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• Obama to voters: Don't let the GOP get you down
• Mormons praise Romney for spotlighting the faith
• Obama says he's a 'huge Clint Eastwood fan'
• Thirteen police injured in Northern Ireland sectarian clashes
• Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon dies in South Korea
• At Jackson Hole, a growing fear for Fed independence
• Biden: Romney ready for war with Syria, Iran
• Obama to voters: Don't let the GOP get you down
• For unions, holiday begins somber election countdown
• Massacre trial exposes inconvenient truth for India's BJP
• Moon, self-declared messiah of Unification Church
• Europe's carmakers ready cuts to emulate Detroit
• Clint Eastwood Gets Cut From Romney RNC Video
• Mormons praise Romney for spotlighting the faith
• Obama tells students: 'Don't boo. Vote.'
• Obama, Romney tied as Democrats go into convention: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• Are Americans better off? Obama aides won't say
• French PM warns vote vs fiscal pact would weaken Hollande
• Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus
• Fellow Mormons laud Romney for raising church's profile
• Dems seek to exploit advantage on foreign policy
• Biden: Romney wants war with Syria, Iran
• Syrian forces shell village, kill 25: opposition
• Russia to quiz Britain over Magnitsky list: report
• Source: NY probing equity firms, including Bain
• Gulf Arab ministers say integration plan needs more discussion
• Activists, police plan for big protests at Democratic convention
• JW Marriott Thanks Romney for Bringing Attention to Mormonism
• Sunday Sound: Heard on 'This Week'
• Biden Calls Romney 'Out of Touch' on Foreign Policy
• Democratic Convention A Chance to Sell Obamacare
• Biden: Romney ‘Out of Touch’ on Foreign Policy
• Like GOP, Dems Likely to Offer Little on Education

Obama to voters: Don't let the GOP get you down Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT President Barack Obama has a warning these days for young voters: Mitt Romney and the Republicans want to keep you away from the polls.

Mormons praise Romney for spotlighting the faith Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:32 PM PDT Republican Mitt Romney, the first Mormon presidential nominee of a major political party, sat in the Wolfeboro Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday as, one by one, members of his congregation credited him for bringing the faith more into the public eye.

Obama says he's a 'huge Clint Eastwood fan' Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:18 AM PDT President Barack Obama says he's a "huge Clint Eastwood fan," even in the aftermath of the actor's rambling "invisible Obama" monologue at the GOP convention.

Thirteen police injured in Northern Ireland sectarian clashes Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:53 PM PDT BELFAST (Reuters) - At least 13 police were injured in clashes between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland on Sunday in a dispute over the rights of the two communities to hold parades in the area. Police fired water cannon after protesters from both sides threw bottles and stones at officers trying to separate the rival groups in north Belfast. At least three officers were taken to hospital, a police spokeswoman said. The disturbances followed a march by a Catholic Irish nationalist band in an area where pro-British Protestant groups were recently barred from marching. ...

Unification Church head Sun Myung Moon dies in South Korea Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:42 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Sun Myung Moon, the founder and head of the Unification Church which has millions of followers around the world, died at a retreat near the South Korean capital Seoul on Monday, church officials said. Moon was 92 and had suffered complications from pneumonia, the officials said. Moon had been hospitalized in Seoul in mid-August and was moved to the retreat last week when his family and church believed there was little chance of recovery. ...

At Jackson Hole, a growing fear for Fed independence Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:39 PM PDT JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Increasing political encroachment on the Federal Reserve, particularly from the Republican Party, could threaten the central bank's hard-won independence and undermine confidence in the nearly 100-year old institution. That was the pervasive sentiment among economists gathered at the Fed's annual monetary policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Against the dramatic backdrop of the Grand Teton mountain, many said a closely-contested presidential race has turned the monetary authority into a political football. ...

Biden: Romney ready for war with Syria, Iran Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:33 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republican rival Mitt Romney is "ready to go to war in Syria and Iran" while hurting the middle class.

Obama to voters: Don't let the GOP get you down Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT President Barack Obama has a warning these days for young voters: Mitt Romney and the Republicans want to keep you away from the polls.

