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All rights reservedFri, 10 Aug 2012 10:19:52 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/russia/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rebels-pull-back-syrias-aleppo-u-n-says-093208573.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/D4WljpPiVVHoOMCyrkQsZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-10T114608Z_1_CBRE8790WP200_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="New Syrian refugees rest as they arrive at a stopover facility for breaking fast near the Turkish border town of Reyhanli" align="left" title="New Syrian refugees rest as they arrive at a stopover facility for breaking fast near the Turkish border town of Reyhanli" border="0" /></a>ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian forces have pushed rebels back from a strategic district of Aleppo, but skirmishes continued in the city and the United Nations said the conflict engulfing Syria would have no winner. Diplomats told Reuters that veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi could be named next week to replace the U.N.-Arab League Syria envoy Kofi Annan, who resigned in frustration at the international deadlock on how to end the violence. But they warned there could be last-minute changes if a key government had concerns or the candidate had second thoughts. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rebels-pull-back-syrias-aleppo-u-n-says-093208573.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 10:19:52 -0400Reutersrebels-pull-back-syrias-aleppo-u-n-says-093208573<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rebels-pull-back-syrias-aleppo-u-n-says-093208573.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/D4WljpPiVVHoOMCyrkQsZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-10T114608Z_1_CBRE8790WP200_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="New Syrian refugees rest as they arrive at a stopover facility for breaking fast near the Turkish border town of Reyhanli" align="left" title="New Syrian refugees rest as they arrive at a stopover facility for breaking fast near the Turkish border town of Reyhanli" border="0" /></a>ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian forces have pushed rebels back from a strategic district of Aleppo, but skirmishes continued in the city and the United Nations said the conflict engulfing Syria would have no winner. Diplomats told Reuters that veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi could be named next week to replace the U.N.-Arab League Syria envoy Kofi Annan, who resigned in frustration at the international deadlock on how to end the violence. But they warned there could be last-minute changes if a key government had concerns or the candidate had second thoughts. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bolt-wins-200m-seal-unique-sprint-double-200246801--oly.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bAiMFIF.fottdO3mJWguzg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1344576106539-9-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Usain Bolt led a Jamaican 1-2-3 in Thursday&#039;s Olympic 200m final" align="left" title="Usain Bolt led a Jamaican 1-2-3 in Thursday&#039;s Olympic 200m final" border="0" /></a>Jamaica&#039;s sprint kings will enter the home stretch of their golden Olympic campaign on Friday after Usain Bolt&#039;s historic defence of his 100m and 200m crowns.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bolt-wins-200m-seal-unique-sprint-double-200246801--oly.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 10:05:46 -0400AFPbolt-wins-200m-seal-unique-sprint-double-200246801--oly<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bolt-wins-200m-seal-unique-sprint-double-200246801--oly.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bAiMFIF.fottdO3mJWguzg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1344576106539-9-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Usain Bolt led a Jamaican 1-2-3 in Thursday&#039;s Olympic 200m final" align="left" title="Usain Bolt led a Jamaican 1-2-3 in Thursday&#039;s Olympic 200m final" border="0" /></a>Jamaica&#039;s sprint kings will enter the home stretch of their golden Olympic campaign on Friday after Usain Bolt&#039;s historic defence of his 100m and 200m crowns.</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON - Britain's government is giving an extra 5 million pounds (US$7.8 million) worth of aid to Syria's opposition, supplying items including communications equipment, body armour and medical supplies to non-armed rebel groups, the foreign ministry said Friday.http://news.yahoo.com/uk-offers-body-armour-satellite-phones-medical-supplies-122143411.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 08:21:43 -0400Associated Pressuk-offers-body-armour-satellite-phones-medical-supplies-122143411<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-offers-more-nonlethal-aid-syrias-opposition-121150375.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mOQQ_j2R0FJzqVYQR.pRZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9cca2dac5857ca16170f6a706700c6b3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man chants slogans during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="A Syrian man chants slogans during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>Britain&#039;s government is giving an extra 5 million pounds (US$7.8 million) worth of aid to Syria&#039;s opposition, supplying items including communications equipment, body armor and medical supplies to non-armed rebel groups, the foreign ministry said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-offers-more-nonlethal-aid-syrias-opposition-121150375.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 08:11:50 -0400Associated Pressuk-offers-more-nonlethal-aid-syrias-opposition-121150375<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-offers-more-nonlethal-aid-syrias-opposition-121150375.