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Thursday, August 2, 2012

11:17 AM 8/2/2012 - World

11:17 AM 8/2/2012

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Kofi Annan is quitting as UN-Arab League peace envoy for Syria, as the civil war in the country spirals further out of control.

via BBC News - World on 8/2/12
The UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, is leaving his post, the UN says, as violence in the country continues.

via BBC News - World on 8/2/12
Britain win canoeing and shooting golds in the space of five minutes on day six of the London Olympics.

via Uploads by itnnews by itnnews on 8/2/12
Hundreds of fans hold a party to honour Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos after her gold-winning road race. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com . Subscribe to ITN News! www.youtube.com
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Holly Firfer takes a look at how to pack a travel first aid kit and be ready for mishaps on the road.
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Black-belted Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron locked horns Thursday over Syria and Moscow's crackdown on political opponents in a day of judo diplomacy at the Olympics.

A system growing in the Caribbean is nearing tropical storm status, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday. A system growing in the Caribbean is nearing tropical storm status, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday.

via Voice of America by VOA News on 8/2/12
Spanish authorities say they have arrested three suspected members of al-Qaida. Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz told reporters Thursday that there was a "clear indication" that those detained could have been planning an attack in Spain or Europe. Authorities accuse the men of storing explosives that the minister said would be especially damaging with shrapnel and could even destroy an entire bus. Officials describe the suspects as being from the Caucasus region, ...

via Voice of America by Anita Powell on 8/2/12
LONDON — South Africa is the lone African gold winner so far at this year's Olympics, with three medals, but that is not too surprising. More than half of sub-Saharan African countries have never won gold, and many have never won a single Olympic medal. With a few swift strokes, a pair of rowers managed to triple South Africa's Olympic medal count by winning the nation its third gold in this year's Games. That result put South Africa in an elite, and lonely, group on its own ...

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U.S. officials say the Obama administration is giving $12 million in new humanitarian aid for beleaguered Syrian civilians as a civil war rages between rebels and the Assad regime in Aleppo and elsewhere.

AL-MARJ, Lebanon (Reuters) - Messages broadcast from mosque loudspeakers warned residents of Damascus neighborhoods to leave their homes and helicopter gunships spitting bullets made sure they heeded the call. Now home for 18 families from the Syrian capital is a school building in Lebanon's Bekaa Vally. But they claim they have been left to their fate by Lebanese authorities and international aid agencies. And when school restarts after the summer vacation, they have no idea where they will go. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Syrian army's brisk recapture of parts of Damascus is unlikely to be repeated in Aleppo, where open rebel supply lines, hard-to-assail narrow streets and an apparent lack of elite manpower will limit its commanders' options. The struggle in parts of Aleppo held by insurgents is likely to be more protracted than last month's battles in the capital, inflicting further bloodshed and damage on Syria's largest city and driving more of the population out, analysts say. ...

Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:

For the second time in less than two weeks, major U.S. airlines are raising fares.

Like many businesses, Kellogg is contending with rising commodity costs and weakness in Europe, which pushed its net income 12 percent lower in the second quarter. But the company's one-two punch of breakfast goods and snacks gave a lift to its revenue, driven by sales of Pop-Tarts and strength in North America.

It got a standing ovation. Then again, it was a captive audience.

Ann Romney, the wife of the U.S. Republican presidential candidate, says she was "thrilled do death" by the performance her horse Rafalca turned in at the Olympics dressage competition.

via BBC News - World on 8/2/12
Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott have claimed Britain's first ever canoe slalom gold with a stunning run at Lee Valley White Water Centre.

via The Guardian's Facebook Wall by The Guardian on 8/2/12
From Guardian music: "Some of Britain's leading musicians have published a letter calling for Russian officials to release a punk band that has been jailed following a protest in Moscow's main cathedral.

"Pete Townshend, Jarvis Cocker, Neil Tennant and others call for the release of the three members of Pussy Riot in a letter published on Thursday in The Times."


Pussy Riot: UK music stars publish protest letter
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As Putin visits London, Pete Townshend, Jarvis Cocker and Neil Tennant write letter to the Times calling for their release

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