For unions, holiday begins somber election countdown Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - After suffering a string of defeats in 2012, U.S. union leaders have little to celebrate, or to look forward to, as they mark the Labor Day holiday on Monday. Stung by losses in former strongholds such as Wisconsin and Indiana, organized labor has pledged to spend more than $100 million to help President Barack Obama win re-election over Republican nominee Mitt Romney and reverse the Republican Party sweep of state legislatures two years ago. ...

Massacre trial exposes inconvenient truth for India's BJP Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:21 PM PDT AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Ten years on, Abdul Sheikh can still hardly believe that the doctor who had performed an ultrasound scan on his pregnant wife turned out to be a ringleader in the orgy of violence that killed both the mother and her unborn child. "I remember hearing the commotion and I rushed out to find Dr. Kodnani inciting a mob of thousands, screaming 'kill those bastards!'," said Sheikh, one of the witnesses whose testimony led last week to the jailing of 31 people for hunting down and slaughtering dozens of Muslims in 2002. ...

Moon, self-declared messiah of Unification Church Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Sun Myung Moon, a self-declared messiah and founder of the Unification Church, died aged 92 on Monday leaving millions of followers and a South Korean-based global empire of religious and business interests. Moon believed he was chosen by Jesus Christ to continue the work of establishing an ideal world of peace and harmony. From 1961 until recently, he oversaw mass weddings at which thousands were matched with spouses they sometimes had just met and who, in some cases, did not even speak the same language. ...

Europe's carmakers ready cuts to emulate Detroit Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:41 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's volume carmakers are returning from summer breaks with their sleeves rolled up, ready to shut plants and lay off staff in what many see as an overdue push to cut costs as their U.S. counterparts did three years ago. In 2009, when the United States rescued General Motors and Chrysler from bankruptcy on condition they close plants and slash jobs to rebuild profits, European governments responded to a slump in vehicle sales by offering car firms aid to do the opposite - maintain employment levels in the hope of a swift recovery. ...

Clint Eastwood Gets Cut From Romney RNC Video Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT A video mash-up of speakers from last week's Republican National Convention does not include an appearance from the "mystery RNC speaker," Clint Eastwood. The two-and-a-half minute video posted today to the Romney campaign's YouTube account features former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, New Mexico Gov....

Mormons praise Romney for spotlighting the faith Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:32 PM PDT Republican Mitt Romney, the first Mormon presidential nominee of a major political party, sat in the Wolfeboro Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday as, one by one, members of his congregation credited him for bringing the faith more into the public eye.

Obama tells students: 'Don't boo. Vote.' Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:20 PM PDT President Barack Obama has a message for college students who don't like Republican Mitt Romney: "Don't boo. Vote."

Obama, Romney tied as Democrats go into convention: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama enters an important campaign week tied with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Sunday, leaving the incumbent an opportunity to edge ahead of his opponent at the Democratic National Convention. With the Democrats set to nominate Obama for a second term this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, the race to the presidential election on November 6 is all knotted up at 45 percent for Obama and 45 percent for Romney among likely voters, the survey found. ...

Are Americans better off? Obama aides won't say Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT Flinching in the face of economic weakness, President Barack Obama's top aides refused to say Sunday in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention if Americans are better off than they were four years ago.

French PM warns vote vs fiscal pact would weaken Hollande Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:34 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault sought to rally a divided left behind the European Union's fiscal compact, arguing that anything but a strong endorsement would weaken President Francois Hollande and France itself. The Socialists have a majority in both houses of parliament, so the treaty, which ties governments to deficit-cutting plans and is a condition of further steps to resolve the euro zone debt crisis, should pass. ...

Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising. Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly guarded Abu Rummaneh district, where another bomb attack killed four of Assad's top lieutenants two months ago. ...

Fellow Mormons laud Romney for raising church's profile Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT WOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Mormon churchgoers on Sunday thanked Mitt Romney for raising the church's profile in his race for the White House and praised the Republican candidate's acceptance speech at a nominating convention in Tampa, Florida last week. Romney, who would be the first Mormon president if he wins the November 6 election, sat smiling with his wife, Ann, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, spoke about their faith and lauded the former Massachusetts governor's performance at the Republican National Convention (RNC). ...

Dems seek to exploit advantage on foreign policy Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:09 PM PDT Democrats sought to push foreign policy, one of President Barack Obama's strengths, to the forefront of the White House campaign Sunday, casting Republican Mitt Romney as out of touch with the nation's international priorities and unprepared to manage them.

