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• Obama argues against Romney's "top-down economics"
• Obama: Government not the source of every problem
• GOP's Ryan courts Miami's Cuban-American voters
• Opposition boycott and apathy threaten Belarus election
• Obama argues against Romney's "top-down economics"
• Sudan, South Sudan move towards security deal as U.N. deadline expires
• U.N. investigator urges Morocco to end police torture
• Fiat, Italy govt to examine export-focused measures
• Obama: Government not the source of every problem
• Al Qaeda foe survives Yemen suicide bombing
• U.S. stops 20 Iran officials attending U.N. assembly
• Pakistani bounty placed on anti-Islam filmmaker
• Libyan Islamist militia swept out of Benghazi bases
• Two Islamist militias in Libya's Derna say disbanding: residents
• Egypt Salafi urges U.N. to criminalize contempt of Islam
• Free Syrian Army rebel leaders move from Turkey to Syria
• Obama out to squash GOP hopes for Wisconsin pickup
• Senate votes to shield U.S. airlines from EU's carbon scheme
• Venezuela's Capriles says he'll fix country's problems, not world peace
• Militants or no, Islamist fighters praised at Benghazi hospital
• Chick-fil-A CEO Denies Giving 'Concessions' to Open Chicago Restaurant
• U.S. says Benghazi protests show Libyans won't accept tyranny
• Spotlight on Romney fundraising host Leder
• Tom DeLay still waiting to learn legal fate
• German ex- finance minister wants lender-financed bank bailout fund
• Norway oil workers reach preliminary wage deal, say negotiators
• China envoy warns Canada against politicizing Nexen deal
• Merkel, Hollande pledge to consult on EADS
• Strauss-Kahn group rape inquiry to be shelved: report
• Ryan Visits Miami to Woo Cuban-American Voters
• What Congress did and didn't do in its final week
• Obama Campaign Shifts Gears in Wisconsin Strategy
• Turkey deploys heavy weapons to Syrian border: TV

Obama argues against Romney's "top-down economics" Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT President Barack Obama worked to squash GOP hopes for a resurgence of support in pivotal Wisconsin on Saturday, pushing back against his GOP rival's arguments against an overly intrusive government. Mitt Romney countered with his own pitch to middle-class voters, saying that the president had fostered a culture of "government dependency" that hinders upward mobility.

Obama: Government not the source of every problem Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:29 PM PDT President Barack Obama counters rival Mitt Romney by declaring that government can't solve every problem but is not the source of every problem. He says Americans should not only accept responsibility for themselves but also for their communities and the nation.

GOP's Ryan courts Miami's Cuban-American voters Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:54 AM PDT Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is courting Cuban-American voters with promises to be tougher on the Castro government than President Barack Obama.

Opposition boycott and apathy threaten Belarus election Posted: 22 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT MINSK (Reuters) - A Belarussian parliamentary election on Sunday is likely to reinforce hardline President Alexander Lukashenko's grip on the small former Soviet country despite a boycott call from the dispirited opposition. The two main opposition parties have urged people to go fishing and mushrooming rather than vote in what they see as a sham exercise to produce a chamber which largely rubber-stamps Lukashenko's directives. ...

Obama argues against Romney's "top-down economics" Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT President Barack Obama worked to squash GOP hopes for a resurgence of support in pivotal Wisconsin on Saturday, pushing back against his GOP rival's arguments against an overly intrusive government. Mitt Romney countered with his own pitch to middle-class voters, saying that the president had fostered a culture of "government dependency" that hinders upward mobility.

Sudan, South Sudan move towards security deal as U.N. deadline expires Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:52 PM PDT ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan have taken a step towards a border security agreement that will allow oil exports to resume, officials said on Saturday, paving the way for their leaders to sign a deal to end hostilities at a summit in Ethiopia. Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his southern counterpart Salva Kiir are expected to hammer out the border agreement in Addis Ababa on Sunday, to meet a deadline set by the U.N. Security Council. The neighbors reached an interim deal in August to revive southern oil exports that must transit the north to reach Red Sea ports. ...

U.N. investigator urges Morocco to end police torture Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:44 PM PDT RABAT (Reuters) - The United Nations' special rapporteur said on Saturday torture against people suspected of national security crimes in Morocco was systematic and urged the country to quickly end ill treatment in its prisons and police detention centers. At the end of a rare fact-finding mission at the invitation of Moroccan authorities, Juan Mendez told reporters there was also evidence of torture being inflicted on people held in prisons and detention centers in the disputed Western Sahara, which Rabat controls. ...

Fiat, Italy govt to examine export-focused measures Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:40 PM PDT MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Fiat and the Italian government said on Saturday they will look for ways to improve the company's manufacturing efficiency, as the automaker pledged to keep building cars in Italy while shifting its focus to foreign export markets. Fiat's decision in late August to freeze planned investments to avoid further losses in a weak car market has sparked a firestorm of criticism from trade unions and politicians. Unions are worried about potential job losses if the company eventually shifts manufacturing to countries where wages are lower. ...

