have spray-painted anti-Christian and pro-settler graffiti on a monastery located on a hilltop overlooking the highway linking Tel Aviv with Jerusalem.

Photo Essay: The rubble of a Syrian airstrike Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:45 AM PDT There were a few scattered reminders of whose room it had been before the bombs hit — a framed picture of Barbie and another of a kitten with a pink bow still hanging on the cracked plaster wall, a doll and two teddy bears resting on a pile of rubble.

Report: Journalist confronts Tanzania police, dies Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT The Media Institute of Southern Africa says a prominent journalist has been killed in a confrontation with Tanzanian police who were clashing with rallying supporters of the country's biggest opposition party.

Madagascar: 67 alleged cattle rustlers killed Posted: 03 Sep 2012 02:02 PM PDT Madagascar's police chief says villagers attacked by cattle rustlers turned on the alleged thieves and killed 67 of them.

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