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• Palace to file criminal complaint over Kate pics
• Romney cancels campaign event due to crash probe at airport
• Palace: Lawyers seek injunction over topless photos
• Inside attack kills four U.S. troops in Afghanistan
• Netanyahu: Iran will have nuclear bomb capability in months
• Ambassador: Libya attack not premeditated
• UN ambassador: Attack in Libya spontaneous
• African-American Christians waver over vote
• Stocks, more than housing, seen as initial QE3 winners
• Report: Iran adds to reward for Rushdie's death
• GOP focuses on monthly jobs report, but do voters?
• Panetta: violence leveling off; protests to go on
• Israel says U.S. must be firm on stopping Iran nuclear threat
• Wisconsin will seek to enforce union law while appealing ruling
• Woman to lead Air Force training after sex scandal
• Cambodia genocide defendant freed due to illness
• Israeli military moves major operations to south
• Anti-Putin protesters show their strength in Russia
• Anti-Japan protests widen, China struggles to rein in anger
• Thousands of striking teachers rally in Chicago
• NHL players locked out after failing to find new deal
• NATO: 4 troops killed in 'insider' attack in Afghanistan
• More anti-Japan protests in China over islands
• Netanyahu: Containment policy for Iran won't work
• Several arrested on Occupy 1-year anniversary march

Palace to file criminal complaint over Kate pics Posted: 16 Sep 2012 10:53 AM PDT Lawyers for Britain's royal family will make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took pictures of Prince William's wife Kate sunbathing topless in the south of France.

Romney cancels campaign event due to crash probe at airport Posted: 16 Sep 2012 10:05 AM PDT BURLINGTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was forced to cancel a campaign event in Colorado on Sunday due to the investigation of a small plane crash at the airport he was to use. The Romney campaign said Romney would fly straight to Los Angeles, while making a plane refueling stop on the way. He is to speak on Monday in Los Angeles to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. ...

Palace: Lawyers seek injunction over topless photos Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:33 AM PDT Lawyers for Britain's royal family will go to court in France on Monday in a bid to stop further publication in that country of topless photos of William's wife Kate, the prince's office said Sunday, as the owners of an Irish newspaper criticized it for running the pictures.

Inside attack kills four U.S. troops in Afghanistan Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:16 AM PDT An Afghan police officer turned his gun on NATO troops at a remote checkpoint in the south of the country before dawn Sunday, killing four American troops, according to Afghan and international officials.

Netanyahu: Iran will have nuclear bomb capability in months Posted: 16 Sep 2012 08:44 AM PDT WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Iran was just six to seven months away from being able to build a nuclear bomb, adding urgency to his demand that President Barack Obama set a clear "red line" for Tehran in what could deepen the worst U.S.-Israeli rift in decades. Taking to the television airwaves to make his case directly to the American public, Netanyahu said that by mid-2013, Iran would be 90 percent of the way toward enough enriched uranium for a bomb. ...

Ambassador: Libya attack not premeditated Posted: 16 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi was not premeditated, directly contradicting top Libyan officials who say the attack was planned in advance. "Our current best assessment, based on the information that we have at...

UN ambassador: Attack in Libya spontaneous Posted: 16 Sep 2012 07:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was spontaneous.

African-American Christians waver over vote Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:59 AM PDT Some black clergy, seeing no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day, a worrisome message in a tight race.

Stocks, more than housing, seen as initial QE3 winners Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's new economic stimulus plan involves printing vast sums of money to help people buy homes, but over the next year the program could do more to boost the economy by lifting stock prices. The Fed said last week it would buy $40 billion every month in mortgage backed securities until the labor market improves substantially. The program, known on Wall Street as "QE3", will likely lower interest rates for mortgages and also help some people refinance their home loans. ...

Report: Iran adds to reward for Rushdie's death Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:28 AM PDT Iranian newspapers are reporting that a religious foundation has increased a reward for killing British author Salman Rushdie to $3.3 million from $2.8 million in response to alleged insults to the Prophet Muhammad.

GOP focuses on monthly jobs report, but do voters? Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:11 AM PDT The government's monthly jobs report has become Washington's most anticipated and studied economic indicator, pounced upon by politicians, economists and journalists for snap judgments as the presidential election nears. But in the real world, most everybody else just looks around and figures things out for themselves.

