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News: Japan PM atomic energy stance on trial in local poll Venezuela withdrawing from regional human rights court Syria sends armored column to Aleppo, strikes from air Ryan Murphy shrugs off protest of gay adoption TV comedy Poll finds gun owners, even NRA members, back some restrictions Syrian artillery pounds Damascus suburb, creating panic, exodus Army sergeant stands trial in death of Asian-American soldier UK, France agree on more military cooperation Obama: Romney "twisting my words" over small business remark Background check applications for gun buys surge in Colorado U.S. biofuel advocates urge Congress to continue Pentagon funding Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog Ticket broker tied to Romney, 2002 scandal apologizes for new Olympic woes For "Batman" shooting victim, death was final act of heroism EU warms to Google antitrust concessions Colorado shooting victim's wife has baby; 20 still hospitalized Attorney General orders sweeping reforms for New Orleans police Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color Are 2012 Games one too many for London? Christie signs bill to boost New Jersey's solar industry China-Canada oil deal shows more U.S. drilling needed: Senator Pentagon concludes oxygen supply behind F-22 breathing problems New York man to pay fine for unauthorized 1998 Cuba visit Draft U.N. arms trade treaty full of holes, activists say Canada's national chief says developments need native approval New York City's proposed ban on big sugary sodas draws heated debate Rebel gains inevitable but Assad can still seek exit-US Romney accuses Obama of weakness abroad, leaks Crowd protests Pennsylvania voter ID law ahead of court challenge Philadelphia monsignor imprisoned for covering up child sex abuse Syria general says army must reject "regime crimes" White House says Obama could address gun control issue Massachusetts asks U.S. high court to take on gay marriage case U.S. sees no trade sanctions violations by U.N. agency Iraq blacklists Chevron for Kurdish oil deals Canada PM says CNOOC's Nexen bid to be well scrutinized Netanyahu urges better Turkey ties, cites regional turmoil CBO says healthcare ruling could save $84 billion Canadian province threatens to stop proposed oil pipeline Cardinal praises prominent Cuban dissident at funeral Japan PM atomic energy stance on trial in local poll Tue,24 Jul 2012 07:18 PM PDT Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's post-Fukushima nuclear energy policy will be on trial in a local governor's election on Sunday, where an upset victory by a renewable energy candidate would deal Noda's wobbly administration a new blow. Energy policy has become a big headache for Noda, who is battling to hold his Democratic Party (DPJ) together ahead of a possible parliamentary election this year. ... Full Story Top Venezuela withdrawing from regional human rights court Tue,24 Jul 2012 07:14 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday the South American nation is withdrawing from a regional human rights court that Latin America's leftist leaders have increasingly criticized as a pawn of Washington. Allies of Venezuela including Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua have accused the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of improperly weighing in on disputes still being heard in domestic courts and working to undermine leftist governments. ... Full Story Top Syria sends armored column to Aleppo, strikes from air Tue,24 Jul 2012 07:11 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria sent thousands of troops surging towards Aleppo in the early hours of Wednesday, where its forces have been pounding rebel fighters from the air, engulfing the country's largest city in total warfare to put down a revolt. Recent days have seen Syria's 16-month-old uprising transformed from an insurgency in remote provinces into a battle for control of the two main cities, Aleppo and the slightly smaller capital, Damascus, where fighting exploded last week. President Bashar al-Assad's forces have launched massive counter assaults in both cities. ... Full Story Top Ryan Murphy shrugs off protest of gay adoption TV comedy Tue,24 Jul 2012 06:40 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television writer and producer Ryan Murphy on Tuesday shrugged off calls for a boycott of his new TV show about gay adoption, saying members of the conservative group behind the protest would probably like the program if only they watched it. Ryan also revealed that one of the characters in "The New Normal" was portrayed as a member of One Million Moms - the small but vocal group that last week claimed the TV comedy was harmful and damaging to U.S. culture. ... Full Story Top Poll finds gun owners, even NRA members, back some restrictions Tue,24 Jul 2012 06:13 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most gun owners - even current and former members of the National Rifle Association - support some firearms ownership restrictions including criminal background checks for prospective gun buyers, according to a poll commissioned by an anti-gun lobbying group. The survey, conducted by Republican pollster Frank Luntz for the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, was carried out in May but was released on Tuesday in the aftermath of the Colorado movie theater shooting that killed 12 people last week. ... Full Story Top Syrian artillery pounds Damascus suburb, creating panic, exodus Tue,24 Jul 2012 