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mOQQ_j2R0FJzqVYQR.pRZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9cca2dac5857ca16170f6a706700c6b3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man chants slogans during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="A Syrian man chants slogans during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>Britain&#039;s government is giving an extra 5 million pounds (US$7.8 million) worth of aid to Syria&#039;s opposition, supplying items including communications equipment, body armor and medical supplies to non-armed rebel groups, the foreign ministry said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>In separate comments dedicated to the fourth anniversary of the 2008 Georgia war, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has possibly generated more than one nasty controversy, which the Kremlin leader can ill afford.http://news.yahoo.com/putin-charge-during-georgia-war-medvedev-begs-differ-113004621.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 07:30:04 -0400Christian Science Monitorputin-charge-during-georgia-war-medvedev-begs-differ-113004621SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pilot skill, international cooperation and a lot of luck were to thank for the successful evacuation from a remote Antarctic outpost of a U.S. researcher in apparent need of urgent surgery, an Australian official said on Friday. The perilous evacuation in the middle of the Antarctic winter, with the continent just emerging from its six-month-long night and temperatures of -35 Celsius (-31 Fahrenheit), was completed on Thursday with the arrival in New Zealand of an A319 Airbus carrying the member of a U.S. government expedition. ...http://news.yahoo.com/antarctic-cooperation-luck-come-rescue-u-researcher-072651116.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 06:35:52 -0400Reutersantarctic-cooperation-luck-come-rescue-u-researcher-072651116<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-offers-funding-syrias-rebels-083545218.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mOQQ_j2R0FJzqVYQR.pRZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9cca2dac5857ca16170f6a706700c6b3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man chants slogans during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="A Syrian man chants slogans during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>Britain&#039;s government offered 5 million pounds (US$7.8 million) to Syria&#039;s rebel forces Friday to pay for communications equipment and medical supplies in an effort to bolster ties to the country&#039;s opposition.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-offers-funding-syrias-rebels-083545218.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 05:37:23 -0400Associated Pressuk-offers-funding-syrias-rebels-083545218<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-offers-funding-syrias-rebels-083545218.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mOQQ_j2R0FJzqVYQR.pRZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9cca2dac5857ca16170f6a706700c6b3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man chants slogans during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="A Syrian man chants slogans during the funeral of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>Britain&#039;s government offered 5 million pounds (US$7.8 million) to Syria&#039;s rebel forces Friday to pay for communications equipment and medical supplies in an effort to bolster ties to the country&#039;s opposition.</p><br clear="all"/>With only a few days of Olympic competition left, the United States and China are neck-and-neck in the hunt for gold medals.http://news.yahoo.com/medal-count-172425713--oly.htmlFri, 10 Aug 2012 02:50:02 -0400Associated Pressmedal-count-172425713--oly<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brahimi-un-envoy-syria-diplomats-224611474.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/s7e_PdKamKq9Srtq7m6GPg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344552321786-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi" align="left" title="Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi" border="0" /></a>Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat and former Algerian foreign minister, is expected to be named as the new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria in place of Kofi Annan, diplomats said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/brahimi-un-envoy-syria-diplomats-224611474.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 19:56:29 -0400AFPbrahimi-un-envoy-syria-diplomats-224611474<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brahimi-un-envoy-syria-diplomats-224611474.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/s7e_PdKamKq9Srtq7m6GPg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344552321786-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi" align="left" title="Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi" border="0" /></a>Lakhdar Brahimi, a veteran diplomat and former Algerian foreign minister, is expected to be named as the new UN-Arab League envoy to Syria in place of Kofi Annan, diplomats said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-brahimi-seen-replacing-annan-syria-envoy-diplomats-213702625.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Jnbxxwi8MiSUlhCIo2YZkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T213702Z_1_CBRE8781O2900_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-ENVOY-BRAHIMI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi speaks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (not pictured) during a joint news conference in Khartoum" align="left" title="Diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi speaks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (not pictured) during a joint news conference in Khartoum" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to replace Kofi Annan as the U.N.