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• Obama: Libya assault 'wasn't just mob action'
• Despite disapproval, someone will win Obama-Romney
• Romney assails Obama after US ambassador's death
• Obama administration warns hospitals on fraud
• Nigeria military says kills 35 Boko Haram Islamists
• G20 deputies say central bank fix not enough for ailing economy
• Morning-after pills made available to N.Y. high school students
• Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy
• Romney assails Obama after US ambassador's death
• Retiring Sen. Snowe of Maine plans book for 2013
• Venezuela's Capriles edges toward Chavez as vote nears - sources
• South Carolina voter ID gets judges' scrutiny
• Libyan leader delivers personal apology for Benghazi attack
• Libyan government puts army in charge of Benghazi militias
• Germany lists EADS/BAE worries while UK starts inquiry
• WTO dispute may offer US critics lever in EADS-BAE merger review
• "Savage" jihad ad debuts in New York City subway
• Clinton urges tolerance amid anti-US protests
• State, local government jobs won't recover until 2017: report
• U.S. dairy, poultry producers press for Canada market openings
• Mexico's Ferrari urges U.S. not to tear up tomato pact
• Obama: Libya assault 'wasn't just mob action'
• Pakistan's top court struggles to deliver justice
• Ryan: Obama weak on defense in battleground Ohio
• Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai Bachchan named U.N. HIV/AIDS envoy
• Wang Yang: reformist credentials tested by Chinese system
• Iran to boycott 2013 Oscar over anti-Islamic film: minister
• U.S. clears path for more sanctions on Iran oil deals
• Court paves way for UK-based cleric's extradition to U.S.
• In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"
• More motherly McMahon aims for GOP upset in Conn.
• Dems give $299,756 for Murphy TV ads in Conn.
• Giant panda cub that died at U.S. zoo had abnormal liver

Obama: Libya assault 'wasn't just mob action' Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT President Barack Obama says "there's no doubt" that the assault of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador "wasn't just a mob action."

Despite disapproval, someone will win Obama-Romney Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT Never have American voters re-elected a president whose work they disapprove of as much as Barack Obama's. Not that Mitt Romney can take much comfort — they've never elected a challenger they view so negatively, either.

Romney assails Obama after US ambassador's death Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:08 PM PDT Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya as a mere "bump in the road" rather than part of a chain of events that threatens American interests.

Obama administration warns hospitals on fraud Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:21 PM PDT Computerized medical records were supposed to cut costs. Now the Obama administration is warning hospitals that might be tempted to use the technology for gaming the system.

Nigeria military says kills 35 Boko Haram Islamists Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:16 PM PDT ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Monday it killed 35 members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram and arrested several during an overnight gunbattle in Damaturu, capital of northeastern Yobe state. Boko Haram, which wants to carve out an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has been blamed for more than 1,000 deaths since its insurgency intensified in 2010. The United States has designated three of Boko Haram's senior members as terrorists. ...

G20 deputies say central bank fix not enough for ailing economy Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:15 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Central bank stimulus is not enough to fix the ailing global economy and governments must increase their efforts to boost growth, Group of 20 officials agreed on Monday. Deputy finance ministers and central bankers of the G20, which is made up of wealthy nations and leading emerging economies, met in Mexico City on Sunday and Monday amid a deepening sense of doom around the global economic outlook. ...

Morning-after pills made available to N.Y. high school students Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:11 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of New York City high schools students have received morning-after pills since the launch of a program that provides emergency contraception through public school nurses, the city's health department said on Monday. Many schools around the nation have long made condoms available to students, but New York health officials said they believe the city is the first to make hormonal contraceptives available. ...

Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:09 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting an anti-Islam video online that ignited Muslim protests around the world will stand trial next Wednesday on charges of insulting religions, the state news agency MENA said on Monday. Computer science graduate Alber Saber, 27, was arrested at his Cairo home on September 13 after neighbors accused him of uploading sections of the film "Innocence of Muslims" and making another movie mocking all religions. ...

Romney assails Obama after US ambassador's death Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:08 PM PDT Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya as a mere "bump in the road" rather than part of a chain of events that threatens American interests.

Retiring Sen. Snowe of Maine plans book for 2013 Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:06 PM PDT Sen. Olympia Snowe plans a few words about politics even after leaving office.

