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A Haitian woman whose house was flooded due to Tropical Storm Isaac sits with the items she was able to salvage, in an area outside of Port-au-Prince August 26, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac left six dead in Haiti, still recovering from a 2010 earthquake, and at least three missing in the Dominican Republic after battering their shared island of Hispaniola on Saturday
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People react after a mini tornado in the Municipal Cemetery in Guatemala City, August 26, 2012. An unusual weather phenomenon caused alarm for hundreds of residents of the capital on Sunday, with strong winds lifting roofs and pulling trees, according to local media.
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Spanish matador Tulio Salguero is stepped on by a bull during a bullfight in The Mexico bullring in Mexico City August 26, 2012.
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A supporter of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare grabs the leg of a police officer as she was detained during a protest against corruption in New Delhi August 26, 2012.
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A child holds his mother's hand as she is helped by a firefighter after a mini tornado, at the Municipal Cemetery in Guatemala City, August 26, 2012. An unusual weather phenomenon alarmed residents on Sunday, with strong winds lifting roofs and pulling trees, according to local media.
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A destroyed car is seen among debris as smoke rises from fuel storage tanks on fire, a day after an explosion at Amuay oil refinery in Punto Fijo in the Peninsula of Paraguana August 26, 2012. Venezuela's biggest refinery is on track to restart within two days, the energy minister said on Sunday, a day after an explosion and fire there killed 39 people in one of the global oil industry's deadliest accidents. Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said the fire was now contained in two storage tanks, reiterating that no production units had been affected by Saturday's pre-dawn disaster at the 645,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Amuay refinery, which sits on a peninsula in the Caribbean in western Venezuela.
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Residents (L) look on from their house as the metal roof of their house is stuck on a lamp-post after a mini tornado in Guatemala City, August 26, 2012. An unusual weather phenomenon alarmed residents on Sunday, with strong winds lifting roofs and pulling trees, according to local media.
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Participants operate a homemade flying machine during the Red Bull Flugtag (Flight Day) event in Brasilia August 26, 2012.
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A mannequin placed by Free Syrian Army fighters is seen at the frontline to look like a fighter in the Salah El Dine neighbourhood of Syria's northwest city of Aleppo August 26, 2012.
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Togo women call sex strike against President Gnassingbe
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Isabelle Ameganvi said holding the strike would ensure women's voices would be heard
Women in Togo have been urged to abstain from sex for a week from Monday to push their demand for reform.
The ban has been called by opposition coalition Let's Save Togo, made up of nine civil society groups and seven opposition parties and movements.
Opposition leader Isabelle Ameganvi said that sex could be a "weapon of the battle" to achieve political change.
The coalition wants President Faure Gnassingbe, whose family has held power for decades, to stand down.
"We have many means to oblige men to understand what women want in Togo," Ms Ameganvi, leader of the women's wing of the coalition, told the BBC.
She said she had been inspired by a similar strike by Liberian women in 2003, who used a sex strike to campaign for peace.
"If men refuse to hear our cries we will hold another demonstration that will be more powerful than a sex strike," she added.
Rumour is that they may refuse to do the washing up next - something that serious could lead to a revolution :)
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Australia's era of flipping houses in a rising market is well and truly over with the latest data showing homes are now changing hands at the slowest pace since at least 2000. House owners now stay put for nine years on average, according to data to March gathered by property research group RP Data. That's up from an average of 7.6 years at the turn of the century.
The longer hold period is the latest sign that Australia's residential property is in a funk. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics released yesterday showed housing starts - a forward looking indicator of building - plunged 12.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2012 - far outstripping the 2.3 per cent fall anticipated by analysts. Capital city home prices in May were 5.5 per cent lower than a year earlier, according to RP Data.
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An activist carries a sign during a protest march in a downpour at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 27, 2012. Republicans cut the convention from the traditional four days to three because of a threatening storm, just as they did four years ago when a hurricane hit Louisiana.
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A local business owner takes down a sign in the French Quarter in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac in New Orleans, La., Aug. 27, 2012.
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Printers are down by the looks of things :)
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Rachel Reboir, left, holds up a pair of new shoes as her fellow employee Christy Lorio hangs up plywood on Magazine Street as business owners prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac in New Orleans, La., Aug. 27, 2012.