-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria barring a last-minute change, diplomats said on Thursday. The former Algerian foreign minister, who has a long history as a diplomatic troubleshooter, will have his work cut out for him in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad is using his security forces to try to crush a 17-month-old pro-democracy rebellion. Annan, a former U.N. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-brahimi-seen-replacing-annan-syria-envoy-diplomats-213702625.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 19:23:50 -0400Reutersexclusive-brahimi-seen-replacing-annan-syria-envoy-diplomats-213702625<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-brahimi-seen-replacing-annan-syria-envoy-diplomats-213702625.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Jnbxxwi8MiSUlhCIo2YZkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T213702Z_1_CBRE8781O2900_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-ENVOY-BRAHIMI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi speaks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (not pictured) during a joint news conference in Khartoum" align="left" title="Diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi speaks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (not pictured) during a joint news conference in Khartoum" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to replace Kofi Annan as the U.N.-Arab League joint special envoy for Syria barring a last-minute change, diplomats said on Thursday. The former Algerian foreign minister, who has a long history as a diplomatic troubleshooter, will have his work cut out for him in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad is using his security forces to try to crush a 17-month-old pro-democracy rebellion. Annan, a former U.N. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-women-outlast-aussies-reach-hoop-final-174913466.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hYHU1PPye4N5c1PwyhDwSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1344534470739-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="US guard Diana Taurasi jumps over Australian guard Belinda Snell" align="left" title="US guard Diana Taurasi jumps over Australian guard Belinda Snell" border="0" /></a>Facing a major threat to their Olympic women&#039;s basketball dynasty, the United States shut down 2.03m centre Liz Cambage in the second half and beat Australia 86-73 on Thursday to reach the gold medal game.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/us-women-outlast-aussies-reach-hoop-final-174913466.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 18:16:55 -0400AFPus-women-outlast-aussies-reach-hoop-final-174913466<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-women-outlast-aussies-reach-hoop-final-174913466.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hYHU1PPye4N5c1PwyhDwSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1344534470739-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="US guard Diana Taurasi jumps over Australian guard Belinda Snell" align="left" title="US guard Diana Taurasi jumps over Australian guard Belinda Snell" border="0" /></a>Facing a major threat to their Olympic women&#039;s basketball dynasty, the United States shut down 2.03m centre Liz Cambage in the second half and beat Australia 86-73 on Thursday to reach the gold medal game.</p><br clear="all"/>Thursday was another banner day for the US, as four Olympic gold medals were secured by Americans at the London Games.http://news.yahoo.com/olympics-medal-count-us-womens-soccer-usain-bolt-215400195.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 17:54:00 -0400Christian Science Monitorolympics-medal-count-us-womens-soccer-usain-bolt-215400195<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/madonna-courts-controversy-russia-003746486.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dMM1xsTqh2sU6y4ZkiM4_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344544965488-4-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="US singer Madonna performs on stage during her &quot;MDNA&quot; world tour" align="left" title="US singer Madonna performs on stage during her &quot;MDNA&quot; world tour" border="0" /></a>US pop icon Madonna drew the wrath of Russian ministers and the mighty Church again Thursday as she took her gay rights activism to a city that has just banned &quot;homosexual propaganda&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/madonna-courts-controversy-russia-003746486.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 16:43:12 -0400AFPmadonna-courts-controversy-russia-003746486<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/madonna-courts-controversy-russia-003746486.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dMM1xsTqh2sU6y4ZkiM4_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344544965488-4-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="US singer Madonna performs on stage during her &quot;MDNA&quot; world tour" align="left" title="US singer Madonna performs on stage during her &quot;MDNA&quot; world tour" border="0" /></a>US pop icon Madonna drew the wrath of Russian ministers and the mighty Church again Thursday as she took her gay rights activism to a city that has just banned &quot;homosexual propaganda&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>The chairman of Cyprus' second-biggest bank, Laiki Bank, resigned Thursday, saying that he was bowing to the government's wishes for him to leave.http://news.yahoo.com/chairman-troubled-cyprus-bank-quits-124340489--finance.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 16:19:54 -0400Associated Presschairman-troubled-cyprus-bank-quits-124340489--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-tries-calm-syria-crisis-violence-rages-195055196.