BitGou: Morning Digest: Syrian rebels capture tank as Aleppo battle rages

2012年8月2日星期四

Morning Digest: Syrian rebels capture tank as Aleppo battle rages

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08/2/2012

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

Syrian rebels capture tank as Aleppo battle rages

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian rebels turned the gun of a captured tank against government forces on Thursday, shelling a military airbase expected to be used as a staging post for army reinforcements in the battle for Aleppo..

Afghan forces thwart insurgent attack on Kabul

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces killed five insurgents and wounded one during a pre-dawn raid in Kabul on Thursday, with authorities saying they had thwarted a mass attack and captured intelligence pointing to the militant Haqqani network..

Stock index futures signal firmer open

LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 all up 0.3 percent..

Sorkin stands by "Newsroom", denies firing writing staff

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin on Wednesday vigorously defended his controversial show set in a fictional cable TV newsroom, and refuted reports that he fired his writing staff..

China's Yu quits sport over badminton debacle

LONDON (Reuters) - Disgraced Chinese badminton player Yu Yang has quit the sport after being disqualified from the Olympics along with seven other women for deliberately trying to lose to secure an easier draw in the knockout rounds..

White House lobbies for cybersecurity bill amid worries it may stall

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration prodded Congress on Wednesday to pass cybersecurity legislation, but the bill looked increasingly likely to languish until next year as opposition from business and privacy concerns bogged down Senate debate..

Study projects growing demand for commercial spaceflights

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Commercial suborbital spaceflights should bring in between $600 million and $1.6 billion in revenue in their first decade of operations, according to a study commissioned by the U.S. and Florida governments and released on Wednesday..

Weightlifting: Briton oversleeps, still has dream debut

LONDON (Reuters) - After years of meticulous preparation, tailoring every aspect of your life to focus on one day of competition, imagine waking up on the morning of your Olympic debut to find you'd slept through your alarm clock..