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Fuel storage tanks are seen on fire at Amuay oil refinery in Punto Fijo in the Peninsula of Paraguana in Venezuela on Aug. 27. A fire burned for a third day in two fuel storage tanks at Venezuela's biggest refinery on Monday, putting in doubt plans to quickly restart the facility following an explosion that killed nearly 50 people.
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A video of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Rmoney plays on the multiscreen after Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus closed the days session at the Republican National Convention in the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, Aug. 27.
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A supporter of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul holds a poster in front of a sign that reads "We Can Do Better" during the start of the Republican National Convention Aug. 27, in Tampa, Florida.
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Tracie Bradford, of Perry Hall, Md., consoles her daughter Leah, a student at Perry Hall High School who says she was in the school's cafeteria when a student was shot there and critically wounded on the first day of classes, Aug. 27, in Perry Hall, Md.
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A Baltimore County police officer speaks to a parent as students are evacuated from Perry Hall High School after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes Aug. 27, in Perry Hall, Md.
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A student was shot Monday morning by another student on the first day of school at a Baltimore County high school, county police said.
The 15-year-old suspect acted alone and “he did not target this victim," according to a statement from the Baltimore County Police Department.
The wounded 17-year-old student was flown by helicopter to a hospital from Perry Hall High School in Perry Hall, Md. He was in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Protests at the Republican national convention
As the convention gets underway in Florida, protesters take to the streets to demonstrate in Tampa and St Petersburg
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People stand on the main stage at the Tampa Bay Times forum on the first day of the Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. The RNC was scheduled to convene on Monday, but will hold its first full session on Tuesday after being delayed due to tropical storm Isaac
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Law enforcement officers take their positions before demonstrations in Tampa
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Undeterred by the impending threat of a hurricane, Veronica Jackson of Cincinnati leads chants with a microphone while Cara Jennings of West Palm Beach holds the megaphone for her. ''We are the 99%,'' said Jackson. ''The one percent is making all the money and taking all the breaks. That's what we're fighting against.''
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A Chinese fisherman wearing an orange life vest, fourth from left, is rescued by South Korean coast guard officers from a Chinese ship in Jeju, South Korea, on August 28, 2012. A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday, while the nation's coast guard battled rough seas in a race to rescue fishermen on two Chinese ships that slammed into rocks off the southern coast.
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Reuters reports — A typhoon with winds of up to 106 mph buffeted South Korea's west coast on Tuesday, killing five people at sea and leaving 10 missing when two Chinese fishing vessels capsized.
Typhoon Bolaven barreled up the coast before making landfall in already flood-ravaged North Korea as the impoverished country struggles to feed its 24 million people.
Coast guard rescuers pulled 18 surviving fishermen from the Chinese vessels that capsized off the southern island of Jeju and found five bodies, the emergency services said
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Mounted law enforcement officials wait out a brief rain storm during the National Republican Convention on August 27, 2012 near downtown Tampa, Florida. Commercial bus cancellations due to Tropical Storm Isaac have prevented many of the expected demonstrators from being present.
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BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao held talks with visiting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon.
Hu said China understands and respects the will of the Egyptian people, and supports them to choose political system and the path of development in accordance with their country's situation.
China also supports the efforts made by Egypt to safeguard national sovereignty and independence and to promote economic and social progress, Hu said.
Describing China as Egypt's "good brother, friend and partner," Morsi said Egypt, at a special historical period in its national development, thanked China for its friendly policies, understanding and support.
He said Egypt hopes to learn from China's successful experiences in reform and opening-up and strengthen cooperation with China.
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Hurricane Isaac continued building strength on Tuesday, closing in on New Orleans and the entire Louisiana coast as a slow-moving giant expected to make landfall shortly and then dump up to 20 inches of rain in some spots over two days. Even before landfall, some flooded roads and power outages were reported in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Two men plant rosebushes in memory of the victims of the two-decade fight between the military and Shining Path rebels, at a memorial in Lima, Peru, on Aug. 28. Between 1980 and 2000 tens of thousands of Peruvians died during the Maoist-inspired Shining Path insurgency.
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A woman holds a photo of her dead son during a memorial honoring the victims of the two-decade fight between the military and Shining Path rebels in Lima, Peru, on Aug. 28. Between 1980 and 2000, tens of thousands of Peruvians died during the Maoist-inspired Shining Path insurgency.
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A student is arrested by riot police during a protest to demand Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government to improve public education quality in Santiago, on Aug. 28.
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Students clash with riot police during a protest to demand Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government to improve public education quality in Santiago, on Aug. 28.