Panetta: violence leveling off; protests to go on Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:34 AM PDT Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the turmoil raging across the Muslim world is likely to continue into the days ahead.

Israel says U.S. must be firm on stopping Iran nuclear threat Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:17 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli official said on Sunday the United States should not wait for Iran to decide on building a nuclear weapon before it considers military action against the Islamic Republic "When is the point at which it should be stopped? Just when the bomb is assembled on the tip of the missile and is ready for launch?" Dan Meridor, deputy Israeli prime minister with responsibility for nuclear and intelligence affairs, said in a radio interview. ...

Wisconsin will seek to enforce union law while appealing ruling Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT (Reuters) - Wisconsin's controversial law that limited the rights of many public-sector union workers should stay in place while the state appeals a judge's ruling that found parts of the measure unconstitutional, the state's attorney general said on Saturday. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said he would appeal Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas' ruling striking down parts of the law approved by the Republican-led Legislature last year. ...

Woman to lead Air Force training after sex scandal Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:40 AM PDT The Air Force chose a woman Saturday to lead its basic training unit at a Texas base where dozens of female recruits have alleged they were sexually assaulted or harassed by male instructors within the past year.

Cambodia genocide defendant freed due to illness Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:23 AM PDT Cambodia's war crimes tribunal set free a former leader of the Khmer Rouge on Sunday, upholding a decision that has outraged survivors seeking an explanation to the mass killings committed more than 30 years ago.

Israeli military moves major operations to south Posted: 16 Sep 2012 12:35 AM PDT The Israeli military has begun construction of its largest training base ever, moving operations from some of the country's priciest real estate to the barren sands of southern Israel in a new attempt to realize the longtime dream of making the desert bloom.

Anti-Putin protesters show their strength in Russia Posted: 16 Sep 2012 12:01 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched though Moscow under streaming banners, flags and balloons on Saturday to demand an end to President Vladimir Putin's long rule and show their protest movement remains strong. Protesters chanted "Russia without Putin!" in the first big rally since June, defying increasingly tough Kremlin measures against the opposition since the former KGB spy began another six years in the Kremlin in May. ...

Anti-Japan protests widen, China struggles to rein in anger Posted: 15 Sep 2012 11:12 PM PDT BEIJING, China (Reuters) - Torrid protests against Japan broke out in Chinese cities for a second day on Sunday, prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to urge Beijing to protect his country's companies and diplomatic buildings from fresh assaults. In the biggest flare-up in protests over East China Sea islands claimed by China and Japan, police fired tear gas and used water cannon to repel thousands of protesters occupying a street in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong. ...

Thousands of striking teachers rally in Chicago Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:40 PM PDT Thousands of striking Chicago public school teachers and their allies packed a city park Saturday in a boisterous show of force as union leaders and the district tried to work out the details of an agreement that could end a week-long walkout.

NHL players locked out after failing to find new deal Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:51 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - The National Hockey League (NHL) slipped quietly into its third lockout in 18 years on Sunday when Saturday's midnight deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) passed without players and owners reaching a deal. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had warned players the league would lock them out if a new CBA was not place when the current pact expired and the moment fans had dreaded came but without either side making a formal announcement. ...

NATO: 4 troops killed in 'insider' attack in Afghanistan Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:35 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Four foreign troops fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an "insider" attack suspected to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, NATO said. The NATO statement gave no other details. At least 51 foreign military personnel have been killed in insider attacks in Afghanistan this year. (Reporting by Kabul bureau; Editing by Paul Tait)

More anti-Japan protests in China over islands Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:19 PM PDT Protesters in China have begun another day of demonstrations against Japan, after protests over disputed islands spread across numerous cities and at times turned violent.

Netanyahu: Containment policy for Iran won't work Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:30 PM PDT Israel's prime minister says a policy of containment for Iran will not work because Tehran is guided by a "leadership of fanaticism."

Several arrested on Occupy 1-year anniversary march Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:14 PM PDT About 300 people observing the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street ended a march to a small concrete park in New York's Lower Manhattan that served as headquarters for the protest movement and was its birthplace.

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