Obama: Government not the source of every problem Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:29 PM PDT President Barack Obama counters rival Mitt Romney by declaring that government can't solve every problem but is not the source of every problem. He says Americans should not only accept responsibility for themselves but also for their communities and the nation.

Al Qaeda foe survives Yemen suicide bombing Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT ADEN (Reuters) - A suicide bomber failed on Saturday in an assassination attempt on a former Islamist in Yemen who helped drive al Qaeda militants out of a southern region this year, a security source and resident said. Abdul-Latif al-Sayed had just got into a parked car with three others after dining in a restaurant in the southern port city of Aden when the bomber struck, the security source said. The bomber died in the explosion and the four victims were in hospital with serious injuries. ...

U.S. stops 20 Iran officials attending U.N. assembly Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:14 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States has denied visas to about 20 Iranian government officials hoping to attend next week's United Nations General Assembly, including two ministers, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Saturday. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a regular at the assembly since he took office in 2005, will give his final speech there on Wednesday and will address a meeting on the "rule of law" on Monday. But of the 160-or-so visas requested by the Iranian delegation two months ago, about 20 were turned down, Fars said. ...

Pakistani bounty placed on anti-Islam filmmaker Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:13 PM PDT PESHAWAR (Reuters) - A Pakistani minister offered $100,000 on Saturday to anyone who kills the maker of an online video which insults Islam, as sporadic protests rumbled on across parts of the Muslim world. "I announce today that this blasphemer, this sinner who has spoken nonsense about the holy Prophet, anyone who murders him, I will reward him with $100,000," Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour told a news conference, to applause. "I invite the Taliban brothers and the al Qaeda brothers to join me in this blessed mission. ...

Libyan Islamist militia swept out of Benghazi bases Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - An Islamist militia was driven out of the city of Benghazi early on Saturday in a surge of anger against the armed groups that control large parts of Libya more than a year after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. A spokesman for Ansar al-Sharia, which some U.S. and Libyan officials blame for the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, said it had evacuated its bases "to preserve security in the city". ...

Two Islamist militias in Libya's Derna say disbanding: residents Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:03 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The two main Islamist militias in Derna, a city in eastern Libya known as an Islamist stronghold, withdrew from their five military bases and announced they were disbanding, residents said on Saturday. "Abu Slim had three camps and Ansar al-Sharia had two. So it's five. Empty. All empty," Siraj Shennib, a 29-year-old linguistics professor who has been part of protests against the militia, said by telephone. (Reporting by Peter Graff; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Ralph Gowling)

Egypt Salafi urges U.N. to criminalize contempt of Islam Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's president and other Muslim leaders should demand the U.N. criminalize contempt of religion after the release of an anti-Islamic film and cartoons which demonstrate growing racism, said the leader of the biggest ultra-orthodox Islamist party. Despite doctrinal and political differences with President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafist Nour Party played a key role in supporting it during presidential elections in June. Led by Emad Abdel Ghaffour, it now ranks as the second-largest party in parliament and plays a formidable force in Egypt's new politics. ...

Free Syrian Army rebel leaders move from Turkey to Syria Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:47 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has moved its leadership for the first time from Turkey to parts of Syria that are now controlled by rebels, the group's commander-in-chief said on Saturday. The FSA has been based in Turkey for more than a year as fighters have struggled to battle forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Although rebels now control large swathes of Syria, they face air and artillery attack from Assad's forces. ...

Obama out to squash GOP hopes for Wisconsin pickup Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:34 PM PDT President Barack Obama worked to squash GOP aspirations for a resurgence of support in pivotal Wisconsin on Saturday as campaign rival Mitt Romney pinned his hopes of making inroads there on an argument that hard-pressed middle-class voters would do better with a Republican in the White House.

Senate votes to shield U.S. airlines from EU's carbon scheme Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate unanimously passed a bill on Saturday that would shield U.S. airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights, pressuring the European Union to back down from applying its emissions law to foreign carriers. The European Commission has been enforcing its law since January to make all airlines take part in its Emissions Trading Scheme to combat global warming, prompting threats of a trade fight. ...

Venezuela's Capriles says he'll fix country's problems, not world peace Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:25 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition standard bearer Henrique Capriles mocked President Hugo Chavez's grandiose campaign pledges two weeks before the election, and vowed to fix voters' daily problems if he wins. Capriles, a 40-year-old state governor, said the socialist leader was more interested in promoting his self-styled revolution around the globe than in addressing local issues such a power cuts, unemployment and high crime rates. ...

Militants or no, Islamist fighters praised at Benghazi hospital Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Before the Ansar al-Sharia fighters came and took over security, al-Jalaa hospital was a terrifying place to work. Now that the militia has been swept out of Benghazi on a wave of public anger after the killing of the U.S. ambassador, Dr Abdulmonin Salim is one person who will miss them. "Really honestly? They were very nice guys," he told Reuters inside a ward in what is one of the biggest trauma hospitals in eastern Libya, now guarded by a military police unit that arrived after the militia fighters left the previous night. U.S. ...