Biden: Romney wants war with Syria, Iran Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republican rival Mitt Romney is "ready to go to war in Syria and Iran" while hurting the middle class.

Syrian forces shell village, kill 25: opposition Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:01 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 25 men on Sunday when they shelled and stormed al-Fan, a Sunni Muslim village in the province of Hama, opposition campaigners said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, which documents the government crackdown on the revolt against Assad, said most of the men appear to have been killed by shelling, but an unspecified number were executed when troops stormed the village later. ...

Russia to quiz Britain over Magnitsky list: report Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to Britain will demand a response from the Foreign Office after reports that London might have blacklisted Russian officials for their alleged role in the prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, RIA news agency said on Sunday. The Sunday Times reported that British Home Secretary Theresa May had sent a list of 60 Russians, including judges, intelligence officers and prosecutors, to the British embassy in Moscow and that they could be banned from entering the country. ...

Source: NY probing equity firms, including Bain Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:39 AM PDT New York's attorney general is investigating tax strategies of some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, an official familiar with the probe said Sunday.

Gulf Arab ministers say integration plan needs more discussion Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:36 AM PDT JEDDAH (Reuters) - Gulf Arab foreign ministers said a plan to integrate their six countries, proposed by Saudi Arabia last year as a response to Middle East turmoil, needed more discussion after they met in Jeddah on Sunday. Saudi King Abdullah had urged the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to move "to the stage of unity in a single entity" at the end of a speech in December that focused on last year's Arab uprisings and a perceived threat from Shi'ite Muslim power Iran. ...

Activists, police plan for big protests at Democratic convention Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:10 AM PDT CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The big protests that were planned outside the Republican National Convention last week in Tampa, Florida, never really materialized, doused in part by a tropical storm. But activists say they expect a stronger showing this week, when Democrats gather for their nominating convention in Charlotte. Law enforcement and officials in North Carolina say they are prepared if several thousands protesters show up as activists hope, starting with the first major demonstrations of the week on Sunday. "We'll be ready," Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx told Reuters. ...

JW Marriott Thanks Romney for Bringing Attention to Mormonism Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:01 AM PDT BOSTON — The head of the prominent Marriott hotel chain and fellow Mormon J.W. Marriott thanked Mitt Romney today during a Mormon church service for bringing "positive attention" to the religion, which is often considered to be shrouded in mystery. "There has never been as...

Sunday Sound: Heard on 'This Week' Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:54 AM PDT Below are some of the notable comments made Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Guests included White House senior adviser David Plouffe; ABC News' George Will; Priorities USA co-founder Bill Burton; Romney campaign senior adviser and former Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kerry Healey; Democratic strategist...

Biden Calls Romney 'Out of Touch' on Foreign Policy Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:45 AM PDT YORK, Pa. –Vice President Joe Biden went on the attack today against Mitt Romney's foreign policy positions, calling the Republican presidential candidate "out of touch." "Listen to what he says about foreign policy, you caught some of it in his speech. He said it was...

Democratic Convention A Chance to Sell Obamacare Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:43 AM PDT The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, has been making a modest comeback since the Supreme Court ruled in June that it is indeed constitutional. It's now a standard part of President Obama's stump speech, right there with saving the auto industry and killing Osama bin Laden. And last week, senior adviser David Axelrod sent an unusually personal fundraising appeal about his daughter's "intractable epilepsy" when she was seven months old -- a struggle he said "nearly bankrupted our family and burdened her with a pre-existing condition that threatened her future coverage."

Biden: Romney ‘Out of Touch’ on Foreign Policy Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:42 AM PDT YORK, Pa. – Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday kept up his party's push to highlight its foreign-policy differences with Mitt Romney, suggesting the Republican nominee is overly eager to engage militarily in the Middle East.

Like GOP, Dems Likely to Offer Little on Education Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:41 AM PDT Just about anyone you talk to believes that education should be a more important campaign issue than it is. Republicans and Democrats agree that the country's economic future depends on the next generation of children being fully prepared for college and for sophisticated, challenging careers. Few dispute that the global rankings of 15-year-olds in the United States (below average in math, average in reading) fall well short of what the nation will need to compete internationally.

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