06:11 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces on Wednesday fired artillery and rocket barrages at the northern Damascus suburb of al-Tel in an attempt to seize the town from rebels, causing mass panic and forcing hundreds of families to flee the area, residents and opposition activists said. The 216th mechanized battalion headquartered near Tel started bombarding the town of about 100,000 people at 3:15 a.m. (2015 EDT) at the rate of one projectile every minute, and initial reports indicated that residential apartment blocks were being hit, they said. ... Full Story Top Army sergeant stands trial in death of Asian-American soldier Tue,24 Jul 2012 06:10 PM PDT Reuters - FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) - Military prosecutors on Tuesday said a U.S. Army sergeant's physical abuse and racial harassment led a young Chinese-American soldier to commit suicide weeks after he was deployed to Afghanistan. But a defense attorney argued that Private Danny Chen instead took his life out of despair over family troubles and his failure as an infantryman. ... Full Story Top UK, France agree on more military cooperation Tue,24 Jul 2012 06:08 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and France signed two agreements on Tuesday for further cooperation on the use of military drones, the British Ministry of Defence said. British Defence Minister Philip Hammond and his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, pledged closer military ties and called the countries cooperation as "natural as it is necessary." "We will continue to draw on each other's strengths and respective investments to get the best possible support for our Armed Forces," Hammond said in a statement. ... Full Story Top Obama: Romney "twisting my words" over small business remark Tue,24 Jul 2012 05:54 PM PDT Reuters - PORTLAND (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday of misrepresenting a comment he made about small business owners that the former Massachusetts governor's campaign has pounced upon as a sign the Democratic incumbent is anti-business. Romney's campaign seized on Obama's comment that "if you own a business, you didn't build that," to portray the president as unsympathetic to small businesses that help boost the U.S. economy. ... Full Story Top Background check applications for gun buys surge in Colorado Tue,24 Jul 2012 05:37 PM PDT Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - The number of people in Colorado applying for background checks to purchase firearms has surged in the aftermath of the movie theater shootings in Aurora, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. In the three days after the rampage, 2,887 people were approved for gun buys, compared with 2,012 the weekend before, a 43.5 percent increase, according to data supplied by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The bureau has an online background check system that tracks and processes gun permit applications. The system does not show how many guns were actually sold. ... Full Story Top U.S. biofuel advocates urge Congress to continue Pentagon funding Tue,24 Jul 2012 05:34 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Military veterans and former lawmakers urged Congress on Tuesday to continue funding the Pentagon's controversial biofuels program, saying the failure to deal with U.S. dependence on foreign oil was a key factor in the wars of the past 22 years. "As long as U.S. and global economic security are dependent on oil produced in volatile regions of the world, our military will be required to continue deployments and dangerous missions to ensure the ... ... Full Story Top Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog Tue,24 Jul 2012 05:07 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's decision to change the standards used to grade the success of Afghan police and soldiers, who are a centerpiece of U.S. strategy for smoothly exiting the war in Afghanistan, helped it present a positive picture of those forces' abilities, a U.S. government watchdog reported on Tuesday. "These changes ... were responsible, in part, for its reported increase in April 2012 of the number of ANSF units rated at the highest level," the Government Accountability Office said in a new report on Afghan national security forces, known as ANSF. ... Full Story Top Ticket broker tied to Romney, 2002 scandal apologizes for new Olympic woes Tue,24 Jul 2012 05:04 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A longtime Olympics ticket broker is apologizing for delays in distributing tickets to the London Summer Games that have forced some fans to spend up to six hours in sweltering heat this week waiting for their orders. The ticket agency CoSport - whose owner was a figure in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics scandal and is a prominent backer of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney - said in a statement Tuesday that it understood the frustration of customers, many of whom have arrived in London from the United States and Canada. ... Full Story Top For "Batman" shooting victim, death was final act of heroism Tue,24 Jul 2012 04:51 PM PDT Reuters - Aurora, Colo. (Reuters) - In the chaos of the shooting spree at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Colorado last week, one military veteran did not hesitate to sacrifice his life to protect the woman he took to the movie. Friends and relatives of 26-year-old Jonathan Blunk say investigators told them the U.S. Navy veteran was killed