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OeCO1Ybve8DPIIixJKY2ag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/af7e3c435856ca16170f6a706700537b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrians throw the earth over the grave of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, after they buried in the cemetery in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="Syrians throw the earth over the grave of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, after they buried in the cemetery in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>As Syrian forces struggled to drive rebels from the country&#039;s largest city, the regime&#039;s key ally Iran tried Thursday to start an alternative political process to address the crisis.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-tries-calm-syria-crisis-violence-rages-195055196.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 16:18:02 -0400Associated Pressiran-tries-calm-syria-crisis-violence-rages-195055196<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-tries-calm-syria-crisis-violence-rages-195055196.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OeCO1Ybve8DPIIixJKY2ag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/af7e3c435856ca16170f6a706700537b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrians throw the earth over the grave of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, after they buried in the cemetery in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" align="left" title="Syrians throw the earth over the grave of 29 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, Husain Al-Ali, who was killed during clashes in Aleppo, after they buried in the cemetery in the town of Marea on the outskirts of Aleppo city, Syria, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>As Syrian forces struggled to drive rebels from the country&#039;s largest city, the regime&#039;s key ally Iran tried Thursday to start an alternative political process to address the crisis.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/yoshida-course-treble-142122350.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H5ReUW5pUZWsHetxTjeR2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1344541577497-4-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Japan&#039;s Saori Yoshida celebrates" align="left" title="Japan&#039;s Saori Yoshida celebrates" border="0" /></a>Japan&#039;s Saori Yoshida won a third Olympic 55kg women&#039;s freestyle wrestling title on Thursday and celebrated by performing a cartwheel and grappling with her coach.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/yoshida-course-treble-142122350.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 16:15:06 -0400AFPyoshida-course-treble-142122350<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/yoshida-course-treble-142122350.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H5ReUW5pUZWsHetxTjeR2Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1344541577497-4-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Japan&#039;s Saori Yoshida celebrates" align="left" title="Japan&#039;s Saori Yoshida celebrates" border="0" /></a>Japan&#039;s Saori Yoshida won a third Olympic 55kg women&#039;s freestyle wrestling title on Thursday and celebrated by performing a cartwheel and grappling with her coach.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-hosts-syria-talks-calls-national-dialogue-134037604.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tmXwLlbPBxCuk5HShFtYdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344529157382-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi sits at the top of the table as Iran hosts a conference on Syria" align="left" title="Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi sits at the top of the table as Iran hosts a conference on Syria" border="0" /></a>Iran on Thursday backed moves to start peace talks between the Syrian regime and opposition groups as it hosted a 29-nation conference on the conflict gripping its key ally.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-hosts-syria-talks-calls-national-dialogue-134037604.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 15:38:25 -0400AFPiran-hosts-syria-talks-calls-national-dialogue-134037604<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-hosts-syria-talks-calls-national-dialogue-134037604.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tmXwLlbPBxCuk5HShFtYdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344529157382-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi sits at the top of the table as Iran hosts a conference on Syria" align="left" title="Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi sits at the top of the table as Iran hosts a conference on Syria" border="0" /></a>Iran on Thursday backed moves to start peace talks between the Syrian regime and opposition groups as it hosted a 29-nation conference on the conflict gripping its key ally.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-captive-rift-iran-defiant-hezbollah-silent-193713759.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vH2SOLzQndRormjb_PRlTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f4d02ba75851ca16170f6a7067003516.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this file image made from a video released by the Baraa Brigades and accessed Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers guarding a group of Iranians abducted a day earlier and promising more attacks on Iranian targets in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Baraa Brigades via AP video, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" align="left" title="FILE - In this file image made from a video released by the Baraa Brigades and accessed Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers guarding a group of Iranians abducted a day earlier and promising more attacks on Iranian targets in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Baraa Brigades via AP video, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" border="0" /></a>It took just minutes for Lebanon&#039;s powerful Hezbollah chief to appear on TV to silence protests after Syrian rebels grabbed 11 Lebanese Shiites in May. Tehran&#039;s leadership also went into rapid-reaction mode when gunmen seized 48 Iranians last week, but with a very different objective: to make the abduction an international affair.