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• Assad's forces pound rebel stronghold in Aleppo
• Eye on Iran and Syria, Israel hardens missile shield
• Al Qaeda prisoners try to tunnel out of Iraqi jail
• Islamists kill 15 Egyptians, Israel strikes attackers
• Red Cross attacked with rockets, grenades in Libya
• Bus accident kills 23 Angolan soccer fans
• Israel says "group of terrorists" attack Egypt border post
• Insight: A year on, Nigeria's oil still poisons Ogoniland
• West Bank summit scrapped after Israel bars envoys
• IMF mission to discuss loans in Egypt this month
• Britain awakes to an unfamiliar sensation: winning
• EYES ON LONDON: Wambach, Phelps, Murray, Douglas
• Monti warns euro crisis threatens EU as a whole
• Draghi wins 1 vs. Bundesbank; but it's not over
• Officials: 2 attacks kill 4 policemen in Iraq
• Egyptian official:13 Sinai border guards killed
• Iran TV airs confessions in murder of scientists
• Thumbprint readers stir fears in Venezuela vote
• EYES ON LONDON: All Bolt, all the time
• Egyptian official: 15 Sinai border guards killed

Assad's forces pound rebel stronghold in Aleppo Posted: 05 Aug 2012 02:07 PM PDT ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian army tanks shelled Aleppo and a helicopter gunship strafed rebel positions with heavy machinegun fire as they fought into early Monday for control of the country's biggest city and key battleground of the 17-month uprising. After U.N. Security Council paralysis on Syria forced peace envoy Kofi Annan to resign last week, and with his ceasefire plan a distant memory, rebels have been battered by a government onslaught in Aleppo and the capital Damascus. The main focus of fighting in Aleppo has been the Salaheddine district, a gateway into the city of 2. ...

Eye on Iran and Syria, Israel hardens missile shield Posted: 05 Aug 2012 04:17 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is upgrading its Arrow II ballistic missile shield in a U.S.-backed "race" against Iran, Syria and other regional enemies, a senior Israeli defense official said on Sunday. The new "Block 4" generation of guided interceptor rockets, radars and technologies for synchronizing Arrow with U.S. systems was being installed in deployed Israeli batteries, a process that would take several weeks, the official said. ...

Al Qaeda prisoners try to tunnel out of Iraqi jail Posted: 05 Aug 2012 11:51 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A group of al Qaeda prisoners was caught trying to tunnel out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, an official said on Sunday, after the militants said they would step up their fight against the government. Iraq's Shi'ite-led government is concerned that Sunni Muslim militants will get a boost from the insurgency in neighboring Syria, where mainly Sunni rebels are battling President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Islamists kill 15 Egyptians, Israel strikes attackers Posted: 05 Aug 2012 04:31 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian policemen and seized an army tank in an assault on a Sinai police station near the border with Israel on Sunday, the deadliest attack in the region in at least two decades. The attack, which saw Israeli aircraft destroy a vehicle used by the gunmen to try to storm the fortified border, was the first major security emergency for Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, who summoned his military council. Egyptian state television and Israeli military officials said an Islamist militant group was responsible for the assault. ...

Red Cross attacked with rockets, grenades in Libya Posted: 05 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Unknown assailants attacked a compound of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Libyan port of Misrata on Sunday with grenades and rockets, forcing it to suspend its work there and in the eastern city of Benghazi, the agency said. The ICRC said seven of its aid workers were inside their residence when it came under attack. No one was hurt, but damage to the building was extensive. It was the fifth time in less than three months that violence was directed against the independent aid agency in Libya, the ICRC said in a statement, which stressed its neutrality. ...

Bus accident kills 23 Angolan soccer fans Posted: 05 Aug 2012 03:14 PM PDT LUANDA (Reuters) - Twenty-three fans of Angolan soccer club Kabuscorp were killed and 29 injured when their bus overturned on the road back to Luanda after an away match, state news agency Angop reported on Sunday. The accident happened on Saturday in Kwanza Sul province after the fans had watched their team play in the country's top division at Libolo, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) southeast of Luanda, Angop said. "I am distraught and sad. ...