while shielding his date, Jansen Young, from harm as bullets flew around them. Young said in an interview on NBC's "Today" show that she recalled Blunk pushing her down on the floor and whispering in her ear that somebody had opened fire on them. ... Full Story Top EU warms to Google antitrust concessions Tue,24 Jul 2012 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google took a significant step toward resolving its antitrust problems in the EU after regulators warmed to new concessions offered to settle an investigation into alleged anti-competitive behaviour and avert a possible fine. The European Commission said on Tuesday that there was a "level of good understanding" with the world's most popular search engine regarding its latest proposals that would form the basis of discussions before the Commission makes a final decision whether to accept them. ... Full Story Top Colorado shooting victim's wife has baby; 20 still hospitalized Tue,24 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A 21-year-old woman who escaped injury in the Colorado theater shooting rampage gave birth to a boy on Tuesday while her husband was in the same hospital in a medically induced coma with a gunshot wound to the head. Katie Medley and her husband, Caleb, both wearing Batman apparel, were at a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," in the Denver suburb of Aurora when a gunman clad in tactical body armor, helmet and gas mask opened fire during a midnight showing early on Friday. Twelve people, including a 6-year-old girl, were killed and 58 wounded. ... Full Story Top Attorney General orders sweeping reforms for New Orleans police Tue,24 Jul 2012 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday placed the New Orleans Police Department, which has been accused of widespread abuses, under the scrutiny of a federal monitor for at least four years. Holder issued a sweeping decree that he said resulted from "one of the most extensive investigations" of a law enforcement agency the Justice Department has ever conducted. "This agreement is the most widespread, wide-ranging in the department's history," he said during a downtown New Orleans press conference where he was joined by city officials. ... Full Story Top Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color Tue,24 Jul 2012 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Veteran Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, self-described as "America's toughest sheriff," denied on Tuesday that his deputies targeted people because of the color of their skin in a controversial crackdown on illegal immigration. Arpaio, sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County, was testifying in a class-action lawsuit that will test whether police can target illegal immigrants without racially profiling Hispanic citizens and legal residents. "I am against anyone racial profiling ... ... Full Story Top Are 2012 Games one too many for London? Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - When the curtain goes up on the Olympic Games on Friday it will confirm London's place as the only city to host the summer sporting spectacle three times. But could it be a Games too far? London hopes to show off the city as a dynamic 21st century metropolis with shiny new buildings, nestling alongside the historic capital of Shakespeare and Dickens with its palaces and cathedrals. For some critics, though, the Games represent a poisoned chalice. ... Full Story Top Christie signs bill to boost New Jersey's solar industry Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law on Monday a bill that aims to stabilize the largest solar market in the United States, which has suffered from a sharp decline in demand for renewable energy credit and credit prices. The Republican governor signed S-1925, a bipartisan bill that easily passed in both houses of the state legislature. The bill will move up the start of a mandatory renewable energy production quota by four years and would lower the price ceiling for credits that electricity producers must use to comply with the quota. ... Full Story Top China-Canada oil deal shows more U.S. drilling needed: Senator Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators will unveil new energy legislation on Thursday that will help battle a new move by China to tap North American energy resources, Senator John Hoeven said. China's state-owned oil company CNOOC Ltd. launched a $15.1 billion takeover bid for Canada's Nexen Inc, a company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico as well as in Canada's oilsands. Hoeven said the deal shows the United States needs to do more to aggressively develop its own resources. "If we don't get going on it, China's already moving. He who hesitates has lost," Hoeven told Reuters. ... Full Story Top Pentagon concludes oxygen supply behind F-22 breathing problems Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta approved plans to send a squadron of Lockheed Martin Corp F-22 fighter jets to Japan, a step toward lifting flight restrictions on the most advanced U.S. warplane after the Air Force ruled out that contaminants were causing some F-22 pilots to get dizzy at the controls. ... Full Story Top New York man to pay fine for unauthorized 1998 Cuba visit Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - A New York man agreed on Tuesday to pay a $6,500 fine to settle a long-running dispute with the U.S. Treasury Department over a trip he made to Cuba as an unauthorized tourist 14 years ago. Zachary