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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Morning Digest: Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress

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09/4/2013

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians..

Gunmen kill 16 members of Shi'ite family in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead 16 members of the same Shi'ite family before blowing up their two neighboring homes south of the Iraqi capital overnight, police and medics said..

Syria worries check gains on brighter economic data

LONDON (Reuters) - Conviction that economic recovery will persuade the Federal Reserve to trim its stimulus kept the dollar near a six-week high on Wednesday but shares dipped as Washington moved closer to a strike on Syria..

Johansson alien film disappoints, Korean movie shocks at Venice

MILAN (Reuters) - Scarlett Johansson as a predatory alien in Scotland got a lukewarm reception and a film about mutilation and masochism that is banned in the director's native South Korea roused disbelieving laughter at the Venice film festival on Tuesday..

Serena, Djokovic send warning shots to rivals

NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number ones Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic ruled supreme on Tuesday, sending ominous warnings to their rivals with dazzling, runaway victories over Spanish opponents at the U.S. Open..

Wanted WikiLeaks founder joins UK film festival jury

LONDON (Reuters) - Fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been named as a juror in London's Raindance Film Festival, though he will have to watch the entries more than a mile from the venue, on a DVD player in his sanctuary in the Ecuadorean embassy..

Bigger and healthier: European men grow 11cm in a century

LONDON (Reuters) - The average height of European men grew by a surprising 11 centimeters from the early 1870s to 1980, reflecting significant improvements in health across the region, according to new research published on Monday..

South Korean 'Armadillo' car folds up for easy parking

DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) - With a click on a smartphone, the experimental "Armadillo-T" electric car made in South Korea will park itself and fold nearly in half, freeing up space in crowded cities..