Israel says "group of terrorists" attack Egypt border post Posted: 05 Aug 2012 01:24 PM PDT (Reuters) - Israel said a group of militants who tried to storm its border on Sunday had commandeered two Egyptian vehicles and driven them through a crossing on the Egyptian-Israeli border. One of the vehicles exploded and the second was targeted by Israeli aircraft, military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich said, adding that about 15 people had been killed in the attack. (Editing by Andrew Osborn)

Insight: A year on, Nigeria's oil still poisons Ogoniland Posted: 05 Aug 2012 09:21 AM PDT OGONILAND, Nigeria (Reuters) - A bright yellow sign above the well in this sleepy Nigerian village says 'caution: not fit for use', and the sulphurous stink off the water that children still pump into buckets sharply reinforces that warning. "Can you smell it? Don't get any in your mouth or you'll be sick," said Victoria Jiji, 55, as she walked past the bore hole in her home village of Ekpangbala, one of several in Ogoniland, southeast Nigeria, whose drinking water has turned toxic. Prosperity has flowed from Ogoniland, one of Africa's earliest crude oil producing areas, for decades. ...

West Bank summit scrapped after Israel bars envoys Posted: 05 Aug 2012 01:30 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A meeting of envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement due to convene in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was scrapped on Sunday after Israel refused to admit four attendees from states with which it has no diplomatic relations, Palestinian officials said. The envoys were due to sign a declaration backing the Palestinians ahead of their planned campaign to win recognition as a state at the United Nations next month. ...

IMF mission to discuss loans in Egypt this month Posted: 05 Aug 2012 01:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will send a mission to Cairo this month to hold talks on loans to the new government of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, a spokesman for the fund said on Sunday. The mission, to include Masood Ahmed, the IMF's director for the Middle East and Central Asia, will discuss "possible financial support for a homegrown economic program," the spokesman said. "The IMF stands ready to support Egypt and work closely with the authorities," added the spokesman, who did not give a specific date for the trip. ...

Britain awakes to an unfamiliar sensation: winning Posted: 05 Aug 2012 10:19 AM PDT Britain awoke, afraid it might all have been a dream.

EYES ON LONDON: Wambach, Phelps, Murray, Douglas Posted: 05 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:

Monti warns euro crisis threatens EU as a whole Posted: 05 Aug 2012 08:47 AM PDT Italy's prime minister has warned that the eurozone's sprawling debt crisis has created resentment amid the bloc's nations, which could ultimately trigger a breakup of the wider European Union.

Draghi wins 1 vs. Bundesbank; but it's not over Posted: 05 Aug 2012 07:33 AM PDT When he announced the European Central Bank's latest plans to drive down borrowing costs crippling Spain and Italy, ECB President Mario Draghi showed he was willing to overrule one of the most influential members of the bank's governing council — Germany's Bundesbank.

Officials: 2 attacks kill 4 policemen in Iraq Posted: 05 Aug 2012 09:03 AM PDT Four policemen were killed in two separate attacks in Iraq on Sunday in the latest strikes by insurgents against security forces, officials said.

Egyptian official:13 Sinai border guards killed Posted: 05 Aug 2012 12:19 PM PDT A senior Egyptian security official says masked gunmen have killed 13 border guards with automatic rifles and weapons mounted on vehicles in an attack on a checkpoint along the Egyptian border with Gaza and Israel.

Iran TV airs confessions in murder of scientists Posted: 05 Aug 2012 12:33 PM PDT Iranian state television has broadcast purported confessions by more than a dozen suspects in connection with the killing of five nuclear scientists since 2010.

Thumbprint readers stir fears in Venezuela vote Posted: 05 Aug 2012 11:34 AM PDT With President Hugo Chavez in his tightest re-election race yet, some of his opponents are warning that the use of thumbprint readers at Venezuelan ballot boxes could scare away voters, adding to fears about the fairness of the Oct. 7 vote.

EYES ON LONDON: All Bolt, all the time Posted: 05 Aug 2012 02:27 PM PDT Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:

Egyptian official: 15 Sinai border guards killed Posted: 05 Aug 2012 03:27 PM PDT Masked gunmen killed 16 Egyptian soldiers Sunday at a checkpoint along the border with Gaza and Israel, the first such attack on troops — and then the attackers drove off, crashing into Israel, officials said.

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