Sanders, now 38, said he was 23 and had been living and teaching English in Mexico when he decided to go to Cuba for a couple of weeks in 1998. "I wanted to learn about how a socialist country worked in practice," Sanders said in an interview. "I had no illusions. ... I'm not like some diehard supporter of the (Cuban) government or anything like that. ... Full Story Top Draft U.N. arms trade treaty full of holes, activists say Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The first draft of a U.N. treaty to regulate the $60 billion global arms trade was slammed on Tuesday by activists as having "more holes than a leaky bucket" as negotiators scramble to reach a consensus by Friday. One person every minute dies from armed violence around the world, and arms control activists say a convention is needed to prevent illicitly traded guns from pouring into conflict zones and fueling wars and atrocities. Conflicts in Syria and elsewhere show a treaty is necessary, they add. ... Full Story Top Canada's national chief says developments need native approval Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:24 PM PDT Reuters - CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The head of Canada's national aboriginal lobby made a forceful call on Tuesday that the country's natives be included as key players in decisions on the development of natural resources on their lands, as well as sharing in the revenues. ... Full Story Top New York City's proposed ban on big sugary sodas draws heated debate Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:19 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on large sodas is expected to pass in September, but that didn't deter hundreds who showed up on Tuesday either to praise the measure as a way to battle obesity or oppose it as pointless and unfair. The proposal before the city Board of Health, the first of its kind in the nation, would limit servings of sugary drinks to 16 ounces (473 ml) at most restaurants, theaters, delis, vending carts and stadium concessions. ... Full Story Top Rebel gains inevitable but Assad can still seek exit-US Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syrian rebels will eventually control swathes of territory but Syrian President Bashar al-Assad still has time to negotiate an exit, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday. Speaking as if a rebel military victory was inevitable, though other U.S. officials say the 17-month armed conflict may drag on, Clinton for the first time said the opposition would ultimately be able to provide "safe haven" inside Syria. Suggesting the U.S. ... Full Story Top Romney accuses Obama of weakness abroad, leaks Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:15 PM PDT Reuters - RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of weakness in the face of U.S. adversaries and promised he would be firm against Iran and China as he prepares to head overseas to boost his foreign policy credentials. The former Massachusetts governor visits Britain, Israel and Poland this week to try to disprove Democratic accusations that he is inexperienced abroad. As U.S. presidential candidates often do, Romney vowed to maintain America's leading role in the world. ... Full Story Top Crowd protests Pennsylvania voter ID law ahead of court challenge Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - HARRISBURG, Penn. (Reuters) - Hundreds of demonstrators protested Pennsylvania's controversial new voter identification law on Tuesday, calling it unnecessary and discriminatory. The law faces a challenge beginning on Wednesday in state court by civil rights groups. The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it was investigating whether the law discriminates against minorities. At Tuesday's rally, protesters said the law violates the nation's Voting Rights Act which, passed in 1965 during the peak of the civil rights movement, prohibits rules that make it more difficult for minorities to vote. ... Full Story Top Philadelphia monsignor imprisoned for covering up child sex abuse Tue,24 Jul 2012 03:07 PM PDT Reuters - PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Monsignor William Lynn, the highest-ranking clergyman convicted in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church scandal, was sentenced on Tuesday to up to six years in prison for covering up child sex abuse by priests in Philadelphia. Judge M. Teresa Sarmina told Lynn, 61, the former secretary of the clergy for the Philadelphia Archdiocese, that he protected "monsters in clerical garb who molested children. ... Full Story Top Syria general says army must reject "regime crimes" Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:59 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Defected Syrian brigadier general Manaf Tlas called on Tuesday for the Syrian military to denounce what he described as crimes committed by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. "I address you...as one of the Syrian Arab Army's sons who reject the criminal behavior of this corrupt regime. The honourable people in the military would not accept these crimes," Tlas said in a televised statement on al-Arabiya television. ... Full Story Top White House says Obama could address gun control issue Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:57 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House hinted on Tuesday that President Barack Obama may address the politically sensitive issue of gun control more broadly in the aftermath of the recent shootings in