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-captive-rift-iran-defiant-hezbollah-silent-193713759.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 15:37:13 -0400Associated Presssyria-captive-rift-iran-defiant-hezbollah-silent-193713759<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-captive-rift-iran-defiant-hezbollah-silent-193713759.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vH2SOLzQndRormjb_PRlTQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f4d02ba75851ca16170f6a7067003516.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this file image made from a video released by the Baraa Brigades and accessed Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers guarding a group of Iranians abducted a day earlier and promising more attacks on Iranian targets in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Baraa Brigades via AP video, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" align="left" title="FILE - In this file image made from a video released by the Baraa Brigades and accessed Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers guarding a group of Iranians abducted a day earlier and promising more attacks on Iranian targets in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Baraa Brigades via AP video, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO" border="0" /></a>It took just minutes for Lebanon&#039;s powerful Hezbollah chief to appear on TV to silence protests after Syrian rebels grabbed 11 Lebanese Shiites in May. Tehran&#039;s leadership also went into rapid-reaction mode when gunmen seized 48 Iranians last week, but with a very different objective: to make the abduction an international affair.</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Iran urged Syrian rebels on Thursday to start talks with President Bashar al-Assad about political reform and said it won international support at a meeting in Tehran for such a strategy to end the conflict. The Iranian foreign minister insisted Assad's administration - a key ally of Tehran - would not collapse under pressure from abroad and the state broadcaster said a diplomatic gathering attended by Russia, China, India, Jordan and a couple of dozen other states had backed Tehran's call for a three-month truce. ...http://news.yahoo.com/iran-calls-talks-between-syria-government-opposition-123956609.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 15:29:13 -0400Reutersiran-calls-talks-between-syria-government-opposition-123956609<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-playing-nefarious-role-syria-rice-184922948.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dZxgdUmBZ77phT4bg0qz3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344538121414-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations" align="left" title="Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations" border="0" /></a>The United States on Thursday accused Iran of playing a &quot;nefarious&quot; role in the Syria conflict, one that strengthens the case for President Bashar al-Assad to be forced out of office.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-playing-nefarious-role-syria-rice-184922948.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 14:49:22 -0400AFPiran-playing-nefarious-role-syria-rice-184922948<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-playing-nefarious-role-syria-rice-184922948.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dZxgdUmBZ77phT4bg0qz3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344538121414-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations" align="left" title="Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations" border="0" /></a>The United States on Thursday accused Iran of playing a &quot;nefarious&quot; role in the Syria conflict, one that strengthens the case for President Bashar al-Assad to be forced out of office.</p><br clear="all"/>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Unarmed U.N. observers should not remain in Syria beyond an August 19 deadline, the United States said on Thursday, but Washington is willing to consider an alternative U.N. presence in the country to deal with the deadly 17-month conflict. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, also said she was "open-minded" about replacing Kofi Annan as the U.N.-Arab League mediator in the crisis. U.N. officials have said an announcement on his replacement could come as early as Friday. "We have to be realistic. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-willing-consider-alternative-u-n-presence-syria-183756599.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 14:37:56 -0400Reutersu-willing-consider-alternative-u-n-presence-syria-183756599<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bolt-targets-double-dose-olympic-golden-glory-051520755--oly.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WuaSUt2xdP3Y395B_7.hIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344536498338-8-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nicola Adams of Great Britain celebrates her gold medal" align="left" title="Nicola Adams of Great Britain celebrates her gold medal" border="0" /></a>Britain&#039;s Nicola Adams entered the history books as the first ever women&#039;s Olympic boxing champion Thursday, as Usain Bolt seeks to become the only man to retain the 100m and 200m sprint titles.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bolt-targets-double-dose-olympic-golden-glory-051520755--oly.