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• Desmond Tutu says Bush and Blair should face trial at International Criminal Court over Iraq
• Obama: Romney has no 'single new idea'
• Minus Greek columns, Obama eyes future with convention speech
• DNC kickoff protest lively but largely uneventful
• Obama hits Romney Obamacare slam, says 'I do care'
• Biden: Romney ready for war with Syria, Iran
• Police chief: Pre-DNC march is mostly uneventful
• Activists say 5,000 killed in Syria in August
• Are Americans better off? Obama aides won't say
• Dems seek to exploit advantage on foreign policy
• Biden: Romney wants war with Syria, Iran
• Biden Calls Romney 'Out of Touch' on Foreign Policy
• Biden: Romney ‘Out of Touch’ on Foreign Policy
• Just like 'Tonight,' Cuts May Come for NBC's 'Today'
• Iraq to make gas exploration deals more lucrative
• Qatar National Bank picks JP Morgan for Egypt buy: sources
• 10 things you need to know today: September 2, 2012
• Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague
• Iran says oil exports unaffected by sanctions
• Blair, Bush should face trial over Iraq war: Tutu
• Iraq's oil exports hit highest level in 30 years
• Can Romney Counter Obama’s ‘Commander in Chief’ Strategy?
• Perception of Women in the Middle East Changing
• 'This Week' Extra: The Roundtable's Pre-Show Thoughts
• Obama lampoons GOP convention, calls it throwback to era of black-and-white TV; no new ideas

Desmond Tutu says Bush and Blair should face trial at International Criminal Court over Iraq Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT LONDON - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

Obama: Romney has no 'single new idea' Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:46 PM PDT US President Barack Obama accused Republican foe Mitt Romney on Sunday of failing to offer "a single new idea" and being a relic of the last century as he revved up a pre-convention tour.

Minus Greek columns, Obama eyes future with convention speech Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:40 PM PDT (Reuters) - The Greek columns may be banished and the "hope" and "change" signs gone, but President Barack Obama's pitch to American voters at the Democratic National Convention this week will have echoes of his 2008 speech, when he cast himself as a visionary leader in touch with the nation's priorities. Dogged by a sluggish economy and in a tight race with Republican rival Mitt Romney, Obama will use his time in the spotlight on Thursday to focus on education, tax cuts for those making less than $250,000, energy, immigration and social issues, his advisers indicated. ...

DNC kickoff protest lively but largely uneventful Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:06 PM PDT The kickoff protest ahead of the Democratic National Convention had the benefit of sunny skies, pent-up demand from demonstrators who were rained out in Florida and the perfect setting to decry the practices of big business.

Obama hits Romney Obamacare slam, says 'I do care' Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT Campaigning his way toward the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama slapped a "Romney doesn't care" label on his rival's health-care views Sunday and said Republicans want to repeal new protections for millions without offering a plan of their own.

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.

Police chief: Pre-DNC march is mostly uneventful Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT Hundreds of protesters marched through Charlotte's central business district Sunday ahead of the Democratic National Convention in a demonstration that was lively but largely uneventful.

Activists say 5,000 killed in Syria in August Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT Activist groups said Sunday that about 5,000 people were killed in Syria's civil war in August, the highest figure ever reported in more than 17 months of fighting as President Bashar Assad's regime unleashed crushing air power against the revolt for the first time.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Just like 'Tonight,' Cuts May Come for NBC's 'Today' Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:13 AM PDT Comcast cut the operating budget of the once-mighty Tonight Show a few weeks ago, and now the New York Post's Page 6 reports the once-mighty Today Show might soon go under the knife.

Iraq to make gas exploration deals more lucrative Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:58 AM PDT Iraq will make future energy exploration contracts more lucrative in a bid to lure a greater number of foreign firms to auctions for exploration blocks, a spokesman said on Sunday.

Qatar National Bank picks JP Morgan for Egypt buy: sources Posted: 02 Sep 2012 06:02 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar National Bank, the state lender seeking to boost its regional presence through acquisitions, has hired J.P. Morgan Chase to advise on its planned buy of Societe Generale's Egyptian arm, three sources said. SocGen is in early talks with QNB to sell its 77.2-percent stake in National Societe Generale Bank - the Egyptian lender which has a market value of around $2.3 billion - as the French bank seeks to shore up its capital through divestments. "The talks are initial but they definitely have the firepower for an asset of that size. J.P. ...

10 things you need to know today: September 2, 2012 Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:15 AM PDT New Orleans struggles without power, the U.S. halts the training of Afghan forces, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:14 AM PDT Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

Iran says oil exports unaffected by sanctions Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:10 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's oil exports are at their normal levels and are unaffected by Western embargoes, an Iranian oil official was quoted as saying on Sunday. "We don't see anything abnormal, almost everything is progressing routinely," Mohammad Ali Khatibi Tabatabaei, director for international affairs at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA). He did not give any figures on Iran's current oil export levels. Iran's top oil customers have slashed Iranian purchases under pressure from European Union and U.S. ...

Blair, Bush should face trial over Iraq war: Tutu Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:40 AM PDT Archbishop Desmond Tutu called Sunday for former prime minister Tony Blair and former US president George W Bush to face trial in The Hague for their role in the Iraq war.

Iraq's oil exports hit highest level in 30 years Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:34 AM PDT Iraq's Oil Ministry says crude oil exports have averaged 2.565 million barrels a day in August, the highest level in more than three decades.

Can Romney Counter Obama’s ‘Commander in Chief’ Strategy? Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:38 AM PDT In an election as close as this one, it is the little intangibles—that intuitive sense of confidence (or lack thereof) about a candidate that ambivalent voters carry with them into the booth—that can make all the difference. And although we've heard that this election will be almost entirely about the U.S. economy and not foreign policy, President Obama will make his national-security record a centerpiece of his closing night at the Democratic National Convention this week.

Perception of Women in the Middle East Changing Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:32 AM PDT The portrayl of middle eastern women in the media is shifting greatly. The Shining Serpent is a tale of an Iraqi woman searching for her lost son. It is an example of the ever changing world of women in literature.London, UK (PRWEB UK) 2 September 2012 Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Middle East has gone through very rapid changes. Before the Arab spring, women were often misrepresented in Middle Eastern media. But, now things are changing; The Shining Serpent, a novel written by a young Iraqi author seeks to change the misconception of the weak and helpless damsel in distress. ...

'This Week' Extra: The Roundtable's Pre-Show Thoughts Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:16 PM PDT Before "This Week" Sunday, we asked our roundtable participants to tell us what they are looking forward to discussing. Here are their pre-show thoughts. Romney's RNC: Empty Chairs and Empty Rhetoric Like many things the Romney campaign has staged, I bet most people expected a...

Obama lampoons GOP convention, calls it throwback to era of black-and-white TV; no new ideas Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. - President Barack Obama lampooned the just-completed Republican National Convention as better-suited to an era of black-and-white TV and " trickle-down, you're on your own" economics Saturday, and declared that Mitt Romney "did not offer a single new idea" to fix the economy.

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