Colorado. Gun control is a tricky issue in the United States, especially during presidential campaigns, and the Democratic president has been cautious in expressing any support for gun-law changes that could alienate voters in key battleground states he needs to win in the November 6 election. ... Full Story Top Massachusetts asks U.S. high court to take on gay marriage case Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:49 PM PDT Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a recent appeals court decision striking down parts of the federal law that defines marriage solely as the union of a man and a woman. The request sets up a potential first consideration of a gay marriage case by the Supreme Court. "The Defense of Marriage Act is a discriminatory and unconstitutional law that harms thousands of families in Massachusetts and takes away our state's right to extend marriage equality to all couples," Coakley said in a statement. ... Full Story Top U.S. sees no trade sanctions violations by U.N. agency Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - A preliminary U.S. assessment has concluded that the U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) did not violate U.N. sanctions when it sent technical equipment to North Korea and Iran, the State Department said on Tuesday. As two senior U.S. lawmakers accused the Geneva-based agency of stonewalling a U.S. probe into the transfers, the State Department indicated it was satisfied with WIPO's cooperation on the issue. ... Full Story Top Iraq blacklists Chevron for Kurdish oil deals Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq hit out at Chevron Corp over its just-signed oil contract with Kurdistan, barring it from any oil agreements with the central government in a move meant to deter other companies from dealing directly with the semi-autonomous northern region. Baghdad has long held that contracts signed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are illegal, and last year Exxon Mobil Corp aroused its anger by striking a deal with the region while also running a project at a supergiant oilfield in the south. Baghdad retaliated by banning Exxon from an exploration tender in May. ... Full Story Top Canada PM says CNOOC's Nexen bid to be well scrutinized Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:41 PM PDT Reuters - OSHAWA, Ontario (Reuters) - Canada will study Chinese oil company CNOOC Ltd's bid for Nexen Inc carefully and no one should make assumptions about whether the proposed takeover will be approved, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday. CNOOC announced on Monday it was launching a $15.1 billion friendly bid for Canadian oil company Nexen. The government must now decide under the terms of the Investment Canada Act whether the takeover would be of net benefit to Canada. ... Full Story Top Netanyahu urges better Turkey ties, cites regional turmoil Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Jewish state and its former ally Turkey must repair their relationship because of the instability in their region. Turkey cut its once extensive ties with Israel after Israeli marines killed nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists in May 2010 on a vessel trying to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave run by Hamas Islamists. "Turkey and Israel are two important, strong and stable states in this region ... We must find ways to restore the relations we once had ... ... Full Story Top CBO says healthcare ruling could save $84 billion Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:36 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month's Supreme Court ruling that upheld President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare law could save the U.S. government some $84 billion over 11 years, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday. The savings would come primarily from a portion of the ruling giving the states an escape hatch from the law's expanded program of healthcare coverage for the poor. That expansion of the Medicaid program would be funded mostly by the federal government, but eventually states would have to pick up a portion of that cost. ... Full Story Top Canadian province threatens to stop proposed oil pipeline Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The Canadian province of British Columbia on Tuesday threatened to block Enbridge Inc's plan to build a C$6 billion ($5.90 billion) pipeline bringing crude from Alberta to the Pacific Coast unless its neighbor shares more of the revenue generated by the project. The Northern Gateway pipeline is designed to take oil from Alberta's tar sands to a port in British Columbia for transport to lucrative Asian markets. But the British Columbia government complains it would have to bear the brunt of any oil spill while receiving too little of the revenue. ... Full Story Top Cardinal praises prominent Cuban dissident at funeral Tue,24 Jul 2012 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega paid tribute to the "clear political vocation" and religious faith of leading dissident Oswaldo Paya at his crowded funeral on Tuesday, days after the prominent anti-communist activist died in a car crash. Family members have questioned the circumstances of Sunday's crash on a badly potholed road in eastern Cuba, alleging possible foul play by government agents. But diplomats say they believe it was a genuine accident and it appeared the car was speeding. ... Full Story Top

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