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 14:26:26 -0400AFPbolt-targets-double-dose-olympic-golden-glory-051520755--oly<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bolt-targets-double-dose-olympic-golden-glory-051520755--oly.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WuaSUt2xdP3Y395B_7.hIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344536498338-8-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nicola Adams of Great Britain celebrates her gold medal" align="left" title="Nicola Adams of Great Britain celebrates her gold medal" border="0" /></a>Britain&#039;s Nicola Adams entered the history books as the first ever women&#039;s Olympic boxing champion Thursday, as Usain Bolt seeks to become the only man to retain the 100m and 200m sprint titles.</p><br clear="all"/>A London Olympic hospitality center promoting African culture has shut its doors after suffering financial problems, organizers said Thursday.http://news.yahoo.com/officials-african-village-olympics-closed-155145309--oly.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 14:05:33 -0400Associated Pressofficials-african-village-olympics-closed-155145309--oly<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nestle-posts-strong-h1-profit-outlook-tough-080806179--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x7aHC7S4Dbh.CPamHwJFYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f044e6ed55f6bf16170f6a706700446c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 file photo Nestle&#039;s CEO Paul Bulcke speaks during the general meeting of one of the world&#039;s leading food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Nestle SA posted a 8.9 percent rise in first-half profits but predicted that the remainder of 2012 will be challenging. Bulcke said the first half shows the company is &quot;making the right choices at the right time&quot; and its strategic roadmap is working. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 file photo Nestle&#039;s CEO Paul Bulcke speaks during the general meeting of one of the world&#039;s leading food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Nestle SA posted a 8.9 percent rise in first-half profits but predicted that the remainder of 2012 will be challenging. Bulcke said the first half shows the company is &quot;making the right choices at the right time&quot; and its strategic roadmap is working. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott, File)" border="0" /></a>Swiss food and drinks giant Nestle SA posted an 8.9 percent rise in first-half profits Thursday and strong sales that showed it was taking the rising costs for many of its ingredients in stride.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nestle-posts-strong-h1-profit-outlook-tough-080806179--finance.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 13:57:43 -0400Associated Pressnestle-posts-strong-h1-profit-outlook-tough-080806179--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nestle-posts-strong-h1-profit-outlook-tough-080806179--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x7aHC7S4Dbh.CPamHwJFYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f044e6ed55f6bf16170f6a706700446c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 file photo Nestle&#039;s CEO Paul Bulcke speaks during the general meeting of one of the world&#039;s leading food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Nestle SA posted a 8.9 percent rise in first-half profits but predicted that the remainder of 2012 will be challenging. Bulcke said the first half shows the company is &quot;making the right choices at the right time&quot; and its strategic roadmap is working. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 file photo Nestle&#039;s CEO Paul Bulcke speaks during the general meeting of one of the world&#039;s leading food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Nestle SA posted a 8.9 percent rise in first-half profits but predicted that the remainder of 2012 will be challenging. Bulcke said the first half shows the company is &quot;making the right choices at the right time&quot; and its strategic roadmap is working. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott, File)" border="0" /></a>Swiss food and drinks giant Nestle SA posted an 8.9 percent rise in first-half profits Thursday and strong sales that showed it was taking the rising costs for many of its ingredients in stride.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-hold-inquest-litvinenko-poisoning-140225692.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E_VFMwlACnKf44qzlwDBVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T140225Z_1_CBRE878130500_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People light candles during a gathering commemorating the death of former Russian state security officer Litvinenko in Moscow" align="left" title="People light candles during a gathering commemorating the death of former Russian state security officer Litvinenko in Moscow" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has appointed a senior judge to hold an inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic whose death from polonium poisoning in London in 2006 soured relations between London and Moscow. Litvinenko, who had been granted British citizenship, was poisoned with polonium-210, a rare and highly toxic radioactive isotope, which was slipped to him in a cup of tea at a plush London hotel. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/britain-hold-inquest-litvinenko-poisoning-140225692.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 13:05:26 -0400Reutersbritain-hold-inquest-litvinenko-poisoning-140225692<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-hold-inquest-litvinenko-poisoning-140225692.