Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum; U.S. Seen as “Hidden Hand” Behind U.K. Threat to Raid Embassy; Undocumented Youth Line Up By the Thousands as Temporary Immigration Reprieve Takes Effect; “Back Off”: Assange Attorney Michael Ratner Urges U.K., U.S. to Respect Asylum Decision, Int’l Law; Mexican Poet, Activist Javier Sicilia Brings Peace Caravan Into US to Condemn Deadly Drug War.
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August 16, 2012
Ecuador Grants Asylum to Julian Assange
Syria: Dozens Killed in Gov’t Attack on Azaz
OIC Suspends Syria over Crackdown
Pakistan Militants Attack Army Base Thought to Hold Nuclear Weapons
Pennsylvania Judge Upholds Controversial Voter ID Law
Security Guard Wounded in Shooting at Right-Wing Family Research Council
Banks Subpoenaed in Probe over Libor Manipulation
Report: Criminal Prosecutions for MF Global Failure Unlikely
Wildfires Across Western U.S. Force Hundreds to Evacuate
Biden Draws GOP Rebuke for “Chains” Remark
GOP-Linked Group Accuses Obama of Politically Motivated National Security Leaks
Bahraini Activist Nabeel Rajab Sentenced to 3 Years for Protesting U.S.-Backed Regime
NATO Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Kills 11 People
Tens of Thousands of Immigrants Line Up for Deferred Action Under New Policy