Venezuela's Capriles edges toward Chavez as vote nears - sources Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles edged closer to President Hugo Chavez in an opinion poll but remained 10 percentage points behind the socialist leader in the run-up to the October 7 election, according to two sources who have seen the poll. Respected public opinion firm Datanalisis' survey showed Capriles with 37.2 percent of the vote compared with 47.3 percent for Chavez, closer than the 12.5 percentage point difference registered in the last Datanalisis survey. The poll, which had a margin of error of 2. ...

South Carolina voter ID gets judges' scrutiny Posted: 24 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT Recognizing this year's elections are just a few weeks away, a panel of three federal judges questioned on Monday whether South Carolina should wait until 2014 to put its voter identification law into effect.

Libyan leader delivers personal apology for Benghazi attack Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Libyan leader Mohammed Magarief personally apologized to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday for this month's attack on the consulate in Benghazi, which killed four Americans, and pledged his government would bring the perpetrators to justice. "What happened on 11th of September towards these U.S. citizens does not express in any way the conscience of the Libyan people, their aspirations, their hopes or their sentiments towards the American people," Magarief, the head of Libya's national congress, told Clinton at a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. ...

Libyan government puts army in charge of Benghazi militias Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's government, seeking to assert its authority over private militias following the killing of U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, placed two powerful freelance units in the city under the command of full-time army officers on Monday. Commanders of two units which have, with official sanction, been providing security since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi were ordered removed and the men of the February 17 Brigade and Rafallah al-Sahati militia put under army orders. A third unit, Libya's Shield, would also change leadership, an official said. ...

Germany lists EADS/BAE worries while UK starts inquiry Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Germany has deep reservations about proposals to merge Airbus parent EADS and Britain's BAE Systems , an official document showed, as the British parliament began an inquiry into the planned European defense and aerospace giant. Underlining the complex domestic and international politics surrounding the proposed deal, British Prime Minister David Cameron has also contacted the leaders of France and Germany, seeking to safeguard UK interests should it go ahead. ...

WTO dispute may offer US critics lever in EADS-BAE merger review Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT (Reuters) - A huge transatlantic clash over trade subsidies could sour efforts to get a $45 billion merger of Europe's EADS and BAE Systems Plc approved in the United States, former U.S. officials said. After seven years at the World Trade Organization, the subsidy dispute pitting U.S. aircraft maker Boeing Co against EADS unit Airbus, is edging towards the possible imposition of sanctions just as Britain's BAE Systems prepares to seek crucial U.S. support for the merger. With a big local U.S. presence, BAE must prove that U.S. ...

"Savage" jihad ad debuts in New York City subway Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT (Reuters) - An inflammatory ad equating Islamic jihad with savagery was posted Monday in 10 New York City subway stations, even as much of the Muslim world was still seething over a California-made movie ridiculing the Prophet Mohammad. The ad, sponsored by the pro-Israel American Freedom Defense Initiative, appeared after the Metropolitan Transit Authority lost a bid to refuse to post it on the grounds that it violated the agency's policy against demeaning language. In July, a federal judge ruled it was protected speech and ordered the MTA to place the posters. ...

Clinton urges tolerance amid anti-US protests Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:38 PM PDT Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appealed Monday to Muslims to show "dignity" and not resort to violence as they protest an anti-Islam film produced in the United States.

State, local government jobs won't recover until 2017: report Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:17 PM PDT (Reuters) - State and local government employment won't return to its pre-recession peak until early 2017, following widespread public sector layoffs that have continued this year, global information company IHS Global Insight said on Monday. Total employment by states and cities could grow 3.2 percent to 19.9 million in 2017 from 19.3 million in 2012 - an addition of 620,000 jobs, IHS Global Insight said. ...

U.S. dairy, poultry producers press for Canada market openings Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must fix mistakes it made in the North American Free Trade Agreement by insisting in new trade talks with Canada on unrestricted access to that country's poultry and dairy market, U.S. agricultural groups said on Monday. "All we're asking is that we have an open and free fair trade shot at the border," Bill Roenigk, senior vice president at the National Chicken Council, said at a hearing conducted by the U.S. Trade Representative's office on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact. ...