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E_VFMwlACnKf44qzlwDBVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T140225Z_1_CBRE878130500_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People light candles during a gathering commemorating the death of former Russian state security officer Litvinenko in Moscow" align="left" title="People light candles during a gathering commemorating the death of former Russian state security officer Litvinenko in Moscow" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has appointed a senior judge to hold an inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic whose death from polonium poisoning in London in 2006 soured relations between London and Moscow. Litvinenko, who had been granted British citizenship, was poisoned with polonium-210, a rare and highly toxic radioactive isotope, which was slipped to him in a cup of tea at a plush London hotel. ...</p><br clear="all"/>MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Five policemen and two militants were killed in gunbattles on Thursday in Russia's violence-plagued North Caucasus province of Dagestan, law enforcement authorities said. The mostly Muslim province is beset by near-daily shootings and bomb attacks, many of them targeting police or officials and most blamed on an Islamist insurgency stemming from years of separatist conflict in neighboring Chechnya. ...http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-seven-killed-caucasus-fighting-165414813.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 12:54:14 -0400Reutersrussia-says-seven-killed-caucasus-fighting-165414813<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-medvedev-hints-chinese-threat-far-east-160832425.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vtfiaivjdyq3Ot677a9.lQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T165414Z_1_CBRE87818UK00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s PM Medvedev chairs a government session in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s PM Medvedev chairs a government session in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday issued a veiled warning about China&#039;s rising influence in Russia&#039;s resource-rich Far East, saying it was essential to defend the area against &quot;excessive expansion by bordering states&quot;. Speaking days after Russia&#039;s first deputy defense minister said two new nuclear submarines would be sent to the Pacific Fleet, Medvedev also said it was &quot;important not to allow negative manifestations ... including the formation of enclaves made up of foreign citizens. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russias-medvedev-hints-chinese-threat-far-east-160832425.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 12:54:14 -0400Reutersrussias-medvedev-hints-chinese-threat-far-east-160832425<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-medvedev-hints-chinese-threat-far-east-160832425.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Vtfiaivjdyq3Ot677a9.lQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T165414Z_1_CBRE87818UK00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s PM Medvedev chairs a government session in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s PM Medvedev chairs a government session in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday issued a veiled warning about China&#039;s rising influence in Russia&#039;s resource-rich Far East, saying it was essential to defend the area against &quot;excessive expansion by bordering states&quot;. Speaking days after Russia&#039;s first deputy defense minister said two new nuclear submarines would be sent to the Pacific Fleet, Medvedev also said it was &quot;important not to allow negative manifestations ... including the formation of enclaves made up of foreign citizens. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/openly-gay-athletes-still-scarce-olympic-games-164558502--oly.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vOemTAAxSCeUM2uMoAdN9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e9b1eccb0b4f8316170f6a7067007afb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="United States&#039; Megan Rapinoe, left, heads for the ball against Canada&#039;s Sophie Schmidt, right, during their semifinal women&#039;s soccer match between the USA and Canada at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in Manchester, England, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" align="left" title="United States&#039; Megan Rapinoe, left, heads for the ball against Canada&#039;s Sophie Schmidt, right, during their semifinal women&#039;s soccer match between the USA and Canada at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in Manchester, England, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" border="0" /></a>It has been a great games for gay Olympians ? probably.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/openly-gay-athletes-still-scarce-olympic-games-164558502--oly.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 12:45:58 -0400Associated Pressopenly-gay-athletes-still-scarce-olympic-games-164558502--oly<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/openly-gay-athletes-still-scarce-olympic-games-164558502--oly.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vOemTAAxSCeUM2uMoAdN9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e9b1eccb0b4f8316170f6a7067007afb.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="United States&#039; Megan Rapinoe, left, heads for the ball against Canada&#039;s Sophie Schmidt, right, during their semifinal women&#039;s soccer match between the USA and Canada at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in Manchester, England, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" align="left" title="United States&#039; Megan Rapinoe, left, heads for the ball against Canada&#039;s Sophie Schmidt, right, during their semifinal women&#039;s soccer match between the USA and Canada at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in Manchester, England, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)" border="0" /></a>It has been a great games for gay Olympians ? probably.