Chick-fil-A CEO Denies Giving 'Concessions' to Open Chicago Restaurant Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT Chick fil-A has "made no … concessions" regarding its support of groups that oppose gay marriage, company CEO Dan Cathy said in a statement that was posted online by Mike Huckabee, denying a statement by a Chicago alderman that the company said it would reevaluate...

U.S. says Benghazi protests show Libyans won't accept tyranny Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday the anger against Islamist militias in Benghazi was a clear sign Libyans were not prepared to allow what it called extremists to dominate. "It's the view of this administration that it's a pretty clear sign from the Libyan people that they're not going to trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tyranny of the mob," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. ...

Spotlight on Romney fundraising host Leder Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:36 PM PDT NEW YORK/MIAMI (Reuters) - Marc Leder, the host of the fundraiser where Mitt Romney labeled 47 percent of Americans as people who paid no tax and believed the government has a responsibility to care for them, has spent most of his career in relative obscurity. But the 50-year-old private equity executive, who made his fortune buying and selling distressed companies, has been thrust into the headlines, finding his way first into the tabloids as the result of a contentious divorce and raucous parties and, more recently, onto the front pages thanks to the Romney event. ...

Tom DeLay still waiting to learn legal fate Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — still waiting to learn his legal fate since being convicted nearly two years ago for his role in a scheme to influence Texas elections — is praying for vindication but also preparing for the possibility of imprisonment.

German ex- finance minister wants lender-financed bank bailout fund Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:42 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Former German finance minister Peer Steinbrueck, who could challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's election, wants to create a bank bailout mechanism funded by lenders rather than governments, a German news magazine reported. "If a bank is on the brink of bankruptcy, it should not be immediately be helped with government money," Steinbrueck was quoted as saying by Der Spiegel, in an advance copy of an interview due to be published on Sunday. "Creditors and shareholders have to do their bit first. ...

Norway oil workers reach preliminary wage deal, say negotiators Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:34 AM PDT (Reuters) - Norwegian energy firms and oil services workers reached a preliminary wage deal on Saturday, raising hopes the sides could avoid another strike after labor action in July hamstrung the world's eighth-largest oil exporter. The sides agreed on a 4.5 percent wage increase plus an rise in various supplements, subject to a ballot by the 5,800 employees covered under a collective agreement, negotiators said in separate statements. "Negotiations have yielded a new proposal for next year's wage agreement ... ...

China envoy warns Canada against politicizing Nexen deal Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - China's ambassador to Canada warned in remarks published on Saturday against letting domestic politics drive the Canadian government's decision on whether to approve a Chinese state-owned oil company's proposed $15.1 billion takeover of Calgary-based Nexen Inc. "Business is business. It should not be politicized," Ambassador Zhang Junsai said in an interview with Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper. ...

Merkel, Hollande pledge to consult on EADS Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:25 AM PDT LUDWIGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - France and Germany pledged on Saturday to consult closely on plans by Airbus parent EADS and Britain's BAE Systems to forge a new aerospace and defense giant, but announced no joint decisions on the $45 billion merger plan. The tie-up would create the world's largest integrated defense and aerospace company with annual sales of $93 billion, but is fraught with national economic and security concerns. "We didn't make any decisions... ...

Strauss-Kahn group rape inquiry to be shelved: report Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:33 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors are set to shelve an inquiry into accusations of group rape by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and three friends after a crucial witness retracted her allegations, according to an unsourced report by newspaper Le Figaro. The inquiry was opened in May as part of an investigation into Strauss-Kahn's ties to a suspected prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille. It focused on allegations by a prostitute, denied by Strauss-Kahn, that the former IMF chief and friends forced her to have sex in a group in Washington in December 2010. ...

Ryan Visits Miami to Woo Cuban-American Voters Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:25 AM PDT MIAMI — Paul Ryan, flanked by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney's son Craig, greeted a boisterous crowd of voters at a packed Cuban restaurant here at an event targeted heavily at Hispanic and specifically Cuban-American voters and told them a Romney-Ryan administration...

What Congress did and didn't do in its final week Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:21 AM PDT The 112th Congress has been one of the least productive in recent history. A look at what Congress has accomplished and left undone in its final week before leaving for the election campaign:

Obama Campaign Shifts Gears in Wisconsin Strategy Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:49 AM PDT MILWAUKEE — It's been 220 days since President Obama last visited Wisconsin. He avoided involvement in the state's high-stakes gubernatorial recall earlier this year, has not campaigned for re-election here, and has spent little cash on TV ads, all largely because he hasn't had to....

Turkey deploys heavy weapons to Syrian border: TV Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:29 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's military deployed armored vehicles and heavy weaponry to the border with Syria on Saturday, near a crossing that has seen intense fighting between rebels and government forces, local media said. The deployment is reportedly in an area where earlier this week Turkish civilians were wounded when stray bullets and shelling crossed the border from the Syrian province of al-Raqqa. CNN Turk television said artillery fire had landed close to the Turkish border overnight, causing panic among local residents. ...

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