Mexico's Ferrari urges U.S. not to tear up tomato pact Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department should renegotiate a 16-year-old tomato trade agreement with Mexico rather than give in to election-year demands from Florida growers to tear up the pact, Mexico's Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari said on Monday. Under the agreement, Washington suspended anti-dumping action against Mexico in 1996 and negotiated a minimum price at which Mexican tomatoes can be sold in the United States. Florida tomato growers complain the agreement fails to protect them against Mexican tomatoes sold below the cost of production. ...

Obama: Libya assault 'wasn't just mob action' Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT President Barack Obama says "there's no doubt" that the assault of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador "wasn't just a mob action."

Pakistan's top court struggles to deliver justice Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Each day, the chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court confronts a stack of blue folders stuffed with desperate pleas from residents claiming that corrupt police, inept prosecutors or moribund lower courts have failed them. The files detail heinous crimes, of newlyweds axed to death, children kidnapped and even an unsolved case of a young woman burned alive. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has won acclaim for punishing wrong-doers or delivering justice in a few well-publicized cases. ...

Ryan: Obama weak on defense in battleground Ohio Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama's attempt to cut military spending is putting Americans at risk overseas.

Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai Bachchan named U.N. HIV/AIDS envoy Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:53 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations appointed Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan a goodwill ambassador on Monday, with a mission to help stop new HIV infections in children and promote increased access to anti-retroviral treatment. Rai, who gave birth to her first child in November, will work with the U.N. program on HIV/AIDS, known as UNAIDS, advocating the "Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children and keeping their mothers alive. ...

Wang Yang: reformist credentials tested by Chinese system Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:51 PM PDT GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Wang Yang, Communist Party chief of China's southern Guangdong province and seen by many in the West as a beacon of political reform, encouraged journalists earlier this year to expose the problem of pirated goods - part of his "Three Strikes" campaign against those hawking fake products. But several reporters who heeded his call were sacked. Others had their stories killed. The pattern, a familiar one in Guangdong, is a reminder of the limits of reform in China. ...

Iran to boycott 2013 Oscar over anti-Islamic film: minister Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it would boycott the 2013 Oscars to protest against the making of a crude anti-Islam video in the United States that has caused outrage throughout the Muslim world. Despite tough censorship and the repression of leading film makers, Iranian art cinema has earned international acclaim over the past 20 years. Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" won the Oscar for best foreign language film in February, the first Iranian film to do so. ...

U.S. clears path for more sanctions on Iran oil deals Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:44 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government officially linked Iran's state oil company to the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday, a determination that enables Washington to apply new sanctions on foreign banks dealing with the company. The Treasury Department determined that the National Iranian Oil Company, one of the world's largest oil exporters, is "an agent or affiliate" of the IRGC, which the United States has long put under sanctions for terrorism and human rights abuses. The U.S. ...

Court paves way for UK-based cleric's extradition to U.S. Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights gave final approval on Monday for the extradition of one of Britain's most radical Islamist clerics and four others to the United States, where they face terrorism charges. The decision caps a long legal battle and means Abu Hamza al-Masri could be extradited within weeks. Britain's Home Office, or interior ministry, said it would hand over the suspects "as quickly as possible". ...

In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated" Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:35 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday disregarded a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric and declared ahead of the annual General Assembly session that Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated." Ahmadinejad also said he did not take seriously the threat that Israel could launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, denied sending arms to Syria, and alluded to Iran's threats to the life of British author Salman Rushdie. ...

More motherly McMahon aims for GOP upset in Conn. Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:29 PM PDT Wealthy former professional wrestling executive Linda McMahon is shifting her image from groin-kicking CEO to grandmother in her second bid for Senate in Connecticut. The makeover seems to be working against three-term Democratic Rep. Chris Murphy, putting McMahon suddenly in reach of an upset in the Democratic-leaning state.

Dems give $299,756 for Murphy TV ads in Conn. Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:18 PM PDT Senate Democrats are pouring $299,756 into congressman Chris Murphy's campaign in Connecticut against former pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon.

Giant panda cub that died at U.S. zoo had abnormal liver Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:13 PM PDT (Reuters) - The death of a six-day-old giant panda cub at the National Zoo in Washington - an agonizing blow to wildlife conservation efforts - could be linked to an abnormal liver, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Monday. A day after the zoo's staff failed to revive the cub with lifesaving measures, including CPR, the initial results of an examination showed the panda was likely a female whose body displayed no obvious signs of trauma or infection. "Her coat was beautiful. It was in very good condition," veterinarian Suzan Murray said at a press conference. ...

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