</p><br clear="all"/>Police say five of their officers and three militants have been killed in a shootout in the volatile Caucasus region in southern Russia.http://news.yahoo.com/clash-russias-caucasus-leaves-5-police-dead-163424830.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 12:34:24 -0400Associated Pressclash-russias-caucasus-leaves-5-police-dead-163424830<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-sect-held-children-underground-bunker-135215712.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/c1Fa6DRKuU.ez_f89STwAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344520263477-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Russian police officer on patrol in Kazan" align="left" title="A Russian police officer on patrol in Kazan" border="0" /></a>Russian police have freed more than a dozen children held for years in underground isolation by a Muslim sect in Kazan, in the eastern republic of Tartarstan, the interior ministry said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-sect-held-children-underground-bunker-135215712.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 12:01:44 -0400AFPrussia-sect-held-children-underground-bunker-135215712<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-sect-held-children-underground-bunker-135215712.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/c1Fa6DRKuU.ez_f89STwAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1344520263477-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Russian police officer on patrol in Kazan" align="left" title="A Russian police officer on patrol in Kazan" border="0" /></a>Russian police have freed more than a dozen children held for years in underground isolation by a Muslim sect in Kazan, in the eastern republic of Tartarstan, the interior ministry said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-rage-rebel-bastions-syrias-aleppo-115925104.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/noLb6A7ynlnEoDwRFS_osA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/532984d25769c616170f6a706700c5b6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, purports to show Syrians burying a body in Daraa, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGE" align="left" title="This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, purports to show Syrians burying a body in Daraa, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGE" border="0" /></a>Clashes between government troops and rebels raged Thursday in opposition bastions of besieged Aleppo as President Bashar Assad&#039;s key state backer Iran hosted a gathering of countries for talks on how to end the conflict.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-rage-rebel-bastions-syrias-aleppo-115925104.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 11:40:38 -0400Associated Pressclashes-rage-rebel-bastions-syrias-aleppo-115925104<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-rage-rebel-bastions-syrias-aleppo-115925104.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/noLb6A7ynlnEoDwRFS_osA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/532984d25769c616170f6a706700c5b6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, purports to show Syrians burying a body in Daraa, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGE" align="left" title="This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, purports to show Syrians burying a body in Daraa, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGE" border="0" /></a>Clashes between government troops and rebels raged Thursday in opposition bastions of besieged Aleppo as President Bashar Assad&#039;s key state backer Iran hosted a gathering of countries for talks on how to end the conflict.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/potential-food-crisis-growing-prices-surge-u-n-081044112.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/N4WpyhJFAk50LzHjjF63jg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T152920Z_3_CBRE8780MQ700_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-FOOD-FAO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks at food at Khartoum&#039;s central food market" align="left" title="A man looks at food at Khartoum&#039;s central food market" border="0" /></a>ROME (Reuters) - The world could face a food crisis of the kind seen in 2007/08 if countries restrict exports on concerns about a drought-fuelled grain price rally, the U.N.&#039;s food agency warned on Thursday, after reporting a surge in global food prices in July. A mix of high oil prices, growing use of biofuels, bad weather, soaring grain futures markets and restrictive export policies pushed up prices of food in 2007/08, sparking violent protests in countries including Egypt, Cameroon and Haiti. Concern about extreme hot and dry weather in the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/potential-food-crisis-growing-prices-surge-u-n-081044112.htmlThu, 09 Aug 2012 11:29:20 -0400Reuterspotential-food-crisis-growing-prices-surge-u-n-081044112<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/potential-food-crisis-growing-prices-surge-u-n-081044112.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/N4WpyhJFAk50LzHjjF63jg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-09T152920Z_3_CBRE8780MQ700_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-FOOD-FAO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks at food at Khartoum&#039;s central food market" align="left" title="A man looks at food at Khartoum&#039;s central food market" border="0" /></a>ROME (Reuters) - The world could face a food crisis of the kind seen in 2007/08 if countries restrict exports on concerns about a drought-fuelled grain price rally, the U.N.&#039;s food agency warned on Thursday, after reporting a surge in global food prices in July. A mix of high

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